New ITEMS in Covenant Church Library
Volume 1, Issue 3 March 26, 2017
A Muslim’s Mind, Edward J. Hoskins (1 copy)
Subject Category: Outreach
Physician and missionary Don Hoskins and his wife have lived among Muslim peoples for some 25 years, engaging them in conversation about their respective religious traditions. Dr. Hoskins has also studied the Hadith for decades (62 volumes of authoritative Sunni Hadith).
In this book, the author highlights and explains important texts of the Hadith in 6 different topic areas (Muhammad, women, heaven and hell, Jews and Christians, Shariah law, and jihad), showing how these traditions elaborate upon the Quran and help us understand the intellectual, social, and ethical lives of Muslims around us. There is nothing like this book and it is a valuable resource for Christians seeking help in sharing Christ with their Muslim friends. This book comes highly recommended by the Common Ground Conference.
Peace Child, Don and Carol Richardson (1 copy)
Subject Category: Outreach
The autobiographical account of Don and Carol Richardson’s ministry among the Sawi peoples of Irian Jaya. As Don Richardson writes in his Introduction, “as we studied the language [of the Sawi] and probed into their legends and customs, we found that we were living and working among a people who honor treachery as an ideal.” Their heroes would befriend and then kill and eat neighboring tribes. “…but the principle that we discerned was that God had already provided for the evangelization of this people by means of redemptive analogies in their own culture.”
From Amazon reviewer: What an extraordinary storyteller! I love Don Richardson's style of sharing this beautiful testimony. It was raw, authentic, truthful and just VIBRANT with life as it is in the uncivilized parts of the world. My imagination had to do very little work as the book and its characters came to life.
Reading feeds the mind, and providentially our minds—unlike our bodies—can continue to grow the longer we live. -- a -- paraphrase of Mortimer Adler
C. S. Lewis—A Life: Eccentric Genius, Reluctant ProphetAlister McGrath (1 copy)
The latest biography of Lewis. Meticulously researched, yet highly readable. Chapters on Lewis’ life as a child, his service in WW I, and a new dating of Lewis’ conversion. Insights into many of his literary works. From Publisher’s Weekly: “re the question of whether the world really needs another biography of C.S. Lewis, Oxford theologian McGrath's lucid and unsentimental portrait of the Christian champion responds with a resounding "yes."
Patheos.com: Rather than canonizing Lewis, McGrath's detailed book succeeds in humanizing him.
Narnia Chronicles, C. S. Lewis (1 Copy)
Attractive hardbound set of Narnia Chronicles.
This timeless box set includes all seven titles—The Magician's Nephew; The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe; The Horse and His Boy; Prince Caspian; The Voyage of the Dawn Treader; The Silver Chair; and The Last Battle—with interior black-and-white art by Pauline Baynes, the original illustrator.
Amazon reviewer: The Chronicles of Narnia, by C.S. Lewis, is one of the very few sets of books that should be read three times: in childhood, early adulthood, and late in life.
New books for children:
Pilgrim’s Progress, Gary Schmidt, illus. barry Moser (2017) (1 copy)
Newberry Honor author Gary Schmidt recaptures this classic tale for ages 9 and up
Thoughts to Make Your Heart Sing, Sally Lloyd-Jones, illus Jago (2012) (1 copy). From front flyleaf: perfect for family devotions, bedtime, story time, or even as a companion to The Jesus Storybook Bible, this accessible yet theologically rich book reveals biblical truth in word and image…”
Everything a Child Should Know about God, Kenneth N. Taylor, illus Jenny Brake (2014) (1 Copy)
The Biggest Story: How the Snake Crusher Brings us Back to the Garden, kevin deyoung, illus. don clark (2015) (1 copy)
The radical Book for Kids; Exploring the Roots and Shoots of Faith, champ thornton (2016) (1 copy)
As the subtitle suggests, this book presents topics in theology and also short discussions of famous Christians in history. Intended for children 8-14 to be read on their own. Exquisitely illustrated. See the many glowing endorsements on back cover and inside last page.