This book contains 50 very good reasons to buy and read it. That’s the number of short chapters in this collection of studies which first saw the light of day as articles in the Eternity and Tabletalk magazines. No chapter is more than four pages long, and they are grouped together in six sections, each…

This is a book review with a difference, in that I am only, at least at this stage, reviewing a section of it. By way of explanation, I am privileged to be taking part in a blog tour for How to Read the Bible through the Jesus Lens by Michael Williams and published by Zondervan,…

Isaac Liu is the son of `The Heavenly Man’ whose story caused quite a stir and not a little controversy several years ago. Now, Isaac tells his own story of being brought up in a home from which his father was absent for long periods of time because he was either in prison or on…

There’s no question but that Scott Petty writes well, with a style and a passion that is engaging. Neither is there any question that he is up for a challenge. Here, in this addition to the Little Black Book series from Matthias, he takes on the relationship between Science and God and much of it…

The publishers describe this volume as “An introduction to Calvinism” and it certainly is that; but it is so much more. Where else would you find in one book an historical, theological and practical overview of the tenets of the reformed faith including how it viewed atitudes as an employee or how to enjoy sexual…

How refreshing to find a challenging and stimulating book on evangelism that isn’t based on the latest marketing technique or sales pitch but goes to the life and ministry of Christ as a model from which to learn lessons. Richard Phillips analyses “Jesus’ personal evangelism” from three chapters of John’s Gospel, chapters 1, 3 and…

Wallace Benn has given us a warm commentary on John 13-17, Jesus’ teaching to his disciples in the Upper Room on the night of his betrayal. Benn takes us through the teaching of Christ, section by section, dwelling on one or two aspects – such as the work of the Holy Spirit – to broaden…

Over the years I have read a number of books on suffering but this one is refreshingly different and comes at this important subject from some very helpful and biblical angles which are all too often neglected or ignored in some other books that address this subject. Paul Grimmond looks at different types of suffering…

I have known the names of Moishe Rosen and Jews for Jesus for many years but have to admit that I knew next to nothing about the man or his ministry, so was glad to get a complimentary copy of this biography, written by his daughter Ruth, for review. Biographies written by a close relative…

Taking Jesus’ words, “Consider carefully how you listen” (Luke 8:18), Christopher Ash gives us some useful advice on how to listen to sermons with seven positive ways followed by three on how to listen to bad preaching. Each section is very short and begins with an example which compares two people and their different attitudes…