Tuesday, October 28, 2008
Ajith Fernando
The Call to Joy & Pain
A.W. Tozer
The Pursuit of God
The Radical Cross (Living the Passion of Christ)
God's Pursuit of Man
Bill Hybels
Holy Discontent
Bob Reccord
Beneath The Surface
Bruce Wilkinson
Secrets Of The Vine
Brennan Manning
The Ragamuffin Gospel
Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God (On Loan To Fabian)
C.H. Spurgeon
Grace, God's Unmerited Favor
Being God's Friend
Spurgeon On The Holy Spirit
Finding Peace in Life's Storms
Beside Still Waters: Words of Comfort for the Soul
Charles M. Sheldon
In His Steps
C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity
Suprised by Joy
The Four Loves
The Joyful Christian
What Christians Believe
Poems
Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis:
1. Family Letters 1905 - 1931
2. Books, Broadcasts, and the War 1931 - 1949
Reflections on the Psalms
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
The Chronicles of Narnia (Entire Series)
The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics:
1. Mere Christianity
2. The Screwtape Letters
3. The Abolition of Man
4. The Great Divorce
5. The Problem of Pain
6. Miracles
7. A Grief Observed
Dallas Willard
Hearing God
The Great Omission
Renovation Of The Heart
D.A. Carson
A Call To Spiritual Reformation
How Long O Lord?: Reflections on Suffering and Evil
D.A. Carson & Douglas J. Moo
An Introduction To The New Testament
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Cost Of Discipleship
Donald S. Whitney
Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
Edmund Chan
Mentoring Paradigms
Growing Deep In God (On Loan to Joanna)
E.M Bounds
E.M. Bounds on Prayer
Eugene H. Peterson
Run With The Horses
A Long Obedience In The Same Direction
Gary R. Collins
The Biblical Basis of Christian Counseling for People Helpers
Christian Counseling (Third Edition)
Gordon. D Fee & Douglas Stuart
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
Gordon MacDonald
Ordering Your Private World (2 Copies) (1 copy on loan to Gina)
Rebuilding Your Broken World (2 Copies)
A Resilient Life
Gordon & Gail MacDonald
Till The Heart be Touched (On loan to Yu Kuan)
Gregory E. Ganssle
God & Time: Four Views
Holly Wagner
God Chicks: Living Life As A 21st Century Woman (On loan to Yanwei)
Isaac Ambrose
Looking Unto Jesus
J.I. Packer
Knowing God
Evangelism And The Sovereignty Of God
Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight (On loan to Daniel)
In My Place Condemned He Stood
Growing in Christ
J. Oswald Sanders
Spiritual Discipleship
Jock Purves
Fair Sunshine: Character Studies of the Scottish Covenanters
John Drane
Introducing The Old Testament
John Eldredge
Wild at Heart
John MacArthur
Twelve Ordinary Men
Twelve Extraordinary Women
A Tale of Two Sons
Ashamed of the Gospel
Right Thinking In A World Gone Wrong: A Biblical Response To Today's Most Controversial Issues
John Ortberg
Everybody's Normal Till You Get To Know Them
The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People
John Piper
A Hunger For God
John Stott
Men With A Message
Basic Christianity
The Living Church
Joanna Weaver
Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World
Joni Eareckson Tada
Hope, the best of thngs
A lifetime of Wisdom: Embracing the Way God Heals You
Josh McDowell
The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict
Joyce Meyer
Beauty For Ashes
The Confident Woman
J.P. Moreland
Love Your God With All your Mind
Larry Crabb
Effective Biblical Counseling (On loan to Joanna)
Connecting: Healing For Ourselves And Our Relationships
Hope When You're Hurting: Answers to 4 Questions Hurting People Ask
Understanding People
Shattered Dreams: God's Unexpected Pathway to Joy
Lee Strobel
The Case For Faith
The Case For Christ
Leonard Ravenhill
Why Revival Tarries
Revival God's Way: A Message for the Church
Revival Praying
Philip Yancey
Where Is God When It Hurts?
Prayer: Does It Make A Difference
Reaching For The Invisible God
The Jesus I Never Knew
P. T. Forsyth
The Soul of Prayer
Max Lucado
He Chose The Nails
Six Hours One Friday
Facing Your Giants (On Loan to Jasmine)
3 Books in One Volume:
Come Thirsty
Traveling Light
Next Door Savior
Norman L. Geisler & Frank Turek
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
N. T. Wright
Evil and the Justice of God
Peter Williams
From Eden to Egypt
Ravi Zacharias
Recapture the Wonder
Cries Of The Heart
Reginald Johnson
Your Personality and the Spiritual Life
Richard P. Walters
Counseling for Problems of Self-Control
R.C. Sproul
Knowing Scripture
The Invisible Hand: Do All Things Really Work for Good
The Holiness of God
Chosen By God
Richard Foster
Celebration of Discipline
Robb Thompson
Solitary Refinement: The Hidden Power of Being Alone (On loan to Annette)
Ruth and Elmer Towns
Women Gifted For Ministry: How To Discover And Practice Your Spiritual Gifts
Stan Toler
God Has Never Failed Me, But He's Sure Scared Me To Death A Few Times
Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker
Every Man's Battle
Every Young Man's Battle (On Loan to Norman)
Steve Stephens & Pam Vredevelt
The Wounded Woman
St. John of the Cross
Dark Night of the Soul (On Loan to Fabian)
Tan Siang Yang
Lay Counseling
Thomas Kempis
The Imitation of Christ
Watchman Nee
The Normal Christian Life (incorporating Sit, Walk, Stand)
The Overcoming Life
Wayne Grudem
Systematic Theology
William Gurnall
The Christian in Complete Armour (Vol 1, 2 & 3)
Commentaries Section
Holman Concise Bible Commentary (David S. Dockery)
New Testament History (F. F. Bruce)
Exploring the New Testament (David Wenham & Steve Walton)
Holman Old Testament Commentary
Daniel (Kenneth O. Gangel)
New International Biblical Commentary
John (J. Ramsey Michaels)
The Expositor's Bible Commentary
Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
The NIV Application Commentary
James (David P. Nystrom)
The Pillar New Testament Commentary
The Letter To The Ephesians (Peter T. O'Brien)
The Letters Of John (Colin G. Kruse)
The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon (Douglas J. Moo)
The Gospel According to John (D. A. Carson) [Unavailable]
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
The Letters of John (John Stott)
The Bible Speaks Today
The Message Of Jonah (Rosemary Nixon)
The Message Of John (Bruce Milne) [Unavailable]
The Message Of Ephesians (John Stott)
The Message of Acts (John Stott)
The Message of 1 Corinthians (David Prior)
The New International Commentary On The Old Testament
The Book Of Genesis Chapters 1-17 (Victor P. Hamilton)
The Book Of Genesis Chapters 18-50 (Victor P. Hamilton)
The Book Of Ruth (Robert L. Hubbard Jr.)
The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah (Leslie C. Allen)
The Book Of Isaiah Chapters 1-39 (John N. Oswalt)
The Book Of Isaiah Chapters 40-66 (John N. Oswalt)
The New International Commentary On The New Testament
The Book Of The Acts (F. F. Bruce)
The First Epistle To The Corinthians (Gordon D. Fee)
The Second Epistle To The Corinthians (Paul Barnett)
The Epistle To The Romans (Douglas J. Moo)
The Epistle To The Hebrews (F. F. Bruce)
The Letters To Timothy And Titus (Philip H. Towner)
Paul's Letter To The Philippians
The Gospel According to John (Leon Morris) [Unavailable]
The Call to Joy & Pain
A.W. Tozer
The Pursuit of God
The Radical Cross (Living the Passion of Christ)
God's Pursuit of Man
Bill Hybels
Holy Discontent
Bob Reccord
Beneath The Surface
Bruce Wilkinson
Secrets Of The Vine
Brennan Manning
The Ragamuffin Gospel
Brother Lawrence
The Practice of the Presence of God (On Loan To Fabian)
C.H. Spurgeon
Grace, God's Unmerited Favor
Being God's Friend
Spurgeon On The Holy Spirit
Finding Peace in Life's Storms
Beside Still Waters: Words of Comfort for the Soul
Charles M. Sheldon
In His Steps
C.S. Lewis
Mere Christianity
Suprised by Joy
The Four Loves
The Joyful Christian
What Christians Believe
Poems
Collected Letters of C.S. Lewis:
1. Family Letters 1905 - 1931
2. Books, Broadcasts, and the War 1931 - 1949
Reflections on the Psalms
Till We Have Faces: A Myth Retold
The Chronicles of Narnia (Entire Series)
The Complete C.S. Lewis Signature Classics:
1. Mere Christianity
2. The Screwtape Letters
3. The Abolition of Man
4. The Great Divorce
5. The Problem of Pain
6. Miracles
7. A Grief Observed
Dallas Willard
Hearing God
The Great Omission
Renovation Of The Heart
D.A. Carson
A Call To Spiritual Reformation
How Long O Lord?: Reflections on Suffering and Evil
D.A. Carson & Douglas J. Moo
An Introduction To The New Testament
Dietrich Bonhoeffer
The Cost Of Discipleship
Donald S. Whitney
Spiritual Disciplines For The Christian Life
Edmund Chan
Mentoring Paradigms
Growing Deep In God (On Loan to Joanna)
E.M Bounds
E.M. Bounds on Prayer
Eugene H. Peterson
Run With The Horses
A Long Obedience In The Same Direction
Gary R. Collins
The Biblical Basis of Christian Counseling for People Helpers
Christian Counseling (Third Edition)
Gordon. D Fee & Douglas Stuart
How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth
Gordon MacDonald
Ordering Your Private World (2 Copies) (1 copy on loan to Gina)
Rebuilding Your Broken World (2 Copies)
A Resilient Life
Gordon & Gail MacDonald
Till The Heart be Touched (On loan to Yu Kuan)
Gregory E. Ganssle
God & Time: Four Views
Holly Wagner
God Chicks: Living Life As A 21st Century Woman (On loan to Yanwei)
Isaac Ambrose
Looking Unto Jesus
J.I. Packer
Knowing God
Evangelism And The Sovereignty Of God
Praying: Finding Our Way Through Duty to Delight (On loan to Daniel)
In My Place Condemned He Stood
Growing in Christ
J. Oswald Sanders
Spiritual Discipleship
Jock Purves
Fair Sunshine: Character Studies of the Scottish Covenanters
John Drane
Introducing The Old Testament
John Eldredge
Wild at Heart
John MacArthur
Twelve Ordinary Men
Twelve Extraordinary Women
A Tale of Two Sons
Ashamed of the Gospel
Right Thinking In A World Gone Wrong: A Biblical Response To Today's Most Controversial Issues
John Ortberg
Everybody's Normal Till You Get To Know Them
The Life You've Always Wanted: Spiritual Disciplines for Ordinary People
John Piper
A Hunger For God
John Stott
Men With A Message
Basic Christianity
The Living Church
Joanna Weaver
Having A Mary Heart In A Martha World
Joni Eareckson Tada
Hope, the best of thngs
A lifetime of Wisdom: Embracing the Way God Heals You
Josh McDowell
The New Evidence That Demands A Verdict
Joyce Meyer
Beauty For Ashes
The Confident Woman
J.P. Moreland
Love Your God With All your Mind
Larry Crabb
Effective Biblical Counseling (On loan to Joanna)
Connecting: Healing For Ourselves And Our Relationships
Hope When You're Hurting: Answers to 4 Questions Hurting People Ask
Understanding People
Shattered Dreams: God's Unexpected Pathway to Joy
Lee Strobel
The Case For Faith
The Case For Christ
Leonard Ravenhill
Why Revival Tarries
Revival God's Way: A Message for the Church
Revival Praying
Philip Yancey
Where Is God When It Hurts?
Prayer: Does It Make A Difference
Reaching For The Invisible God
The Jesus I Never Knew
P. T. Forsyth
The Soul of Prayer
Max Lucado
He Chose The Nails
Six Hours One Friday
Facing Your Giants (On Loan to Jasmine)
3 Books in One Volume:
Come Thirsty
Traveling Light
Next Door Savior
Norman L. Geisler & Frank Turek
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist
N. T. Wright
Evil and the Justice of God
Peter Williams
From Eden to Egypt
Ravi Zacharias
Recapture the Wonder
Cries Of The Heart
Reginald Johnson
Your Personality and the Spiritual Life
Richard P. Walters
Counseling for Problems of Self-Control
R.C. Sproul
Knowing Scripture
The Invisible Hand: Do All Things Really Work for Good
The Holiness of God
Chosen By God
Richard Foster
Celebration of Discipline
Robb Thompson
Solitary Refinement: The Hidden Power of Being Alone (On loan to Annette)
Ruth and Elmer Towns
Women Gifted For Ministry: How To Discover And Practice Your Spiritual Gifts
Stan Toler
God Has Never Failed Me, But He's Sure Scared Me To Death A Few Times
Stephen Arterburn & Fred Stoeker
Every Man's Battle
Every Young Man's Battle (On Loan to Norman)
Steve Stephens & Pam Vredevelt
The Wounded Woman
St. John of the Cross
Dark Night of the Soul (On Loan to Fabian)
Tan Siang Yang
Lay Counseling
Thomas Kempis
The Imitation of Christ
Watchman Nee
The Normal Christian Life (incorporating Sit, Walk, Stand)
The Overcoming Life
Wayne Grudem
Systematic Theology
William Gurnall
The Christian in Complete Armour (Vol 1, 2 & 3)
Commentaries Section
Holman Concise Bible Commentary (David S. Dockery)
New Testament History (F. F. Bruce)
Exploring the New Testament (David Wenham & Steve Walton)
Holman Old Testament Commentary
Daniel (Kenneth O. Gangel)
New International Biblical Commentary
John (J. Ramsey Michaels)
The Expositor's Bible Commentary
Psalms, Proverbs, Ecclesiastes, Song of Songs
The NIV Application Commentary
James (David P. Nystrom)
The Pillar New Testament Commentary
The Letter To The Ephesians (Peter T. O'Brien)
The Letters Of John (Colin G. Kruse)
The Letters to the Colossians and to Philemon (Douglas J. Moo)
The Gospel According to John (D. A. Carson) [Unavailable]
Tyndale New Testament Commentaries
The Letters of John (John Stott)
The Bible Speaks Today
The Message Of Jonah (Rosemary Nixon)
The Message Of John (Bruce Milne) [Unavailable]
The Message Of Ephesians (John Stott)
The Message of Acts (John Stott)
The Message of 1 Corinthians (David Prior)
The New International Commentary On The Old Testament
The Book Of Genesis Chapters 1-17 (Victor P. Hamilton)
The Book Of Genesis Chapters 18-50 (Victor P. Hamilton)
The Book Of Ruth (Robert L. Hubbard Jr.)
The Books of Joel, Obadiah, Jonah, and Micah (Leslie C. Allen)
The Book Of Isaiah Chapters 1-39 (John N. Oswalt)
The Book Of Isaiah Chapters 40-66 (John N. Oswalt)
The New International Commentary On The New Testament
The Book Of The Acts (F. F. Bruce)
The First Epistle To The Corinthians (Gordon D. Fee)
The Second Epistle To The Corinthians (Paul Barnett)
The Epistle To The Romans (Douglas J. Moo)
The Epistle To The Hebrews (F. F. Bruce)
The Letters To Timothy And Titus (Philip H. Towner)
Paul's Letter To The Philippians
The Gospel According to John (Leon Morris) [Unavailable]
Labels: Book List
The Cell Library is finally up, ladies and gentlemen, and good to go.
Recent changes to the blog (updated 17 Nov 08):
1. Most books now have links, complete with book scans and descriptions.
2. Book pages now list who have borrowed the book before so you can find out more about it from people who've read it.
How to use the library (version 1.2):
1. The Book List is above. Leave a comment (either on the tagboard or here) with your name and the book that you want to borrow. However, if you wish to remain anonymous, feel free to email me the request at fabianlau@gmail.com. Note: this might change if we decide to create a new email specifically for the blog.
2. I will bring the book to you on the next cell day.
3. If you wish to pick it up from me on a non-cell day (perhaps because you really want to read the book like, now, or because you won't be at cell), just let me know in the comment. We can always liaise via sms, but that's more expensive.
4. Each book is loaned to you for a maximum duration of 1 month. You can choose to renew the loan provided there's no one else in the queue.
The 5 Commandments of the library (correct as of 8-Oct-2008):
1. Thou shalt not use the book as a drink coaster or some other function in which the book might be Damaged.
2. Thou shalt not lose the book that thou dost borroweth, else the Wrath of the Abyss cometh heavily upon thee.
3. Thou shalt treat the book as thine own, unless thou treateth thine books as dirt, in which case thou shalt treat the book as thine child (unless thou treateth thine child as dirt, but thou gets what I am sayingeth).
4. Thou shalt remember the Returning Date and keep it holy (by returning thine books on time, or renewing them).
5. Honor thine Librarian and Abyssal Lord, else we shalt make things very uncomfortable for thee.
Recent changes to the blog (updated 17 Nov 08):
1. Most books now have links, complete with book scans and descriptions.
2. Book pages now list who have borrowed the book before so you can find out more about it from people who've read it.
Upcoming improvements (updated 17 Nov 08):
1. Completing the list of books (there have been new additions since a few weeks ago, sorry for the delay).
2. A more automated way of informing people about their overdue books.
-The Cell Librarian
Labels: Library Rules
Friday, October 24, 2008
Book description
What is the normal Christian life? We do well at the outset to ponder this question. The Object of these studies is to show that it is something very different from the life of the average Christian. Indeed a consideration of the written Word of God-of the Sermon on the Mount for example-should lead us to ask whether such a life has ever in fact been lived upon the earth, save only by the Son of God Himself. But in that last saving clause lies immediately the answer to our question.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
What is the normal Christian life? We do well at the outset to ponder this question. The Object of these studies is to show that it is something very different from the life of the average Christian. Indeed a consideration of the written Word of God-of the Sermon on the Mount for example-should lead us to ask whether such a life has ever in fact been lived upon the earth, save only by the Son of God Himself. But in that last saving clause lies immediately the answer to our question.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
Labels: Watchman Nee
Book description
In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline has helped over a million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God. For this special twentieth anniversary edition, Richard J. Foster has added an introduction, in which he shares the story of how this beloved and enduring spiritual guidebook came to be.
Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, Celebration of Discipline explores the "classic Disciplines," or central spiritual practices, of the Christian faith. Along the way, Foster shows that it is only by and through these practices that the true path to spiritual growth can be found.
Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the Spirit, Foster shows how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study, offer avenues of personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service, help prepare us to make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration, bring us nearer to one another and to God.
Foster provides a wealth of examples demonstrating how these Disciplines can become part of our daily activities-and how they can help us shed our superficial habits and "bring the abundance of God into our lives." He offers crucial new insights on simplicity, demonstrating how the biblical view of simplicity, properly understood and applied, brings joy and balance to our inward and outward lives and "sets us free to enjoy the provision of God as a gift that can be shared with others." The discussion of celebration, often the most neglected of the Disciplines, shows its critical importance, for it stands at the heart of the way to Christ. Celebration of Discipline will help motivate Christians everywhere to embark on a journey of prayer and spiritual growth.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
In the twenty years since its publication, Celebration of Discipline has helped over a million seekers discover a richer spiritual life infused with joy, peace, and a deeper understanding of God. For this special twentieth anniversary edition, Richard J. Foster has added an introduction, in which he shares the story of how this beloved and enduring spiritual guidebook came to be.
Hailed by many as the best modern book on Christian spirituality, Celebration of Discipline explores the "classic Disciplines," or central spiritual practices, of the Christian faith. Along the way, Foster shows that it is only by and through these practices that the true path to spiritual growth can be found.
Dividing the Disciplines into three movements of the Spirit, Foster shows how each of these areas contribute to a balanced spiritual life. The inward Disciplines of meditation, prayer, fasting, and study, offer avenues of personal examination and change. The outward Disciplines of simplicity, solitude, submission, and service, help prepare us to make the world a better place. The corporate Disciplines of confession, worship, guidance, and celebration, bring us nearer to one another and to God.
Foster provides a wealth of examples demonstrating how these Disciplines can become part of our daily activities-and how they can help us shed our superficial habits and "bring the abundance of God into our lives." He offers crucial new insights on simplicity, demonstrating how the biblical view of simplicity, properly understood and applied, brings joy and balance to our inward and outward lives and "sets us free to enjoy the provision of God as a gift that can be shared with others." The discussion of celebration, often the most neglected of the Disciplines, shows its critical importance, for it stands at the heart of the way to Christ. Celebration of Discipline will help motivate Christians everywhere to embark on a journey of prayer and spiritual growth.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
Labels: Richard Foster
Book description
Sometimes it seems life has nothing to send your way but storms. How can you possibly anchor yourself well enough to survive and weather these storms? You may be facing…
* a failing marriage
* an impossible work deadline
* a potential layoff
* the death of a child
* a malignant tumor
* or something equally challenging
You don't have to weather these storms alone. God promises to be with you, and He has provided you with three anchor points to help you ride out any storm. Each anchor point was planted firmly in bedrock two thousand years ago by a carpenter who claimed to be the Christ. And it was all done in the course of a single day. All done during six hours one Friday.
Those six hours were no normal six hours. They were the most critical hours in history. For during those six hours on that Friday, God made it possible for you to know that:
* Your life is not futile.
* Your failures are not fatal.
* Your death is not final.
Travel back to the foot of the cross and learn how to live in the power of the cross.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
Sometimes it seems life has nothing to send your way but storms. How can you possibly anchor yourself well enough to survive and weather these storms? You may be facing…
* a failing marriage
* an impossible work deadline
* a potential layoff
* the death of a child
* a malignant tumor
* or something equally challenging
You don't have to weather these storms alone. God promises to be with you, and He has provided you with three anchor points to help you ride out any storm. Each anchor point was planted firmly in bedrock two thousand years ago by a carpenter who claimed to be the Christ. And it was all done in the course of a single day. All done during six hours one Friday.
Those six hours were no normal six hours. They were the most critical hours in history. For during those six hours on that Friday, God made it possible for you to know that:
* Your life is not futile.
* Your failures are not fatal.
* Your death is not final.
Travel back to the foot of the cross and learn how to live in the power of the cross.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
Labels: Max Lucado
Book description
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist argues that Christianity requires the least faith of all worldviews because it is the most reasonable. The authors lay out the evidence for truth, God, and the Bible in logical order and in a readable, non-technical, engaging style. A valuable aid to those interested in examining the reasonableness of the Christian faith, Geisler and Turek provide a firm challenge to the prior beliefs of doubters and skeptics.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
I Don't Have Enough Faith to Be an Atheist argues that Christianity requires the least faith of all worldviews because it is the most reasonable. The authors lay out the evidence for truth, God, and the Bible in logical order and in a readable, non-technical, engaging style. A valuable aid to those interested in examining the reasonableness of the Christian faith, Geisler and Turek provide a firm challenge to the prior beliefs of doubters and skeptics.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
Labels: Frank Turek, Norman L. Geisler
Book description
The wood. The thorns. The nails. Christ's sacrifice has defined the very essence of mankind's faith for the past 2000 years. And now, Max Lucado invites you to examine the cross, contemplate its purpose, and celebrate its significance with He Chose the Nails. With his warm, caring style, Max examines the symbols surrounding Christ's crucifixion, revealing the claims of the cross and asserting that if they are true, then Christianity itself is true. The supporting evidence either makes the cross the single biggest hoax of all time, or the hope of all humanity.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
The wood. The thorns. The nails. Christ's sacrifice has defined the very essence of mankind's faith for the past 2000 years. And now, Max Lucado invites you to examine the cross, contemplate its purpose, and celebrate its significance with He Chose the Nails. With his warm, caring style, Max examines the symbols surrounding Christ's crucifixion, revealing the claims of the cross and asserting that if they are true, then Christianity itself is true. The supporting evidence either makes the cross the single biggest hoax of all time, or the hope of all humanity.
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
Labels: Max Lucado
<Book description
Award-winning reporter and author Lee Strobel (The Case for Christ) once again uses his investigative skills to address the primary objections to Christianity. As a former atheist, Strobel understands the rational resistance to faith. He even names the eight most convincing arguments against Christian faith:
1) If there's a loving God, why does this pain-wracked world groan under so much suffering and evil?
2) If the miracles of God contradict science, then how can any rational person believe that they're true?
3) If God is morally pure, how can he sanction the slaughter of innocent children as the Old Testament says he did?
4) If God cares about the people he created, how could he consign so many of them to an eternity of torture in hell just because they didn't believe the right things about him?
5) If Jesus is the only way to heaven, then what about the millions of people who have never heard of him?
6) If God really created the universe, why does the evidence of science compel so many to conclude that the unguided process of evolution accounts for life?
7) If God is the ultimate overseer of the church, why has it been rife with hypocrisy and brutality throughout the ages?
8) If I'm still plagued by doubts, then is it still possible to be a Christian?
These are mighty tough questions, and Strobel fields them well. Rather than write a weighty dissertation about the merits of faith, he brings us along on his quest as we meet leaders in the Christian community, such as Peter Kreeft and William Lane Craig. We also encounter his everyday friends and acquaintances that serendipitously fill in the holes in each of the eight arguments against faith. The use of dialogue from personal interviews and a scene-by-scene active narrative makes this an easy and engaging read. However, easy does not mean breezy. This is a book of substance and merit, one that will help Christians defend their faith, especially during the hardest of times, when they have to defend their faith to themselves in moments of doubt. --Gail Hudson
To reserve this book, leave your name on a comment on this post or on the tagboard.
Award-winning reporter and author Lee Strobel (The Case for Christ) once again uses his investigative skills to address the primary objections to Christianity. As a former atheist, Strobel understands the rational resistance to faith. He even names the eight most convincing arguments against Christian faith:
1) If there's a loving God, why does this pain-wracked world groan under so much suffering and evil?
2) If the miracles of God contradict science, then how can any rational person believe that they're true?
3) If God is morally pure, how can he sanction the slaughter of innocent children as the Old Testament says he did?
4) If God cares about the people he created, how could he consign so many of them to an eternity of torture in hell just because they didn't believe the right things about him?
5) If Jesus is the only way to heaven, then what about the millions of people who have never heard of him?
6) If God really created the universe, why does the evidence of science compel so many to conclude that the unguided process of evolution accounts for life?
7) If God is the ultimate overseer of the church, why has it been rife with hypocrisy and brutality throughout the ages?
8) If I'm still plagued by doubts, then is it still possible to be a Christian?
These are mighty tough questions, and Strobel fields them well. Rather than write a weighty dissertation about the merits of faith, he brings us along on his quest as we meet leaders in the Christian community, such as Peter Kreeft and William Lane Craig. We also encounter his everyday friends and acquaintances that serendipitously fill in the holes in each of the eight arguments against faith. The use of dialogue from personal interviews and a scene-by-scene active narrative makes this an easy and engaging read. However, easy does not mean breezy. This is a book of substance and merit, one that will help Christians defend their faith, especially during the hardest of times, when they have to defend their faith to themselves in moments of doubt. --Gail Hudson
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They were ordinary, common, and in some cases shockingly low-caste, yet each was made extraordinary by her life-changing encounter with God.
Readers will be challenged and motivated by Twelve Extraordinary Women, a poignant and personal look into the lives of some of the Bible's most faithful women. Their struggles and temptations are the same trials faced by all believers at all ages. Inside this book, best-selling author and Bible teacher John MacArthur shows that the God to whom they were so committed is the same God who continues to mold and use ordinary people today.
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They were ordinary, common, and in some cases shockingly low-caste, yet each was made extraordinary by her life-changing encounter with God.
Readers will be challenged and motivated by Twelve Extraordinary Women, a poignant and personal look into the lives of some of the Bible's most faithful women. Their struggles and temptations are the same trials faced by all believers at all ages. Inside this book, best-selling author and Bible teacher John MacArthur shows that the God to whom they were so committed is the same God who continues to mold and use ordinary people today.
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There is an appetite for God. And it can be awakened. I invite you to turn from the dulling effects of food and the dangers of idolatry, and to say with some simple fast:This much, O God, I want you.
Our appetites dictate the direction of our lives--whether it be the cravings of our stomachs, the passionate desire for possessions or power, or the longings of our spirits for God. But for the Christian, the hunger for anything besides God can be an arch-enemy. While our hunger for God--and Him alone--is the only thing that will bring victory.
Do you have that hunger for Him? As John Piper puts it:If we don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great.If we are full of what the world offers, then perhaps a fast might express, or even increase, our soul's appetite for God.
Between the dangers of self-denial and self-indulgence is this path of pleasant pain called fasting. It is the path John Piper invites you to travel in this book. For when God is the supreme hunger of your heart, He will be supreme in everything. And when you are most satisfied in Him, He will be most glorified in you.
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There is an appetite for God. And it can be awakened. I invite you to turn from the dulling effects of food and the dangers of idolatry, and to say with some simple fast:This much, O God, I want you.
Our appetites dictate the direction of our lives--whether it be the cravings of our stomachs, the passionate desire for possessions or power, or the longings of our spirits for God. But for the Christian, the hunger for anything besides God can be an arch-enemy. While our hunger for God--and Him alone--is the only thing that will bring victory.
Do you have that hunger for Him? As John Piper puts it:If we don't feel strong desires for the manifestation of the glory of God, it is not because you have drunk deeply and are satisfied. It is because we have nibbled so long at the table of the world. Our soul is stuffed with small things, and there is no room for the great.If we are full of what the world offers, then perhaps a fast might express, or even increase, our soul's appetite for God.
Between the dangers of self-denial and self-indulgence is this path of pleasant pain called fasting. It is the path John Piper invites you to travel in this book. For when God is the supreme hunger of your heart, He will be supreme in everything. And when you are most satisfied in Him, He will be most glorified in you.
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A lifelong pursuit of knowing God should embody the Christian's existence. According to eminent theologian J.I. Packer, however, Christians have become enchanted by modern skepticism and have joined the "gigantic conspiracy of misdirection" by failing to put first things first. Knowing God aims to redirect our attention to the simple, deep truth that to know God is to love His Word. What began as a number of consecutive articles angled for "honest, no-nonsense readers who were fed up with facile Christian verbiage" in 1973, Knowing God has become a contemporary classic by creating "small studies out of great subjects." Each chapter is so specific in focus (covering topics such as the trinity, election, God's wrath, and God's sovereignty), that each succeeding chapter's theology seems to rival the next, until one's mind is so expanded that one's entire view of God has changed. Author Elizabeth Eliot wrote that amid the lofty content Packer "puts the hay where the sheep can reach it--plainly shows us ordinary folks what it means to know God." Having rescued us from the individual hunches of our ultra-tolerant theological age, Packer points the reader to the true character of God with his theological competence and compassionate heart. The lazy and faint-hearted should be warned about this timeless work--God is magnified, the sinner is humbled, and the saint encouraged.
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A lifelong pursuit of knowing God should embody the Christian's existence. According to eminent theologian J.I. Packer, however, Christians have become enchanted by modern skepticism and have joined the "gigantic conspiracy of misdirection" by failing to put first things first. Knowing God aims to redirect our attention to the simple, deep truth that to know God is to love His Word. What began as a number of consecutive articles angled for "honest, no-nonsense readers who were fed up with facile Christian verbiage" in 1973, Knowing God has become a contemporary classic by creating "small studies out of great subjects." Each chapter is so specific in focus (covering topics such as the trinity, election, God's wrath, and God's sovereignty), that each succeeding chapter's theology seems to rival the next, until one's mind is so expanded that one's entire view of God has changed. Author Elizabeth Eliot wrote that amid the lofty content Packer "puts the hay where the sheep can reach it--plainly shows us ordinary folks what it means to know God." Having rescued us from the individual hunches of our ultra-tolerant theological age, Packer points the reader to the true character of God with his theological competence and compassionate heart. The lazy and faint-hearted should be warned about this timeless work--God is magnified, the sinner is humbled, and the saint encouraged.
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Contrary to popular belief, we do not have to be perfect to do God's work. Look no further than the twelve disciples whose many weaknesses are forever preserved throughout the pages of the New Testament. Jesus chose ordinary men - fisherman, tax collectors, political zealots - and turned their weakness into strength, producing greatness from utter uselessness. MacArthur draws principles from Christ's careful, hands-on training of the original twelve disciples for today's modern disciple - you.
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Contrary to popular belief, we do not have to be perfect to do God's work. Look no further than the twelve disciples whose many weaknesses are forever preserved throughout the pages of the New Testament. Jesus chose ordinary men - fisherman, tax collectors, political zealots - and turned their weakness into strength, producing greatness from utter uselessness. MacArthur draws principles from Christ's careful, hands-on training of the original twelve disciples for today's modern disciple - you.
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“Dr. Drane writes with clarity, simplicity, and literary grace.” Evangelical Quarterly
Collected in this volume, Drane's critically acclaimed works on the Old Testament survey the history of the Old Testament as a living chronicle of the relationship between the Hebrew people and their God.
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“Dr. Drane writes with clarity, simplicity, and literary grace.” Evangelical Quarterly
Collected in this volume, Drane's critically acclaimed works on the Old Testament survey the history of the Old Testament as a living chronicle of the relationship between the Hebrew people and their God.
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Biblical interpretation for both beginning and experienced Bible readers. Changes to the new third edition include: updated language, new foreword, improved diagrams, substantial rewriting of several chapters to make them more user-friendly, and updated list of recommended commentaries and resources.
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Biblical interpretation for both beginning and experienced Bible readers. Changes to the new third edition include: updated language, new foreword, improved diagrams, substantial rewriting of several chapters to make them more user-friendly, and updated list of recommended commentaries and resources.
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We all long to live life at its best--to fuse freedom and spontaneity with purpose and meaning. Why then do we often find our lives so humdrum, so unadventuresome, so routine? Or else so frantic, so full of activity, but still devoid of fulfillment? How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence--to run with the horses in the jungle of life? In a series of profound reflections on the life of Jeremiah the prophet, Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. His writing is filled with humor and self-reflection, insight and wisdom, helping to set a course for others in the quest for life at its best.
* readable
* author shares from personal experiences
* learn to get the most out of life
* in-depth look at the life of Jeremiah the prophet
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We all long to live life at its best--to fuse freedom and spontaneity with purpose and meaning. Why then do we often find our lives so humdrum, so unadventuresome, so routine? Or else so frantic, so full of activity, but still devoid of fulfillment? How do we learn to risk, to trust, to pursue wholeness and excellence--to run with the horses in the jungle of life? In a series of profound reflections on the life of Jeremiah the prophet, Eugene Peterson explores the heart of what it means to be fully and genuinely human. His writing is filled with humor and self-reflection, insight and wisdom, helping to set a course for others in the quest for life at its best.
* readable
* author shares from personal experiences
* learn to get the most out of life
* in-depth look at the life of Jeremiah the prophet
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An Introduction to the New Testament focuses on what used to be called “special introduction”—historical questions dealing with authorship, date, sources, purpose, destination, and so forth—in contrast to recent texts that concentrate more on literary form, rhetorical criticism, and historical parallels. The authors do not minimize these other topics; rather, they insist those subjects are better given extended treatment in courses on exegesis. By refocusing on the essentials, An Introduction to the New Testament ensures that the New Testament books will be accurately understood from their historical settings; and it allows other concerns to be introduced when appropriate.
The authors also include a brief outline of each New Testament document, providing a rationale when necessary for the choices they have made. They provide a brief account of current studies on each book, and indicate something of the theological contribution each document makes to the canon of Scripture.
Drawing on the core knowledge contained in An Introduction to the New Testament, a new generation of scholars will gain a better grasp of the Word of God
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An Introduction to the New Testament focuses on what used to be called “special introduction”—historical questions dealing with authorship, date, sources, purpose, destination, and so forth—in contrast to recent texts that concentrate more on literary form, rhetorical criticism, and historical parallels. The authors do not minimize these other topics; rather, they insist those subjects are better given extended treatment in courses on exegesis. By refocusing on the essentials, An Introduction to the New Testament ensures that the New Testament books will be accurately understood from their historical settings; and it allows other concerns to be introduced when appropriate.
The authors also include a brief outline of each New Testament document, providing a rationale when necessary for the choices they have made. They provide a brief account of current studies on each book, and indicate something of the theological contribution each document makes to the canon of Scripture.
Drawing on the core knowledge contained in An Introduction to the New Testament, a new generation of scholars will gain a better grasp of the Word of God
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The last command Jesus gave the church before he ascended to heaven was the Great Commission, the call for Christians to "make disciples of all the nations." But Christians have responded by making "Christians," not "disciples." This, according to brilliant scholar and renowned Christian thinker Dallas Willard, has been the church's Great Omission.
"The word disciple occurs 269 times in the New Testament," writes Willard. "Christian is found three times and was first introduced to refer precisely to disciples of Jesus. . . . The New Testament is a book about disciples, by disciples, and for disciples of Jesus Christ. But the point is not merely verbal. What is more important is that the kind of life we see in the earliest church is that of a special type of person. All of the assurances and benefits offered to humankind in the gospel evidently presuppose such a life and do not make realistic sense apart from it. The disciple of Jesus is not the deluxe or heavy-duty model of the Christian -- especially padded, textured, streamlined, and empowered for the fast lane on the straight and narrow way. He or she stands on the pages of the New Testament as the first level of basic transportation in the Kingdom of God."
Willard boldly challenges the thought that we can be Christians without being disciples, or call ourselves Christians without applying this understanding of life in the Kingdom of God to every aspect of life on earth. He calls on believers to restore what should be the heart of Christianity -- being active disciples of Jesus Christ. Willard shows us that in the school of life, we are apprentices of the Teacher whose brilliance encourages us to rise above traditional church understanding and embrace the true meaning of discipleship -- an active, concrete, 24/7 life with Jesus.
*Please note - the front and back covers you see here are not the same as the book itself. The Librarians are seeking to find the correct images, and in the meantime we thank you for your understanding and patience (so don't send us any hate-mail, please). =P <-- The librarian in charge of doing this is Fabian. Direct your hate-mail there :p :p
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The last command Jesus gave the church before he ascended to heaven was the Great Commission, the call for Christians to "make disciples of all the nations." But Christians have responded by making "Christians," not "disciples." This, according to brilliant scholar and renowned Christian thinker Dallas Willard, has been the church's Great Omission.
"The word disciple occurs 269 times in the New Testament," writes Willard. "Christian is found three times and was first introduced to refer precisely to disciples of Jesus. . . . The New Testament is a book about disciples, by disciples, and for disciples of Jesus Christ. But the point is not merely verbal. What is more important is that the kind of life we see in the earliest church is that of a special type of person. All of the assurances and benefits offered to humankind in the gospel evidently presuppose such a life and do not make realistic sense apart from it. The disciple of Jesus is not the deluxe or heavy-duty model of the Christian -- especially padded, textured, streamlined, and empowered for the fast lane on the straight and narrow way. He or she stands on the pages of the New Testament as the first level of basic transportation in the Kingdom of God."
Willard boldly challenges the thought that we can be Christians without being disciples, or call ourselves Christians without applying this understanding of life in the Kingdom of God to every aspect of life on earth. He calls on believers to restore what should be the heart of Christianity -- being active disciples of Jesus Christ. Willard shows us that in the school of life, we are apprentices of the Teacher whose brilliance encourages us to rise above traditional church understanding and embrace the true meaning of discipleship -- an active, concrete, 24/7 life with Jesus.
*Please note - the front and back covers you see here are not the same as the book itself. The Librarian
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Being close to God means communicating with him, and this communication is a two-way street—telling him what is on our hearts in prayer and hearing and understanding what he is saying to us. It is this second half of our conversation with God that is so important but can also be so difficult. How can you be sure God is speaking to you? The key is to focus not so much on individual actions and decisions as on building our personal relationship with our Creator. Hearing God is but one dimension of a richly interactive relationship, and obtaining guidance is but one facet of hearing God.
This updated classic, originally published in 1984 as In Search of Guidance, provides rich spiritual insight into how we can hear God's voice clearly and develop an intimate partnership with him in the work of his kingdom. The reader will learn that divine guidance goes beyond the anxious, sometimes neurotic, quest for "what God wants me to do," to having a critical role in my becoming a responsible co-laborer with Him, the kind of person He expects me to be. God is inviting us to reorganize our lives in a way that keeps us walking so closely with him that it becomes easy to know his mind and hear his voice.
Chapter one clarifies the tension in which Christians live, believing that hearing God is very important to our walk with him but at the same time lacking a confident understanding of how it works for the individual in practice. Chapter two removes some common misunderstandings about God's communications with us. Chapter three explains the various ways in which he is with us. Chapter four examines some objections to the very idea of God's communicating with individuals. Chapter five deals with the various ways in which he communicates and explains and defends the centrality of God's speaking— God's Word—to his creation and to the process of redemption. Chapter eight clarifies how we can be sure that we are hearing God. Finally, chapter nine deals with what to do on those occasions, sure to come, when God is not speaking—or at least when we are not hearing him.
Hearing God may be a daring idea—some would say presumptuous and even dangerous. But is it not, in fact, more presumptuous and dangerous to undertake human existence without hearing God? Dr. Willard's hope is that Hearing God will leave you with a clear sense of how to live confidently in a personal walk that is complemented by an ongoing conversational relationship with God.
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Being close to God means communicating with him, and this communication is a two-way street—telling him what is on our hearts in prayer and hearing and understanding what he is saying to us. It is this second half of our conversation with God that is so important but can also be so difficult. How can you be sure God is speaking to you? The key is to focus not so much on individual actions and decisions as on building our personal relationship with our Creator. Hearing God is but one dimension of a richly interactive relationship, and obtaining guidance is but one facet of hearing God.
This updated classic, originally published in 1984 as In Search of Guidance, provides rich spiritual insight into how we can hear God's voice clearly and develop an intimate partnership with him in the work of his kingdom. The reader will learn that divine guidance goes beyond the anxious, sometimes neurotic, quest for "what God wants me to do," to having a critical role in my becoming a responsible co-laborer with Him, the kind of person He expects me to be. God is inviting us to reorganize our lives in a way that keeps us walking so closely with him that it becomes easy to know his mind and hear his voice.
Chapter one clarifies the tension in which Christians live, believing that hearing God is very important to our walk with him but at the same time lacking a confident understanding of how it works for the individual in practice. Chapter two removes some common misunderstandings about God's communications with us. Chapter three explains the various ways in which he is with us. Chapter four examines some objections to the very idea of God's communicating with individuals. Chapter five deals with the various ways in which he communicates and explains and defends the centrality of God's speaking— God's Word—to his creation and to the process of redemption. Chapter eight clarifies how we can be sure that we are hearing God. Finally, chapter nine deals with what to do on those occasions, sure to come, when God is not speaking—or at least when we are not hearing him.
Hearing God may be a daring idea—some would say presumptuous and even dangerous. But is it not, in fact, more presumptuous and dangerous to undertake human existence without hearing God? Dr. Willard's hope is that Hearing God will leave you with a clear sense of how to live confidently in a personal walk that is complemented by an ongoing conversational relationship with God.
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A forceful and accessible discussion of Christian belief that has become one of the most popular introductions to Christianity and one of the most popular of Lewis's books. Uncovers common ground upon which all Christians can stand together.
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A forceful and accessible discussion of Christian belief that has become one of the most popular introductions to Christianity and one of the most popular of Lewis's books. Uncovers common ground upon which all Christians can stand together.
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