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Many Christians are nervous about politics - isn't the political world murky and sleazy, a den of deceit and backstairs deals? At the same time, the image of Christians in politics isn't great either - often seen as judgemental hypocrites, intolerant...

'A must-read for those who are seeking God, wishing to refresh their own faith, or hoping to lead others into the loving arms of Jesus Christ.' William van der HartWho was Jesus? Why was he crucified? Did he really rise from the dead? Is it plausible...

Change carries us into uncharted territory. We can often feel adrift in such borderlands. Scripture, however, offers rich resources for navigating these times. The biblical narrative of the great fifty days from Easter to Pentecost, forms a map for...

Jesus, meek and mild? Think again: Jesus was a controversialist. And he still is today. Are you prepared to be challenged?Jesus has a way of cutting right across our logic and opinions, just as he did while on earth.He took issue with his...

Are Islam and Christianity essentially the same? Should we seek to overcome divisions by seeing Muslims and Christians as part of one family of Abrahamic faith?Andy Bannister shares his journey from the multicultural streets of inner-city London to...

What does fruitfulness look like in our everyday lives? How can we serve God in the many hours of our waking time?In this horizon-expanding, spirit-lifting book, Mark Greene serves up a liberating view of how God can and does work through us in our...

Sixty-six books, forty authors, written over nearly 2,000 years, in many different genres. A worldwide best-seller published in countless translations and languages. A book that has been sworn by in court, fought over, and quoted in arguments....

Why is it so difficult to talk to our closest friends about what's most important to us? Our true identity? Our hopes and dreams? Our true purpose and faith?Andy Bannister struggled with that question himself. As a twentysomething, he operated as an...

LESS StressLESS AnxietyLESS ConfusionMORE DirectionIn our busy, hectic society, we can often feel that our lives are running at a mile a minute - but some of us don't even know where to.MORE Direction invites you to slow down and reflect on what the...

LESS FakeLESS ShameLESS MasksMORE RealJesus promises 'life and life to the full'. So why do so many people walk away from faith - and not just teenagers but people who have been in church for years?The full life offered is one of genuine relationship...

Truth is a tricky thing. Today, 'the truth' is not just hard to swallow; it is something we refuse to swallow. Truth is too certain, too divisive, too arrogant. In response, today’s truth is often one of relativism: what's true for you might not be...

Hyper-individualism and consumerism are failing to satisfy our hunger for meaning. We face an identity crisis in which real community is increasingly hard to find. The culture wars have been painful and polarising and have proved a poor way to agree...

Most people find faith because they know another Christian, see the difference Jesus makes, and hear their story. Yet most of us are reluctant faith sharers. This book inspires every Christian to see themselves as a story bearer.Four distinct stories...

Scripture has brought us light in darkness, strength in weakness, comfort in sadness. It isn't difficult to endorse the Psalmist's experience that the words of God are 'more precious than gold... sweeter than honey'.So it's distressing to watch the...

The church lies at the centre of God's purpose. Christ gave himself 'to purify for himself a people that are his own'.But when we think about church, there's the tension between the ideal and the reality. The former is beautiful: God's special...

If Christ is our Lord, then we are his servants, and if he is our teacher, then we are his pupils.Following Christ is a multi-faceted responsibility. We should remember:* Every true disciple is a listener* We are both rational and emotional* We can...

Something remarkable is happening across the Middle East. A counter-cultural gospel movement is growing disciples of Jesus deep within the heartland of Islam.Starting in Iran, a radical form of evangelism and discipleship, predominantly led by brand...

What is the authentic gospel? How do we answer the sceptics?Christianity is not a religion, but God's good news for the world. This implies that it has both a divine origin and a human relevance: it comes from God and it speaks to our condition.So,...

When Andrew and Rachel found out that one, and then both, of their children had severe autism, their world was turned on its head.This is a book about surviving, and thriving, when something goes horribly wrong. It is a mixture of their story and...

The church lies at the very centre of the eternal purposes of God. But what exactly does a living church look like?The Living Church brings together a number of characteristics of what the author calls 'authentic' or 'living' church. The marks, being...

Can you be gay and Christian? Does the Bible really require celibacy outside of heterosexual marriage? Isn't it unrealistic and unfair, imposing loneliness and the loss of basic human satisfactions like sex and marriage? Is what the church teaches...

'A rare and personal glimpse of the sacrificial discipleship that marked John Stott's life so deeply.'Peter HarrisWhat is a life of radical discipleship? At root, it means we let Jesus set the agenda of our lives. We aren't selective. We don't pick...

The gospel of Jesus - it's the good news with the power to shape a nation. And yet, for many, the church seems to have lost its transformative edge.But why?Looking past the symptoms to the root cause, junior doctor Freddie Pimm suggests a diagnosis:...

We have a God-given responsibility to infiltrate the world, listening to the world's challenges, but also to bring our own challenge to the world by sharing the good news by word and deed.We look at four aspects of mission:* The uniqueness of Jesus,...