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There are certain books which are so insightful that reading them is an eye-opening experience. Pride is one of these books: Matthew Roberts revealingly analyses the nature of our society from a Biblical viewpoint and reveals the root cause of the brokenness and confusion that we see around us. The Pride movement, the devaluing of marriage, the subversion of the creation order of male and female, …

I noticed recently that Evangelical Press are due to publish a book that was previously published by Crossway Books: Being There by Dave Furman. This is a book that we reviewed and recommended a few years back so I am reposting our original review in the hope that it might be helpful...There are many books written for those who are suffering but not so many for those who are trying to help a…

Paul White, who became better known as the Jungle Doctor, was a prolific writer of fascinating children's stories that described his experiences as a missionary in Africa. He was born in Australia in 1910 and was drawn to the African continent by hearing stories of the Boer War from his father. In 1938, after training as a doctor, he headed out to Africa with his wife and young son to begin his mi…

The Church of Acts Two - The Scriptural Pattern for the Church Today by Matthew Hyde (Gospel Standard Publications, 2023).This book is made up of five sermons preached at Galeed Chapel, Brighton. They are sermons to a particular church within a particular denomination, but they have relevance to all who are seeking to understand and walk out the foundational pattern for churches described …

The John Gill Project is an admirable endeavour to make the rich spiritual writings of John Gill freshly available to a new generation. All of the intended books are taken from Gill's Body of Doctrinal and Practical Divinity. The first two in the series have now been published: What is Theology? and Courage.Where there is not the doctrine of faith, the obedience of faith cannot be expecte…

Memorable Loss - A Story of Friendship in the Face of Dementia by Karen Martin (Christian Focus Publications, 2023)This is like no other book I have read before! The author, Karen Martin, writes in a narrative non-fiction form which I found compelling. The story of her friendship with an older lady who goes on to develop Alzheimer's disease flows in and around technical descriptions of the…

Richard Sibbes was the Puritan known as the 'heavenly doctor' such was his ability to communicate the riches of knowing God. He is very quotable! This quote is taken from Josiah's Reformation in which Sibbes draws on the example of God's dealings with King Josiah, who was described as having a 'tender heart', to show that true reformation must begin in the heart.Tenderness of heart is wrought…

Clothed with Strength by Sarah Allen (10Publishing, 2023)What a fascinating account of four exceptional women Sarah Allen has written! These are women who are not well known, but who each identified a need in the community they were in and quietly set about trying to make a difference. The way this was done looked different for each woman, sometimes their efforts were very practical, somet…

Have you caught up with our latest offer?The Risen Hope series is a new church history series written for children around 10+ years. The series begins with the Apostle Paul and runs right through to the late 1800’s. Our favourite is the third book called Reform - the Church at the Birth of Protestantism which highlights some of the main characters of the Reformation from 1485 to 1600. The shor…

The Distinctiveness of Baptist Covenant Theology - A Comparison between Seventeenth-Century Particular Baptist and Paedobaptist Federalism by Pascal Denault (Solid Ground Christian Books, 2017)Pascal Denault (Eglise Evangelique de St-Jerome, Qc) has performed an excellent service to all Particular/Reformed Baptists today in seeking to approach Covenant Theology from a Baptist viewpoint. Hi…