The following books (34 items) were received into the Library collection for both the Welshimer and Seminary Libraries through budgeted funds and expense accounts and by donation in April 2026.
Seminary Library
Lending
Abba’s child: the cry of the heart for intimate belonging
Ancient Christianities: the first five hundred years
The book of Daniel by Aubrey E. Buster and John H. Walton
The book of Ecclesiastes by Tremper Longman
The Cambridge history of ancient Christianity
E M Bounds, the classic collection on prayer
Early Christian theology: a history by J. Warren Smith
Environmental missions: planting churches and trees
I & II Chronicles: a commentary by Louis C. Jonker
In and out of church: the moral arc of spiritual change in America
Just peacemaking: the new paradigm for the ethics of peace and war
Letters to a young pastor: Timothy conversations between father and son
A long obedience in the same direction: discipleship in an instant society
Method matters: essays on the interpretation of the Hebrew Bible in honor of David L. Petersen
Resonance: a sociology of our relationship to the world
Revelation by Rodney Lawrence Petersen and Gerald Lewis Bray
Time and world by Harmut Rosa
The uncontrollability of the world by Harmut Rosa
New Testament Seminar
Deuteronomy by Johanna W. H. Van Wijk-Bos, Ahida Calderón Pilarski, and Barbara E. Reid
A handbook to second-century Christianity by Michael F. Bird and Scott D. Harrower
Reference
Africa Bible commentary :a one-volume commentary from over 100 African scholars
New Testament Seminar Reference
The Greek New Testament, Sixth revised edition
Welshimer Library
Lending
Hard neighbors: the Scotch-Irish invasion of Native America and the making of an American identity
The origins of the criminal justice system: historical explorations by the justice-involved
Juvenile
The big mess and other stories
El Colorido reino de Dios: historias de la Biblia: La historia de la gran familia de Dios*
God’s colorful easter: the good news is for everyone*
God’s colorful kingdom storybook Bible: the story of God’s big diverse family*
My first Bible storybook =Mi primer libro de historias bíblicas*
New Testament storybook for kids*
The Story for children: a storybook Bible*
*Gail Phillips Bible Storybook Collection
Archives
The Oxford compendium of hope (chapter by Kellie Brown)
The political Poe by Michael Blouin
Rediscovering the good news of the gospel: asking the right questions and putting the pieces together by Bruce Gibson