Forbidden faith : devotions and inspiring stories from around the world. CWR, 2010 138 pages£7.99 ISBN 978 1 853 455 483 Here are 8 stories of Christians who suffered persecution and, sometimes, death for their faith. Devotional comments on a passage of Scripture for each of five days are followed by the story…
The vanishing conscience : drawing the line in a no-fault, guilt-free world by John MacArthur Jr.Nelson, 2012 £9.99 280 pages ISBN 978 0 785 271 819 John MacArthur’s excellent sermon on this subject can be found on YouTube (in some respects, the sermon is better than the book) Truth to tell, there is more about…
George Herbert is the author of the hymn ‘Teach me, my God and King’ (no.668 in Singing the Faith) Teach me, my God and King, In all things Thee to see;And what I do in anything To do it as for Thee ! A man that looks on glass, On it may stay his eye;Or,…
Sangster of Westminster Marshall, Morgan & Scott, 1960 104 pagesOut of print, probably available secondhand Dr Will Sangster, was a remarkable man and a superb preacher as anyone who remembers him willreadily confirm. This book was published in the same year that, sadly, saw him depart this life.There are three parts to this book –…
The twilight of atheism : the rise and fall of disbelief in the modern world by Alister McGrathRider, 2004 279 pages £12.99 ISBN 978 1 844 135 748 A wide-ranging study of disbelief from an academic with an easy and engaging style. Prof. McGrath begins with a brief survey of atheism in classical Greece and…
The Barnabas Factor: the power of encouragement by Derek WoodIVP, 1988 £2 available second-hand from Amazon 159 pages ISBN 0 851 104 800 Taking the character of Barnabas from the book of Acts, Derek Wood uses his example as a model for us as Christians to emulate. The setting is an imagined church in…
Renaissance: the power of the Gospel however dark the times by Os Guinness IVP Books, 2014 £11.99 187 pages ISBN 978 0 830 836 710 If you prefer watching to reading, Os Guinness has a YouTube presentation of this book which lasts 1 hour 16 minutes. Dr Guinness is a leading evangelical Christian in America…
Barnabas, which means ‘son of encouragement’, appears as one of the most attractive and interesting of the minor characters in the New Testament. He appears mostly in the book of Acts with a couple of incidental references to him in 1 Corinthians, Galatians, Colossians and 1 Timothy. The record in Scripture tells us that Barnabas…
The Uniqueness of Christ by David Pawson 2 DVDs Anchor Recordings, 1990 4 hours £9.99 This presentation is also available free to view or to download at DavidPawson.com There is also a slightly different version on YouTube 1 hour 28 minutes There are 6 teaching sessions in these two DVDs – Part 1 Is He…
Yesterday (September 13) was the saint’s day of St John Chrysostom (c347-407AD), the only son of the commanding officer of the Roman imperial army. His mother was a devout Christian. John was the greatest of early Christian preachers, possibly the greatest preacher of all time. He was widely known from his Greek name which means…