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CONTENTS Welcome 1

FIFO in Libraries 1

New Look OPAC 1

InterCampus Loans 2

New Items 2

New Ebooks 5

Current Awareness Bulletin 6

Contact Details 23

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Welcome Welcome to the second issue of the Library Newsletter for 2015! We’re glad you decided to return. This issue is again packed with details of new and exciting items received into the collections of the Harvest Bible College Library Network over the last month.

FIFO - Finding Information For Ourselves The Fly In / Fly Out phenomenon has taken off in WA due to the mining boom. Many workers prefer to maintain their home and family lives away from the remote areas where they actually work. Therefore, they fly in for shifts and then fly out back home. In the library world, FIFO is also applicable – in the world of academia, we need to be able to Find Information For Ourselves. With many resources now available online, finding your own information can be easier than ever. Firstly, start with the library catalogue. This resource allows you to identify what resources are held in the library – both physical and online. Next, move on to ebooks – these can also be located via the library catalogue and are accessible from anywhere. You simply download the ebook onto your device and away you go! Once the loan period expires, it simply disappears from your machine, and if you need it again, you can just download it as many times as you need. Databases are the next stop. There are databases for just about everything. The library can provide you with access to full text journal articles and reference publications via the databases it subscribes to. Journal articles are of vital importance in academia. They are a way of staying up-to-date. New research can be published much more quickly in a journal article than a book. The library can provide you with access to over 500 journals online, anywhere, anytime. All you need to do is log into the library catalogue, click the External Databases Link and select your database – Proquest Religion, Religion & Philosophy Collection, Brill Religion Journals. Oxford Biblical Studies Online is a reference database offering hundreds of resources to give you the best overviews and background information around, and it also includes maps and timelines! The Internet itself is a great research tool – although it should be approached with caution – you need to evaluate the resources you choose to use and this can be tricky. Your local librarian can assist with this if you wish. Remember, your local librarian is available any time to assist you with your research needs if you need assistance. Contact us today!

New Look OPAC The catalogue of HBC Libraries has a slightly different look, or rather a new functionality! Now, when you use the catalogue on your smaller devices, such as a smart phone or tablet, the display adjusts automatically to fit on the screen in a more functional and useful way. Why not give it a go on your device today! No more hunting around to find what you want – it’s great!

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InterCampus Loans Have you ever found a search result in the library catalogue, only to realise it is held at another campus library? Don't despair - you can arrange to have items loaned from all Harvest Bible College libraries sent to you. Contact the library to request an item be sent to you from another HBC campus library.

New Items 1-2 Corinthians (ACCSNT v7) / Bray. This Ancient Christian Commentary on 1-2 Corinthians opens a whole new way of reaching these New Testament texts. The pastoral and theological interpretation of the fathers offers spiritual and intellectual sustenance to those who would read Paul again with open minds and hearts. 227.2077 BRA Agents Under Fire: materialism and the rationality of science / Menuge. This text defends a robust notion of agency and intentionality against eliminative and naturalistic alternatives, showing the interconnections between the philosophy of mind, theology and intelligent design. 215 MEN Ancient Israel’s History: an introduction to issues and sources / Arnold. This is an outstanding work that will provide students and scholars alike with a fine introduction to the multifaceted issues and sources that are crucial to interpreting and reconstructing a history of ancient Israel. 221.95 ARN An Uncertain Certainty: snapshots in a journey from ‘either-or’ to ‘both-and’ in Christian ministry / Buxton. This text offer snapshots of a number of central Christian topics inviting us to treat them as features of a landscape to explore rather than a set of propositional statements to sign up to. In the process, we may find ourselves rediscovering ‘the life we have lost in living’ as we imaginatively participate in the life, ministry and mystery of the triune God of grace in our midst. 253 BUX The Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary / Longman. This text helps you read the Bible with increased understanding and confidence, offering easy access to articles on people, places, things and events in Scripture, even if they appear in only a single verse. Entirely new, up-to-date, nontechnical and easy-to-use, this comprehensive Bible dictionary will be an indispensible reference for your own personal study of God’s word of in preparation for teaching. REF 220.3 LON Created for Community: connecting Christian belief with Christian living 3rd ed / Grenz. Using the resources of the biblical message, the heritage of the church, and the thought forms of our culture, this introductory systematic theology text presents the core doctrines of the Christian faith, encouraging readers to connect belief with everyday life. 230 GRE Deliverance and Spiritual Warfare Manual: a comprehensive guide to living free / Eckhardt. This text provides essential information on spiritual warfare basics and strategies. This powerful guide gives you the tools you need to confront the enemy head-on. 235.4 ECK Dominion over wildlife?: an environmental theology of human-wildlife relations / Vantassel. This text investigates the biblical, ethical and scientific arguments employed by the CAR

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Movement concerning human-wildlife relations. In this regard, the book engages in practical theology by addressing several important questions: how should Christians treat our wildlife neighbours? Has the church been wrong in its understanding of human dominion? This book provides answers to these questions by detailing a theology the author calls, ‘Shepherdism’. 241.693 VAN Early Christianity in Contexts: an exploration across cultures and continents / Tabbernee. This text draws on current archaeological and textual research to trace the spread of Christianity in the first millennium. A team of expert historians survey the diverse forms of early Christianity as it spread across centuries, cultures and continents. 270.1 TAB Faith Seeking Understanding: an introduction to Christian theology 3rd ed / Migliore. This text explores all of the major Christian doctrines in freshly contemporary ways. This third edition offers new ‘for further reading’ suggestions at the end of each chapter, a substantial expansion of the glossary and new material incorporated throughout, including a section on Christians and Muslims. 230 MIG Genesis (BTCB) / Reno. The Brazos Theological Commentary on the Bible enlists theologians to read and interpret scripture creedily for the 21st century, just as the church fathers, the Reformers and other orthodox Christians did for their times and places. Genesis, like each commentary in the series, is designed to serve the church – providing a rich resource for preachers, teachers, students and study groups – and demonstrate the continuing intellectual and practical viability of theological interpretation of the Bible. 222.1107 REN Gospel-Centered Counseling: how Christ changes lives / Kellemen. Thsi text provides a biblical approach to caring for others equipping you to change lives with Christ’s changeless truth. Centered on Christ and focused on a balance of truth and love, this text guides you on a journey through 8 ultimate questions that every person must ask and every biblical counsellor must address. 253.5 KEL Gospel-Centred Life: becoming the person God wants you to be / Timmis. This text shows how every Christian can follow the way of the cross as they embrace the liberating grace of God in Christ. 248.4 TIM Healthy Disclosure: solving communication quandaries in congregations / Ruth. This text is filled with step-by-step ideas for handling different types of sensitive material. It helps clergy and other congregational leaders understand levels of disclosure, including how and when to reveal information, the difference between privacy and secrecy, legal issues related to public knowledge, and the power of secrets from a congregation’s past. 253 RUT Issues in Society / Healey. This series is an invaluable series of books which contain previously published information sourced from newspapers, magazines, journals, government reports, surveys, websites and lobby group literature. Religious Freedom and Discrimination – 323.442 HEA

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Jericho (Cities of the Biblical World) / Bartlett. This text guides us through the story of Jericho’s excavation, describing the many finds, including a large amount of pottery and the famous plastered skulls. 933 BAR Jesus: a visual history / Brake. This text peels back the centuries to reveal the Roman roads, political intrigue, mobs, and miracles that lie at the heart of Jesus’ dramatic story. Engaging and accessible, this text invites you to better understand both the Holy Land and the Savior who walked it. 232 BRA The King in his Beauty: a biblical theology of the Old and New Testaments / Schreiner. This text is a bountiful bonanza of biblical storytelling, reminding us that there is one God, one book and one story. A nuanced and much-needed book to help Christians understand what the Bible is about and how it all hangs together. 230.041 SCH Mark (Zondervan Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament v2) / Strauss. Designed for the pastor and Bible teacher, this series brings together commentary features rarely gathered together in one volume. This text uses a narrative and theological approach to provide insight into the evangelist’s storytelling craft, theological purpose, and narrative themes. 226.3077 STR Megiddo (Cities of the Biblical World) / Davies. This text gives a comprehensive and illustrated account of the archaeological finds of this ancient city and the debate about their interpretation. It includes chapters about the interpretation and geographical setting of the site, the different expeditions which have worked there, and the history of the city from before 30000BC until Roman times. 933 DAV Pentecostalism and Shamanism in Asia / Swanson. This multifaceted collection of essays on Pentecostalism and Shamanism grew out of a project on ‘Pentecostalism and Charismatic Movements in East Asia’. 289.94095 SWA The Qur’an: English meanings / Saheeh International. 297.122521 QUR Reason to Rise: a Christian program in depression recovery: workbook for women / Herholdt. A comprehensive recovery program that includes current neuropsychological understandings about depression as well as cognitive and behavioural strategies to assist clients to reengage with life and know that recovery is possible. 248.8625 HER Rock Solid: 12 gospel truths to live by / Archer. This text aims to help us get to grips with twelve great truths that form the core of what it means to be an evangelical Christian. 230.04624 ARC Sacrificing Truth: archaeology and the myth of Masada / Ben-Yehuda. This text closely examines the day-by-day transcripts of the archaeologists’ conversations at Masada to determine the way in which they evaluated the findings. This absorbing and thoroughly researched work makes a valuable contribution to our understanding of the construction of cultural meaning. 933 BEN

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Serving without sinking: how to serve Christ and keep your joy / Hindley. This book shows us what often happens in our hearts as we do ‘Christian serving’; points us to the greatest Servant of all; and transforms our view of ourselves so that we can serve long, hard, sacrificially... and joyfully. 248.4 HIN Surveys in Social Research 6th ed / de Vaus. As well as explaining how to conduct good surveys, this text shows how to become a critical consumer of research. This text is essential reading for students and researchers working with surveys. It assumes no background in statistical analysis, and gives you the tools you need to come to grips with this often challenging field of work. 300.723 DEV Ugarit (Cities of the Biblical World) / Curtis. This text describes the discovery of a royal palace near the sea, two temples and numerous buildings and artefacts plus the important discovery of baked clay tablets and other collections of texts in a variety of languages. 939.4 CUR View from the Top: an inside look at how people in power see and shape the world / Lindsay. This text will surprise readers by demonstrating the compassion, hard work and humanity that unites the most influential American leaders. It reveals the characteristics and behaviours of the people who shape the worl we live in. 658.4092 LIN Wired for Intimacy: how pornography hijacks the male brain / Struthers. This text explains how pornography affects the male brain and what we can do about it. By better understanding the biological realities of our sexual development, we can cultivate healthier sexual perspectives and interpersonal relationships. With insights for men who struggle and those who care for them, this book offers hope for freedom and transformation. 241.667 STR Zealot: the life and times of Jesus of Nazareth / Aslan. Balancing the Jesus of the Gospels against the historical sources, this text describes a man full of conviction and passion, yet rife with contradiction; a man of peace who exhorted his followers to arm themselves with swords; an exorcist and faith healer who urged his disciples to keep his identity a secret; and ultimately the seditious ‘King of the Jews’ whose promise of liberation from Rome went unfulfilled in his brief lifetime. 232.901 ASL

New eBooks Christ, the Spirit and the Community of God: essays on the Acts of the Apostles / Zwiep. The volume collects text-critical, exegetical and biblical-theological essays on the Acts of the Apostles, dealing primarily with the opening chapters of Acts in the wider context of first-century Christianity. Exploring the Religion of Ancient Israel: prophet, priest, sage and people / Chalmers. This book aims to give students an introduction to the religious and social world of ancient Israel.

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Current Awareness Bulletin This section has journal contents pages from journal issues received into the library during the past month. A request form is available at the end of this section if you would like to have any of the following articles scanned to you. Articles will only be supplied to Harvest Bible College staff members or students unable to attend the library in person.

Aramco World v66(1) Jan-Feb 2015

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Biblical Archaeology Review v41(2) Mar-Apr 2015

Biblical Theology Bulletin v45(1) Feb 2015

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Bibliotheca Sacra v172(685) Jan-Mar 2015

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Campus Review v25(1) Jan 2015

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Charisma v40(7) Feb 2015

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Children’s Ministry v24(6) Jan-Feb 2015

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Christian History Iss 111 2014

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Christian History Iss 112 2014

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Christian History Iss 113 2015

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Ethics & Medicine v31(1) Spring 2015

Expository Times v126(5) Feb 2015

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International Bulletin of Missionary Research v39(1) Jan 2015

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International Journal of Frontier Missiology v31(3) Jul-Sep 2014

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Israel Exploration Journal v64(2) 2014

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Journal for the Study of the Old Testament v39(2) Dec 2014

Journal of Asian Evangelical Theology v18(2) Sep 2014

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Journal of Asian Mission v15(2) 2014

Missiology v43(1) Jan 2015

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Leadership v37(1) Winter 2015

Transformation v32(1) Jan 2015

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