All Books
Recent books authored or edited by Andrews University Faculty
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Ezra and Nehemiah
Jiří Moskala
The books of Ezra and Nehemiah are precious jewels and deserve careful study.
Like shining diamonds, they will bring joy to those who value them. They demonstrate the struggle and drama between God’s grace and the power of sin. Triumph is ensured when God’s people stay close to Him. Following His instructions brings peace, joy, and prosperity to believers and glory to His name.
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The Doctrine of God: Introducing the Big Questions
John C. Peckham
John C. Peckham introduces and engages with major questions about God's nature and how God relates to the world. Does God change? Does God have emotions? Can God do anything? Does God know the future? Does God always attain what God desires? And is God entirely good? This textbook provides a clear and concise overview of the issues involved in these and other questions, exploring prominent contemporary approaches to the main issues relative to how to conceive of the God-world relationship within Christian theology. In so doing, Peckham surveys a range of live options regarding each of the primary questions, briefly considering where each falls within the spectrum of the Christian tradition and providing clear and readily understandable explanations of the technical issues involved. The result is a stimulating survey of the most prominent options in Christian theology relative to divine attributes and the God-world relationship, offered in an accessible format for students. Designed for classroom use this volume includes the following features: Study questions for each chapter, suggestions for further reading for each chapter, glossary. --From publisher's description.
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Divine Impassibility: Four Views of God's Emotions and Suffering
John C. Peckham, Daniel Castelo, James E. Dolezal, and Thomas Jay Oord
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Biblical Hermeneutics: Implications and Applications in Africa
Davidson Razafiarivony, Anna M. Galeniece, and Kelvin Onongha
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Cleansing the Sanctuary of the Heart: Tools for Emotional Healing, Rev. and Updated 3rd ed.
David Sedlacek and Beverly Sedlacek
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Oases for Ministry: A Proposal for Colegio Adventista Túpac Amaru Juliaca, Perú
The 2018 Urban Design Studio, Andrew C. von Maur, Christopher Perry, and Troy Homenchuk
Colegio Adventista Túpac Amaru (CATA) is playing a leading role in the efforts to extendthe transformational impact of Seventh-day Adventist education. Located in Puno’s economichub of Juliaca–about 70 km northwest of Plateria–CATA is following in the footsteps ofthe pioneers. By God’s grace, CATA is working for personal and social transformation in thisbooming, modern city. Ellen G. White writes that “the true object of education is to restore theimage of God in the soul” (Patriarchs & Prophets, p. 595). The proposed plans and designs inthis document are intended to support this purpose. They are inspired by the principles andlessons of the pioneers of Plateria
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A Passion for Mission
David Trim
For ninety years, the Trans-European Division has overseen the mission and ministry of the Seventh-day Adventist Church in a vast, diverse, and ever-changing territory. From its inception the driving force of the division has been mission. Sending some of its brightest and best talent to the mission field has had a significant impact on the world church, but also on the development of the church at home. This ninetieth-anniversary history tells stories that inspire, provides insights into effective leadership, and draws out conclusions and lessons applicable to the church in Europe today.
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A Living Sacrifice: Unsung Heroes of Adventist Missions
David J. B. Trim
This short book shares stories of these missionaries that were willing to risk danger, deprivation, disease and death, and in many cases, they truly gave their all. Most were young. Many were women. Some were committed laypeople, and several were self-supporting.
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INTSABA: A Mountain Home
Andrew C. von Maur; Christopher Perry; Troy Homenchuk; and 2019 Urban Design Studio, Andrews University
The quality of the work in this book is all that was expected and more. This is the beginning of a journey that will impact all eSwatini. The Architecture School at Andrews University will remain a significant companion on this wonderful journey. We consider these children as Hope Seekers and our coffee table book about them shows the courage and ingenuity they display as they strive to survive. We are indeed all ‘hope seekers,’ except that we have options and they don’t. We praise God that there is now an open window to bring real hope to a population of children who need it most.
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2017-2018 Global Church Member Survey Concerning the General Conference of Seventh-day Adventists Reach the World 2015-2020 Strategic Plan: Meta-Analysis Final Report
Karl G. D. Bailey, Duane C. McBride, Shannon M. Trecartin, Alina M. Baltazar, Petr A. Činčala, and René Drumm
This report is an overall analysis of the omnibus data set for the 2017-2018 Global Church Member Survey (GCMS). The purpose of this report is to:
1. Focus on key Reach the World Objectives using 2017-2018 GCMS items – The GCMS instrument was designed to measure select Key Performance Indicators (KPIs) outlined in the Reach the World Strategic Plan 2015-2020 and the Request for Proposals (RFP) for this project. It is important to note that this report is a first examination of the GCMS data to provide the Future Plans Working Group and other readers a broad overview of the state of the Seventh-day Adventist Church. For each of the selected Objectives, we summarize the objective and KPIs, identify the corresponding GCMS items, narrate and summarize the patterns in the data, and depict the patterns graphically.
2. Report patterns from each world division on the Reach the World Objectives in addition to overall patterns so that readers can visually compare each world division to other divisions and the overall global responses – This report will provide an overall snapshot of respondents’ answers and will allow readers to quickly see how respondents’ answers vary by world divisions.
3. Provide an initial overview of the answers to each GCMS item from all of the global respondents –The overall proportions and by-division breakdowns for all GCMS items and several derived variables are provided in graphic and tabular form in the appendix to this report.
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Finding Freedom in Jesus: A Deliverance Ministry Manual
Bruce L. Bauer
Finding Freedom in Jesus: A Deliverance Ministry Manual grew out of a February 2018 conference attended by missiologists, front-line missionaries, theologians, and administrators with representation from Southeast Asia, Africa, Latin America, the EU, and North America.
The goal of the conference was to develop a deliverance ministry manual that would provide basic information for committed followers of Jesus Christ in helping people find freedom in Jesus when harassed by evil spiritual powers.
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Christ in the City: Six Essentials of Transformational Evangelism in the City Center
Skip Bell
The significance and challenge of the city for the Christian church is the question of how to go about sharing the Gospel there. It is easy to react to the changes happening in the city, to critique the influence it has on human culture. But critical responses to change do not constitute a positive witness. We cannot simply sound an alarm. Warnings are of little help when humans are shaping and defining new horizons in technology and striving to solve vexing problems.
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Machine Learning Techniques for Space Weather
Enrico Camporeale, Simon Wing, and Jay R. Johnson
Machine Learning Techniques for Space Weather provides a thorough and accessible presentation of machine learning techniques that can be employed by space weather professionals. Additionally, it presents an overview of real-world applications in space science to the machine learning community, offering a bridge between the fields. As this volume demonstrates, real advances in space weather can be gained using nontraditional approaches that take into account nonlinear and complex dynamics, including information theory, nonlinear auto-regression models, neural networks and clustering algorithms.
Offering practical techniques for translating the huge amount of information hidden in data into useful knowledge that allows for better prediction, this book is a unique and important resource for space physicists, space weather professionals and computer scientists in related fields.
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A Fresh Look at Denominational Research: Role, Impact, and Scope
Petr Cincala
Memories, essays, interviews, denominational research reports on both quantitative & qualitative data from different parts of the world by the Seminary as well as Social Science professors and professionals
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Davey and Big G
Greg Constantine
Davey and Big G (2018) is a graphic novel styled story about an 11 year-old David (and Goliath) in today’s inner-city world using a basketball metaphor.
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"Me invocarás, y yo te responderé”: Estudios selectos en el Salterio
Richard M. Davidson and Edgard A. Horna
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The Waldenses: Historical Perspectives from the Writings of Ellen G. White
Kathleen Demsky
Excerpts from: White, Ellen G. The Great Controversy. Mountain View: Pacific Press Publishing Association, 1911. Chapter 4. White, Ellen G. Historical Sketches of the Foreign Missions of the Seventh-day Adventists. Basle: Imprimerie Polyglotte, 1885. Chapter 57.
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Missão e Voluntariado: Teologia, História e Desafios Atuais
Marcelo Dias, Rodrigo Follis, and Wagner Kuhn
Ter no currículo uma experiência de voluntariado é cada vez mais desejado para as novas gerações. Isso ajuda até mesmo com que esses jovens se destaquem para vagas de empregos em grandes empresas. Para além da discussão sobre como conduzir mais pessoas ao voluntariado, cremos ser importante também compreender os princípios, as motivações, os meios e os fins dessa prática, a qual nunca acontece em um vácuo teórico. O presente livro, através do olhar da missiologia, discute questões históricas, sistemáticas e bíblicas e se propõe a construir uma sólida base que justifique e ancore as mais diversas experiências de voluntariado, dando-lhes ainda mais significado e valor.
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Introduction to Adventist Mission
Gorden R. Doss
The first of its kind in Seventh-day Adventist scholarship, this book is an excellent introduction to Christian mission from an Adventist perspective. The book addresses mission comprehensively, including biblical foundations, theology of mission, history of mission, contextualization for mission, strategies for mission, and other topics.
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One in Christ: Biblical Concepts for a Doctrine of Church Unity
Denis Fortin
“That they may be one, as we are one.” John 17:11, Phillips
Christian believers today face countless challenges to their unity in Christ. However, the Bible provides insight and instruction on how to live God’s gift of oneness in Christ. Knowing that envy and jealousies could divide the disciples, Jesus’ burden in the last hours before his death was to pray for their unity.
Jesus’ high priestly prayer in John 17 is a reminder that He is still concerned about Christian unity today. His prayer should be our prayer, however diverse our respective understandings of the gospel message. In this prayer, Jesus’ focus is not on organizational or structural unity but on the unity of all believers—founded in faith, truth, and love.
As the world around us becomes increasingly fragmented, the church must demonstrate that unity in diversity is attainable; that all are equal at the foot of the cross. God’s people are called to demonstrate the healing, reconciling power of the gospel. Such unity is beyond human accomplishment and can only be the result of the divine gift of grace.
Translations
- Unidos en Cristo. Translated by: José Pacheco. Asociación Casa Editora Sudamericana: Buenos Aires, Argentina, 2018.
- Como manter a igreja unida apesar de nós. Translated by: Cecília Eller Nascimento. Casa Publicadora Brasileira: Tatuí, SP, Brazil, 2018.
- Unidad en Cristo: Tres Libros en Uno. Translated by: José Pacheco. Inter-American Division Publishing Association: Doral, FL, 2018.
