ivp book club digest - nov. 25th, 2013

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in this issue ▷ new from andy crouch ▷ a cure for a polarized church

▷lives of faithfulness ▷stocking stuffer ideas

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Andy Crouch is executive editor of Christianity Today, where he was

also executive producer of This Is Our City, a multiyear project

featuring documentary video, reporting and essays about Christians

seeking the f lourishing of their cities. He also sits on the editorial

board for Books & Culture .

power: gift or curse?

Power corrupts—as we’ve seen time

and time again. Yet power is also the

means by which we bring life, create

possibilities, offer hope and make

human f lourishing possible. This is

“playing god” as it is meant to be.

If we are to do God’s work—fight

injustice, bring peace, create beauty

and allow the image of God to thrive

in those around us—how are we to do

these things if not by power?

With Playing God , Andy Crouch opens

the subject of power, elucidating its

subtle activity in our relationships and

institutions. He gives us much more

than a warning against abuse, though.

Turning the notion of “playing god”

on its head, Crouch celebrates power

as the gift by which we join in God’s

creative, redeeming work in the world.

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ANdy CrouCh oN Power

“Power at its worst should unset-

tle us, should shock us. But power

at its best is . . . the current of life.

It is dangerously good.”

“Here is what we need to discover

about power: it is both better and

worse than we could imagine.”

“Absolute love transfigures abso-

lute power. And power transfig-

ured by love is the power that

made and saves the world.”

“The worst fate one could wish

for would be to end up alone with

one’s power, for then there would

be no one left with whom onecould tend and shape the world.”

“Power is a gift. That is this

book’s central, controversial idea.”

PrAise for PLaying god

“Perhaps no question with such urgent

life-and-death consequences is more

poorly understood among Christians in

our era than the stewardship of power;but gloriously, in Playing God,

Andy Crouch provides the clarity we

need in this once-in-a-generation work

of sweeping theological and sociological

depth. It is fresh, rigorous, profoundly

helpful and a delight to read.”

—Gary A. Haugen, president & CEO,

International Justice Mission

“Once again, Andy Crouch cuts to the

heart of the matter by challenging us

to take seriously the One whose image

we bear. Playing God is a clear and compelling call for Christians to

steward the kind of power that enables

flourishing .”

—Gabe Lyons, coauthor of unChristian




hold it all together

Rich Nathan is senior pastor of Vineyard Columbus and has served

on the Vineyard’s national board for nearly two decades. A popular

national and international conference speaker, Rich also wrote Who

is My Enemy? Welcoming People the Church Rejects .

Insoo Kim serves as the pastor of ministry strategies at Vineyard

Columbus. He is also the director of the Church Planting Residency

Program, which exists to launch new church plants from Vineyard

Columbus.

It’s an either-or world. We find

ourselves caught between competing

factions, secular or religious, conserva-

tive or liberal. We are pulled between

extremes on one side or the other.

Rich Nathan and Insoo Kim show

how Christians can live out the full-

ness of the gospel through the both-

and. They affirm that we believe in

both proclamation and demonstration

of the gospel, justice and mercy, and

unity and diversity as one body with

many parts. The answer is not to

choose one or the other, but to hold

both together for a richer, more holis-

tic experience of Christianity. Then we

will live into the realities of the king-

dom of God, both now and not yet,

on earth as it is in heaven.

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AN exCerPT from Both-anD

“The world is becoming more

polarized and less civil at the

same time. That’s a potent

and dangerous combination!Whether it regards politics,

education or healthcare reform,

people on opposite ends of

the ideological spectrum are

screaming louder and listen-

ing less, and the great divide

between them widens and deep-

ens with each passing day. . . . It

is too easy for us as Christians

to hide in the safety of our

church buildings and point

fingers at people in the world

for their great polarizations and

incivility. It is painfully obvious

that even within the church,

however, a great chasm divides

the followers of Jesus.”

PrAise for Both-anD

“Too many of us have a gospel with a

hole in it, or as pastors Rich Nathan

and Insoo Kim write, we have an

‘either-or’ gospel. I’m so thankful for Rich, Insoo and Vineyard Columbus

for giving us a living example of a

church that is out to set the gospel free.

Be warned: following their wisdom will

turn you into a radical disciple of Jesus

Christ!”

—Richard Stearns, president of

World Vision US and author of

Unfinished: Believing Is Only the Beginning

“In our polarized world, and in an

equally polarized church, Rich Nathanand Insoo Kim’s book, Both-And , is

a breath of fresh air. Both-And calls

readers to embrace a powerful, compel-

ling and holistic Christian faith. This is

a hopeful, practical and inspiring look

at what Christianity is meant to be.”

—Adam Hamilton, pastor and author

of Seeing Gray in a World of Black and

White

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cuLture mAking ady Cruc

Andy Crouch unleashes a stirring manifesto call-

ing Christians to be culture makers. He unpacks

the complexities of how culture works and gives us

tools for cultivating and creating culture in part-

nership with God’s own making and transforming

of culture.


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PAuL And the LAw Bri S. Rser

Brian S. Rosner builds bridges between old and

new perspectives on Paul with this biblical-

theological account of the apostle’s complexrelationship with Jewish Law. He argues that

Paul reevaluates the law of Moses, including

its repudiation as legal code, its replacement by

other things, and its reappropriation as prophecy

and wisdom. Part of the New Studies in Biblical

Theology series.


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the missionAL Quest Lce Frd d Brd Brisc

In The Missional Quest you’ll learn how to take your

church on a long run, and how to sustain your-

selves and one another along the way through the

power of God for the sake of the world.


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mAking neighborhoods whoLeWye Grd d J M. Perkis

Civil rights leader John Perkins and CCDA presi-

dent Wayne Gordon revisit the founding prin-

ciples of the Christian Community Development

Association, seeking to provide the terms for a

new discussion on Christian community develop-

ment today. Includes profiles of thriving urban

ministries.


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youth ministry from the outside in Brd K. McKy

Brandon McKoy mines social construction theory

to redirect our youth ministries from a focus on

forming and protecting the private faith-lives of students to cultivating an awareness of Christ “in

our midst”—in the overlapping relationships, sto-

ries and spheres of life that make us who we are.


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PowerSc nels

In the small group study guide Power: Living by the

Spirit of God you and your friends will consider the

role of the Holy Spirit in making God known,

making community flourish and making peace.

Come and relish the present power of God’s Spiritas you move more boldly into God’s mission.


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Neighborly Love

For small groups who recognize the

need to turn their focus outward

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mission64 PAges, PAPerbAck,1044, $8.00,

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Power70 PAges, PAPerbAck,

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community 76 PAges, PAPerbAck,

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Each of the five guides focuses on a different topic, but all are designed

to help participants ask good questions about their local context and tothink creatively about how they might join God on mission.

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Share the Warmth

Begin a small group with

neighbors and friends

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the bibLeQuestions

hl Seed

Everyone has questionsabout the Bible—fromthe senior pastor of thebig church down theroad to the guest at thehotel off the interstate.Where did it come from?What does it have to dowith my life? Hal Seedtakes you on a tour intoand behind the Bible sothat you get to know it

and the God who makeshimself known in it.

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trAnsformingbibLe study

Bb Grm

With both biblicalexpertise and cul-tural awareness Bob

Grahmann clearlyintroduces the inductivemethod of Bible studyand offers a variety of exercises to help youput it into practice rightaway.


how tounderstAnd your bibLe (3rdedition)t. nr Serre d

Ricrd L. Sculz

The authors of thisclassic book present gen-eral rules for reading theBible’s ordinary languageand move on to specificprinciples that apply tospecial types of languagesuch as parables, figuresof speech, Hebrewpoetry and symbols.


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souL-shAPingsmALL grouPs

Kim V. Egelm

Englemann challengesthe compartmentaliza-tion of Bible study,

prayer and even fun(only laugh during ice-breaker time!), and offerscreative, practical sugges-tions that can serve tointegrate these aspectsinto an experientialframework. A must-readfor anyone who leads orparticipates in a smallgroup!


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Searching for Wisdom

“Let the one who is wise heed these things

and ponder the loving deeds of the Lord.”

—Psalm 107:43


christiAn APoLogetics Dugls Gruis

In this systematic text,Douglas Groothuis makesa comprehensive apolo-

getic case for Christiantheism. He defends objec-tive truth, presents thekey arguments for Godfrom natural theologyand makes a case for thecredibility of Jesus, theincarnation and the resur-rection, assessing alterna-tive views along the way.

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one bibLe,mAny Versions

Dve Bru

Dave Brunn has beenan international Bibletranslator for many years.

Here he divulges the innerworkings of translationpractice to help us sortout the many compet-ing claims for superior-ity among English Bibletranslations. His profes-sional assessments andconclusions will be a greathelp to all seeking truth

in translation.

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A theoLogy Asbig As the city

Ry Bkke

How does God see thecity? What does Scripturehave to say about urban

ministry? These are thequestions Ray Bakke hassystematically addressed,beginning with Genesisand continuing throughto Revelation. Here isa biblical theology thatwill constantly surpriseand challenge as you get aglimpse of how big God’s

view of the city really is.

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deLightingin the trinity

Micel Reeves

In this brief and winsomebook, Michael Reevespresents an introduction

to the Christian faith thatis rooted in the triuneGod. He takes cues frompreachers and teachersdown through the ages,setting key doctrinesof creation, the personand work of Christ, andlife in the Spirit into asimple framework of the

Christian life.


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Perennial Favorites

It is better to give

than to receive.

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god’s big PictureVug Rbers

In this excellent overview,Vaughan Roberts givesyou the big picture— showing how the differ-

ent parts of the Bible fittogether under the themeof the kingdom of God.He provides both theencouragement and thetools to help you read theBible with confidence andunderstanding.


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A Longobedience in thesAme direction

Eugee h. Peers

This revised and expand-ed version of Eugene H.

Peterson’s classic for mod-ern pilgrims who wantto learn to live in com-munion with God nowincludes the Songs of Ascents in The Messagetranslation, as well as anew epilogue.


sPirituALdisciPLineshAndbook

adele alberg Clu

Adele Calhoun lists fifty-five spiritual disciplines

ranging from classic (fast-ing) to contemporary(unplugging) with asection on how to beginthe practice of each one,drawing you closer to ourLord.


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inVitAtionto A Journey

M. Rber Mullld Jr.

Mulholland fleshes out acarefully worded defini-tion of spiritual forma-

tion that encompassesthe dynamics of a vitalChristian life and coun-ters our culture’s tendencyto trivialize, methodizeand privatize spirituality.


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Biographies of Faith

Faithfully led lives that inspire and encourage


once bLind Ky Mrsll Srm

Kay Marshall Strom tellsthe story of how JohnNewton, the famouswriter of “Amazing

Grace,” was converted ina life-threatening stormand went on to become apowerful voice against theslave trade.


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the AmAzing John wesLey

h. new Mly

Methodist ministerH. Newton Malonydraws on little-known

facts about John Wesley’slife to show how thepreacher started a move-ment that would saveEngland from the ravagesof the French Revolution.Recommended reading forChristians unfamiliar withthe historical and politicalorigins of Methodism.


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c. s. Lewis AsPhiLosoPher

Edied by Dvid

Bgge, Gry R.

hberms, d Jerry

L. Wlls

David Baggett, GaryHabermas and Jerry Wallsedit this overview of Lewis’sphilosophical thinking onarguments for Christianity,the character of God,theodicy, moral goodness,heaven and hell, a theory of literature and the place of the imagination.


John cALVin: A PiLgrim’s Life

herm J. Selderuis

Professor and renownedReformation historianHerman Selderhuis has

written this book to bringCalvin near to the reader,showing him as a man whohad an impressive impacton the development of theWestern world, but whowas first of all a believerwho struggled with Godand with the way God gov-erned both the world and

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Kingdom Narratives

These works will captivate your

imagination with echoes of the Gospel.

the singer triLogy Clvi Miller

Hundreds of thousands

have already thrilled to thisextraordinary retelling of alife unmatched in human his-tory. Through the story of the Singer, his Song and hisbattles with the World Hater,Calvin Miller has created abook full of life. Now inone volume, you can find apowerful tale of incarnation

and redemption.494 PAges, PAPerbAck,1321, $25.00,

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A week in the Lifeof corinth

Be Wierig III

Ben Witherington III re-enchants our reading of Paul in this creative fictionalreconstruction of ancientCorinth. The result is anunforgettable introduction tolife in a major center of theNew Testament world.


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the ArchiVes of AnthroPos set J Wie

A fantastic world of kings,sorcerers and goblins comesto life in this series of action-packed books by well-knownauthor John White. (Writtenin the tradition of The Chronicles of Narnia .)

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Begin with the Basics

These classic titles explore

the fundamentals of our faith.


simPLe sPirituALity Crisper L. heuerz

Chris Heuertz drawsfrom his experiences inglobal mission to explore

five disciplines that helpus break through the bar-riers between us and Godand our neighbor, so thatwe can experience a life-style in celebration of theGod who gives us life.


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A JustforgiVeness

Evere L. Wrig Jr.

Psychologist and lead-ing forgiveness researcher

Everett Worthington givesChristian foundations forunderstanding just for-giveness and dealing withwrongdoers in this com-prehensive guide whichoffers practical resourcesfor both individuals andcommunities.


“i beLieVe” aliser McGr

Alister McGrath unpacksthe content of theApostles’ Creed and intro-

duces us to the essentialtruths about God theFather, the person andwork of Jesus Christ, andthe Holy Spirit.


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bAsic christiAnity J S

John Stott’s clear, clas-sic book examines thehistorical facts on which

Christianity stands. Hereis a sound, sensible guidefor all who seek an intel-lectually satisfying expla-nation of the Christianfaith.


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Stocking Stuffers

my heArt—christ’s home

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Muger

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tyrAnny ofthe urgentCrles E.

hummel

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bAsed on A true story

Jmes Cug

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becoming A christiAn

J R. W. S

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how to heArgod Bill hybels

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discoVering your sPirituALgifts

J. E. o’Dy

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three kindsof LoVe

Msumi tyme

PAmPhLet, 132

why i beLieVein christCrles W. Cls

PAmPhLet, 82

too busy? alice Frylig

PAmPhLet, 049

LoneLiness Elizbe Skglud

PAmPhLet, 150

Compact and thoughtful, these

booklets make perfect gifts

for your loved ones.

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Holy Expectation

N e x t M o N t h

Jim Belcher makes a pilgrimage to the

AwAkening theQuieter Virtues

Gregry Specer

Written by a professor of communication studies,this book covers sevencore virtues—discern-ment, innocence, authen-ticity, modesty, reverence,contentment and generos-ity—which are being lostin our noisy world. Eachchapter contains practicalexercises and companionspiritual disciplines tostrengthen these virtues. Aguide for personal reflec-tion or group discussionoffers further guidanceto awakening the quietervirtues in you.


trAnsformed by god

Dvid G. Peers

Foundational to theNew Testament under-standing of Jesus is Jeremiah’s promise of a “new covenant,” thepromise that God willtransform our veryhearts. In this impor-tant new study, DavidPeterson expounds Jeremiah’s oracle and itsinfluence on the NewTestament, as well as itsrelevance for new cov-enant life today.


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in thebeginning, god

Mrv J. Dw

With the grace andinsight for which she isknown, Marva Dawnshows how the openingpages of the book of Genesis rivet our atten-tion on God, callingus to worship and topraise. Yet here Dawnhelps us see anew thegrace he offers to over-come our rebellious andwandering hearts.


surrenderto LoVe

Dvid G. Beer

David Benner exploresthe twin themes of love and surrender asthe heart of Christianspirituality. He leadsyou to an unexpectedplace, where yieldednessto God frees you tobecome who he createdyou to be.


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