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Showcased here are some of our lecturers' publications. They reveal a depth of expertise and breadth of interests – from rigorous biblical analysis to rich theology, from inspirational history to pastoral insights. Some of these books are available to purchase from the SMBC Service Centre, others from reputable book retailers.

Engaging Neighbors and Nations: Factors Shaping Local Church Involvement in Mission by Tim Silberman with foreword by Michael W. Goheen, book cover featuring urban neighborhood street scene with vintage globe overlay, mockup

Engaging Neighbors and Nations

by Tim Silberman

Evangelical churches are widely known for their commitment to mission locally and to the ends of the earth. However, in the last century, there have been profound theological and sociological changes that have impacted mission practice.

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Whitefield on the Christian Life: New Birth to Enjoy God by Tom Schwanda and Ian Maddock, book cover featuring a vintage-style engraved portrait of George Whitefield
Book Rev Dr Ian Maddock
Whitefield on the Christian Life

George Whitefield’s bold “born-again” theology and passionate sermons established him as a key figure...

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Lifting God High from the Lowest Valley: A 30-day devotional journey through grief by Ed Grudier with prayers from the journals of Kathy Grudier, book cover featuring dramatic mountain landscape with layered valleys under expansive cloudy sky
Book Dr Ed Grudier
Lifting God High from the Lowest Valley

‘Lifting God High from the Lowest Valley’ is a deeply personal and hope-filled journey...

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The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to Transgender Theory by Robert S. Smith, book cover featuring man and woman silhouettes filled with natural landscape imagery against dark background
Book Rev Dr Rob Smith
The Body God Gives

‘The Body God Gives: A Biblical Response to Transgender Theory’ is a genuinely compassionate...

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Scribes, Theology, & Apologetics: Assessing Scribal Interference in New Testament Manuscripts by Alan Mugridge, book cover featuring classical sketch-style illustration of ancient scribes working with manuscripts in sepia tones
Book Rev Dr Alan Mugridge
Scribes, Theology and Apologetics

This book is a companion volume to Scribes, Motives, and Manuscripts. In this volume Alan...

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Scribes, Motives, & Manuscripts: Evaluating Trends in New Testament Textual Criticism by Alan Mugridge, book cover featuring medieval Gothic typography and illustration of robed scribe writing manuscripts
Book Rev Dr Alan Mugridge
Scribes, Motives, and Manuscripts

In this volume Alan Mugridge reviews claims that scribes of New Testament manuscripts altered...

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Engaging Neighbors and Nations: Factors Shaping Local Church Involvement in Mission by Tim Silberman with foreword by Michael W. Goheen, book cover featuring urban neighborhood street scene with vintage globe overlay
Book Dr Tim Silberman
Engaging Neighbors and Nations

Evangelical churches are widely known for their commitment to mission locally and to the...

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10 Dead Gals You Should Know: Leaving an Enduring Legacy by Rachel Ciano and Ian J. Maddock, book cover featuring tombstone illustrations of historical Christian women including Corrie Ten Boom, Catherine Booth, Jane Grey, and Mary mother of Jesus
Book Rachel Ciano, Rev Dr Ian Maddock
10 Dead Gals You Should Know

Spanning two millennia and multiple continents, these stories will introduce you to great women...

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Multiplying Leaders in Intercultural Contexts: Recognizing and Developing Grassroots Potential by Evelyn & Richard Hibbert, book cover featuring abstract watercolour design with flowing figures
Book Dr Evelyn Hibbert, Dr Richard Hibbert
Multiplying Leaders in Intercultural Contexts

Often, church planters, disciplers, and pastors struggle to identify grassroots leaders and develop them...

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Book cover of Gathered Together: The Beauty of Living as God's Church, book cover featuring abstract green and cream hills with sheep
Book Rev Dr Karl Deenick
Gathered Together

Sunday: time for church. Do you feel eager anticipation? Or has life or weariness...

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Washed by God: The Story of Baptism by Karl Deenick book cover featuring watercolour blue tones
Book Rev Dr Karl Deenick
Washed by God

Baptism is a subject which has caused division and confusion amongst Christians for many...

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Collective Underground trilogy by Kristen Young - Apprentice, Elite, and Flight book covers featuring sci-fi dystopian design with tree symbol
Book Kristen Young
The Collective Underground Series

The Love Collective is everywhere. It sees everything. Be not afraid. Apprentice Flick remembers...

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Teaching Leviticus: From text to message by G. Geoffrey Harper, PT Resources series, book cover featuring clean modern design with green banner and traditional shofar horn
Book Dr Geoff Harper
Teaching Leviticus

The book of Leviticus remains a mystery to many Christians, which is a great...

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Colossians and Philemon by Alan J. Thompson - Tyndale New Testament Commentaries (TNTC) biblical commentary, book cover featuring classical design in dark green and white
Book Dr Alan Thompson
Colossians and Philemon

Paul’s letters to the Colossians and Philemon are both brief, but full of theological...

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Contextualization or Syncretism?: The Use of Other-Faith Worship Forms in the Bible and in Insider Movements by Derek Brotherson - Evangelical Missiological Society Monograph Series 10, foreword by A. Scott Moreau, book cover featuring aerial view of modern city with mosque
Book Dr Derek Brotherson
Contextualization or Syncretism?

As Christians seek to follow Paul’s example of becoming like all people in order...

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The End of Thinking? by Mark Stephens, Re:CONSIDERING series, book cover featuring playful illustration of stylized head with visible brain and contemplative expression on soft green background
Book Dr Mark Stephens
The End of Thinking

What were you thinking? We all feel entitled to our opinion. Whether it be...

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Never Going Home: Mabel Green and the Heart of Amazonia by Anthony C. Brammall, book cover featuring vintage map of South America with historical steamship and circular portrait of Mabel
Book Rev Anthony Brammall
Never Going Home

Courage, perseverance and sacrifice. ‘Never Going Home’ explores the short but remarkable life of...

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10 Dead Guys You Should Know: Standing on the Shoulders of Giants edited by Ian J. Maddock, book cover featuring tombstone illustrations of historical Christian theologians including Luther, Augustine, Spurgeon, and Wesley
Book Rev Dr Ian Maddock, Rachel Ciano, Stuart Coulton
10 Dead Guys You Should Know

While Christians have always prized the Bible as our ultimate authority in matters of...

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The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus: Luke's account of God's unfolding plan by Alan J. Thompson - New Studies in Biblical Theology series edited by D.A. Carson book cover featuring classical artwork of Paul’s encounter with the risen Jesus on the road to Damascus on gray background
Book Dr Alan Thompson
Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus

When the book of Acts is mentioned, a cluster of issues inevitably springs to...

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Come, Let Us Sing: A Call to Musical Reformation by Robert S. Smith - Anglican Foundations Biblical Truth for Today's Church series, book cover featuring close-up of sheet music with musical notes and hymn text
Book Rev Dr Rob Smith
Come, Let Us Sing

Come, Let Us Sing seeks to help us reform the musical dimension of church life...

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Walking Together on the Jesus Road: Discipling in Intercultural Contexts by Evelyn and Richard Hibbert book cover featuring blurry silhouettes of people walking
Book Dr Evelyn Hibbert, Dr Richard Hibbert
Walking Together on the Jesus Road

Christians who serve Jesus among people from a different culture than their own often...

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Righteous by Promise: A biblical theology of circumcision by Karl Deenick, New Studies in Biblical Theology series edited by D. A. Carson, book cover featuring historical religious painting on gray background
Book Rev Dr Karl Deenick
Righteous By Promise

Given the foundational importance of circumcision in the Old Testament and its prevalence in...

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Imprecation as Divine Discourse: Speech Act Theory, Dual Authorship, and Theological Interpretation by Kit Barker, Journal of Theological Interpretation Supplement 16, book cover featuring minimalist design with purple and white color scheme and ornate cross symbol
Book Dr Kit Barker
Imprecation as Divine Discourse

Christian readers of the Hebrew Bible are often faced with a troubling tension. On...

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Wesley and Whitefield? Wesley versus Whitefield? edited by Ian J. Maddock, book cover featuring historical portraits of John Wesley and George Whitefield
Book Rev Dr Ian Maddock
Wesley and Whitefield? Wesley versus Whitefield?

John Wesley and George Whitefield were in many ways larger-than-life figures during their own...

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Isaiah: Surprising Salvation by Kirk Patston, Reading the Bible Today Series edited by Paul Barnett, book cover featuring a young green plant sprouting from stump
Book Rev Dr Kirk Patston
Surprising Salvation – Isaiah

Kirk Patston draws from his scholarly knowledge to open up the complex and majestic...

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Finding Lost Words: The Church's Right to Lament edited by G. Geoffrey Harper & Kit Barker book cover with quote from Tremper Longman III and featuring abstract silhouettes embracing against teal background
Book Dr Geoff Harper, Dr Kit Barker
Finding Lost Words

The brokenness of this world inevitably invades our lives. But how do you maintain...

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Luke: Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament by Alan J. Thompson book cover featuring aged parchment background
Book Dr Alan Thompson
Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament: Luke

The Exegetical Guide to the Greek New Testament (EGGNT) closes the gap between the...

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Lewis's Interesting Life by Anna Brotherson and Sarah Ang, book cover featuring watercolour illustration of a young boy with freckles peering over a brown suitcase with travel tag
Book Anna Brotherson, Sarah Ang
Lewis’s Interesting Life

Lewis looks and acts just like a normal kid, but there is something very...

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Training Missionaries: Principles and Possibilities by Evelyn and Richard Hibbert book cover featuring modern curved glass architecture against blue sky
Book Dr Evelyn Hibbert, Dr Richard Hibbert
Training Missionaries

Missionaries must know God, be able to relate well to other people, understand and...

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Out of Darkness: 100 Years of Sydney Missionary and Bible College by Anthony C. Brammall, SMBC centenary publication book cover featuring starry night sky with floating lit lanterns
Book Rev Anthony Brammall
Out of Darkness

The story of one man’s vision, the college he established, and the people –...

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Men of One Book: A Comparison of Two Methodist Preachers, John Wesley and George Whitefield by Ian J. Maddock, book cover featuring open Bible on brown background
Book Rev Dr Ian Maddock
Men of One Book

This book seeks to compare various aspects of the full-orbed “preach and print” ministries...

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Leading Multicultural Teams by Evelyn & Richard Hibbert, book cover featuring modern geometric design with colorful overlapping triangular shapes
Book Dr Evelyn Hibbert, Dr Richard Hibbert
Leading Multicultural Teams

Churches and mission agencies are increasingly characterized by cultural diversity. As a result, many...

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Becoming Global: Integrating global mission and your local church: A practical approach by Bruce Dipple, book cover featuring image of Earth from space
Book Bruce Dipple
Becoming Global

For more than 20 years, Bruce Dipple has worked with local churches in the...

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Hitting the Holy Road: A guided tour of Christian history from the early church to the Reformation by Stuart Coulton, book cover featuring a realistic illustration of a cobblestone road through countryside with trees
Book Stuart Coulton
Hitting the Holy Road

This book invites you on a journey through some of the regions and cities...

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