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Shows how God brings glory out of imperfection in both human lives and in the community of faith. This book draws on the poetry of W H Auden, T S Eliot, Henry Vaughan and others to encourage readers to follow Christ on this crooked journey to fulfillment.

A companion to the "Evening Cycle of Psalms" (as set out in the Church of England's "Book of Common Prayer"). It reminds us that the "Psalms" have been central to public worship and personal prayer for the entire history of the church. It is suitable for those who wish to engage more deeply with their riches.

Reveals how Lindisfarne and its people have responded to trial, tribulation and triumph in the course of a long and vibrant history.

A new, updated edition of John Lennox's successful book, including a foreword by Francis Collins, Director of the Human Genome Project

Bringing together over 1200 prayers, both classic and contemporary, this title offers a practical resource for Christians of various denominations.

It is nine hundred years since the death at Canterbury of the great mediaeval Archbishop and thinker Anselm. This title combines accounts from Anselm's friends and enemies, his own letters, prayers and meditations.

Considers the evidence for Jesus' miracles and then shows how they might most plausibly be understood in the light of this evidence. This title examines the various kinds of evidence for the miracles - historical, cultural, literary, and social-scientific - to ask, what is the truth behind the gospel accounts?

Offers a magisterial response to the spate of criticism directed at the author for his theology of justification.

Offers the key to unlocking the door to the heart of Jesus' teaching. This title provides a pattern of meditation that brings alive the Gospel reading for every Sunday in Year B of the Revised Common Lectionary.

Assemblies provide an important element in the busy school day, a chance to be together, to celebrate achievement, and time for ethical and spiritual reflection on big issues and personal responsibility. This book provides a variety of assembly material exploring and explaining global development issues for primary school children.

Shows how history has biased our reading of the nativity story as it appears in the Gospels of Matthew and Luke. This book explores the beginning of the life of Christ, peeling away the sentimentalism that has build up over two thousand years around this most well known of all stories to reveal the truth of what the Gospels actually say.

Prayer is simply about getting naked before God: no frills, no pretence, just honest confessions to the one who made us and loves us unconditionally

Despite its declining popularity among Christians, the belief that we are all innately sinful retains a firm grip on Western consciousness and culture - even in the writings of avowed atheists such as Marx, Freud and Richard Dawkins.

Aims to encourage and empower women preachers to preach as women, as feminist theologians and as those who will make a difference to the Church. This book provides a step-by-step guide to approaching the Bible from a feminist standpoint with suggestions for how to develop your own voice as a preacher.

The new atheists are putting out new books and articles, bus adverts and TV programmes like there's no tomorrow. They've gained a large amount of public attention and media exposure - but do their arguments really hold water? Using the analogy put forward by the esteemed philosopher Anthony Flew, Michael Poole examines the new atheists' use of the 'ten leaky buckets' tactic of argumentation - presenting readers with a sum of arguments that are each individually defective, as though the cumulative effect should be persuasive. This closer look at the facts reveals that the buckets are, indeed, leaky.

Growing Souls presents the work of the Youth Ministry and Spirituality Project (YMSP), and gives voice to the scholars, youth workers, pastors, and youth who shared in its work.

Suitable for incumbents who oversee the first years of ministry of a junior colleague. This book, with in a church context, offers material which has been developed in secular fields, as well as the best practice already happening in the Church.

Over 100 games and quizzes designed to break the ice at church gatherings

Includes prayers which are translations of traditional Gaelic poems.

In The Rhythm of Life, David Adam offers daily office prayers based on the Celtic Christian tradition for each day of the week.

A confirmation course to use with adults, designed to cover a range of learning styles. It covers the traditional ground of such courses, beginning from the questions adult confirmation candidates bring to faith development.

To live deliberately rather than by accident requires great honesty. It means looking human experience fully in the face without glossing over the difficult bits. Drawing on author's own experience and the stories of other individuals and communities, this book looks at the importance of honesty, freedom and the courage to 'be real'.

Takes a looks at decision making in our lives. This book includes chapters that focus on the drivers of human life: sex, money, power and fame.

Contains material on the Bible's teaching on life after death; the concept of the soul; the need to face the truth of our own mortality; living to the full; untimely death; suicide; and death as the result of disaster and of war. This book focuses on solace in grief; the comfort of Christ; and our hope of life in heaven.

The resurrection accounts are stories of encounter with God - the recovery of that ancient intimacy briefly enjoyed in the Garden of Eden. This volume suggests that in entering into the resurrection stories from the Gospels, we step outside time and place into a world where death no longer holds sway.

The context and approach of readers have been underestimated in Biblical Exegesis. The Biblical text is credited with an abstract quality that lifts its words above time and space, above human contingencies. This book looks at the interpretations, and how certain subjects have been understood within them, including homosexuality and marriage.

The first epistle of John has brought conviction, understanding and confidence to Christians for the past twenty centuries. Martyn Lloyd-Jones' comprehensive, eloquent expositions of this dynamic book of the Bible are now conveniently gathered together in one volume.

Presents a pattern of daily prayer, providing material for anyone who wants to revitalize their prayer life. This book contains material for the morning and evening of each day for a month, as well as for the seasons of the Christian year and for special times of joy and sorrow.

Aims to help us recognize how we are tempted, and to explore why we so often choose not to do what we know is the right thing and to encourage us to make positive choices. This book underpins the real-life stories and anecdotes by frequent references to Jesus' experience of coping with temptation.