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NEW RELEASE Why I Try to Believe: An Experiment in Faith, Life and Stubborn Hope
Nathan Brown
Prompted by a friend’s public experiments with faith and non-faith, Nathan
Brown set out to explore his own life-long experiment with trying to believe. Part
memoir of faith, part “personal apologetic,” Why I Try to Believe suggests why
faith might be important, and how it can offer hope and purpose to both our
lives and our world.
“I came away from this book reinvigorated by the revolutionary hope that
practicing faith can bring. There are many reasons to believe and Nathan has
outlined them. But he’s also been honest about why it is still hard, and how
persisting despite that difficulty is rewarding and transformative.”
—Dr Lisa Clark Diller, Professor of history,
Paperback #2365000
Southern Adventist University
$1495
INSIDE
Author Profile.........2
“Greater Love Has
No Man . . .”.........3
Recent Releases......4
Adventist History.....6
For Children...........7
Book of the Month..8
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Health and Wellness:
Secrets That Will Change Your Life
Mark Finley and Peter Landless
A book for sharing our message of good health
that recommends and demonstrates spectacularly
simple ways to avoid such chronic killers as
cancer, diabetes, heart disease and obesity. Share
how good nutrition heals the body and boosts
the mind; how purpose increases resilience;
how love and forgiveness mend the heart!
Paperback #0830912
$350
Bible Gallery Collection
Puzzle: Eden Morning
Putting this beautiful inspirational
1000-piece puzzle together will bring
hours of enjoyment and will be a favourite
Sabbath activity, reminding you of what our
God created us to be.
Puzzle #1679003
$2495
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AUTHOR PROFILEMeet Daniel Reynaud . . .
Dr Daniel Reynaud is associate professor
of history at Avondale College of
Higher Education in Cooranbong,
New South Wales. He has worked with
It Is Written Oceania over the past
five years on a series of the “Faith
of the Anzacs” and this professional
interest has grown into a new full-length biography
of Anzac chaplain William McKenzie. He talked
with Bookshelf about this and other projects.
Q
What caught your attention with the story of
William McKenzie?
He was obviously such a charismatic, larger-than-life figure,
and so hugely popular with the Anzacs. Yet he was also
devoutly Christian and strongly evangelistic. It’s not often that
we see evangelical religion and Anzac popularity go together.
His story was irresistible.
Q
What did your work with It Is Written over the past
few years add to this book project?
The It Is Written episodes emerged from the McKenzie
research, but filming in Egypt, Gallipoli and France really
helped me to grasp the context of the places McKenzie was
in during the war. It really is fascinating for example to walk
over the battlefield of Lone Pine at Gallipoli, from the remnants
of the Australian trenches on the seaward side of the cemetery
through to the memorial, where the battle ended.
Q
How do you find the balance between academic
history and telling a good story?
I’ve always had a passion for making academically sound
information accessible to a general readership. It’s a case
of being solid in research but attempting to be engaging in
the presentation. I really believe that academia has to find
an ordinary voice to share its discoveries with the rest of
us, otherwise all that potential wisdom and knowledge gets
locked up.
Q
In the context of the Gallipoli centenary, why is this
an important Anzac story to be re-told?
This man was once one of the most recognisable Australians.
Now hardly anyone has heard of him. The Anzac story is usually
presented as if all Anzacs had no time for religion. If we are
to understand and memorialise Anzac fully now, Australians in
general as well as Christians need to know that Christians and
Christianity were active, visible and influential in the Anzac story.
McKenzie is the most obvious and most powerful example of this.
Q
What has surprised you most in your research of
the Anzacs and their chaplains specifically?
I am discovering that the myth of the secular Anzac is not
sustainable. While the majority of Anzacs were secular, there
was a strong representation of Christians among them and many
chaplains were able to engage the Anzacs in spiritual things.
Religion was far from absent among the Anzacs. About one in
four of the diaries that I have read makes positive references to
religion—that is startlingly high for a secular legend!
Q
Where does music fit into your creative life?
Music is a direct avenue to my soul. I think songs have
a way of disarming our defences and speaking powerfully to
both our hearts and our heads. My faith is a blend of intellect
and emotion, and music best taps into feelings. My song writing
and recording is part of exploring and expressing the things that
matter the most to me, especially from an emotional aspect.
Q
From the experience of your various writing and
creative projects, how can we as a church better
engage with and speak to our society and culture?
The key to speaking to someone is to listen first—really listen.
When we communicate with others we need to start where
they are, not where we are. Too often we rush people to the
topic we think is important. Really, we need to spend time
finding out where they are. The most effective way to begin
is to find some common ground, and from there develop a
conversation in genuinely respectful relationship. Typically,
The Man the Anzacs Revered
William McKenzie was once
one of the most famous of the
Anzacs, a legend for his work
on Gallipoli and in France.
Although, as a chaplain, he
preached against booze,
brothels, betting and bad language, he was revered by the
soldiers—and by many on the
home front as well.
Paperback #1307910
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$2495
Nothing Is Wasted CD
Manifest: Our Call to
Faithful Creativity
Rich lyrical content offering
spiritual inquiry and thoughtful
and thought-provoking music.
Daniel Reynaud is one of 32
Adventists writing about why
creativity is important to them.
CD #CD00114
$1995
Paperback #1307900
$2495
“GREATER LOVE HAS NO MAN . . .” Stories of faithfulness in war
The Man With the Reversible
Foot
Desmond Doss:
Conscientious Objector
Susan Phelps Harvey
Frances Doss
The remarkable story of Dick
Stenbakken, United States Army
chaplain. From difficult child
experiences to intense Army
encounters, he learnt to trust in
God. But his stories also have
moments of fun and prove that
God has something better for us
than we ever imagined.
From an accident-prone
childhood to World War II
gallantry, the tragic loss of
his first wife, Dorothy, and
his battles with deafness and
cancer, Desmond Doss lived a
life of unsurpassed devotion to
his country, his convictions and
his God.
Paperback #1317403
Paperback #0351882
$2995
$1995
I’m Not Leaving
Carl Wilkens
The War Within
Working from tapes made for his
family, which chronicle daily events
from the sublime to the horrific,
Carl reconstructs in fascinating
detail both personal and political
events of Rwanda in 1994 as
he bade his family goodbye and
chose to stay amid the unfolding
genocide to protect his staff and
neighbours.
Waldemar Leonhardt
This is the true story of 14-yearold Waldemar Leonardt who lost
four brothers in World War II in
Europe—along with his faith in a
loving God. And it’s the story of his
life-long struggle to find forgiveness
and peace from the war that raged
within.
Paperback #2303242
Paperback #0904063
$2595
$2995
Deliverance
Alla Czerkasij with Natalie
Czerkasij Lewellen
The Seventh Escape
Alla was just a child when World
War II invaded the Ukraine but
the blunt horror of war ended
her childhood. Haunting and
inspiring, this is the true story of a
girl who, amid the soul-ravaging
horrors of war, came to know the
God of hope and deliverance.
Like millions of other Europeans,
Walter Logé was caught in the
violent vortex of World War II. Not
just another war story, to follow
Logé on his desperate, but at times
humorous, flight from degradation
and slavery is a heart-warming
adventure of the human spirit.
Paperback #0420433
Jan Doward
Paperback #1930502
$2395
Dare to Stand Alone
Bradley Booth
Religion was suppressed. Christians
were forced to practice their faith
secretly. Yet one teenage boy found
the courage to stand up and speak
boldly about his God. Not just to
his friends or in a private church
meeting—but on a Soviet military
base. In front of nearly 3000
enlisted men . . . and one colonel.
Paperback #0409993
$2395
$1995
War in Heaven, War
on Earth DVD
As the Civil War engulfs America,
the Seventh-day Adventist
denomination is established, and
issues of faith, freedom and duty to
country clash as conflict threatens to
divide both nation and church. War
in Heaven, War on Earth explores
the converging experiences of a
nation at war and the formation of
the Seventh-day Adventist Church.
DVD #DV01852
$2995
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John Jeremic
Motivation and inspiration come in
various forms, but most often in the
words spoken by people of literary
and intellectual greatness. 1000
Inspirational Quotes: Book 2 is a
topical compendium of quotations, a
practical resource for the preacher,
teacher and other public speaker, as
well as for personal reflection and
inspiration.
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The Prodigal Daughter: A True
Story
Kay Rizzo
Based on the true story of a young
and gifted woman who leaves
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of her father. Headstrong and
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Brianna soon finds herself swept
into a world far different from
the life of fame and riches she’d
expected.
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Questions and Answers About
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A sharing edition of this favourite
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Montana. He learned to survive
in the hostile environment of the
western frontier. But he learned
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Whether you’ve preached
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Many of us are living longer
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This book is all about Jesus.
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When we know God, the miracle
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If you have been wounded by
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Promise Box
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Earth’s Final Crisis DVD
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A survey of the final events of
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150 years after the official
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emembering God’s leading
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BOOK OF THE MONTH Zuzai Hizoke
SUMMER FADES
Keeping Connection
Rediscovering the Power of Prayer
The subtitle of Pastor Zuzai Hizoke’s Keeping Connection—
“Rediscovering the Power of Prayer”—is key to understanding
the motivation for his book—but not in the way we might
expect. Keeping Connection does not seek to give a
Summer has a secret that is literally eating her up. Her mechanical formula for this rediscovery, but breathes life into
friends and family try to make her face what they think isthe daily practice of prayer in very practical ways. Rather
her real problem. But what they see is only a symptom ofthan using prayer much like a vending machine to get what
we want, just when we want it, Pastor Hizoke instead asks
something much more sinister.
us to incorporate prayer and its power into the fabric of our
When Julie whirls back onto the scene, Summer’s carefullyeveryday lives.
THE NEW STORY FROM THE AUTHOR OF HEAVEN SENT.
SUMMER
FADES
organised life begins to spin out of control, even as she “When we really know God, prayers that run out of
unsuccessfully tries to avoid Ben, who just might be the words become something of the past,” he writes. “We will
observe real change; the most noticeable will be that the
nicest guy she has ever met.
conversation in prayer will naturally flow as it does in a boy–
Then Julie discovers Summer’s secret. Something she’s beengirl relationship. They keep the conversation going without
planning what to talk about when they meet.”
hiding to protect the ones she loves. With the support of
As well as urging this ongoing conversation, Keeping
her new friends—and Ben—the question remains: Will
Connection
challenged me to refocus on who I am actually
peace be found before Summer fades?
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Amanda Bews
addressing in prayer. Both in private and public prayer,
there is a danger of becoming mechanical. Here we
are challenged to come into the throne room of heaven,
“Amanda gets human nature—and she gets God’s
bringing not only our requests, but also our heartaches and
heart. Her characters are believable and her dialogues our joys, our frustrations and our questions. The power of
are skillfully woven so that they are both engaging and prayer will be found in being real with God. His reply to
insightful. Read Summer Fades. You’ll be glad you did.” our petitions may come in immediate and dramatic ways,
but more frequently, learning to wait patiently for His
—Ty Gibson, author, A God Named Desire
timing, even when there appears to be no answer.
Whether you choose to use this book to enliven your
personal walk with God or to refocus the real purpose of
your small group or prayer meeting—with the discussion
questions and prayer prompts at the end of each
chapter—Keeping Connection will challenge and refresh
your growing conversation with God.
—Kevin Geelan, sales manager, Adventist Media Network
SUMMER FADES
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