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Books and readings

Below you will find a selection of recently published books. Although all quite different, they are worthwhile reads and we hope there is something amongst them that you will find of interest. Also, please don’t forget to scroll down and have a look at our note about the Reading the Bible in a Year project!

 

Andrew Sach and Richard Alldritt, Dig Even Deeper: Unearthing Old Testament Treasure (Inter-Varsity Press, £7.99) (ISBN: 978-1-84474-432-9)

Publisher’s synopsis: “What does an Old Testament book have to say to us in the twenty-first century? Discover the message of a Bible book for yourself by using tools which help you 'dig deeper'. In the authors' own words, 'We want to share with you why we think it means what it does, how we came to our understanding of the verses, what discoveries we made. Rather than a Hollywood movie, this is going to be more like the how-they-made-the-movie footage.' 'I have never seen a burning bush, have never suffered a plague of boils (even as a seventeen-year-old the acne wasn't that bad), have never parted my bathwater and walked through the middle, have never been to Mount Sinai, let alone heard God speaking from thunder on the top of it,' says Andrew Sach. 'What possible relevance does the book of Exodus have to me?' We set about discovering the message of a Bible book for us today using various tools (first introduced in Dig Deeper). The Repetition tool helps us to see that God's name is a big deal. The Context tool shows us why it was important to beat the Amalekites. The Quotation/Allusion tool uncovers a miniature garden of Eden where we least expect one. And so on. Rather than a Hollywood movie, this is more the how-they-made-the-movie footage that you get in the DVD extras. As well as showing you the treasure, we want you to grow in your ability to unearth such treasure for yourself in other Bible books.”

 

Retreat Association Retreats 2011(Retreat Association, £6)

Publisher’s synopsis:“Retreats 2011 includes the following features and improvements: Articles, book and CD reviews on the theme of Pilgrimage; Information and programmes for over 200 Christian retreat centres in the UK and beyond; Details of courses, networks and associations that promote spirituality and spiritual direction; Retreats with a theme - including painting, walking, Christmas and Easter; Retreats for the beginner; Individually guided retreats and quiet days; Map pages divided into regions; An index to all retreat centres.”

 

Derek Tidbal, Preacher, Keep Yourself from Idols (Inter-Varsity Press, £8.99) (ISBN: 978-1-84474-496-1)

Publisher’s synopsis: “With insight and wisdom, Derek Tidball reviews a selection of idols to which preachers are particularly vulnerable, under four headings: the self, the age, the task and the ministry. His aim is not to condemn - for the task is perilous enough - but to alert, and thereby help us to avoid those factors which, although good in themselves, become idolatrous, deposing God from the throne which is rightly and exclusively his. Our preaching should be offered up as a worthy sacrifice to the one, true, living God.”

 

Nick Page, The Wrong Messiah: The real story of Jesus of Nazareth (Hodder & Stoughton General Division, £12.99) (ISBN: 978-0-340-99627-0)

Publisher’s synopsis: “He came from the wrong social class, the wrong place and the wrong profession. He ate with the wrong people, championed the wrong causes and attracted the wrong kind of supporters. He even spoke with the wrong accent. In fact everything about Jesus of Nazareth was wrong. How could this odd-job man be God’s Messiah? To the authorities he was a dangerous rebel; to the pious he was scandalously unorthodox. Even his family thought he was mad. But somehow this builder from ‘up north’ ‘this outrageous, unorthodox, rebellious teacher and miracle worker ‘changed the world. In this illuminating new biography, Nick Page strips away centuries of misrepresentation and myth to reveal the real personality portrayed in the gospels. Drawing on a wealth of historical and archaeological research, the result is a startling and vivid new portrait of Yeshua ben Yosef – Jesus of Nazareth. Challenging and thought provoking, The Wrong Messiah will change the way you view Jesus: the man who in so many ways seemed utterly wrong, but who history has proved triumphantly to be right.”

 

Timothy Larsen, A People of One Book: The Bible and the Victorians (OUP, £30) (ISBN: 978-0-19-957009-6)

Publisher’s synopsis: “Although the Victorians were awash in texts, the Bible was such a pervasive and dominant presence that they may fittingly be thought of as 'a people of one book'. They habitually read the Bible, quoted it, adopted its phraseology as their own, thought in its categories, and viewed their own lives and experiences through a scriptural lens. This astonishingly deep, relentless, and resonant engagement with the Bible was true across the religious spectrum from Catholics to Unitarians and beyond. The scripture-saturated culture of nineteenth-century England is displayed by Timothy Larsen in a series of lively case studies of representative figures ranging from the Quaker prison reformer Elizabeth Fry to the liberal Anglican pioneer of nursing Florence Nightingale to the Baptist preacher C. H. Spurgeon to the Jewish author Grace Aguilar. Even the agnostic man of science T. H. Huxley and the atheist leaders Charles Bradlaugh and Annie Besant were thoroughly and profoundly preoccupied with the Bible. Serving as a tour of the diversity and variety of nineteenth-century views, Larsen's study presents the distinctive beliefs and practices of all the major Victorian religious and sceptical traditions from Anglo-Catholics to the Salvation Army to Spiritualism, while simultaneously drawing out their common, shared culture as a people of one book.”

 

Winn Griffin, googling God's Will: Why Keep Searching for It When It's Not (Harmon Press, £12.30 ) (ISBN:978-1-935-95900-7)

Publisher’s synopsis: “Tired of googling God's Will in all the wrong places? It's a habit that consumes more valuable time and often produces tragedy and frustration. Can you really find something, in the case of the will of God, which is not lost? The whole concept of "searching" suggests that something is lost, but is it really? What should you do? Stop "googling God's Will" and spend that precious time living into it. It's doable and the aim of this book is to dispel some of the theological "sacred cows" about the will of God and help you learn a new way of thinking and reflecting that can free you up to live into his will. Asking questions is often at the root of learning, but asking the wrong questions takes us on a journey along a path to nowhere. Have you ever asked questions like: Does God have a "perfect or permissive will" for my life? Can I "put out a fleece" to discover his will? How does the Spirit interact with me in living into the will of God? The bottom line: well, you will have to read googling God's Will to see what DrWinn offers as a possible solution.”

 

READING THE BIBLE IN A YEAR

During 2011, in celebration of the anniversary of the King James Version, we are encouraging people to try and read the bible within the year. A number of resources are listed below to assist you in this task and further information (along with readings) are available from the clergy team and the weekly Pewsheet.

Books:

If you would like to read one of the recommend books for Reading the Bible in a Year, but find the price prohibitive, the Team will cover the cost for you. Please speak to the Rev’d Fiona Winsor about how we can help.

Internet:

http://www.e100challenge.com/pages/ (will take you to new page)

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