New book - How to Ruin Your Child in 7 Easy Steps

Title: How to Ruin Your Child in 7 Easy Steps: A Biblical Parenting Guide for the Rest of Us
Authors: Patrick Quinn and Ken Roach
Call number: 249.2 QUI









In a world where parenting advice shifts faster than fashion trends, this “how not-to parent” resource takes a fresh look at how the Seven Deadly Sins are the root of most modern parenting problems.

Through humorous stories and practical biblical wisdom, Patrick Quinn and Ken Roach show how well-meaning parents can ruin their children’s lives in seven easy steps (wrath, greed, envy, lust, sloth, gluttony, and pride). Quinn and Roach then offer a fresh counter-approach—laying a seven-fold foundation for lasting significance so parents can help rescue their children’s heart ... and future.

New book - Who Made God?: And Answers to Over 100 Other Tough Questions of Faith

Title: Who Made God?: And Answers to Over 100 Other Tough Questions of Faith
Editors: Ravi Zacharias and Norman L. Geisler
Call number: 137 ZAC









In the quest for the truth, you need to know what you believe and why you believe it. Who Made God? offers accessible answers to over 100 commonly asked apologetic questions. Bringing together the best in evangelical apologists, this guide is standard equipment for Christians who want to understand and talk about their faith intelligently. Part one answers tough questions about the Christian faith such as: Who made God? How can there be three persons in one God? What is God s ultimate purpose in allowing evil? Where did the universe come from? How long are the days of creation in Genesis? Did Jesus rise from the dead? Are the records of Jesus life reliable? Does the Bible have errors in it? Part two answers tough questions about other faiths, including Islam, Mormonism, Hinduism, Transcendental Meditation, Yoga, Reincarnation, Buddhism, and Black Islam. Relevant stories, questions for reflection and discussion, and a comprehensive list of suggested resources help you dig deeper so you can be prepared to give careful answers that explain the reasons for your faith."

New book - Jesus Among Other Gods

Title: Jesus Among Other Gods: The Absolute Claims of the Christian Message
Author: Ravi Zacharias
Call number: 138 ZAC









We are living in a time when you can believe anything, as long as you do not claim it to be true. In the name of “tolerance,” our postmodern culture embraces everything from Eastern mysticism to New Age spirituality. But as Ravi Zacharias points out, such unquestioning acceptance of all things spiritual is absurd. All religions, plainly and simply, cannot be true.

Jesus Among Other Gods provides the answers to the most fundamental claims about Christianity, such as:

• Aren’t all religions fundamentally the same?
• Was Jesus who He claimed to be?
• Can one study the life of Christ and demonstrate conclusively that He was and is the way, the truth, and the life?

In each chapter, Zacharias considers a unique claim that Jesus made and then contrasts the truth of Jesus with the founders of Islam, Hinduism, and Buddhism with compelling insight and passionate conviction. In addition to an impressive breadth of reading and study, he shares his personal journey from despair and meaninglessness to his discovery that Jesus is who He said He is.

New book - The Real Face of Atheism

Title: The Real Face of Atheism
Author: Ravi Zacharias
Call number: 138 ZAC










Atheism is a world without God. Its true nature—whether disguised in Eastern mysticism or American cynicism—is despair. In this thought-provoking and witty book, Ravi Zacharias provides Christians a clear apologetic for their faith.

Formerly published as A Shattered Visage, The Real Face of Atheism systematically examines atheistic positions on human nature, the meaning of life, morality, the "First Cause," death, and more. With a new introduction and revisions throughout, The Real Face of Atheism is the perfect text for pastors, students, and thinking laypeople who want to improve their apologetic skill and reach out to non-believers.

New book - God's Double Agent

Title: God's Double Agent: The True Story of a Chinese Christian's Fight for Freedom
Author: Bob Fu
Call number: 267.1 FUB









Tens of millions of Christians live in China today, leading double lives to hide from a government that relentlessly persecutes them.

By day, Bob Fu was a teacher in a communist school; by night, he was a preacher in an underground house church network. This edge-of-your-seat book tells the true story of Fu's conversion to Christianity, his arrest and imprisonment for starting an illegal house church, his harrowing escape, and his subsequent rise to prominence in the United States as an advocate for his oppressed brethren.

God's Double Agent will inspire you to boldly proclaim and live out your faith in a world that is at times indifferent, and at other times murderously hostile, to those who spread the gospel.

New book - Renovation Of The Heart

Title: Renovation Of The Heart: Putting On The Character Of Christ
Author: Dallas Willard
Call number: 201 WIL









Renovation of the Heart is a realistic guide to discipleship and the real challenges of Christian formation that helps to answer that inquiry. It lays a foundation for understanding the ruin and restoration of humanity, by discussing human nature and its components, how they operate, and how they are renewed. It describes common misunderstandings about our human nature, and the discipleship process. Most importantly, it outlines the general pattern of personal transformation-not as a formula, but as a systematic process that we have the responsibility to undertake as intentional apprentices of Jesus. Only then will our transformation be accomplished, through interaction with the grace of God in Christ, the presence of the Holy Spirit, and spiritual treasures stored in the body of Christ.

New book - The Five Love Languages

Title: The Five Love Languages: How to Express Heartfelt Commitment to Your Mate
Author: Gary Chapman
Call number: 249.4 CHA









Are you and your spouse speaking the same language? While love is a many-splendored thing, it is sometimes a very confusing thing, too. And as people come in all varieties, shapes, and sizes, so do their choices of personal expressions of love. More often than not, the giver and the receiver each express love in different ways. That can lead to misunderstanding, quarrels, and even divorce. Quality time, words of affirmation, gifts, acts of service, and physical touch are the five basic love languages.

Dr. Gary Chapman identifies these five basic love languages and then guides couples toward a better understanding of how each of them uses these love languages. Learn to speak and understand your mate's love language, and in no time you will be able to effectively love and truly feel loved in return. Skillful communication is within your grasp!

New book on the story of the Charismatic movement in Singapore

Title: Unfolding His Story: The Story of the Charismatic Movement in Singapore
Author: Georgie Lee and Galven Lee
Call number: 260.1 LEE









Something big happened 40 years ago. Teenagers broke out into ‘tongues’ in school. Historic institutions like St Andrew’s Cathedral and Wesley Methodist Church turned into chaotic places of Charismatic worship. Prayer and Bible study groups sprouted up along Shenton Way. People congregated in homes to experience more of the presence and power of God.

The Charismatic Movement changed the face of Singaporean Protestant Christianity. A Charismatic Christian community was formed. Channels of spiritual Revival were opened as crowds packed schools, homes, churches, stadiums and conference halls. Christianity became relevant to the citizens of a new nation, caught amid sweeping societal changes that were constantly forcing the Church to play ‘catch-up’.

Consonant with Singaporean aspirations for significance, success and unstinting progress, Charismatic Christianity revealed the tangible dynamism of a God who was constantly working in the personal and professional lives of His children. Believers were drawn to the compelling promise of lives miraculously transformed by the Holy Spirit, and a God who was moving Singapore towards her destiny as the ‘Antioch of Asia’.

Unfolding His Story is the first attempt to document the Charismatic Movement in Singapore in its entirety. God is still unfolding His Story here. He moved mightily. He shaped the present state of our nation. He can and will move again.

New book - Nurturing the Leader Within Your Child

Title: Nurturing the Leader Within Your Child: What Every Parent Needs To Know
Author: Tim Elmore
Call number: 249.2 ELM









How do I bring out the best in my child? What can I do to help my children reach their full potential? Why is it important to enocurage leadership in my child? Dr. Tim Elmore, answers these questions and others in "Nurturing the Leader Within Your Child." Using a survey of over 3,000 students, he enters the minds of today's youth to understand their desire to affect their world, their way.

Beginning with a foreword by John C. Maxwell, the book is in four unique sections (What You Need to Know, What They Need to Know, When to Seize the Moment, How to Pass it On). Dr. Elmore gives practical tools for bridging the generation gap to foster character and growth in your children. Offering a list of fundamental qualities every leader must possess, Dr. Elmore helps parents and youth workers recognize teachable moments and equips them to structure an individual mentoring plan for each child. Finally, he offers evaluation methods for recognizing progress.