ivp book club digest - april 16th, 2012

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IN THIS ISSUE. CHRISTLIKENESS 101 , RCS VOL. 2 , EMERGING ADULTS



180 PAGES, PAPERBACK, 3824, ~,

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reply by April 16, 2012.

Too many pastors find themselves

struggling to survive in the wilder-

ness of contcl11por;l[Y ministry. In

this new pastoral theology, Pastor

David Rohrer ::tttempts to give

context and meaning to our desert

trial. He reminds us that our call-

ing is not to be custodians of an

institution, bur to be prophets like

John the Baptist. preparing a people

for the presence of the Lord.

"Pas t o" D avid Rohrer has dosen to

w it/vall ' a p a s t o r a l presence r o o t e d in treat-

in g cO l /g re ga tions wi l h dig llity alld souls

w ith holy resp ec t. A lld he has lived to t e l l th e

story . Pastors/read Ihis book . F riends. it is

p o s s i b l e 1 0 d o i b i s ."

-Eugene H. Peterson

David Rohrer is teaching pastor or University Presbyterian

Church, Seattle. Previously serving as a worship pastor,

Rohrer has been in ministry for three decades.



FR OM THE INTR ODUC TIO N

"In Luke's account of John the

Baptist's birth , the angel Gabriel

explains to John's Father, Zechariah,

that John wil! be about the work of

"m ak[ingJ ready a people prepared

for the Lord" (Lk 1:17). In chis

phrase I believe we have the kernel,

or perhaps stem cell, of the essential

character of pastoral work.

"It's a simple thing. Yet this pro-

found piece of the pastoral task is

so simple that it suffers from the

fate of getting lost. Perhaps it is so

readily affirmed as central to our

task that we fail to talk about it

and about how to do it in today's

church. And this is a tragedy,

because this phrase is the kind of

thing that can help us organize our

work. It is a set of lenses through

which we can view and evaluate our

work .... It provides us the oppor-

tunity to ask, Does this thing that

I am doing call people to pay atten-

tion ro God, or not?

"In the subsequent chapters of

this book I hope to explore the

implications of wearing this set of

lenses. By looking mainly at Luke's

rendition of John the Baptist's story,

we see a case study of pastoral

work. ... In this day when pastors

are d'lily tempted to buy remedies

guaranteed to help save the church

or produces guaranteed to grow a

church, we need to be called back

to an awareness of why the church

exists.

ALS O A VAILA BLE

Shepherds

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. . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .

SHEPHERDS AFTER MY OW N

HEART

Timothy S . Lan/ok

313 PA GE S, P APE R8AC K, 2621,~,

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240 PAGES, PAPERBACK, 3811, ~ ,

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reply by April 16, 2012.

In this Foundational work of

Christia» formation, Klaus Issler

derives insights from the life of

Jesus in the Gospels to uncover the

dynamics of becoming Christlike,

You will discover how you can

forge much deeper connections with

Jesus so that his life begins to per-

meate your own character.

"It vilal resou rc e jar a llY il ldividual or

grol lp l o o k i l l g j o r w ays to realize t h e power -

Jill ou/wlI les oj spirilHallral l iformatiol l

m anifestly p resented in the p ag es r : f the N ew

Testament."

-Dallas Willard, authorof T h e

D ivine C onsp irac y and T he S pirit if th e

DisC/plilles

Klaus Issler (Ph.D., Michigan State) is professor of

Christian education and theology in the Ph.D. program in

educational studies at Talbot School of Theology, Biola

University, in La Mirada, California.



e IVP BOO K C LU B

M A I N S E L E C T I O N

FROM THE FOREW ORD BY

CALVIN MILLER

"Klaus Isslee is a man for all

seasons. 1 have known him for

ye,lJ:s, and my every visit with him

has been one of joining his long,

unending conversation with God.

He is Emmaus-walking, heart-

burning-within-him Emmaus.

He is, with each new spiritual

insight, dying to talk about it. So

when I got this manuscript in the

mail, I read, and read, and read

some more. And when I finally got

to the Pifth chapter, the book orga-

nized itself around the issue he long

ago settled: 'Unless today's believers

engage the empower: ng resource

of the Holy Spirit-who is the

clivine agent of sancti fication-it

is impossible to be formed into the

image of Christ.' That is what this

book is about. That is what his life

is about.

"Klaus doesn't want much-just

co be formed into the image of

Christ. And w hy should you read

this book? Because he wants that

same thing for you.

"So, my dear Emmaus, thank

you for: this book. I walked with

you today as 1 rend, and my heart

burned within me. 1 would like to

tell you 1 am doing the best Ican,but Iknow 1 can do more. Because

of what you've written, maybe I'll

turn off the news early and eat a lot

lighter and ask myself, what can Ido co live into the life of Christ and

look forward to my bei ng better

formed in Christ?"

ALSO BY KLAUS ISSLER

296 PA GES , P AP ER BA CK , 2280, -$+9ffi,

CLUB PRICE: $13.30



e IVP BOOK CLUBINEW ALTERNATES

SHAPING

EZEK IEL, DANIEL

Edited by Carl L . Beckwith

Discover firsthand the Reformers' innovative read-

ings of the Old Testament. prophets Ezekiel and

Daniel. Familiar passages like Ezekiel's vision of

the wheels or Daniel's four beasts are revitalized

as they take the stage at this pivotal moment in

history.

Ix + 452 PAG ES, HARDCOVER, 2962, $5&00,

CLUB PRICE: $35.00

SHAPING THE JOURNEY OF EMERGING

ADULTS

Richard R. Dunn and Jana L . Sundene

Rick Dunn and [ana Sundcne offer guidance for

those who menror twentysornethings. With infor-mation on the new challenges of emerging adult-

hood, the authors call mentors to forgo curriculums

in favor of a decision to walk alongside emerging

adults into the hope and purpose of the Cbrisdife.

264 P AG ES, PA PE RBA CK , 3469, S 1 - & . e 8 ,

CLUB PRICE: $12.60

SPIR ITUA L RHYTHMS IN COMMUNITY

Keith Meyer

In the midst of full lives, we need rhythm-life-

giving patterns [hat deepen our connection with

God and others. This participatory guide by

Keith Meyer is designed to help you adopt a new

pattern of life, one modeled after the rhythms

of Jesus.

188 P AG ES, PA PE RB ACK . 3561,~,

CLUB PRICE: $10.50



e IVP BOOK CLUB I NEW ALTERNATES

FIXINGTHEMORAL

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FIX ING THE MORAL DEFIC IT

Ronald J. Sider

In this historic proposal, Ron Sider puts forward a

solution to the national deficit that exposes a moral

deficit at the heart of the crisis. Analyzing the

moral implications of the major solutions being

considered today, Sider counters with a pragmatic

approach that agrees with Christian principles.

171 PAGES, PAPERBACK 3795, -$+&Be,

CLUB PRICE: $10.50

GOD AND THE COSMOS

Harry Lee Poe & Jimmy H, Davis

Theologian Harry Lee Poe and chemist Jinuny H.

Davis argue thar the unique portrayal of God in

the Bible and in the Christian tradition is perfectlymatched with the scientific account of rbe struc-

ture of the universe to allow for divine interaction

with our world.

304 PAG ES. PAPERBACK, 3954, - $ 2 - 4 - : B 9 ,

CLUB PRICE: $16.80

EVERYDAY M ISSIONS

Leroy Barber

Mission Year president Leroy Barber takes the

mystique out of being" sent;' and invites ordinary

believers co see every day as a great commission

from God. Foreword by Chris Seay.

159 P AG ES, P AP ER BA CK, 3636,-$+5:68,

CLUB PRICE: $10.50



Rodney Reeves

SPIRITUALITY ACCORDING THEOLOGY REMIXED

TO PAU L Adam C. English

SHAPERS OF CHR ISTIAN

ORTHODOXY

Edited by Bradley G. Green

Rodney Reeves contrasts e;"lsyspincualicies of serenity and

retreat with the apostle Paul's

vision: ;1cross-shaped spiritual-

ity for fools making their lVay

through life's trials. Responding to

P;1UI'Snvitation "follow me :'IS J

follow Christ," Reeves discovers an

ancient spiritual path in the letters

of Paul.

253 PAG ES. PAPERBACK.

3946, -$2e:B8.

CLUB PRICE: $14.00

What pictures or analogies rodny

can g1veus understand-ing of the faith? Adam

English finds fresh insight in

four: Christianity as story, g;1me,

language and culture. T h e o l o g y

Remixed is a fresh representation of

Christian theology that is ncirher

modern nor postmodern, but in

dialogue with both in order to

help us articulate what we believe.

These eight essJys giveand commentary on the

theologians of the early

medieval church from [renaeus to

Aquinas, along with critical assess-

ments of how evangelicals can

approprinrc their insights.


3886,_

CLUB PRICE: $21.00208 PAG ES. PAPERBACK,

3874, -$2e:B8.

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THE MAKING OF THE

NEW TESTAMENT

Arthur G, Potzlo

Now revised and expanded.

Arthur Paczin's textbook introduc-

tion tells the unlikely srory of the

origin, collection, copying and

canonizing of the New Tcsramenr

documents. You will be brought

into the work of numerous bibli-

cal scholars who followed subtle

clues and whispers of evidence to

come to the full story of our New

Testament.

ii + 302 PAG ES. PAPERBACK.

2721, $2-4-:00,

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A CONCISE NEW

TESTAMENT THEOLOGY

t, Howard Marshall

This condensed version of

L Howard Marshall's celebrated

N ew T estam m t T heolog y distills the

essential conclusions of one of

rodays most respected evangeli-

cal New Testament scholars. Irs

author-by-author format also

makes it an attractive supplement

for courses in New Testament

surveyor introduction.

304 PAG ES, PAPERBACK,

2878, -sr&ee,

CLUB PRICE : $16 .10

IMAGES OF SALVATION

IN THE NEW TESTAMENT

Brenda 8 . Co/Un

"The New Testament does not

develop a systematic doctrine of

salvation," writes Brenda Colijn.

"Instead, it presents us with a

variety of pictures taken from dif-

ferent perspectives:' Colijn draws

all New Testament theology and

literary criticism to uncover how

New "Iesramem images provide

the building blocks of the master

story of redemption.


3872,~,

CLUB PR ICE: $17.50



SUSTAINABLE YOUTH

MINISTRY

Mark DeVries

After many interviews with

churches in crisis, Mark DeVries

shares the most common causes

of burnout in this increasingly

fragile ministry. He provides the

tools and structures church leaders

need to la y a foundation that isn't

built on one person or the brest

student ministry trend.


3361, $t6:98,

CLUB PRICE: $11.20

THE THEOLOGICAL TURN

IN YOUTH MINISTRY

Andrew Root & Kenda Creasy

Dean

Andrew Root, author

Relatio1 la l Youth Mi l l is /I ) " and

Creasy Dean, author of Almos t

Christian, call youth pastors to cake

another look at their ministries-

to see they are full of practical

theologians.

352 PA GES, PAPE RBA CK,3825, $+&.00 ,

CLUB PRICE: $12.60

FAMILY -BASED YOUTH

MINISTRY

Mark DeVries

Mark Devries shows why the

secret to getting students more

involved in the church is getting

them more involved in the f:1mily.

"D ifil1 ilely O l1 r o f t h e m osl im p orta nt

b o o k s 01 l) 'O H lh m il1 istry that b a s everbeCl l

wfille//."

- Wayne Rice, cofounder, Youth

Specialties

256 PAG ES, P APER BAC K,

3243, $-lb:OO,

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THE DANGEROUS ACT OF

LOVING Y OUR NEIGHBOR

Mark Labberton

Mark Labberton asks us to COIl-

sider how much damage we doby mispercciving-how wetend

to see our- neighbors as threats

or inconveniences rather than

children of God. Beginning with

a discipline of self-examination,

Labbcrron prep:lrcs us for a

change of heart that will have

powerful repercussions in our

world.

236 P AG ES . HA RD CO VE R,

3840, $-2&.68.

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JUST COURAGE

Gary A. Haugen

"C m )' H au gen exp lo res w h at it IIlfll115 to

nalty c arr a b e u l t ho se wh o sl i f fer-al ld il

i sn 't n e as sa r ii y tb e p a th w e l I1 ightfXpta."

-KayWarren, HIV / AIDS

[rutiative, Saddleback Church150 P AG ES . HA RDC OVE R,

3494, - $ 1 - 8 - B 8 ,

CLUB PRICE: $12.60

GOD IN A BROTHEL

Daniel Walker

Undercover Daniel

Walker recounts he infiltrated

the multibillion-dollar globalsex industry in order to liberate

women and children from slavery.

In vivid firsthand accounts, Walker

traces his steps through a diffuse

criminal underground stretching

from Southeast Asia to Las Vegas,

Nevada.


3806, $t5:B9.

CLUB PRICE: $10.50

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