Books
Many of the books that we have recommended in the resource guide – RESOURCES FOR GROWTH - are published by Inter Varsity Press (IVP), which is the publishing arm of the student movements in the UK and the US. To browse their catalogues, please go to:
If you would like to purchase some of these books, you may do so at BGST (Biblical Graduate School of Theology) Bookshop. As part of a ministry partnership with BGST, students from FES affiliated CFs enjoy good discounts for books bought at BGST Bookshop. Students may also take books on consignment for sale at Fellowship events and camps.
For enquiries: call BGST at 6227 6815 or email: bookshop@bgst.edu.sg
"Reading is like any good human activity; we must find the overall place it is to play in our lives and then make specific judgments accordingly. It is indeed possible that some will read very little but the Bible and will do so to the glory of God. Still, I imagine the opposite will be more the rule; that those who read little other than the Bible do so to the detriment of themselves and to the diminishing of the radiant glory of God who is the fount of all knowledge and truth."
(James Sire, How to Read Slowly, pages 154-155, Shaw 1978)
Featured Books
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Our Father's World
Mobilizing the Church to Care for Creation How should Christians respond to the environmental crisis? What does the Bible have to say about creation care and the responsibility of Christians? Edward Brown offers a biblical framework for creation care as well as practical steps that ordinary Christians can take to exercise good ecological stewardship. As a pioneering leader of the evangelical creation care movement, Brown provides a new model for "environmental missions," in which Christian organizations respond to ecological crises in ways that transform both the people and the land that sustains them. This book is filled with ideas that students, churches, mission agencies and all concerned Christians can implement at home and around the world. |
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Coming to Peace With Psychology
What Christians Can Learn from Psychological Science Psychology can contribute to the Christian life, because all of us, psychologists and non-psychologists alike, are human and can benefit from better understanding our fellow humankind. Beyond integrating Christian and psychological truths, this book uncovers new relationships between science and religion, demonstrates psychology’s benefits to theology, and helps Christians live a redeemed life that is pleasing to God. |
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Friending
Real Relationships in a Virtual World The notion of friendship is under broad review. A highly mobile and increasingly busy society--rootless, some might argue – means that most of our relationships can't depend solely on face-to-face contact to flourish. The increasing prominence of the virtual landscape – where the language of friendship has been co-opted to describe relationships ranging from intimate to meaningless--requires that we become fluent in ever-expanding relational technologies. It's never been easy to be a friend, but it seems to be getting tougher by the nanosecond. In Friending, Lynne Baab collects the insights, hopes and regrets of people from across the spectrum of age and life circumstance and syncs them with the wisdom of the Bible. Using Colossians 3 and 1 Corinthians 13 as touchpoints, Lynne shows us how we can celebrate and strengthen our relational ties while continuing to practice the timeless discipline of friending in our time. |