New children's DVD - Jacob and Esau - The Stolen Birthright

Title: Superbook: Jacob and Esau - The Stolen Birthright
Call number: DVD[C] SUP










Chris says he will never forgive Joy when she accidentally causes Gizmo to short-circuit by spraying him during a lively water fight.

Join the adventure as Superbook takes Chris, Joy and Gizmo to meet Jacob and Esau — twins who cannot get along. Discover how Jacob tricks his father and steals from Esau, then flees for his life. Witness the dramatic conclusion when the brothers finally meet again!

Gather your family and get ready for an exciting journey as our heroes see how relationships that may seem hopelessly broken can be fixed through forgiveness!

New children's DVD - The Test! - Abraham and Isaac

Title: Superbook: The Test! - Abraham and Isaac
Call number: DVD[C] SUP










Chris is thrilled with his wildly popular new gaming system — until he hears that a sick boy in the hospital can’t get one.

Join the adventure as Superbook takes Chris, Joy and Gizmo to meet Abraham, who faces the ultimate test of his faith. Witness the heart-pounding suspense as this loving father must decide who is most important — God or his beloved son, Isaac.

Gather your family and get ready for an exciting journey as our heroes discover that the hardest choices can bring the greatest joy!

New children's DVD - He is Risen!

Title: Superbook: He is Risen! - The Resurrection of Jesus
Call number: DVD[C] SUP










Chris defiantly refuses to obey his mother — until he meets a Son who is willing to obey His Father, even if it means death!

Join Chris, Joy and Gizmo on an unforgettable journey as Superbook takes them — along with Chris’ mother, Phoebe — to Jerusalem, where they meet another mother and Son. Witness the obedience and suffering that led Jesus to Calvary, and the mighty power of God the Father who raised Him from the dead!

Gather your family as our heroes learn what love and sacrifice truly mean in Superbook: “He is Risen!”

New children's book - The Acts of the Apostles: The Illustrated International Children's Bible

Title: The Acts of the Apostles: The Illustrated International Children's Bible
Author: Keith Neely
Call number: 960 NEE









Unique storyboard frame-by-frame illustrations of the entire book of Acts, using the full ICB text. Not a paraphrase, but actual ICB verses presented in an inviting, illustrative style for children that encourages reading and learning.

New children's book - The Gospel of John: The Illustrated International Children's Bible

Title: The Gospel of John: The Illustrated International Children's Bible
Author: Keith Neely
Call number: 960 NEE









Unique storyboard frame-by-frame illustrations of the entire Gospel of John, using the full ICB text. Not a paraphrase, but actual ICB verses presented in an inviting, illustrative style for children that encourages reading and learning.

New children's book - The Gospel of Mark: The Illustrated International Children's Bible

Title: The Gospel of Mark: The Illustrated International Children's Bible
Author: Keith Neely
Call number: 960 NEE









Unique storyboard frame-by-frame illustrations of the entire Gospel of Mark, using the full ICB text. Not a paraphrase, but actual ICB verses presented in an inviting, illustrative style for children that encourages reading and learning.

New book - Life Lessons from Jesus

Title: Life Lessons from Jesus: 36 Bible Studies for Individuals or Groups
Authors: Bill Hybels and John Ortberg
Call number: 122 HYB









When Jesus was walking the earth, everyone had a theory about who he was—healer, revolutionary, king, friend, humble carpenter. But out of the vast complexity of characteristics and ideas there emerges one simple word that no one can deny: “Rabbi.”

These 36 Bible studies capture the heart of Jesus the Rabbi. He was a revolutionary, miracle-working, loving, powerful, divine teacher. For those whose minds are ready to be expanded, whose hearts are hungering to be touched, and whose lives are ripe for growth, John Ortberg and Bill Hybels invites people of all ages and backgrounds to pull up a chair and dig into the life lessons of Jesus captured in the Bible throughout the Gospels.

Designed for use as personal Bible study or group study, the interactive format will help readers grow in their ability to reflect the character of Jesus.

Studies include:

• Twelve Studies on the Sermon on the Mount by Bill Hybels
• Six Studies on The Lord’s Prayer by John Ortberg
• Six Studies on the Parables by John Ortberg
• Six Studies on The Passion Story by Bill Hybels
• Six Studies on Luke by Bill Hybels

New book - Surprised by Hope

Title: Surprised by Hope
Author: Tom Wright
Call number: 130 WRI










What do Christians hope for? To leave this wicked world and go to 'heaven'? For the 'kingdom of God' to grow gradually on earth? What do we mean by the 'resurrection of the body', and how does that fit with the popular image of sitting on clouds playing harps? And how does all this affect the way we live in the here and now? Tom Wright, one of our leading theologians, addresses these questions in this provocative and wide-ranging new book. He outlines the present confusion about future hope in both church and world. Then, having explained why Christians believe in the bodily resurrection of Jesus himself, he explores the biblical hope for 'new heavens and new earth', and shows how the 'second coming' of Jesus, and the eventual resurrection, belong within that larger picture, together with the intermediate hope for 'heaven'. For many, including many Christians, all this will come as a great surprise. Wright convincingly argues that what we believe about life after death directly affects what we believe about life before death. For if God intends to renew the whole creation - and if this has already begun in Jesus' resurrection - the church cannot stop at 'saving souls', but must anticipate the eventual renewal by working for God's kingdom in the wider world, bringing healing and hope in the present life. Lively and accessible, this book will surprise and excite all who are interested in the meaning of life not only after death but before it. 

New book - Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity

Title: Turning Points: Decisive Moments in the History of Christianity
Author: Mark A Noll
Call number: 260 NOL









In this popular introduction to church history, now in its third edition, Mark Noll isolates key events that provide a framework for understanding the history of Christianity. The book presents Christianity as a worldwide phenomenon rather than just a Western experience.

Now organized around fourteen key moments in church history, this well-received text provides contemporary Christians with a fuller understanding of God as he has revealed his purpose through the centuries. This new edition includes a new preface; updates throughout the book; revised "further readings" for each chapter; and two new chapters, including one spotlighting Vatican II and Lausanne as turning points of the recent past.

Students in academic settings and church adult education contexts will benefit from this one-semester survey of Christian history.

New book - In My Place Condemned He Stood

Title: In My Place Condemned He Stood: Celebrating the Glory of the Atonement
Author: J.I. Packer and Mark Dever
Call number: 132 PAC









An important anthology that reaffirms the classic doctrine of substitutionary atonement and counters the ongoing attacks against it.

If ever there was a time and a need for an enthusiastic reaffirmation of the biblical doctrine of substitutionary atonement, it is now. With this foundational tenet under widespread attack, J. I. Packer and Mark Dever's anthology plays an important role, issuing a clarion call to readers to stand firm in the truth.

In My Place Condemned He Stood combines three classic articles by Packer-"The Heart of the Gospel"; his Tyndale Biblical Theology Lecture, "What Did the Cross Achieve"; and his introductory essay to John Owen's The Death of Death in the Death of Christ-with Dever's recent article, "Nothing but the Blood." It also features a foreword by the four principals of Together for the Gospel: Dever, Ligon Duncan, C. J. Mahaney, and Al Mohler. Thoughtful readers looking for a compact classic on this increasingly controversial doctrine need look no farther than this penetrating volume.

New book - The Historical Reliability Of The Gospels

Title: The Historical Reliability Of The Gospels
Author: Craig L. Blomberg
Call number: 136 BLO










Examining the history of Gospel criticism, the persistent allegations of inconsistency among the Gospels, and the information provided by extrabiblical sources, Craig Blomberg makes a strong and comprehensive case for the historical reliability of these texts.

New book - Becoming a Contagious Christian

Title: Becoming a Contagious Christian
Author: Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg
Call number: 264 HYB










Evangelism doesn't have to be frustrating or intimidating. Bill Hybels and Mark Mittelberg believe that effectively communicating our faith in Christ should be the most natural thing in the world. We just need encouragement and direction. In Becoming a Contagious Christian, Hybels and Mittelberg articulate the central principles that have helped the believers at Willow Creek Community Church become a church known around the world for its outstanding outreach to unchurched people. Based on the words of Jesus and flowing from the firsthand experiences of the authors, Becoming a Contagious Christian is a groundbreaking, personalized approach to relational evangelism. You will discover your own natural evangelism style, how to develop a contagious Christian character, to build spiritually strategic relationships, to direct conversations toward matters of faith, and to share biblical truths in everyday language. This landmark book presents a blueprint for starting a spiritual epidemic of hope and enthusiasm for spreading the Gospel.

New book - Simply Christian

Title: Simply Christian: Why Christianity Makes Sense
Author: N.T. Wright
Call number: 137 WRI









Not since C.S. Lewis’s Mere Christianity has such a wise and informed leader taken the time to explain what Christianity is and how it is practiced. In Simply Christian, renowned biblical scholar and Anglican bishop N.T. Wright makes a case for Christianity from the ground up. Walking the reader through the Christian faith step-by-step and question by question, Wright’s Simply Christian offers explanations for even the toughest doubt-filled skeptics, leaving believers with a reason for renewed faith.

New book - You'll Get Through This by Max Lucado

Title: You'll Get Through This: Hope and Help for Your Turbulent Times
Author: Max Lucado
Call number: 201 LUC









You’ll get through this.

It won’t be painless.

It won’t be quick.

But God will use this mess for good.

Don’t be foolish or naïve.

But don’t despair either.

With God’s help, you’ll get through this.

You fear you won't make it through. We all do. We fear that the depression will never lift, the yelling will never stop, the pain will never leave. In the pits, surrounded by steep walls and aching reminders, we wonder: Will this gray sky ever brighten? This load ever lighten?

In You'll Get Through This, pastor and New York Times best-selling author, Max Lucado offers sweet assurance. "Deliverance is to the Bible what jazz music is to Mardi Gras: bold, brassy, and everywhere." Max reminds readers God doesn't promise that getting through trials will be quick or painless. It wasn't for Joseph--tossed in a pit by his brothers, sold into slavery, wrongfully imprisoned, forgotten and dismissed--but his Old Testament story is in the Bible for this reason: to teach us to trust God to trump evil.

With the compassion of a pastor, the heart of a storyteller, and the joy of one who has seen what God can do, Max explores the story of Joseph and the truth of Genesis 50:20. What Satan intends for evil, God redeems for good.

New book - Before Amen by Max Lucado

Title: Before Amen: The Power of a Simple Prayer
Author: Max Lucado
Call number: 245 LUC










We all pray . . . some.

We pray to stay sober, centered, or solvent. When the lump is deemed malignant. When the money runs out before the month does. When the marriage is falling apart. We pray.

But wouldn’t we like to pray more? Better? Stronger? With more fire, faith, and fervency?

Yet we have kids to feed, bills to pay, deadlines to meet. The calendar pounces on our good intentions like a tiger on a rabbit. And what about our checkered history with prayer? Uncertain words. Unmet expectations. Unanswered requests.

We aren’t the first to struggle with prayer. The first followers of Jesus needed prayer guidance too. In fact, prayer is the only tutorial they ever requested.

And Jesus gave them a prayer. Not a lecture on prayer. Not the doctrine of prayer. He gave them a quotable, repeatable, portable prayer. Couldn’t we use the same?

In Before Amen best-selling author Max Lucado joins readers on a journey to the very heart of biblical prayer, offering hope for doubts and confidence even for prayer wimps. Distilling prayers in the Bible down to one pocket-sized prayer, Max reminds readers that prayer is not a privilege for the pious nor the art of a chosen few. Prayer is simply a heartfelt conversation between God and his child. Let the conversation begin.

New book - Outlive Your Life by Max Lucado

Title: Outlive Your Life: You Were Made to Make A Difference
Author: Max Lucado
Call number: 201 LUC










These are difficult days in our world’s history.  Billions of people are poor, millions go hungry or thirsty every day.  Disease claims thousands of lives daily.  But you and I have been given an opportunity to make a big difference.  What if we did?  What if we rocked the world with hope?  Infiltrated all corners with God’s love and life? We are created by a great God to do great works. He invites us to outlive our lives, not just in heaven, but here on earth.  Let's live our lives in such a way that the world will be glad we did.

New book - Traveling Light by Max Lucado

Title: Traveling Light: Releasing the Burdens You Were Never Intended to Bear
Author: Max Lucado
Call number: 201 LUC









Weary travelers. You've seen them -- everything they own crammed into their luggage. Staggering through terminals and hotel lobbies with overstuffed suitcases, trunks, duffels, and backpacks.

Backs ache. Feet burn. Eyelids droop.

We've all seen people like that.

At times, we are people like that -- if not with our physical luggage, then at least with our spiritual load.

We all lug loads we were never intended to carry. Fear. Worry. Discontent. No wonder we get so weary. We're worn out from carrying that excess baggage. Wouldn't it be nice to lose some of those bags?

That's the invitation of Max Lucado. With the Twenty-third Psalm as our guide, let's release some of the burdens we were never intended to bear.

Using these verses as a guide, Max Lucado walks us through a helpful inventory of our burdens. May God use this Psalm to remind you to release the burdens you were never meant to bear.

New book - Glory Days by Max Lucado

Title: Glory Days: Living Your Promised Land Life Now
Author: Max Lucado
Call number: 201 LUC









Keep walking. This may be the day your Jericho walls come down. We all face them. Strongholds with a strong hold on our lives. Roadblocks to our joy. Obstacles in our marriages. Fortresses of fear blocking us from peace. How can we bring down these walls that keep us from the future God promises? Remember the story of Joshua and the battle of Jericho? Those were some formidable foes and big barriers. Max Lucado says the book of Joshua is in the bible to remind us of one thing: God Fights For Us! We can overcome, because He has already overcome. We were not made to stand in the shadow of our walls and quake. We were made to stand on top of Jericho's rubble and conquer. We win, because God's already won. Need a new battle plan for life? Keep walking, keep believing. These may be your Glory Days.

New book - Mocha with Max

Title: Mocha with Max: Friendly Thoughts and Simple Truths from the Writings of Max Lucado
Author: Max Lucado
Call number: 244 LUC









Brimming with personal stories and insights for life, reading "Mocha with Max" is like sitting down for a delicious cup of coffee with a special friend. This warm collection of inspirational thoughts from the writings of Max Lucado advise us to open our hearts to the joy and laughter in life. Designed with unique full-color imagery, "Mocha with Max" assures us that even on the days that bring pain and tears, anxiety and stress, God's love can fill our world with hope.

New book - Boundaries in Dating

Title: Boundaries in Dating
Authors: Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Call number: 249.5 CLO










Rules for Romance That Can Help You Find the Love of Your Life

Between singleness and marriage lies the journey of dating. Want to make your road as smooth as possible? Set and maintain healthy boundaries--boundaries that will help you grow in freedom, honesty, and self-control.

If many of your dating experiences have been difficult, Boundaries in Dating could revolutionize the way you handle relationships. Even if you’re doing well, the insights you’ll gain from this much-needed book can help you fine-tune or even completely readjust important areas of your dating life.

Written by the authors of the bestselling book Boundaries, Boundaries in Dating is your road map to the kind of enjoyable, rewarding dating that can take you from weekends alone to a lifetime with the soul mate you’ve longed for.

New book - Boundaries with Teens

Title: Boundaries with Teens: When to Say Yes, How to Say No
Author: John Townsend
Call number: 249.3 TOW









Teenagers!
You love them to pieces … but sometimes you feel like the pieces are falling apart.

Relax! Your sanity will survive these rocky teenage years, and so will your teens — provided you set healthy boundaries that work to their benefit and yours. Boundaries with Teens shows you how.

From bestselling author and counselor Dr. John Townsend, here is the expert insight and guidance you need to help your teens take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions and gain a deeper appreciation and respect both for you and for themselves.

With wisdom and empathy, Dr. Townsend, a father of two teens himself, applies biblically based principles for the challenging task of guiding your children through the teen years. He shows you how to:
• deal with disrespectful attitudes and impossible behavior in your teen
• set healthy limits and realistic consequences
• be loving and caring while establishing rules
• determine specific strategies to deal with problems both big and small

Discover how your teenager thinks. Learn how to apply biblical principles to specific problems. Boundaries with Teens can help you establish wise and loving limits that make a positive difference in your adolescent, in the rest of your family, and in you.

New book - Boundaries with Kids

Title: Boundaries with Kids
Authors: Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Call number: 249.2 CLO










What the award-winning Boundaries has done for adult relationships, Boundaries with Kids will do for you and your children. Here is the help you need for raising your kids to take responsibility for their actions, attitudes, and emotions. Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend take you through the ins and outs of instilling the kind of character in your children that will help them lead balanced, productive, and fulfilling adult lives. Learn how to:

• set limits and still be a loving parent 
• bring control to an out-of-control family life 
• apply the ten laws of boundaries to parenting
• define appropriate boundaries and consequences for your kids ...and much more

New book - Boundaries in Marriage

Title: Boundaries in Marriage
Authors: Henry Cloud and John Townsend
Call number: 249.4 CLO










Only when a husband and wife know and respect each other’s needs, choices, and freedom can they give themselves freely and lovingly to one another. Boundaries are the “property lines” that define and protect husbands and wives as individuals. Once they are in place, a good marriage can become better, and a less-than-satisfying one can even be saved.

Drs. Henry Cloud and John Townsend, counselors and authors of the award-winning best-seller Boundaries, show couples how to apply the 10 laws of boundaries that can make a real difference in relationships. They help husbands and wives understand the friction points or serious hurts and betrayals in their marriage—and move beyond them to the mutual care, respect, affirmation, and intimacy they both long for.

Boundaries in Marriage helps couples:

• Set and maintain personal boundaries and respect those of their spouse
• Establish values that form a godly structure and architecture for their marriage
• Protect their marriage from different kinds of “intruders”
• Work with a spouse who understands and values boundaries — or work with one who doesn’t 

New book - Courageous Leadership

Title: Courageous Leadership: Field-Tested Strategy for the 360° Leader
Author: Bill Hybels
Call number: 262 HYB









This book resonates with this conviction: that leaders such as you have the potential to be the most influential forces on planet Earth. Yours is the staggering responsibility and the matchless privilege of rallying believers and mobilizing their spiritual gifts in order to help people who are far from God become fully devoted followers of Christ. Life transformation and the eternal destinies of real people depend on the redemptive message entrusted to the local church. Are you willing to do whatever it takes to lead your church effectively so God's message of hope can change the world? Then this book is for you. Courageous Leadership is Bill Hybels' magnum opus, a book far too important to be written before its time. Only now, after nearly thirty years leading his own church from a handful of people with a burning vision into a globe-spanning kingdom force- - only after almost three decades of victories and setbacks, of praying hard and risking big - is Hybels ready at last to share the lessons he has learned, and continues to learn, about Christian leadership. Too much is at stake for you not to maximize your spiritual gift of leadership, insists Hybels. In this passionate, powerful book, he unpacks the tools, tasks, and challenges of your calling. You'll discover the power of vision and how to turn it into action. You'll gain frontline insights for developing a kingdom dream team, discovering your leadership style, developing other leaders, making decisions, walking with God, embracing change, staying your God-given course, and much, much more. Drawing on his own richly varied life experiences, Hybels fleshes out vital principles with riveting firsthand stories. This is far more than another book on leadership strategies and techniques. You'll find those topics in here, to be sure. But beyond them, you'll find the very essence of one of today's foremost Christian leaders - his fervent commitment to evangelism and discipleship and his zeal to inspire fellow church leaders even as he seeks to keep growing as a leader himself. If unchurched people matter to you . . . if you love seeing believers serve passionately with their spiritual gifts . . . if God's heartbeat for the church is your heartbeat as well . . . then this book is a must. Courageous Leadership will convince you to lead with all your might, all your skill, and all your faith. And it will give you the tools to do just that.

New book - Leadership Axioms

Title: Leadership Axioms: Powerful Leadership Proverbs
Author: Bill Hybels
Call number: 262 HYB









The best leaders not only lead well but also reflect on their leadership long enough and thoughtfully enough to articulate the philosophies that cause them to do so. Whether serving in the marketplace or in ministry, as executives or rank-and-file employees, as salaried staff or volunteer servants, good leaders can pinpoint the rationale for their actions and decisions with the ease of reciting their home address. In Axiom, author Bill Hybels divulges the God-given convictions that have dictated his leadership strategy for more than three decades as senior pastor of Willow Creek Community Church. Oriented toward four key leadership categories:

1. Vision and strategy (“Promote Shameless Profitability,” “Take a Flyer”) 
2. Teamwork and communication (“Obi-Wan Kenobi Isn’t for Hire,” “Disagree without Drawing Blood”) 
3. Activity and assessment (“Develop a Mole System,” “Sweat the Small Stuff”) 
4. Personal integrity (“Admit Mistakes, and Your Stock Goes Up,” “Fight for Your Family”)

Axiom brokers accessible wisdom from one leader’s journey, as well as emboldens you to nail down the reasons why you lead like you lead.

New book - Youth Bible series: Sex, love and relationships

Title: Sex, love and relationships (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Michael Sams
Call number: 114 SAM









How do we know what real love is? What should a Christian relationship look like? What is good sex and bad sex?

The world bombards us with its views on sex, love and relationships. As young people, how are we to seek a godly marriage or to live God’s way in singleness? These studies are designed to show us God’s views on relationships as revealed in the Bible as well as addressing issues such as pornography, masturbation and homosexuality.

New book - Youth Bible series: Keep the Faith

Title: Keep the faith (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: David Morgan
Call number: 114 MOR









Designed for those preparing for confirmation or baptism, Keep The Faith takes readers through a practical journey in fully grasping the Christian faith with God as the Father, Son and Holy Spirit. Eight studies are presented using ideas presented in the Nicene Creed to encourage participants to not only place their trust in Jesus, but to continue to run the race, fight the good fight and keep the faith until the very end.

New book - Youth Bible series: 1 Peter

Title: 1 Peter: Out of darkness (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Kristen Young
Call number: 114 YOU









Where do you go when everything seems dark? How do you live in a world where everyone around you seems to hate everything you love? How do you survive in the middle of a disaster zone?

1 Peter speaks to people who are in trouble – it provides encouragement to hurting people. These seven studies look at living God’s way, particularly as we respond to hardship, nastiness, persecution and slander. By imitating Christ, we can use our lives as a way of showing God to others and be a light in the darkness.

New book - Youth Bible series: 1 Thessalonians

Title: 1 Thessalonians: The changed life (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Ken Moser
Call number: 114 MOS









What does it mean to follow Jesus? What changes does it bring? In these updated studies, the book of 1 Thessalonians answers these questions with advice on a variety of topics including: dealing with persecution; relating to the opposite sex; Christian leadership and much more!

New children's book - Thank You, God, For Loving Me

Title: Thank You, God, For Loving Me
Author: Max Lucado
Call number: 920 LUC










Little Hermie and the baby bug garden friends teach little ones about God's love for them.

God loves all of His creatures. Little Hermie explores all of the ways God loves him and his friends in this sweet board book with glitter on the cover.

New children's book - Thank You, God, For Blessing Me

Title: Thank You, God, For Blessing Me
Author: Max Lucado
Call number: 920 LUC










Meet Little Hermie-the cutest baby caterpillar in the garden! Little Hermie's thankful heart shows toddlers how to be thankful for God's blessings.

Little Hermie is thankful for everything God has given him. He goes through his day thanking God for his many blessings in this adorable board book with flocking on the cover!

New children's book - Hermie: A Common Caterpillar

Title: Hermie: A Common Caterpillar
Author: Max Lucado
Call number: 920 LUC










Hermie doesn't have stripes. He doesn't have spots. In fact, he doesn't have anything special like everyone else. But together with his friend, Wormie, they talk to God about their troubles. Why do they have to be so plain? Will they ever be special?

Master storyteller Max Lucado conveys deep truths of God's love - how he makes each one unique - with simple, straightforward style that even the youngest child can understand. With vivid and heart-warming illustrations, it's the perfect way to engage young minds with a spellbinding story and the message of God's special purpose for each of His children.

New DVD - Set Apart

Title: Set Apart
Call number: DVD SET











The streets … or their dreams?

The city is all these kids have ever known. What passes for normal in their world goes against everything we hope and pray for when it comes to the next generation.

Fortunately, Pastor John Gunn (John Schneider) is watching out for them. Even he knows that the city is the last place these four should be. So he asks his brother and sister-in-law, Randy and Heidi Gunn (playing themselves), to help out by showing these city kids “The cowboy way.”

Is the hope of redemption enough to lure them away from the streets?

Set Apart combines the action and excitement of a Western with the laughter of a comedy to become a poignant coming-of-age drama.

New children's DVD - Daniel and the Lions' Den

Title: Superbook: Roar! - Daniel and the Lions' Den
Call number: DVD[C] SUP










When a bully takes over the skateboard park, Chris thinks he can’t make a difference — until he meets a man who risks his life to do the right thing!

Join the adventure as Superbook takes Chris, Joy and Gizmo to meet Daniel in Babylon — where jealous rivals plot to end his life. Witness true courage in action, and discover how faith in God gives the power to do what is right.

Gather your family and get ready for an exciting journey as our heroes learn that even a lions’ den is no match for God’s protection!

New children's DVD - The Ten Commandments - Moses and The Law

Title: Superbook: The Ten Commandments - Moses and The Law
Call number: DVD[C] SUP










Tired of following the park rules, Chris leads Joy and Gizmo into a dangerous cave — where they get lost!

Join the adventure as Superbook transports the children and their robot to the Sinai Desert, where they meet Moses, Aaron, and the Israelites. Witness the wonder as God gives the Ten Commandments, see the disastrous consequences when people disobey His laws, and discover His unfailing mercy and love.

Gather your family for an exciting journey as our heroes learn that God gives His people rules for their own protection and happiness!

New book - Youth Bible series: 1 John

Title: 1 John: Living the Real Thing (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Jon Thorpe
Call number: 114 THO










How can I know I'm a Christian? How can I tell a real Christian from a fake one? How am I supposed to live out my faith when things get tough? These studies on 1 John address these questions, which are important for young people to work through and answer. Prayer, sacrificial love and perseverance are topics which also come under the spotlight in the pages of the small but powerful book of 1 John.

New book - Youth Bible series: Philippians

Title: Philippians: The secret of contentment (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Louisa Pfitzner
Call number: 114 PFI









Do you want to learn the secret to contentment? In his letter to the Philippians, Paul shares with us how to be content whatever our circumstances. Learn from Paul how to pray and know the joy and peace that comes from following Jesus.

New book - Youth Bible series: John

Title: John: Believe and have life (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Matt Malcolm
Call number: 114 MAL









Why believe in Jesus? What benefits does believing bring? What if I doubt? These studies from John's gospel look at what it actually means to believe in Jesus. And what the benefits are for those who trust in his name. 

New book - Youth Bible series: Mark

Title: Mark: Searching for the man who is God (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Scott Petty
Call number: 114 PET









This study looks at the first 8 chapters of Mark's gospel and gets the straight answers on who Jesus says he is and what he wants from you and me. This study gets up close and personal with the central figure of the Christian faith.

New book - Youth Bible Study series: Ruth

Title: Ruth: A God Worth Clinging To (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Joanna Roberts
Call number: 114 ROB









Do you ever struggle to see hope in difficult times? Do you ever wonder what ‘Hollywood romance’ has to do with Old Testament kinsmen redeemers, or with God’s design for love? Do you ever feel too small to be part of God’s plan?

New book - Youth Bible Study series: Daniel

Title: Daniel: Loyalty under pressure (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Luke Thomson
Call number: 114 THO









Daniel and the lion's den, the fiery furnace and the mysterious writing on the wall: the book of Daniel is more than just a collection of familiar stories. It is about faith in seemingly impossible situations. These five studies help us to see the great hope that we can share in through our own struggles.

New book - Youth Bible Study series: Esther

Title: Esther: The unseen hand of God (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Matt Brain
Call number: 114 BRA









Do you ever have times when you feel God is absent from life? How can you cope when it seems like the bad guys are in control? How can you stand up for your faith when the odds are stacked against you? Matt Brain shows us in this study that there are no coincidences in life and reveals the God who is in control, even when we can't see it.

New book - Youth Bible Study series: Job

Title: Job: Trusting God in hard times (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Ken Moser
Call number: 114 MOS









No one suffered in the Bible more than Job. And yet his faith did not fail. These studies examine what it means to trust God, no matter what the circumstances. Contains 5 studies.

New book - Youth Bible Study series Psalms

Title: Psalms: Praying through good times and bad (Youthworks Bible Study Series)
Author: Graham Stanton
Call number: 114 STA









Do you ever find it difficult to know how to pray? When life is ‘up and down’, is it difficult to trust God knows what he is doing? These studies look at how God’s Old Testament people called on him in good times and bad, so today we can learn to do the same.

New book - A guide to the apostles' creed

Title: I believe: the good book guide to the apostles' creed
Author: Tim Chester
Call number: 115 CHE









'I believe in God, the Father Almighty...'

The Apostles' Creed is recited by Christians throughout the world each Sunday. For many it is a dull routine, and for others, it is spoken with confusion or doubt, rather than with confidence and joy.

Do we really need creeds? Increasingly, people do not like the idea of pinning truth down. Others want to stick to the Bible alone, and think that creeds have no place in our worship.

But most churches have found it helpful to have a summary of Christian beliefs. Creeds summarize who we are, they teach us what is important and they help us avoid error. In modern business language, they are our 'identity documents'.

This Good Book Guide aims to fill out the content of the short statements of this creed which are so familiar to us. In ten studies, it shows how they are derived from the Bible - the teaching of the apostles - and what the significance of this momentous formula is for our daily lives. Saying the creed need never be dull, confused or joyless again ...

New book - Prayer & Worship

Title: Prayer & Worship
Author: Kara Powell
Call number: 114 POW










Do your kids see the power and purpose in prayer or is it something they endure until the "Amen"? What is this "worship stuff" Christians do? Is it just a bunch of people wearing choir robes? Playing guitars? Singing?

The Uncommon junior high group study Prayer and Worship helps you answer teens' (possibly never-voiced!) questions in ways that make sense for their junior high lives: Help them understand how God answers prayer, what to do when He seems silent, why we keep on praying, what is worship? how does it all work?

Through Scripture study, fun activities, stories, and discussion, students will understand the "how and why" of prayer and worship in ways that will help them make these two parts of loving God an integral part of their spiritual lives.

New book - Sharing your faith and serving others

Title: Sharing your faith and serving others
Author: Jim Burns
Call number: 114 BUR










Teens have a reputation for being self-absorbed and “all-about-me,” but most of them care deeply about God and others and just wish they knew how to show it. With Sharing Your Faith & Serving Others Uncommon High School Group Study, you can equip the students in your group to make a difference in the world by seeing others as Jesus sees them. Teens will learn how to use their gifts in service to others, how to lead their peers with gentleness and compassion, and how to share their faith by being an encouraging, generous friend. These 12 sessions of youth-friendly Bible study are the newest edition to the Uncommon curriculum series created by veteran youth minister Jim Burns. Action-packed, fun activities, and insightful discussion outlines will get your teens thinking about the Great Commission and the Great Commandment, and talking about how they can follow Jesus in love and obedience.

New book - The True Vine

Title: The True Vine
Author: Andrew Murray
Call number: 108 MUR










"No branch can bear fruit by itself; it must remain in the vine.  Neither can you bear fruit unless you remain in me."

Work for Him. Rest in Him. The Vine is the sole provider for the branch. The branch needs only to obey. The care and nutrients the branch receives from the Vine are more than enough to bear all the fruit it can handle.

This simple work is written in such a way as to make God's Word clear to anyone who would listen. Andrew Murray was able to reach the young and underprivileged of his day with his straightforward preaching and writing. And as he lived, fully abiding in the Lord, so these words of Christ are made clear for another century.

New book - Names of God

Title: Names of God
Author: Nathan Stone
Call number: 107 STO










Nathan J. Stone writes, “Indeed we cannot say all that the mysterious word God means to us until we know more about Him.”

God’s many names reveal not only different dimensions of His character but also point to their fulfillment in the Person and work of Jesus Christ. This insightful little book accurately and clearly works through the many names of God throughout the Old Testament. We can now see God in new lights and angles as we learn of His justice, His unbounded love, His preeminence, and His character--all through His names. This book has sold over 400,000 copies.

New book - Faithful to the End

Title: Faithful To The End: The Message Of Daniel For Life In The Real World
Author: Gordon Wong
Call number: 107 WON









The Book of Daniel conveys a serious and relevant message for adults living in the harsh realities of the ancient world and ours. Written in a conversational yet masterly style, Rev Dr Gordon Wong unravels the powerful message of Daniel to help readers apply it to contemporary challenges of today. Pastors, preachers and everyone who is interested in the pastoral significance and relevance of Daniel will find Faithful to the End penetrating, practical and profoundly encouraging.