Resources

The student guide should be reproduced one-per-student, and the facilitator guide is needed only by the person facilitating the study. The facilitator does not need to be an expert in HIV/AIDS nor a teacher.

GAP Bible Study—Student Guide

GAP Bible Study—Facilitator’s Guide

Recommended Reading Resources

The recommended reading resource list is available here. The list includes the author, book title, ISBN, publisher, and where to order the resource.

Recommended Reading Resources

Book Snippet—The Crisis in the University by Walter Moberly

In his book, The Crisis in the University, Walter Moberly makes this observation:

“On the fundamental religious issue, the modern university intends to be, and supposes it is, neutral, but it is not. Certainly it neither inculcates nor expressly repudiates belief in God. But it does what is far more deadly than open rejection; it ignores Him. It is in this sense that the university today is atheist. It is a fallacy to suppose that by omitting the subject, you teach nothing about it. On the contrary, you teach that it is to be omitted, and that it is, therefore, a matter of secondary importance. And you teach this not openly and explicitly, which would invite criticism; you simply take it for granted and thereby, insinuate it silently, insidiously, and all but irresistibly.”

Book Review—BLUE CHIP BOOKS ON BUSINESS MANAGEMENT

In April, the Wall Street Journal featured a book review by Ken Roman. He states that the number one book is by Peter Drucker, entitled, "The Effective Executive" (Harper & Row, 1967). As you read what he had to say, think how these comments might apply to us as leaders and pioneers in student ministry. "He (Drucker) defines effectiveness as 'a habit... a complex of practices that can be learned.' Those practices include knowing where time goes, focusing on outcomes rather than work, building on strengths and concentrating on a few areas that will produce outstanding results. Drucker once observed that there are not 24 hours in a day, but only two or three; the difference between the effective executive and everyone else, he said, is the ability to use those hours productively."

Book Review—KINGDOM COME

If you are in a position of leadership or desiring to lead, read Kingdom Come by Allen Mitsuo Wakabayashi. The book is published by Intervarsity Press and available at www.amazon.com. Even if you are not thinking about leadership, this is a great read!

The book's author is associate area director for IVP, a campus minister with Intervarsity, and he ministers at Northwestern University.

Here is a description of the book's theme, taken from the Intervarsity Press Web site:

God is up to something! And his plans are far greater than you might imagine.

Christianity is not merely about isolated individuals going to heaven. It's about God transforming the entire world and making things right. Sicknesses will be healed, sins will be forgiven, injustice will be eradicated, and all creation will be redeemed. But this is not merely a distant future. It's happening now through what Jesus came to establish—the kingdom of God.

Allan Wakabayashi reawakens you to the world-changing reality of the kingdom of God. With clear, biblical, insight, he unpacks what Jesus proclaimed about the good news of the kingdom ad spells out the implications for you today.

Focusing on the kingdom of God will revolutionize how you live out your faith, how you think about your world and how you explain the good news about Jesus. Ultimately, understanding yourself as a citizen of the kingdom will empower you to be one of God's change agents in the world.

God is at work to restore everything to be the way he intended it to be, and you can be a part of what he is doing! Get a glimpse of the kingdom coming, and experience his will being done—on earth as it is in heaven.

One quick excerpt from the book:

"The way of the cross sometimes leads us into those places where all we can do is hold on. We can't see our way forward, we are confused that God isn't doing what we expect, and we can't see any meaning for all the pain and frustration... We must always do what we know is right and true before God even if it doesn't seem as if it produces results... We must never forget that the path of the cross leads to and through the darkness of death, not around it. Yet the God that we follow is the God of the resurrection. We must hang on and stay faithful for as long as it takes."

Multi-Language Resources

If you are interested in Intervarsity Press resources in a language other than English, check out www.ivpress.com/translations. Go to "Book Listings by Language" and click on the desired language to see the list of available items in that language.

IVP does not publish or sell the non-English resources. To get contact information for a publisher, e-mail IVP at translations@ivpress.com.