book review

Priscilla, where are you? A Call to Joyful Theology by Natalie Brand (Union Publishing)This is a quick and enjoyable read. Natalie Brand is passionate about encouraging women in particular to be more enthusiastic about studying theology. She draws on the little we know of the Biblical character Priscilla, who Paul mentions along with her husband Aquila, to highlight the important role that…

Let Everybody Praise the Lord by Martyn Lloyd-Jones (Christian Focus)This slim paperback contains a series of sermons on Psalm 107. Lloyd-Jones vividly expounds the four pictures of sin and its consequences which are drawn for us in it. He does so evangelically, as if addressing people hearing the gospel for the first time. He probes the reader's experience and direct us to the God who de…

Challenges to Living God’s Way by Dr Chris Richards & Dr Liz Jones (EP Books, 2022)Challenges to Living God's Way is a really helpful follow-on book from the two Growing up God's Way books (see images below) written by the same authors. Written for teenagers, in the first section it covers six big issues: homosexuality, pornography, gender identity, abortion, co-habitation and feminism. Th…

We have now received stock of the latest book in the planned series taken from James Durham's 'A Treatise Concerning Scandal'. This one looks at the necessity of Church discipline, here is an extract...If individual Christians were zealous, loving, and prudent in their private admonitions; if ministers and elders were diligent, single-minded, grave, and weighty in carrying out their responsib…

Covenant Theology: From Adam to Christ, by Nehemiah Coxe & John Owen (Reformed Baptist Academic Press, 2005).'There were giants in the land in those days'. Two of them have contributed to this valuable book presenting a Baptist view of the covenants of God. One of them is the famous John Owen, a selection of whose work on the New Covenant in his exposition of the Hebrews is given in th…

Going Home by Don Fortner (Go Publications, 2018)This is classic Don, clear, concise and Christ exalting. Don loved to preach and teach about Christ, and in Going Home he is in his element, fully expounding Christ both as the only way to heaven, and as the fulness of heaven. In doing so he deals with many common misconceptions about heaven and answers many genuine questions that often arise wh…

66 Books: One Story was originally published 10 years ago and was followed up in 2019 by 30 Prophecies: One Story. In our humble opinion as booksellers, they never really gained the traction they deserved. Now that 66 Books has been reprinted in the same attractive style as 30 Prophecies we hope people will take more notice!66 Books goes through each of the books of the Bible giving an in…

Called to be Holy - The Discipline of the Church, by Jeremy Walker (Banner of Truth, 2023).A book on discipline might not sound the most exciting read, but this little booklet is really excellent. Walker reminds us that discipline is not only corrective, but is also formative. That is, it is an ongoing, purposeful way of living as a church in loving unity (such as parenting is a purposeful…

Iron Sharpens Iron by Michael Haykin (Union Publishing, 2022)This is a study of the value of Christian friendship. Haykin critiques the modern cultural focus on the individual, briefly surveying biblical and historical attitudes to the value of true friendship. He goes on to a case study of the great and supportive friendship of John Newton and John Ryland Jr, drawing on his interest in 18…

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