Other Books Received
Addison, Steve. 2011. Movements that Change the World. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press. Annan, Kent. 2011. After Shock: Searching for Honest Faith when Your World Is Shaken. Downers Grove, Ill.: InterVarsity Press. Christie, Vance. 2011. Hudson Taylor: Gospel Pioneer to China. Phillipsburg, N.J.: P&R Publishing Co. Hirsch, Alan and Lance Ford. 2011. Right Here, Right […]
Your Focus on the World: A Step-by-Step Guide to Leading Your Whole Church into Maximum Global Impact (with Implementation Guide)
by Ellen Livingood Catalyst Services, P.O. Box 152, Newtown, PA 18940, 214 + 108 pages, 2010, $19.99 ($9.99 implementation guide). —Reviewed by Cindy Judge, global outreach staff member, Wheaton Bible Church, West Chicago, Ill.; author of short-term missions study Prepare Your Heart. When I find a practical workbook like this one that is full of […]
Worship and Mission after Christendom
by Alan Kreider and Eleanor Kreider Herald Press, 616 Walnut Ave, Scottdale, PA 15683, 276 pages, 2011, $19.99. —Reviewed by Roberta R. King, associate professor of communication and ethnomusicology and director of the Global Christian Worship program, Fuller Theological Seminary. The saying “Mission exists because worship does not” (Piper 1993) served as a rallying cry […]
Where There Was No Church: Postcards from Followers of Jesus in the Muslim World
by EJ Martin, ed. Fruitful Practice Research and Learning Together Press, 204 pages, 2010, $12.50. —Reviewed by Benjamin Lee Hegeman, SIM lecturer in the history of Christian-Muslim relations, Houghton College; SIM academic dean at the école biblique en langue baatonou, Benin, French West Africa. The fascination of this 200-page work lies in its formatting: it […]
Telling God’s Stories with Power: Biblical Storytelling in Oral Cultures
by Paul F. Koehler William Carey Library, 1605 East Elizabeth St, Pasadena, CA, 91104, 308 pages, 2010, $17.99. —Reviewed by Dr. Victor Anderson, chair, Pastoral Ministries department, Dallas Theological Seminary. Over the last couple of decades, cross-cultural workers have gained a heightened awareness of the challenges of communicating from a literate world to one that […]
Suffering: Christian Reflections on Buddhist Dukkha
by Paul H. De Neui, ed. William Carey Library, 1605 E. Elizabeth St., Pasadena, CA 91104, 234 pages, 2011, $17.99. —Reviewed by Chandler H. Im, director, Ethnic Ministries, Billy Graham Center at Wheaton College; director, Ethnic America Network. In life, suffering is plentiful and unavoidable. Suffering (dukkha in Pali) is Buddhism’s departure point. It is […]
The Story of God, The Story of Us: Getting Lost and Found in the Bible
by Sean Gladding InterVarsity Press, P.O. Box 1400, Downers Grove, IL 60515, 193 pages, 2010, $17.00. —Reviewed by Scott Hedley, a research associate in Asia. Working with a Muslim language group and serving as a pastor in America, I have read many books on oral Bible storytelling. But this book is different: it chronicles a […]
Roots and Remedies of the Dependency Syndrome in World Missions
by Robert Reese William Carey Library, 1605 East Elizabeth Street, Pasadena, CA 91104, 226 pages, 2010, $24.99. —Reviewed by Marcus W. Dean, associate professor and chair, Intercultural Studies department, Houghton College, Houghton, New York; former missionary in Colombia and Puerto Rico. Roots and Remedies provides students and new missionaries a good introduction to the dependency […]
Oxford Handbook of Evangelical Theology
by Gerald R. McDermott, ed. Oxford University Press, 198 Madison Ave., New York, N.Y. 10016, 524 pages, 2010, $150. —Reviewed by Robert S. Covolo, Center for Advanced Theological Studies, Fuller Seminary, Pasadena, CA. Evangelical theology has come of age. This is represented not only in the prominence of many evangelical theologians, but in the increasing […]
Operation World: The Definitive Prayer Guide to Every Nation, 7th Edition
by Jason Mandryk Biblica Publishing, 1820 Jet Stream Dr., Colorado Springs, CO 80921, 992 pages, 2010, $24.99 (paperback). —Reviewed by A. Scott Moreau, chair, Intercultural Studies department, Wheaton College Graduate School; board member, Global Mapping International. How do you revise a bestseller that has energized the Church to pray for the unreached world for more […]