What's My Point? Solving My Life Points Puzzle; An Instrument of Divine Grace; The Kingdom of God Is among You; Kingdom First; The Black Baptist Experience in Canada; Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds; The Service of Faith; The Earliest View of New Testament Tongues

New media roundup

• What's My Point? Solving My Life Points Puzzle, by Richard J. Goossen (Independent, 2025). B.C. entrepreneurial leadership expert offers an approach to uncover personal fulfillment and meaning.
• An Instrument of Divine Grace: John Newton Encounters John Wesley, by Grant Gordon (Independent, 2025). Ontario historian in 2006 located long-lost diary by John Newton, author of the song “Amazing Grace,” and here draws on his reflections attending 53 sermons by John Wesley (DrGrantGordon.com).
• The Kingdom of God Is among You: Lectures to My Students on New Testament Theology, by Gordon D. Fee and Cherith Fee Nordling (Cascade, 2025). Lectures from beloved Pentecostal emeritus professor of Regent College, Vancouver.
• Kingdom First: Lessons Learned and Fulfillment Gained by Seeking God’s Kingdom in a Troubled World, by Robert L. Roxburgh (Wipf and Stock, 2025). A series of anecdotes about Christian living by retired B.C. pastor and renewal leader.
• The Black Baptist Experience in Canada, edited by Gordon L. Heath and Dudley A. Brown (Pickwick, 2025). A dozen scholarly essays, many focused on the 1800s.
• Lost Words and Forgotten Worlds: Rediscovering the Dead Sea Scrolls, by Andrew B. Perrin (Lexham, 2025). Reintroduces readers to the Bible-era scrolls discovered in 1947, correcting common misunderstandings. Author directed Dead Sea Scrolls Institute and is now a vice-president at Athabasca University, Alberta.
• The Service of Faith: An Ethnography of Mennonites and Development, by Philip Fountain (McGill-Queens, 2024). Examines the development work of Mennonite Central Committee in Indonesia, exploring the challenges, conundrums, theologies and ethical commitments that shape Mennonite service.
• The Earliest View of New Testament Tongues: Understood as Non-Supernatural, Learned Earthly Languages, by Maurice E. Vellacott (Resource Publications, 2024). Former pastor and MP, now associate instructor with Walk Thru the Bible, reworks his PhD thesis.

Canadian creatives

“In 2020 I created a series of paintings that juxtaposed flowers with antique objects like letters, books and glass. When combined these elements create a quiet, yet powerful reflection on faith, mortality and the hope of salvation. Enduring is a visual celebration of fragile textures. Flower petals fade and fall, and old pages become brittle. The composition invites viewers to contemplate time and eternity.”

Enduring (20” x 16”, oil on Baltic birch) by Jodie Hart. The full collection of still life paintings can be viewed at JodieHart.ca. PAINTING © JODIE HART