Dean Flemming

An African Commentary on the Letter of James

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Drawing on the resources of African proverbs and stories, as well as his personal experience, Adewuya spotlights the pastoral and formational message of the letter of James. But this commentary is not just for Africans. Adewuya’s sensitivity to the letter’s communal dimension and to its message of hope for the marginalized will enable Western Christian to read James more faithfully. If you are looking for an outstanding example of contextual interpretation that remains faithful to the biblical text, this book is for you!”

Becoming a Missionary Church

Theology

“This book is overflowing with rich insights regarding the missionary nature of the church. Goheen and Sheridan engage in conversation with past developments in missionary ecclesiology as well as recent trends like the missional church movement, the emergent church conversation, and Tim Keller’s center church. In each case, the authors allow Lesslie Newbigin’s seminal vision of the church in mission to provide a welcome and needed corrective. Readers will value the book’s balanced perspective, which spotlights both the strengths and the gaps in the influential movements it evaluates. This isn’t just a ‘theory’ book; it teems with practical implications for how the church can participate in God’s mission more fully and faithfully today.”

Becoming the Gospel

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This book is a tour de force in missional hermeneutics. With clear exegesis and fresh theological insights, Gorman uncovers Paul's rich and comprehensive understanding of the mission of God. The book's central thesis, that Paul expected all Christians not only to believe the gospel, but to become the gospel, and thus to further the gospel, is completely convincing. Yet this study also packs a powerful contemporary message, challenging Christian communities to hear Paul's invitation to become the gospel, in word and deed, where they live.”

Being Missional, Becoming Missional

Evangelism & Missions

“Much has been written recently about the church’s missional identity and calling. This book makes a significant contribution to that conversation. Cho’s study distinctively focuses on how God’s people become missional. Cho shows convincingly that the church’s missional conversion flows out of a transforming relationship with the triune God. Although primarily a biblical-theological study, this book teems with real-life implications for how God continues to shape our missional vocation today.”

Boundary-Breaking Mission

Evangelism & Missions

“Boundary-Breaking Mission is a book on mission for our time. Simone Twibell offers us an expansive view of mission, one that is theologically grounded, attuned to contemporary contexts like the digital age and a multireligious world, and big enough to embrace the full range of human needs. It addresses issues like witness to the ‘nones’ and spiritual warfare that aren’t always included in mission texts. This small book packs a punch! I encourage students, pastors, missionaries, and people engaged in God’s mission to read and learn from it.”

Contextualization of the Gospel

Evangelism & Missions

“This is an outstanding book. Andrew Prince's thesis is convincing, that both Scripture and the church fathers can help to shape our approach to contextualizing the gospel today. . . . Pastors, missionaries, teachers, anyone engaged in Christian mission will benefit from this accessible and welcome resource.”

Introducing Christian Mission Today

Evangelism & Missions

“This is an outstanding and needed book. Michael Goheen gives us a distinctive introduction to mission study that takes full account of both the momentous changes happening in global Christianity and recent thinking about the missional nature of the church. Rich in its biblical and theological grasp of mission, the book addresses precisely the right issues confronting the mission of God's people today. This introductory text is accessible, balanced and, at times, profoundly moving. Readers beware! This book will reshape your thinking about the nature and practice of Christian mission.”

Misreading Scripture with Individualist Eyes

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“What an illuminating book! Richards and James take us on a delightful journey through the biblical world of collectivistic culture. They make concepts like kinship, honor and shame, patronage, and brokerage come to life by illustrating them richly from both Scripture and their own life experiences. Their fresh readings of biblical stories alone are worth the price of the book. But Western Christians also should prepare to be unsettled. The authors expose how often our individualistic readings of texts lead us to miss the point. Beautifully written and highly accessible, the book not only shows how Scripture reflects collective values but also how the gospel reshapes and redeems those values. Please read this book. Be challenged by it. You may never read the Bible the same way again!”

Paul’s Corporate Christophany

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“This fine book sheds important light on how Paul draws on his encounter with Christ on the Damascus Road to shape the identity and mission of God’s people in their various life settings. Carefully researched and clearly written, Rob Fringer’s book is an outstanding example of scholarship in service of the church.”

Reading Romans with Eastern Eyes

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Brad Vaughn has gifted us with a fresh and delightfully insightful reading of Romans. Because his Eastern perspective shares much in common with that of Paul's first-century world, the book offers many aha moments for Western Christians. Over andover, issues such as honor and shame, collective identity, and ancestral authority shed significant light on the text, at times challenging traditional readings. What's more, this highly readable book teems with applications that speak to the church today. I strongly commend it to students, teachers, and pastors.”

The Church and Its Vocation

Theology

“Goheen is a superb interpreter of Newbigin. In this inspiring and highly readable book, Goheen invites us to rediscover Newbigin’s missional ecclesiology for this generation. This book makes a convincing case that Newbigin’s responses to crucial questions—What is the gospel? What must we be as God’s people? How should the church encounter Western culture?—speak to the church today more than ever. I appeal to pastors, students, teachers, and local church leaders: read this book! It will shape your understanding of the church’s missional vocation in the world.”

The Church in Exile

Theology

“In this outstanding book, Lee Beach invites us to discover Scripture's rich theology of exile, forged in the experience of Israel and the early church. But he also challenges an increasingly marginalized church in the West to come to terms with its own situation of exile. Lee Beach argues persuasively that the biblical motif of exile can help Christian communities to reimagine their identity and mission. For Beach, exile is a place of reorientation and hope, which demands an adventuresome faith. Academically sound, but with a strong practical orientation, this timely book has the potential to revitalize how we live out God's mission in a new cultural landscape. Christian leaders and local congregations alike need to hear and heed its challenge.”

The Return of Oral Hermeneutics

Biblical Studies & Commentaries

“Tom Steffen and William Bjoraker make a convincing case that interpreting the Bible orally has been neglected too long, both in the West and the majority world. They not only lay out the importance of oral hermeneutics, but they also illustrate it practically from their own extensive experience. I only wish I had encountered this book when I began teaching the Bible. Carefully researched and passionately argued, this book will help you see biblical narratives through a fresh and exciting lens.”

The Symphony of Mission

Christian Living

“One of the best books on mission that I've encountered in recent years. It teems with engaging examples, gripping stories, and useful tools. I can't wait to share this book with my students!”

We Are Catholic

Theology

“This insightful book makes a valuable contribution to recent reflection on the church. Always charitable in tone, Jason Hallig calls us to a fresh and comprehensive understanding of what it means to be 'catholic' for our time. He urges the church to move beyond sectarianism and theological differences to embody a genuine catholicity, one that is anchored in the Trinity and expressed in a shared mission. This book deserves a wide hearing.”