Morling Press

Mission, The Heart of Baptist Identity
Edited by: Graeme Chatfield
Cost: $15.00

What identifies a Church or person as a Baptist? Some might even ask if the question is relevant in a post-denominational age. Through a series of essays and case studies, this volume explores the rich heritage of Australian Baptist mission and challenges the reader to re-assess their understanding of mission in the present and for the future.

At Home in a Strange Land
Author: Andrew Sloane
Cost: $19.95

This book invites us on a journey of discovery into the “Strange Land” of the Old Testament and helps us to feel at home in this sometimes puzzling and difficult section of Christian Scripture. Andrew Sloane gives us tools and a framework for interpreting the Old Testament and using it to inform our ethical decisions as we endeavour to live as followers of Jesus.

Together as the people of God: A manual for pastors and worship leaders (Revised Edition)
Author: John Reid
Cost: $29.50

For two years now, this book has inspired and equipped the praise and worship of the gathered people of God. This second edition provides more prayers and extra service options in addition to the creative and adaptable service outlines of the first edition. Outlines are provided for worship services, communion, infant dedications, baptisms, weddings, funerals and other special occasions.

Ten Great Words
Author: Michael Frost & Colin Campbell
Cost: $16.95

Colin Campbell’s evangelistic teaching and leadership inspired many students and pastors during his time on the Morling College faculty in the 50’s. In this book, Michael Frost makes Campbell’s Theology of Evangelism lectures available for a new generation of Christians who are keen to ensure that their evangelistic energies are built upon strong biblical foundations.

ReJesus
Author: Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
Cost: $19.95

This book challenges believers to re-think the domesticated Jesus we may have learned about in Sunday School and reinstate the ‘loving, wildly passionate, dangerous, radically merciful and always surprising’ Jesus of the Gospels as the central focus of our lives – both as individuals and as communities of his disciples. An encounter with this Jesus transforms our lives and revolutionises our approach to mission.

Guided by God: Reflections on Stories from the Bible, History and Today
Authors: Graeme Chatfield, Max Davidson, Brian & Julie Powell
Cost: $19.50

God calls people to follow him in a variety of ways. Through investigating case studies in the Bible, throughout Church History and contemporary examples this book discusses how God calls and guides us and examines the theological themes raised.

Speaking of Mission: Eight scholars reimagine global mission for our time
Edited by: Michael Frost
Cost: $18.50

This collection of Annual CEGM lectures addresses a breadth of mission issues through biblical analysis and reflections on contemporary practice. The book includes chapters from some of the world’s leading missiologists and missions practicioners including Paul Borthwick, Peter Corney, James Chancellor, John Dickson, Mary Evans, Alan Hirsch, Charles Kraft and Vinoth Ramachandra.

Leadership and Baptist Church Governance
Edited by: Graeme Chatfield
Cost: $15.00

Who leads the local Baptist Church? Who makes decisions? This volume explores the issue of Leadership and Baptist Church Governance through a series of biblical and theological essays, case studies and study questions first presented at the Australian Baptist Research Forum in January 2005.

First & Second Kings, Then and Now: In the Midst of Change
Author: John W Olley
Cost: $18.50

This book looks at the struggles faced by the people in the Old Testament world of First and Second Kings. The time of Kings was a time of war and economic crises, of leadership disputes and violence and famine. But through them all God was there – then just as He is here with us now.

The Quest for Serenity
Author: George Henry Morling
Cost: $12.50

In this revised and updated edition, G.H.Morling shares his search for inner peace and serenity in a life besieged by physical and emotional fatigue. Gently and imaginatively, Morling reveals the pathway that led him to a world enriched by possibility and deep in intimacy with his Lord and Saviour, Jesus Christ.

Living with the Holy Spirit
Author: George Henry Morling
Cost: $12.50

George Henry Morling always regarded the Holy Spirit as a mystery. But to use Paul’s word, the Holy Spirit is an "open" mystery accessible to all. In this new edition of Morling’s writings we’re led on an exploration of the Holy Spirit within the Godhead, considering the Holy Spirit and Christian Character, the Gifts of the Spirit, a life filled with the Holy Spirit, Witnessing, Healing and Speaking in Tongues. Suitable for personal reflection and group discussion.

Religious and Non-religious Spirituality in the Western World
Author: Lausanne Occasional Paper No.45
Cost: $5.00

From the 2004 Lausanne Committee for World Evangelization Forum, this paper looks at ways of translating the gospel so that people exploring spirituality can understand and respond to the message of Jesus Christ. Contributing writers include Morling faculty, Philip Johnson, Ross Clifford and John Smulo.

Jesus and the Gods of the New Age
Authors: Ross Clifford, Philip Johnson
Cost: $18.00

Many people are searching for a spiritual dimension to life. Unfortunately, many do not turn their search towards Jesus Christ. From their wide experience of evangelism with New Agers, Ross and Phillip offer advice to help Christians who want to relate to seekers in meaningful and effective ways.

Leading Lawyers’ Case For The Resurrection
Author: Ross Clifford
Cost: $18.00

Are the writers of the Gospels reliable? Ross Clifford selects some of the most prominent lawyers of modern times to sift through the evidence and reinforces their conclusions with some careful research of his own. He goes on to encourage readers to consider how the reality of Christ’s resurrection should impact their lives.

Exiles in a Post-Christendom Empire
Author: Michael Frost
Cost: $19.95

Winner in the Christian Book Awards 2007, Exiles explores the characteristics of a missional lifestyle. Frost suggests that remaining faithful to the gospel today is akin to the struggle that the exilic community faced in Babylon. Drawing on material is Isaiah, Exiles examines three movements necessary to sustain exiles in a foreign host empire: maintaining our dangerous memories of rescue; practising a dangerous critique of the host empire; and living out dangerous promises.

John Warwick Montgomery’s Legal Apologetic - An Apologetic for all Seasons
Authors: Ross Clifford, Verlag fur Kultur and Wissenschaft
Cost: $40.00

Dr Warwick Montgomery is one of the world’s leading Christian apologists. This book assesses Dr Montgomery’s legal and historical apologetic, and reveals the importance of apologetics for anyone seeking to share the legal/historical of Christ’s resurrection.

The Shaping of Things to Come
Author: Michael Frost and Alan Hirsch
Cost: $18.95

Finalist in both the Australian Christian Book of the Year award and the Christianity Today book of the Year award in 2004, this book offers real-life stories from innovative missional projects around the world to show just how varied a genuinely incarnational approach to mission can and indeed needs to become.

Seeing God in the Ordinary
Author: Michael Frost
Cost: $23.95

1999 Australian Christian Book of the Year, this book asks its readers to rediscover the place of the imagination in the Christian life, and to see God in the ordinary. By using contemporary references , and the Gospel accounts, Frost calls us to a robust faith that embraces all forms of human experience and fills us with wonder.

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Making Disciples: The Significance of Jesus’ Educational Methods for Today’s Church
Author: Sylvia Wilkey Collinson
Cost: $60.00

The Christian faith community regards the making of disciples as a prime directive of Jesus himself. This book investigates discipling as an effective educational strategy in the New Testament and in modern educational research.

Encountering New Religious Movements: A Holistic Evangelical Approach
Edited by: Hexham, Rost & Morehead
Cost: $25.00

Featuring chapters by Ross Clifford, John Smulo and Philip Johnson this book challenges current evangelistic and apologetic models for reaching those spiritually seeking today.