New Release Books by Calvin Seerveld

The value of these lectures lies in their call to a joyful task still unfinished. The kind of Christian culture involvement that Seerveld provokes and inspires remains an ongoing mandate: to entrust even our aesthetic lives to Christ. Seerveld's capricious and creative intellect expresses itself with an exuberant flair. His insights in these Christian Critiques are unapologetically Christian. He approaches are and literature from his experience in philosophy. One advantage if this perspective is that Seerveld avoids the pernicious idolizing of the arts endemic in much modern western culture, while he still asserts the inalienable value of artistic and literary behavior.

"This book is a collection of pastoral exhortations based the book of Proverbs, a careful professional essay that argues for reading the Bible in a scholarly responsible literary way, and various readings from Proverbs -- all aimed at helping the reader read Proverbs whole. All of the Scripture passages are translated by the author"--

This is not just another book of meditations. This is a book which promises to engage all of your senses while vividly illustrating what it really means to be human. Through the use of scripture, stunning artworks, original songs and prayers, the author explores the miracle of being human, in the image of God. This is not just a series of Bible-study lessons or a devotional exercise to begin or round off the day: --The songs included are for singing; --The artworks are for imaginative viewing; --The scripture translations and prayers are meant to be read aloud and heard. This book is meant to be used humanly. It is meant to be enjoyed in the living presence of God, as a listening, sinful saint, sharing its truth with neighbors.

What does it mean for Christians today to be obedient to God in making and performing, recording and supporting, evaluating, and understanding the arts? Seasoned guidelines by a key Christian thinker and teacher of philosophical aesthetics.

The Bible is not a book of proof texts to be shot at people. Each passage needs to be understood in the context of God's whole revelation, the true story told from Genesis to Revelation. The booklet tells what the episode of God's dealing with Balaam, his ass, Balak, and the Isrealites means in the Bible, for us today. This study also shows how Fundamentalists read the passage, how dogmatists read it, how higher-critical deconstructivists treat Numbers 22-24, and how readers in the line of the Reformation listen to what God is saying in these chapters, and asks: how do you read the Bible?

As Jacob once wrestled with an angel at Jabbok and refused to let go until he had been blessed, Calvin Seerveld urges readers in this collection of probing meditations to wrestle in faith with the God revealed in Jesus Christ. Illustrated from the lives and words of men and women in the Bible, the devotions are arranged into helpful categories including History, Psalms, Prophecy, The Gospel, Apocalypse, Advent and Lent. The author draws out themes to which every Christian can relate, such as new beginnings; the value of time; communal life; and facing an unknown future. Ideal to dip into and return to again and again, these devotions will challenge your assumptions about God and the Christian life and encourage you to stretch towards God in faith.

Poignant translation from the Hebrew of the Song of Songs as a chorus of voices A convincing look at this enigmatic book of the Bible treated as God's Word about erotic human love in the wisdom tradition

"The accompanying CD features oral readings by Seerveld ... interspersed with select versification melodies played by solo recorder or saxophone."--Page 4 of cover.

There is a refrain in The Greatest Song spoken to "the daughters of Jerusalem." That refrain not only formulates a key theme of the Song of Songs, but also helps mark off different episodes in the narrative about the abduction of a young country woman to the precincts of Solomon's harem. This book is a companion to the SoS.

"This book is an exposition of the last book of the Bible, The Revelation of Jesus Christ given to John, on its meaning and import for us alive today. Many passages of the Old and New Testaments are related to the exposition. A few footnotes explicate difficult references. Several hymns which accompanied the oral presentations are included in the book with their music. An occasional prayer is made. The literary nature of the biblical text is highlighted."--

The sheer creativity, panache, godly wisdom and humour of Seerveld, and the breathtaking scope of his knowledge and interests, are clearly shown in these diverse articles and lectures, not available elsewhere. Calvin Seerveld sparkles as a foundational Christian teacher and thinker in pursuit of common-sense daily godliness.