New book - The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton

The Everlasting Man by G.K. Chesterton - 'The Everlasting Man' is one of G. K. Chesterton's most respected works, a witty, imaginative and sincere attempt to justify the life of Jesus as a pivotal moment in the history of human spirituality. Dividing the book into two parts, Chesterton looks first at early 'cave men' and the ensuing development of pagan civilization, claiming that such societies effectively separated myth and philosophy. By contrast, in the second part of the book he demonstrates that, following the Crucifixion, these tendencies were successfully combined in the Christian religion. The result is a must-read ideological defence of Christianity, a book described by C. S. Lewis as among the most influential he had ever encountered.

Book information:

Title: The Everlasting Man

Author: G.K. Chesterton

Call number: 137 CHE

New book - How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth by Gordon Fee and Mark Strauss

How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth by Gordon Fee and Mark Strauss - With so many Bible translations available today, how can you find those that will be most useful to you? What is the difference between a translation that calls itself “literal” and one that is more “meaning-based”? And what difference does it make for you as a reader of God’s Word?

How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth brings clarity and insight to the current debate over translations and translation theories. Written by two seasoned Bible translators, here is an authoritative guide through the maze of translations issues, written in language that everyday Bible readers can understand.

Learn the truth about both the word-for-word and meaning-for-meaning translations approaches. Find out what goes into the whole process of translation, and what makes a translation accurate and reliable. Discover the strengths and potential weaknesses of different contemporary English Bible versions. In the midst of the present confusion over translations, this authoritative book speaks with an objective, fair-minded, and reassuring voice to help pastors, everyday Bible readers, and students make wise, well-informed choices about which Bible translations they can depend on and which will best meet their needs.

Book information:

Title: How to Choose a Translation for All Its Worth
Authors: Gordon Fee and Mark Strauss
Call number: 136 FEE

New book - How to Read the Bible as Literature

How to Read the Bible as Literature … and get more out of it by Leland Ryken - If you want to rightly understand the Bible, you must begin by recognizing what it is: a composite of literary styles. It is meant to be read, not just interpreted. The Bible’s truths are embedded like jewels in the rich strata of story and poetry, metaphor and proverb, parable and letter, satire and symbolism. Paying attention to the literary form of a passage will help you understand the meaning and truth of that passage. How to Read the Bible as Literature takes you through the various literary forms used by the biblical authors. This book will help you read the Bible with renewed appreciation and excitement and gain a more profound grasp of its truths.

Book information:

Title: How to Read the Bible as Literature … and get more out of it

Author: Leland Ryken

Call number: 136 RYK

New book - How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart

How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart - Understanding the Bible isn’t for the few, the gifted, the scholarly. The Bible is accessible. It’s meant to be read and comprehended by everyone from armchair readers to seminary students. A few essential insights into the Bible can clear up a lot of misconceptions and help you grasp the meaning of Scripture and its application to your twenty-first-century life.

More than three quarters of a million people have turned to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth to inform their reading of the Bible. This fourth edition features revisions that keep pace with current scholarship, resources, and culture. Changes include:

• Updated language for better readability
• Scripture references now appear only in brackets at the end of a sentence or paragraph, helping you read the Bible as you would read any book—without the numbers
• A new authors’ preface
• Redesigned and updated diagrams
• Updated list of recommended commentaries and resources

Covering everything from translational concerns to different genres of biblical writing, How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth is used all around the world. In clear, simple language, it helps you accurately understand the different parts of the Bible—their meaning for ancient audiences and their implications for you today—so you can uncover the inexhaustible worth that is in God’s Word.

Book information:

Title: How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth

Authors: Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart

Call number: 136 FEE

Sermon series - featured book: The Hard Sayings of Jesus by FF Bruce

The Hard Sayings of Jesus by FF Bruce – Like his original hearers many people today find Jesus' sayings hard. Some sayings are hard because they are difficult to understand, others because the demands they make on us are only too clear. F. F. Bruce examines seventy of the hard sayings of Jesus to clear away the cultural and historical difficulties which keep us from grappling with the real challenge of Jesus' message.

Read more about the sayings of Jesus that are considered “hard” as you follow along with our Preachers through the current sermon series.

Sermon schedule for "The Hard Sayings of Jesus" sermon series at Kampong Kapor Methodist Church:

• 17 September 2017: "You fool!" Merits Hell Fire (Matthew 5:22)
• 1 October 2017: Plucking Out the Right Eye (Matthew 5:29)
• 22 October 2017: Turning the Other Cheek (Matthew 5:39)
• 29 October 2017: Hating One's Parents (Luke 14:26)
• 5 November 2017: The First will be Last (Mark 10:30 cf Matthew 19:30 & 20:16)
• 19 November 2017 (Seniors' Sunday): Many are Called, but Few are Chosen (Matthew 22:14)
• 26 November 2017 (Christ the King Sunday): You will See the Son of Man (Mark 14:61-62, Matthew 26:63-64 and Luke 22:61-70)

New book - How to Read the Bible Book by Book by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart

How to Read the Bible Book by Book by Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart - Reading the Bible need not be a haphazard journey through strange and bewildering territory. Like an experienced tour guide, How to Read the Bible Book by Book takes you by the hand and walks you through the Scriptures. For each book of the Bible, the authors start with a quick snapshot, then expand the view to help you better understand its key elements and how it fits into the grand narrative of the Bible. Written by two top evangelical scholars, this survey is designed to get you actually reading the Bible knowledgeably and understanding it accurately.

In an engaging, conversational style, Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart take you through a given book of the Bible using their unique, progressive approach:

• Orienting Data — Concise info bytes that form a thumbnail of the book
• Overview — A brief panorama that introduces key concepts and themes and important landmarks in the book
• Specific Advice for Reading — Pointers for accurately understanding the details and message of the book in context with the circumstances surrounding its writing
• A Walk Through — The actual section-by-section tour that helps you see both the larger landscape of the book and how its various parts work together to form the whole. Here you are taken by the hand and told, “Look at this!”

How to Read the Bible Book by Book can be used as a companion to How to Read the Bible for All Its Worth. It also stands on its own as a reliable guide to reading and understanding the Bible for yourself.

Book information:

Title: How to Read the Bible Book by Book
Authors: Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
Call number: 136 FEE

New book - The Case for the Real Jesus by Lee Strobel

The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ by Lee Strobel - Has modern scholarship debunked the traditional Christ? Has the church suppressed the truth about Jesus to advance its own agenda? What if the real Jesus is far different from the atoning Savior worshipped through the centuries? In The Case for the Real Jesus, former award-winning legal editor Lee Strobel explores such hot-button questions as: 

• Did the church suppress ancient non-biblical documents that paint a more accurate picture of Jesus than the four Gospels? 
• Did the church distort the truth about Jesus by tampering with early New Testament texts? 
• Do new insights and explanations finally disprove the resurrection? 
• Have fresh arguments disqualified Jesus from being the Messiah? 
• Did Christianity steal its core ideas from earlier mythology? 

Evaluate the arguments and evidence being advanced by prominent atheists, liberal theologians, Muslim scholars, and others. Sift through expert testimony. Then reach your own verdict in The Case for the Real Jesus.

Book information:

Title: The Case for the Real Jesus: A Journalist Investigates Current Attacks on the Identity of Christ

Author: Lee Strobel

Call number: 137 STR

New book - The Case for Faith by Lee Strobel

The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity by Lee Strobel - In his #1 bestseller The Case for Christ, Lee Strobel examined the claims of Christ, reaching the hard-won verdict that Jesus is God’s unique son. In The Case for Faith, Strobel turns his skills to the most persistent emotional objections to belief—the eight “heart barriers” to faith. This Gold Medallion-winning book is for those who may be feeling attracted to Jesus but who are faced with difficult questions standing squarely in their path. For Christians, it will deepen their convictions and give them fresh confidence in discussing Christianity with even their most skeptical friends.

Book information:
Title: The Case for Faith: A Journalist Investigates the Toughest Objections to Christianity
Author: Lee Strobel
Call number: 137 STR

Tale of Three Trees - A musical presentation by the Cherubim Choir

New book - The Case for a Creator by Lee Strobel

The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God by Lee Strobel - During his academic years, Lee Strobel became convinced that God was outmoded, a belief that colored his ensuing career as an award-winning journalist at the Chicago Tribune. Science had made the idea of a Creator irrelevant — or so Strobel thought.

But today science is pointing in a different direction. In recent years, a diverse and impressive body of research has increasingly supported the conclusion that the universe was intelligently designed. At the same time, Darwinism has faltered in the face of concrete facts and hard reason. Has science discovered God? At the very least, it’s giving faith an immense boost as new findings emerge about the incredible complexity of our universe.

Join Strobel as he reexamines the theories that once led him away from God. Through his compelling and highly readable account, you’ll encounter the mind-stretching discoveries from cosmology, cellular biology, DNA research, astronomy, physics, and human consciousness that present astonishing evidence in The Case for a Creator.

Book information:

Title: The Case for a Creator: A Journalist Investigates Scientific Evidence That Points Toward God
Author: Lee Strobel
Call number: 137 STR