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2 AVAILABLE JANUARY TIPS FOR EVANGELISM Practical Ways to Enhance Your Witness R. LARRY MOYER Short Description: This book, by EvanTell founder Larry Moyer, is a practical, no-fuss guidebook for those looking to enhance their witness and become more comfortable evangelizing. 101 short, easy-to-read chapters will help readers share the good news of Christ and increase their love for those around them. Full Description: Many believers have a difficult time evangelizing because they make it far more complicated than Jesus intended it to be. This book presents practical, easily understood ideas that can enhance one s witness and make evangelism easier. Author Larry Moyer, founder of the well-known evangelization organization EvanTell, shares knowledge he has learned over his forty-plus years of sharing the gospel, and presents all of it in this handy book. Those who have been sharing the gospel for years will wish they had read this sooner, and those who are new to evangelism will be glad they re reading it now. Apprx. 150 pages 5 x 8 inches Retail $14.95 REL RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Evangelism Target audience: General Christian readers, pastors, and teachers; Christians interested in evangelism and missions Sample tips/chapters include: Tip #1: One difficult non-christian doesn t represent them all: They re Not All Like That Tip #11: Manipulation in evangelism is neither right nor necessary: There Is No Place For It Tip #23: Truth must be accompanied by grace, and grace must be accompanied by truth: Christ-Like Balance Is Critical Tip #28: Consistently ask God for opportunities to share the gospel: Have You Asked? Tip #42: The ability to listen is more important than the ability to think: Are You Listening? Dr. R. Larry Moyer, founder and CEO of EvanTell, is a frequent speaker in evangelistic outreaches, training seminars, churches, and classrooms across the world. He has earned degrees from Cairn University (BS), Dallas Theological Seminary (ThM), and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (DMin). In 2001, Cairn University also awarded him the honorary doctor of sacred theology degree. He is an evangelistic speaker for EvanTell s Evangelism events, designed to equip believers in evangelism and to reach non-christians. He has published 12 books. He is a regular guest lecturer in evangelism at Word of Life Bible Institutes in New York and Florida and visiting professor at Dallas Theological Seminary. Dr. Moyer and his wife reside in a suburb of Dallas, Texas. They have one grown son who is married.

3 AVAILABLE MARCH 2017 SOULMATES Friendship, Fellowship, and the Making of Christian Community DAVID HORN Short Description: What does it mean to develop a sense of true community in our churches and how do we get there? In this book for pastors, lay leaders, and parachurch leaders alike, David Horn addresses this question with creativity, authenticity, and pastoral love. Full Description: For all the vast talk about the nature of the church over the years, our understanding of the actual relationship we euphemistically call Christian community is rather thin and incomprehensible. Peel away the institutional hard shell around what we understand to be the church and what fleshy relationship lies within? This book seeks to give definition to this utterly unique relationship let s call it fellowship. It does so in large measure by setting it against the backdrop of another important relationship that serves most often as its chief counterfeit friendship. Apprx. 120 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches Retail $14.95 REL RELIGION / Christian Life / Relationships Target audience: General Christian readers, pastors, lay leaders, and parachurch leaders Are we simply to be more friendly than those around us? Or, maybe, just maybe, the relationship that we are to engender in one another in our life together is to be far more unique and radical than we often imagine. Sample chapters include: The Many Faces of Relationships On Being a Friend More on Friendship Community in the Making More on the Making of Community Great Expectations The Hospitality of Sojourners and Aliens David Horn (ThD, Boston University School of Theology) served for over twenty years as director of the Ockenga Institute of Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, which included overseeing the Shoemaker Center for Church Renewal and the Compass Program. He also served on the pastoral staff of First Congregational Church in Hamilton, Massachusetts, and continues to be actively involved in the leadership and teaching ministries of the church. Dr. Horn writes and speaks on issues related to practical theology and sociology of religion.

4 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2017 EXPONENTIAL GROUPS Unleashing Your Church s Potential Exponential Groups Unleashing Your Church s Potential ALLEN WHITE FOREWORD BY CHIP INGRAM ALLEN WHITE Short Description: In this book for pastors, Allen White presents a new way to think about church community and small groups. Readers will learn how to better connect members of their congregation, coach leaders, and foster a sustainable and thriving church community for all members. Apprx. 250 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches Retail $16.95 FOREWORD BY CHIP INGRAM REL RELIGION / Christian Ministry / Pastoral Resources Target audience: Pastors and church leaders; small group leaders Full Description: This book brims with effective strategies for recruiting leaders, connecting members into groups, coaching groups for success, and giving people something to say yes to, even when they have rejected church-wide campaigns previously offered by their churches. Keys to effective, ongoing groups include leadership training, ongoing coaching, appropriate recordkeeping, as well as a sequence of aligned series rather than just a single occasional campaign. This book provides fundamentals that will insure ongoing success proven principles used effectively in hundreds of churches across North America. Readers of Exponential Groups will learn how to connect their unconnected members into community, recruit the group leaders needed to connect and grow their congregation, coach group leaders for a sustainable group structure that will serve their church for years to come, understand how to maintain current discipleship strategies, and implement new strategies without alienating their members or derailing their current systems. Allen White coaches churches in launching exponential groups. In over 25 years of ministry, he has served on staff at two churches: New Life Christian Center, Turlock, CA (nondenominational) and Brookwood Church, Simpsonville, SC (Southern Baptist) as well as coaching over 1,500 churches across North America. Allen teaches workshops for various churches and organizations as well as workshops for Saddleback Church s conferences and Willow Creek Canada, and is part of the Small Group Network out of Saddleback Church, which has chapters in all 50 states and many other countries. He holds a B.A. in Biblical Studies and Missions and a M.Div, in Christian Education from Evangel University, Springfield, MO.

5 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2017 THE REFORMATION THEN AND NOW 25 Years of Modern Reformation Articles Celebrating 500 Years of the Reformation ERIC LANDRY AND MICHAEL S. HORTON, EDITORS Short Description: This book is a collection of over forty articles from Modern Reformation magazine that focus on the cause, characters, and consequences of the Reformation. Full Description: To commemorate the 500th anniversary of the Reformation, along with the 25th anniversary of Modern Reformation magazine, over forty articles have been compiled together into one book to offer readers a historical and spiritual walk through the Reformation. Apprx. 325 pages 7 x 9 inches Hardcover Retail $29.95 REL RELIGION / Christian Theology / History Target audience: Modern Reformation readers, followers of White Horse Inn radio program, and anyone interested in a collection of articles on Luther and Calvin and the impact of the Protestant Reformation over the past 500 years; scholars, pastors, and educated laity The articles are organized into three sections: The cause, characters, and consequences of the Reformation. Sample chapters include: The State of the Church Before the Reformation by Alister McGrath The Shape of the Reformation by Michael Allen Luther on the Freedom and Bondage of the Will by R. Scott Clark Who Was Arminius? by W. Robert Godfrey Predestination and Assurance in Reformed Theology by Michael Horton Celebrating Calvin: Ten Ways Modern Culture Is Different Because of John Calvin by David Hall The Journey to Geneva: Calvin and Karl Barth by Peter D. Anders This title will be promoted for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with a special edition sticker: 500 th REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY

6 JAN-APRIL 2017 NEW TITLES AVAILABLE MARCH 2017 SONGS FOR SUFFERING Praying the Psalms in Times of Trouble SIMON P. STOCKS Short Description: In this practical, pastoral book, author Simon P. Stocks leads readers through the Psalms during times of difficulty and despair, helping them to pray and draw nearer to God. Full Description: It is not uncommon to hear of people who have lost their faith as a result of suffering. This book will help people to pray during seasons of suffering, using psalms as the primary resource and addressing difficult issues of faith such as despair, failure, tragedy, and fear. Apprx. 200 pages 4 1/4 x 7 inches Retail $14.95 REL RELIGION / Christian Life / Death, Grief, Bereavement Target audience: General Christian readers; Christians going through difficult times The Psalms are the ideal resource to keep someone in contact with God through such times of difficulty. They take pain and trouble seriously, and afford dignity to the sufferer by expressing what we feel in these times. The Psalms even allow negative responses toward God to be voiced in a safe context and take seriously God s capacity for redemption. In the Psalms, evil and its agents are real, and this allows a measured and God-centered response to those who cause suffering. The chapters in this book cover issues such as: Despair and loss of faith Giving voice to anger and complaints to God The ideas of changing God s mind and of moving God to act for justice Regaining a right perspective on issues of security Moving from lament toward praise and confidence After a career in civil engineering, Simon P. Stocks trained for ministry in the Church of England at Trinity College Bristol. His doctoral thesis analyzed aspects of poetic structure in the Psalms: The Form and Function of the Tricolon in the Psalms of Ascents. Simon joined the South East Institute for Theological Education at Canterbury Christ Church University in 2011 to teach biblical studies and oversee the development of Lay Training Pathways. Simon lives in Purley, South London, where he serves as assistant priest at Christ Church, Purley.

7 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2017 REFLECTIONS ON THE BIBLE Human Word and the Word of God DIETRICH BONHOEFFER MANFRED WEBER, EDITOR M. EUGENE BORING, TRANSLATOR Short Description: Through this collection of excerpts from Dietrich Bonhoeffer s own letters, meditations, expositions, sermons, lectures, and seminar papers, readers will encounter his thoughts on Scripture and its central role in academic study, sermons, teaching, pastoral care, and the conduct of one s personal life. Apprx. 128 pages 5 x 8 inches Retail $14.95 REL RELIGION / Christian Theology / History Target audience: General Christian trade; anyone interested in Bonhoeffer studies; scholars, pastors, and educated laity; seminary and graduate students; teachers Full Description: Reflections on the Bible contains excerpts from Dietrich Bonhoeffer s letters, meditations, expositions, sermons, lectures, and seminar papers (translated into English by New Testament scholar M. Eugene Boring). This variety provides a spectrum of approaches to Bonhoeffer s thoughts on Scripture and its central role in academic study, sermons, teaching, pastoral care, and the conduct of one s personal life. The topics addressed in this book stretch from Bonhoeffer s thematic study of the historicalcritical method to his study of selected portions of Psalm 119, which Bonhoeffer regarded as the crown of a theological life. In selecting texts for this book, editor Manfred Weber focused on Bonhoeffer s statements about the Bible and his struggle with those statements which remain remarkably relevant today for individuals and churches, for Christians and non-christians. Arranged generally according to the flow of Bonhoeffer s life of faith, this collection is framed by selections from letters he wrote in 1936 nine years before his execution by the Nazis beginning with A Grand Liberation and ending with The Answer. In The Answer, Bonhoeffer explains what it actually means to confess faith in the Bible, the strange place where the strange word of God is heard. Engagement with the Bible involves an intensive seeking and questioning. Without this, the Bible will offer no answer. In the Bible it is God who speaks to us. And when it comes to God, one cannot just think things out for oneself; one must ask God. Only when we seek God does he answer. Dietrich Bonhoeffer ( )

8 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2017 KJV EXPRESSIONS BIBLE Journaling through God s Word Short Description: The KJV Expressions Bible offers readers space to take notes or explore their creativity alongside the Scriptures, with generous 2+ inch margins on each page. Full Description: With adult coloring and note-taking Bibles becoming wildly popular, Hendrickson is proud to introduce the brand-new KJV Expressions Bible. The King James Version Scriptures are flanked on each page by generous 2+ inch margins, allowing readers to take notes or draw as they read, echoing the creativity of God s Word with their own pen. Apprx pages 6 1/2 x 7 1/4 inches Black Hardcover Retail $24.95 Brown Hardcover Retail $24.95 Deluxe Hardcover Retail $29.95 This Bible comes in three beautiful bindings and a trim size that will lay flat easier than other Bibles. Features include: 2+ inch margins give you space to take notes, journal, or creatively reflect on specific scripture passages as you read the Bible High-quality paper that s sturdy enough for writing or illustrating Easy-to-read 8-point type Concordance and end-of-verse cross references Words of Christ in red Discount code: BI BIB BIBLES / King James Version / Text Target audience: General Christian trade; KJV readers; those looking for a Bible with space for notetaking and drawing

9 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2017 DAY BY DAY WITH JOHN CALVIN 365 Selected Readings for Daily Reflection Short Description: Begin or end each day with the wisdom and spiritual guidance of one of the most influential theologians, John Calvin. Daily readings, taken from his sermons, will challenge and equip believers on their spiritual journey. Full Description: Arranged in 365 daily readings, Day by Day with John Calvin brings you the best of John Calvin s teachings. Each sermon vignette is a guide to the wisdom and courage of a man whose very life was a reflection of the beliefs he held. John Calvin lived from 1509 to1564 and was appointed to his first church position at age twelve. A father to the Reformation, Calvin challenged the hearts and minds of believers and helped transform the church by preaching the hard truth of God s word the saving grace of salvation. Start your day with the truths that have shaped lives for centuries. Apprx. 377 pages 5 1/2 x 9 inches Retail $19.95 This title will be promoted for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with a special edition sticker: 500 th REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY REL RELIGION / Devotional REL RELIGION / Christianity / Calvinist Target audience: General Christian trade; anyone interested in John Calvin, Calvinism, and the Reformed tradition; scholars, pastors, and educated laity

10 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2017 SERMONS FOR LENT AND EASTER Including Ascension Day, Pentecost Sunday, and Trinity Sunday MARTIN LUTHER Short Description: This book offers a collection of Martin Luther s most important sermons for Lent and Easter, Ascension Day, Pentecost Sunday, and Trinity Sunday. Each sermon for this liturgical season features Scripture readings, and represents the heart of Luther s thoughts on the Christian faith. Apprx. 172 pages 6 x 9 inches Retail $14.95 REL RELIGION / Christianity / Lutheran REL RELIGION / Sermons / Christian Full Description: In this unique volume, the reader will find Luther s most significant sermons for Lent and Easter through Trinity Sunday (including Christ s Ascension and Pentecost), following the church year s most significant lectionary readings associated with the major feasts and fasts. Luther wrote thousands of pages of exposition during his life, but this book makes available in a single volume a core collection of his writing for this liturgical season, featuring Scripture readings that include the most familiar events from the life of Jesus. Other volumes in this series include Luther s sermons for Advent and Christmas Day, and his sermons for the Sunday after Christmas Day, New Year s Day, and Epiphany. These writings represent the heart of Luther s thoughts on the Christian faith and his ideas for practical faith in that life. Martin Luther ( ) was a German monk, priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced not only the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions but also the course of Western civilization. Target audience: General Christian trade; anyone interested in Martin Luther and the Reformed tradition; scholars, pastors, and educated laity This title will be promoted for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with a special edition sticker: 500 th REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY

11 AVAILABLE FEBRUARY 2017 REINHOLD NIEBUHR Makers of the Modern Theological Mind Series BOB E. PATTERSON The situation is that I have come gradually to realize that it is possible to look at the human situation without illusion and without despair only from the standpoint of the Christ-revelation. It has come to be more and more the ultimate truth. Apprx. 163 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches Retail $14.95 REL RELIGION / Christian Theology / History ALSO AVAILABLE IN THIS SERIES: Søren Kierkegaard Karl Barth Dietrich Bonhoeffer Emil Brunner Rudolf Bultmann Martin Buber Full Description: Reinhold Niebuhr ( ), arguably the most influential American theologian since Jonathan Edwards, was the one American who found a comfortable place in a modern Pantheon comprised mainly of Europeans. His doctrine of sin as pride has become a modern classic, and he helped many to see how anxiety is the matrix for both inordinate self-assertion and sensuality. Not only a brilliant and articulate thinker, Niebuhr was also a deeply compassionate, sensitive human being and an ardent champion of social justice. He remains a model for us today as he teaches us how to communicate the gospel in a secular age. The Makers of the Modern Theological Mind series remains a mustread for anyone eager to understand these theologians and their impact on today s church. Dr. Bob E. Patterson is emeritus professor of religion at Baylor University and general editor of the Makers of the Modern Theological Mind series. Target audience: General Christian trade; scholars, pastors, and educated laity; seminary and graduate students; teachers

12 AVAILABLE APRIL 2017 ETHICS AT WORK The Bible and Your Work Study Series THEOLOGY OF WORK PROJECT Short Description: This Bible study explores what the Scriptures have to say about ethics and work. Created in partnership with the Theology of Work Project, it includes Scripture references, thought-provoking questions, and guided prayers. Full Description: Ethics is about knowing and doing what is good or right, and workplace ethics is about knowing and doing what is good or right at work. For the Christian, this means applying the Bible and other resources of the Christian faith to help decide and do what is ethical or moral at work. Three general approaches to ethics have achieved widespread use both in Christian moral thinking and in the world at large: 1. Command What do the rules say is the right way to act? 2. Consequences What actions are most likely to bring about the best outcome? 3. Character What kind of moral person do I want to be or become? Apprx. 96 pages 5 1/2 x 8 1/2 inches Retail $9.95 REL RELIGION / Christian Life / Professional Growth ALSO AVAILABLE: Women and Work in the New Testament Calling and Work Rest and Work Economics and Society Truth and Deception Provision and Wealth What distinguishes Christian ethics is not that it uses different approaches, but that it brings biblical values into each of these approaches. There are biblical commands (also called principles), biblically desired outcomes and biblical character traits (also called virtues) that Christians need to bring into their moral decisions, actions and development. In developing a Christian ethic, we will consider what help the Bible provides for each of these approaches. Then we ll explore whether we might need to combine these three in some way to give us a more balanced and integrated approach. Finally, we ll consider how to live with the reality that our world is fallen, or imperfect, and that there is almost never a perfect solution. These Bible studies are part of The Bible and Your Work Study Series. Each book contains Scripture references, thought-provoking questions, and prayers to help you explore what the Bible says about work and apply it to your life in positive, practical ways. The lessons in each chapter are designed for thirty-minute lunch breaks, although they can be used in other formats as well. Target audience: Both white-collar and blue-collar professionals; globally and gender diverse; pastors, professors, professionals and laypeople; anyone who works in any capacity.

13 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2017 BIBLIA GERMANICA LESEPROBE MARTIN LUTHER Short Description: Martin Luther s 1545 German translation of the Bible adds to Hendrickson Publisher s robust line of historical Bibles. Numerous woodcuts, headings, and Luther s own explanatory notes accompany the German Bible text. Apprx pages 10 1/4 x 7 inches Hardcover with slip case Retail $ Discount code: GB Target audience: Scholars, pastors, and laymen alike interested in a one of a kind piece of Reformation history Full Description: No other German book has exercised for centuries such a profound effect on the German language as the German Bible of Martin Luther. Over time other German translations appeared, and in the present we see an almost bewildering abundance of new translations, but the Luther Bible launched the progression of the German language. In addition, the Luther text set binding standards for dealing with the biblical word. The output is one column set, with the exception of the Psalter and the Proverbs of Solomon, which are in two columns. This print is a replica of the 1545 Luther Bible, of which only two originals are left. This replica maintains the numerous wood cuts, headings, and explanatory notes of Luther. Martin Luther ( ) was a German monk, priest, professor, theologian, and church reformer whose teachings inspired the Reformation and deeply influenced not only the doctrines and culture of the Lutheran and Protestant traditions but also the course of Western civilization. This title will be promoted for the 500th anniversary of the Reformation with a special edition sticker: 500 th REFORMATION ANNIVERSARY

14 AVAILABLE JANUARY 2017 BIBLICAL ARAMAIC A Reader & Handbook DONALD R. VANCE, GEORGE ATHAS, YAEL AVRAHAMI & JONATHAN G. KLINE Full Description: Biblical Aramaic: A Reader & Handbook effectively bridges the gap between initial study and advanced understanding of Biblical Aramaic, providing the reader with a solid, lasting command of the language. Split into two main sections a Reader and word lists this is an essential tool for everyone who wants to read the Aramaic portions of the Bible with ease, understanding, and enjoyment. Apprx. 150 pages 6 1/4 x 9 3/8 inches Hardcover Retail $29.95 REL RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Language Study REL RELIGION / Biblical Reference / Handbooks Target audience: Seminary and university students, graduates, and professors; educated pastors RELATED PRODUCT: Biblia Hebraica Stuttgartensia: A Reader s Edition KEY FEATURES The Reader with running apparatus includes: Contextual glosses and parsing for words in Biblical Aramaic that occur fewer than 25 times, and parsing for all verb forms, regardless of number of occurrences. Full, clear parsing abbreviations Unique, pedagogically effective word lists include: All verbs listed by frequency of root, of grammatical form, and more. All words grouped by part of speech (nouns, verbs, adjectives, particles, etc.), including idiomatic phrases. All suffixed forms in Biblical Aramaic, as well as homonyms, loanwords, and more. Donald R. Vance (PhD, University of Denver Iliff School of Theology) has served as Associate Professor of Biblical Languages and Literature at Oral Roberts University, and is the author of several books, including An Introduction to Classical Hebrew. George Athas (PhD, University of Sydney) is Director of Postgraduate Studies and Lecturer in Old Testament, Hebrew, and Church History at Moore College, in Sydney, Australia, and the author of several books, including The Tel Dan Inscription: A Reappraisal and a New Interpretation. Yael Avrahami (PhD, University of Haifa) is chair of the Department of Biblical Studies at Oranim Academic College in Haifa, Israel, and the author of The Senses of Scripture: Sensory Perception in the Hebrew Bible. Jonathan G. Kline (PhD, Harvard University) is an Associate Editor at Hendrickson Publishers and the author of Allusive Soundplay in the Hebrew Bible.

15 AVAILABLE MARCH 2017 REVIVAL SERMONS OF JONATHAN EDWARDS JONATHAN EDWARDS Apprx. 178 pages 6 x 9 inches Retail $14.95 Revival Sermons of JONATHAN EDWARDS REL RELIGION / Sermons / Christian Target audience: General Christian trade; pastors and church leaders Short Description: This collection is a fine sampling of Jonathan Edwards s revival sermons during his time in Northampton and Stockbridge, calling for repentance and amendment of life. Each one is a brilliant and personal invitation to know God both through our intellect and through our affections. These are sermons that challenge our minds, but also, and perhaps more importantly, compel us to open our hearts to the sweet love and joy available to us in our life in Christ. Full Description: Jonathan Edwards is primarily remembered today as a gifted and influential theologian. But in eighteenth-century America, his preaching resounded from pulpits throughout New England, sparking the flame of revival that became the Great Awakening. As the flame of this Puritan pastor and preacher of revival spread far and wide, his sermons galvanized many of his listeners into reexamining their lives and faith. Ever alert to the dangers of the religiously complacent those who only observed the surface requirements of religion Edwards tirelessly proclaimed the overpowering majesty and grandeur of God, and humanity s hopelessness for moral improvement short of his grace. This stirring selection of his best Revival Sermons allows readers to experience the words that swept through this young nation with a message of repentance and a call to action. Jonathan Edwards ( ) began his education at Yale College when he was thirteen years old. He served as pastor of the Congregational Church in Northampton, Massachusetts, for over twenty years, and his published sermons were widely circulated throughout America and England. He also served as a missionary to native Americans, and he was called to be president of the College of New Jersey (Princeton) just prior to his untimely death.