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I found myself being drawn into the sermons and learning much from them. Reading this book is both instructional and devotional, so it’s best not to be read through it at a canter, but to savour each address and learn from it.
Read MoreAs Wear puts it, ‘we have allowed [political] parties to become brands and sources of identity.’ These ‘identities’ have divided churches, families and communities. With the USA facing another polarised presidential election in November, the need to address this situation is pressing.
Read MoreThis short book invites us on a journey in to the complex present reality of Artificial Intelligence. Its remit is broad and covers technological, philosophical/theological and practical overviews for the intended reader, a Christian looking to understand the ethical landscape in this area.
Read MoreThis book is a guide to anyone who wishes to share the biblical vision of what it is to be human. It is difficult, however, to determine to whom the book is aimed. Parts of it will resonate with individuals seeking to live their lives according to their personal vision and experience of biblical teaching but, for others, it is how they live in a multi-cultural society.
Read MoreThe author’s central point is that any activity of the Holy Spirit should always point, and direct, toward Jesus. Jesus is the end goal of any spiritual gift. Working from this point, she looks beyond church practices and explains how the arts, work, and worship can be prophetic.
Read MoreIt is a book whose benefit will come when the thoughts presented have a chance to percolate. Being able to dip into it, read an article which takes perhaps 5-10 minutes and have a moment to pause for thought all make it handy to keep on the coffee table, to help when we need a break to help clear the mind.
Read MoreIf you are looking for fresh inspiration for articulating and expressing the Christian faith, then this book delivers. It breathlessly lists the activities and the considerable efforts the team made to set up and protect what amounts to installations and performance art in contested public spaces.
Read MoreDavid Coffey followed a career as a Baptist pastor with stints as the General Secretary of the Baptist Union, and President of the Baptist World Alliance. He did a lot of preaching in that time, and travelled to over 80 countries. This book, originally simply intended as a memoir for his grandchildren, presents some of the best of those sermons, together with articles and addresses.
Read MoreOne of the chief questions we might ask when wrestling with Judges 19 is, ‘Why is it in the Bible?’ Paynter shows us that it’s in the Bible because God cares deeply about the victims of gender-based violence and exploitation, and if God cares, we should too.
Read MoreWhy do Christians lose their faith, and leave their churches? Having gone through her own ‘unravelling of faith’, Olivia Jackson, in her new book, Uncertain, sets out to ask them, and to see what the church needs to learn.
Read MoreIn Raised to Stay, Natalie Runion – pastor, preacher, teacher, worship leader – addresses the problem of those who, particularly through hurt inflicted by others, are ready to quit their ministry or, in extreme cases, the Christian faith.
Read MoreHow can Christians finish life well? Isn’t the end of life inevitably a downturn? It doesn’t have to be, according to John Wyatt, in this new book, The Final Lap. Preparation is all.
Read MoreThe book actually sets out to show how the Jesus People movement in the US led to a similar movement over here, and how the UK version grew, who was involved, and so on. However, if you are not that interested in the US side of the story, the UK side has more than enough to hold your attention.
Read MoreScot McKnight has lived and breathed the New Testament for decades, so it would be difficult not to profit from this book.
Read MoreThese volumes are an excellent reference to have available, and you may well find yourself using them as a devotional aid for private study. There is much to learn and be inspired by here.
Read MoreThe book – which is immensely readable – then moves on to consider our present status in Christ, what it means to be part of the new community of the church, what we need to put on and discard, and how we stand in our faith.
Read MoreLooking for new resources to use this Lent? Michael Marshall takes us through the Gospel of John. Amongst the new titles for Lent this year is Lent with the beloved disciple, a short series of studies in the Gospel of John, designed to be used over the 6 weeks of Lent.
Read MoreThis Grove booklet will be of particular interest to church leaders and pastors but also to anyone who is interested in learning the lessons from the revivals of the past.
Read MoreThis is the fourth book in a series described by Dallas Willard as ‘The best practice I have seen in Christian spiritual formation. In The Good and Beautiful You, James Bryan Smith looks at how we can become the people God created us to be.
Read MoreIf you are looking for something to joyful to counteract the dark days of January, or even as a Lent read, this could be the book for you.
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