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Books - Scripture Engagement

Advocacy

The Word Among Us

Scripture Engagement in IFES
Sabine Kalthof et al. (2015)
"How can we make sure that each new generation of students loves, studies, lives and shares God’s Word?" A team of IFES staff produced a booklet with this purpose in mind. It contains two resources, which can be used independently…
Richard
October 25, 2018
Culture

Évangile et Culture

Jalons de réconciliation
Zacharie Manyim M. (2017)
"I welcome the publication of this book in an Africa where the arrival of the Good News had essentially been bad news for our cultural realities. Zac invites us to examine our cultures in the light of the Gospel, in…
Richard
October 7, 2018
Bible StorytellingFilm and VideoOrality

Building Bridges to Oral Cultures

Journeys among the Least-Reached
Carla Bowman, Jim Bowman (2017)
Building Bridges to Oral Cultures narrates with chronological and adventurous detail, an extraordinary journey that began for Jim and Carla Bowman in the early 80s with a passion to share the Good News with a handful of the least-reached, indigenous…
Richard
October 7, 2018
Bible Preaching

Preaching

Communicating Faith in an Age of Skepticism
Timothy Keller (2016)
Most Christians—including pastors—struggle to talk about their faith in a way that applies the power of the Christian gospel to change people’s lives. Timothy Keller is known for his insightful, down-to-earth sermons and talks that help people understand themselves, encounter…
Richard
October 5, 2018
Bible Reading

Reading the Bible Supernaturally

Seeing and Savoring the Glory of God in Scripture
John Piper (2017)
Does it take a miracle to read the Bible? God wrote a book, and its pages are full of his glory. But we cannot see his beauty on our own, with mere human eyes. In Reading the Bible Supernaturally, John…
Richard
October 1, 2018
DevelopmentLanguage IssuesStrategic Planning

Sustaining Language Use

Perspectives on Community-Based Language Development
Paul Lewis, Gary Simons (2016)
How does a language community sustain their language in the face of ever-increasing forces of language shift? This volume, both a textbook and a handbook, is the result of ten years of reflection by the authors in light of SIL…
Richard
September 27, 2018
Bible Preaching

Expository Exultation

Christian Preaching as Worship
John Piper (2018)
“God has appointed preaching in worship as one great means of accomplishing his ultimate goal in the world.” John Piper makes a compelling claim in these pages about the purpose of preaching: it is intended not merely as an explanation…
Richard
June 5, 2018
Understanding Scripture

Reading the Word of God in the Presence of God

A Handbook for Biblical Interpretation
Vern S. Poythress (2016)
Every time we read the Bible, we’re reading in the presence of God. How should this incredible truth shape how we read? Moving quickly from principle to practice, Vern Poythress helps us rethink how we interpret the Bible by showing…
Richard
October 13, 2017
ResearchYoung People

The Bible Reading of Young Evangelicals

An Exploration of the Ordinary Hermeneutics and Faith of Generation Y
Ruth Perrin (2016)
From the book’s description: "Young evangelicals in Britain often find themselves at odds with an increasingly secular society, and yet the tradition persists and in some places flourishes. Sociological studies into the faith of this demographic group are rare, yet…
Richard
October 6, 2017
Bible Preaching

Between Two Worlds

The Challenge of Preaching Today
John Stott (2017)
“Preaching is indispensable to Christianity.” World-renowned preacher John Stott opens this book with those five bold words. He maintains, further, that “nothing is better calculated to restore health and vitality to the church than a recovery of true, biblical, contemporary…
Richard
August 5, 2017