Equip Book of the Month: August

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Know the Creeds and CouncilsKnow the Creeds and Councils: Justin Holcomb

In every generation, the Christian church must interpret and restate its bedrock beliefs, answering the challenges and concerns of the day. This accessible overview walks readers through centuries of creeds, councils, catechisms, and confessions–not with a dry focus on dates and places, but with an emphasis on the living tradition of Christian belief and why it matters for our lives today.
As a part of the KNOW series, Know the Creeds and Councils is designed for personal study or classroom use, but also for small groups and Sunday schools wanting to more deeply understand the foundations of the faith. Each chapter covers a key statement of faith and includes a discussion of its historical context, a simple explanation of the statement’s content and key points, reflections on contemporary and ongoing relevance, and discussion questions.

“Obviously, Christianity did not begin when we were born…Today’s Christianity is directly affected by what earlier Christians chose to do and to believe.” – Justin Holcomb, professor at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and Reformed Theological Seminary

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Introducing ScriptureIntroducing Scripture: Introducing the Old & New Testament

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Ezra & Nehemiah (Crossway Bible Guide)Ezra and Nehemiah (Crossway Study Guide): Dave Cave

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Revelation (Crossway Bible Guide)Revelation (Crossway Study Guide): Peter Hicks

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Ephesians (Crossway Bible Guide)Ephesians (Crossway Study Guide): Steve Motyer

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Making Sense of the New TestamentMaking Sense of the New Testetment: Craig Blomberg

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Raising Real Kids, not Fakers

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Written by Gordon Mcdonald : Sponsored by Good Book Company

Family Driven FaithI’ve been in youth ministry for nearly 7 years, and I’ve ministered to droves of parents and students. I could tell you all kinds of stories – good, bad, redemptive, hilarious, and heart-breaking. As I’ve surveyed these interactions, however, a single summarizing word comes to mind: “shocked”.

“MY kid is looking at porn? NO!”

“My girl would NEVER do that to someone else. She’s such a sweetheart!”

“My boy using drugs? I don’t think so…”

Parenting Beyond Your CapacityAnd then I show them the website. I give them tangible evidence of what she did. I pull out the bag of weed. And then I watch the world melt before the parent’s eyes. “I just never thought my _______ was capable of something like that.”

I’m left shocked as well – not because parents are foolish, or because students are sinful. I’m shocked that parents are shocked. “How could they have missed that? Wasn’t it obvious? How many context clues does it take? How many comments and raised eyebrows from others? How many obvious lies?”

It’s a frustrating and disheartening experience for all involved.  But it doesn’t have to be that way.

The #1 Difference Maker

Parents in PainOver the years, I’ve also been blessed to see students who are real with their parents. Despite the pull of Facebook, Instagram, and Snapchat to create multiple well-crafted identities, these students are real. They confess their flaws and grow closer to God and their families through them.

What’s the difference? 

The #1 difference is this: ”real” students come from safe homes. Put simply, a safe home is a place where it’s okay to fail. In fact, it’s expected, and embraced. Rather than excusing their children’s sin or “fixing” it, these parents resolve to love their children through imperfection. And that’s the #1 way to keep our children real.

Are You a Safe Parent?  Read more…

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Book Review: The Everyday Gospel

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The Theology of washing dishes : By Tim Chester

Reviewed by Sylvia Bester

Everyday Gospel, TheIf you’re anything like me you’ll hate washing dishes and cleaning the kitchen!

In this delightful booklet Tim Chester reminds us that mundane tasks such as washing the dishes can be done for the glory of God.  We read that because we have the wrong approach to these everyday tasks they become tedious and joyless.

What then should our attitude be to this seemingly irksome and useless activity?

Tim gives us 2 suggestions:

  1. Ordering Chaos: “We are expressing our true humanity and sharing in God’s joy at creation. It is the same with washing the dishes.  The dirty dishes become a pile of clean crockery. The cluttered kitchen becomes new again” (Page 10)
  2. Serving Others: “ How do we move from washing the dishes as an unpleasant duty to joyful service?

Part of the answer,  I think, is to offer the washing of the dishes to god as an act of service, to consciously think of doing the dishes in God’s presence for God’s pleasure” (Page 16).  So, washing the dishes  can become a delight and is our sacrifice of praise for the finished sacrifice of Christ

And that is just the first 21st pages, so I invite you to read on….. and see what the author says about:

  • When Washing the Dishes goes Bad
  • When You Should Not Wash Up

And more……go on… read it …..it will take an hour but it will change your attitude for life

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Jesus, Lover of my Soul

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Ephesians 2: 7-8   So that in the coming ages he might show the immeasurable riches of his grace in kindness toward us in Christ Jesus. 8 For by grace you have been saved through faith.  And this is not your own doing; it is the gift of God.

Dawning of Indestrucible JoyGod wants us to experience the riches of your salvation:  the Joy of being loved constantly and perfectly by Him.  We make a practice of judging ourselves based on how you look or behave or feel.

If we like what we see in the mirror, we feel a bit more worthy of His Love.  When things are going smoothly and our performance seems adequate, we find it easier to believe we are His beloved children.  When we feel discouraged, we tend to look inward so that we can correct whatever is wrong.  Evening by Evening (PB)Instead of trying to “fix” ourselves, we should fix our gaze on Jesus, the Love of our souls.

Rather than using up our energy to judge ourselves, we should redirect it to praising Him instead.  Remember that He sees us clothed in His righteousness, and radiant in His perfect love.

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Book Review: If I were God I’d make myself clearer

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Author: John Dickson

Searching for clarity in a world full of claims…

If I Were God I'd Make Myself ClearerWritten from a Christian perspective, this books struggles honestly with questions that face ‘believers’ and ‘unbelievers’ alike:-

  • With so many religions on offer, can one of them be considered true?
  • Or are they different paths up the same spiritual mountain?
  • And how can any one person sort their way through the maze of claims?

Loosely based on Paul’s sermon to the Athenians, the book helps people to think through the issue of clarity in the minefield of religious faiths. It helpfully probes the issue that all faiths are of equal value and shows that such thinking is neither logical nor
fair to the claims of those faiths. The book goes on to suggest that certain faiths lend themselves to being more thoroughly examined because they make claims which can be checked and verified, and therefore offer a seeker a degree of confidence in their claims.

This book is not seeking to explain the Christian faith, but is rather encouraging people to see that Christianity is a faith that repeatedly offers us evidence of its truthfulness.

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 The Next Story Challies, Tim Zondervan  R247.71  40%  R150.00  The Next Story
The Family Balswick & Balswick Baker R485.71 49%  R250.00  Family, The
Stirrings of the Soul Ruiter, Michael Matthias Media R150.00 50%  R75.00  Stirrings of the Soul
Secret of Contentment Matthias Media R21.43 53% R10.00  Secret of Contentment, The (Minizine)
Dawn of a Kingdom (1 Sam) Welwyn Comm, Keddie, Gordon Evangelical Press R171.43 50% R85.00  Dawn of a Kingdom (1 Samuel - Welwyn)
Young, Restless, Reformed Hansen, Colin Crossway R135.71 48% R70.00  Young, restless, reformed
Truth about Jesus Barnett, Paul Aquila R148.57 50% R75.00  Truth About Jesus, The
Men of God Various Good Book Company  R71.43  51%  R35.00  Men of God
Life God Rewards Wilkenson, Bruce Multnomah  R30.00  50%  R15.00  A Life God Rewards HC
These are the days of Elijah Kendall, R.T. Revell  R264.29  38%  R165.00  These Are the Days of Elijah
Turning Back to God (Hosea & Obediah) Bentley, Michael EP  R128.21  50% R65.00  Turning Back to God (Hosea & Obadiah)
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Declaration of Love Davies, Samuel Crossway  R22.64  56%  R10.00  Declaration of Love
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The God who saves Matthias Media  R34.00  50%  R17.00  God Who Saves, The
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Prodigal God Curriculum KitThe Prodigal God DVD & Study Guide Pack: Timothy Keller

Keller takes his trademark intellectual approach to understanding Christianity and uses the parable of the Prodigal Son to reveal an unexpected message of hope and salvation.
Within that parable, Jesus reveals God’s prodigal grace toward both the irreligious and the moralistic. This book will challenge both the devout and skeptics to see Christianity in a whole new way.

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What's So Amazing About Grace (PB)What’s so amazing about Grace: Philip Yancey

Grace is the church’s great distinctive. It’s the one thing the world cannot duplicate, and the one thing it craves above all else – for only grace can bring hope and transformation to a jaded world.  Yancey explores how we as Christians can contend graciously with moral issues that threaten all they hold dear and challenges us to become living answers to a world that desperately wants to know,” What’s So Amazing About Grace”?

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Steve Saint (DVD)Steve Saint: The Jungle Missionary (DVD)

How does a man come to love the very people who killed his father? How does he trust that God can and will bring good out of evil?  Steve Saint recalls life in the jungles of Ecuador and the events surrounding the death of his father, Nate Saint, and 4 other missionaries in 1956. This inspiring DVD is both moving and challenging.

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If You Could Ask God One QuestionIf you could ask God one Question? Williams & Cooper

If you could ask God one question, and you knew it would be answered, what would it be? Paul Williams and Barry Cooper have spent several years asking people that question. And inside this book, they reveal the results: the twelve most frequently asked questions about God. But this isn’t just a book about questions. There are answers too. Answers from the lips of the most powerful, insightful and extraordinary figure in all of human history.

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One Life- What's It All AboutOne Life – What’s it all About? Tice & Cooper

We all get one life to live, and most of us are asking the same question – what’s it all about?   it’s a huge question and yet it would be so easy to miss the answer… This jargon-free introduction to Christianity explores who Jesus is, why he came, and what it means to follow him.

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Sovereign (CD)Sovereign CD by MW Smith

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Disenchanted with Islam: The Spiritual Impact of ISIS

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Spiritual Impact of ISIS

Written by Daniel Abraham of Avant Ministries
Breaking the Myth of Islam

Seeking Allah, Finding JesusWhat is religion? Many people may think they know the answer, but in the halls of academia the term religion has several definitions. One of these definitions I subscribe to is a functional definition by the theologian Paul Tillich that religion is an ultimate concern.

I grew up during the Iraq-Iran war. The bombs falling around us made death a tangible reality to me. Death was imminent, real, and near. I was ultimately concerned with death and the solution for death resided in the faith of my childhood (Islam). Islam says that there is a life after death with reward or punishment for Islam in our Backyardwhat you do in this life. This life became nothing but a temporary place of preparation and a test for the eternal life in heaven or hell.

I held these Islamic religious views because I inherited them from my family and my society. I accepted them as the ultimate truth, just as a child accepts by faith that Santa Claus is real and that he has this omnipresence to deliver Christmas gifts to all children everywhere in one night. As silly as this may sound to an adult, to a child who has faith in this myth it is unquestionable truth.

Islam, What Every Christian Should (PB)The Bible, the best spell breaker, disenchanted me with Islam. Being disenchanted from a myth can lead to two actions: rejecting the myth or accepting the myth as a beneficial tradition that you know is not true but like to keep (like the case of Santa Claus). Rejecting does not mean one is adopting a new belief. In my case, rejecting Islam did not lead to an automatic conversion to Christ; it was a process to break free from the myth that imprisoned my mind. For me, conversion was accepting new beliefs as truth after rejecting the old ones. I was awakened to the truth, until my soul yearned and earnestly sought God in the darkness of the night of that spiritual affliction.  Read more…

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