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The Anglican Book
Club is pleased to make a VERY special offer to new members -- a
free book. The book, A View from the Rock:
Sermons for Lay readers by Stuart G. Oles represents a year of
sermons (variously from years A, B, or C) compiled by this lay preacher
from the Diocese of Olympia. This is a limited time offer subject to stock on hand. A copy of the book will be mailed to new members with their first selection from the Book Club. With this offer comes a renewal of our commitment to find and promote quality books, “books at the seasons that speak of the church,” to enlighten and entertain our subscribers at a price greatly reduced from what would be charged from a regular bookstore. Classic or
contemporary books by articulate, informed and interesting
writers are sent to members four times a year at a savings typically
from 30%
to 70%. For an annual membership fee, members receive four
selections, delivered to their home. With each selection comes a
'Tidings to describe the upcoming selection and give a brief update on
what is going on atop Grindstone Mountain. If the next selection
is not appealing, it may be declined for a subsequent book. The
membership fee does not expire until the member receives four
selections. Every selection is fully guaranteed; any book not
found
interesting or informed may be returned for credit within ten days
of its receipt by the member for full credit. To join the
Anglican Book Club "click" on
the link, JOIN ABC
or call 1-800-572-7929. For additional information, please e-mail anglicandigest@att.net. For a list of prior selections since 1953 go to The Booklist. The Book
Club office
is open from 8 a.m. to 5 p.m., Central Time, Monday through Friday.
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A.D. 2008
| Consuming Jesus: Beyond Race and Class Divisions in a Consumer Church
by Paul Louis Metzger, Professor of Christian Theology and Theology of
Culture at Multnomah Bible College and Biblical Seminary, Portland,
Oregon. “For us today, the ordinary obstacle is neither the struggle for survival nor the demands of public life, but the distractions of consumption” writes Albert Borgmann, Professor of Philosophy at the University of Montana. Consuming Jesus aims to tackle this challenge and the other difficult subject of race head on. Metzger sees Jesus as Lord of all who desire an abundant life (John 10:10) for his followers. Jesus seeks to “devour the demonic distortion.” In order to realize this goal. In these areas of race and consumerism, the distortions for most of us are thick indeed. Be prepared to be afflicted in your comfort, but all for the sake of growing in grace. -- KSH+ |
Summer 2008 Selection |
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| Not Ashamed of the Gospel: Sermons from Paul's Letter to the Romans by Fleming Rutledge. It can properly be said that the book of Romans changed the world. This was the book Augustine read when instructed by a voice in a garden -- his life was never the same. Martin Luther wrestled with this work and out of that struggle came the ideas which fostered the Protestant Reformation. It was the book of Romans that was the means through which John Wesley’s heart was “strangely warmed.” And it was Barth’s commentary on Romans that was famously described by a reviewer as a bomb thrown into the playground of theologians in the first half of the twentieth century. The message of Romans is rich and full and in Not Ashamed of the Gospel, Fleming Rutledge is determined to plumb its depths. “Amazing grace can be understood fully only from the standpoint of the Christian gospel,” she writes, and she thinks through Paul’s unpacking of the meaning of this gospel with a freshness and a fervor which we hope you will find to be a blessing. -- KSH+ |
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William Wilberforce: A Biography by Stephen Tomkins. When God changes the world, he always uses a person to whom he gives a holy dissatisfaction with the ways things are. William Wilberforce was such a man. Through his astounding perseverance, the slave trade was eventually abolished in the 19th century in Great Britain. “Sacred compulsion joined with a visceral revulsion against injustice to give him not just passion but unshakeable commitment,” writes Stephen Tomkins. It is our delight particularly to offer this to our readers in 2007, the 200th anniversary of the 1807 Abolition of the Slave Trade Act, to which Wilberforce gave his life's work. -- KSH+ |
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Imitating Jesus: An Inclusive Approach to New Testament Ethics by Richard Burridge. Dr. Burridge maintains that the heart of the ethical life comes from following both Jesus words and his deeds. After a detailed examination of texts from each of the four gospels, Burridge considers apartheid in South Africa as a test case for his thesis that “Jesus continued giving his all-demanding ethical teaching within the context of an open and inclusive community comprised of those who responded and wanted to follow him.” – Kendall S. Harmon + |
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