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A short guide to help young Christians defend their faith.  It‿s good to be prepared for hard questions. And if you‿re a Christian, hard questions are going to come. The Bible says we should be prepared to give an account of our faith, and so Stephen Nichols has written this short book to help you defend what you believe. Read, and make sure you‿re ready.

 A young person‿s entry into biblical views of relationships. Chastity is a word that isn‿t used much these days, but it means exercising sexual self‿control in line with the moral teachings of the Bible. It means honoring God, respecting others, and embracing the liberating beauty of God‿s order. But how do we do that in today‿s recreational dating culture? And how do we think about dating and, ultimately, marriage? David Ayers has written this helpful little book to help you think through these questions, and understand why this is such an important part of the Christian life.

The book of Nahum in illustrated storybook form for 4‿6 year‿oldsGod is good, a strong refuge in times of trouble; He cares for those who trust in Him. But He will sweep away His enemies like a mighty flood and drive them into darkness. In the book of Nahum, God promises to punish the Assyrians, who had been oppressing Israel. Their capital, Nineveh, was full of murder and lies, so God destroys it.  Nahum‿s name means comfort. God‿s people can find comfort in his prophecy, which shows how God will defeat all our enemies. He even sent His Son, Jesus, to defeat sin,death and the devil. Everyone who calls on the name of the Lord will be saved.  Nahum is a minor prophet, but his book teaches major lessons. Brian Wright and John Brown show how we can learn about the power and mercy of God in this illustrated rendering of the prophecy of Nahum for 4‿6 year‿olds.

This Jonah picture book clearly explains this minor prophet for 4‿6 year‿olds God told Jonah to go to Nineveh and tell the people there to stop doing bad things and turn back to God, but Jonah ran away. He took a boat in the opposite direction, so God sent a big storm and Jonah ended up in the belly of a big fish.  When Jonah told the Ninevites God‿s message, they turned away from their evil ways, but instead of rejoicing, Jonah was angry.   This minor prophet has major lessons for readers today. Brian Wright and John Brown show us how Jonah points to Jesus, and teaches us about compassion and obedience. Â

God's Daring Dozen is the first children's picture book series ever published on the minor prophets. The twelve books between Daniel and Matthew are unfamiliar to many believers, so this series accurately introduces these inspired writings with vivid images and simple words that engage children and adults alike. Each volume both retells the prophet's message to his original audience and relates its rich truths to Jesus and God's people today.  This second boxed set contains:Jonah's Journeys, which teaches compassion and encourages obedience. Malachi's Final Message, which teaches respect for and hope in God. Nahum and the Ninevites, which teaches the power and deliverance of God. Joel and the Locusts, which teaches repentance and promises renewal.  The first set includes Haggai, Habakkuk, Zephaniah and Obadiah, and the final set will include Hosea, Amos, Micah, and Zechariah. God's Daring Dozen delivers enduring messages that are very much relevant today. These biblically faithful, theologically rich, gospel-centered books teach truth, promote virtue, and inspire faith in God and in His Son. The minor prophets offer major lessons for all ages, and their timeless truths are now shared in story book form for the very first time!

Colourfully illustrated retelling of the book of Malachi for 4‿6 year‿olds God had been so good to Israel, but they kept disobeying Him. So, God sent Malachi to tell them to turn back to him. He promises to send His messenger, who will purify the priests and judge the people who are doing wrong. He promises that if they will turn their hearts back to God, He will bless them.  And God‿s promises came true ‿ he sent John the Baptist to prepare the way of the Lord, encouraging people to repent, and he sent his Son, Jesus, to take away the sins of the world.  Brian Wright and John Brown‿s colourfully illustrated retelling explains the book of Malachi in a way that 4‿6 year‿olds will understand, but this minor prophet has major lessons for readers of all ages.

Are you confident in the Word of God? Are you certain that God speaks to you in and through the pages of the Bible? Daniel R. Hyde exhorts readers to grow in their certainty that the Bible is the Word of God, to know with their hearts as well as their heads that God has spoken, and continues to speak, through his Scriptures. When troubles come, it is crucial that your confidence in what God has said is strong. Hyde hopes that by having a good grounding in what the Bible says about itself, Christians will be well equipped to stand firm. Â

An uplifting, encouraging reminder that God works through his imperfect people.  Evangelism is crucial, it is urgent, it is exciting, it is wonderful. There is nothing more thrilling than to see God at work in people‿s lives and to see men, women, boys and girls discovering the incredible joy and peace that comes from knowing Jesus.   But it is also hard. Really hard. Often, sharing our faith with other people is the area of our Christian lives where we feel at our most useless.  The Bible contains a wealth of theological truth that is a powerhouse of encouragement for evangelism, including the basic truths that God is God and you are you. God is who he has always been: infinite, eternal, unchangeable, all‿powerful, at work in his world. You are you; you don‿t need to become someone you are not. God has not called a select group of elite Christians to tell the world about Jesus; he has chosen his weak, insecure, ineloquent people. He has chosen you.

What's your name? That's a question you've probably answered many times. Names are important and they often have a special meaning to the people who chose them.  Many Bible names have meanings that fit the person's life and in this book you will read about some Bible characters and what their names meant.  A book about names could not leave out the most wonderful name of all: the Lord Jesus. So, you will find out about some of the amazing names given to Him and what they mean.

What hath beauty to do with systematic theology? In this new monograph, Samuel G. Parkison explores this question by examining the relationship between Christ‿s divine beauty and regeneration and faith. Building on recent scholarship in (a) theological retrieval of the Christian tradition, and (b) Protestant developments in theological aesthetics, this project is concerned with soteriology‿s aesthetic dimension. While many today may consider beauty a mere matter of preference, glibly assuming that “beauty is in the eye of the beholder,â€? Parkison pushes fiercely in the opposite direction, dignifying beauty by recognizing its objective value‿a feature of aesthetics that has fallen on hard times since the so‿called Enlightenment, and the subsequent “uglification of cultureâ€? (as Sir Roger Scruton put it).  In this doxologically flavored,dogmatically charged work, Parkison pulls from a variety of disciplines to demonstrate Christ‿s beauty, and the relevance of Christ‿s beauty on Christian theology. Irresistible Beauty is the work of a synthetic generalist. It is not strictly a work of exegesis, though it will stand firmly on exegetical findings. It is not strictly a work of biblical theology, though it will be biblical‿theological. It is not strictly a work of historical theology, though it will engage in theological retrieval of the church‿s history. It is not strictly a philosophical work, though, driven by a love for wisdom, it will be irreducibly philosophical. Thus, this is a systematic‿theological work in the full sense of the term‿informed and shaped by these disciplines and informing and shaping the pursuit of them.  Irresistible Beauty is sure to stimulate readers who enjoy a wide range of topics: the philosophy of beauty, metaphysics, Classical Christian Theism, biblical theology, and a Protestant Reformed conception soteriology are all dealt with in this dense theological work. Parkison also converses with some of the greatest minds of Christian history (e.g., Athanasius, Hilary of Poitiers,Gregory of Nazianzus, Gregory of Nyssa, Basil the Great, Anselm, Thomas Aquinas, Francis Turretin, John Owen, Jonathan Edwards, Herman Bavinck, Hans Urs von Balthasaar), making Irresistible Beauty a stimulating work for many a reader.

How does God‿s unchanging nature impact the salvation of his people?While divine immutability enjoyed a broad affirmation through much of Christian theological antiquity, it has fallen on harder times in modernity. Seen as a holdover from overly philosophical theology, divine immutability has often been characterized as rendering God static and incapable of having meaningful relationships with his creation.  This book aims to swim upstream from this claim and demonstrate that divine immutability does not handicap soteriology but is a necessary and vital component of God‿s economy of redemption as triune changelessness protects and promotes the redemption of God‿s creatures. By anchoring the economy of redemption in divine immutability, we see the benefit of rooting all of God‿s economic work in the immanent life of God. This book aims to be a work of dogmatic theology and therefore will arrive at this thesis by way of exegetical, historical, and philosophical theology. In harmony, these fields will interact with varying deviations and denials of divine immutability and ultimately conclude that a classical articulation of God‿s changelessness does most justice to the economy of redemption.

One of the key questions the Protestant Reformation asked and answered was: how does a person get right with God? In approaching this question, the Reformers set out to rediscover and establish the bounds of essential Christianity through five declarations: sola Scriptura (Scripture alone), sola gratia (grace alone), sola fide (faith alone), solus Christus (Christ alone),and sola Deo gloria (the glory of God alone). Nate Pickowicz‿s guide will help us understand not only the Reformation, but the Christian faith itself.

Everyone knows what it feels like to worry. But one of the clearest and repeated things the Bible tells us about worry is: Don‿t. Don‿t do it. It‿s not worth it. It doesn‿t work. And, oh yeah, by the way, it‿s sin. And it‿s not just a lighthearted, white collar, domesticated sin. It‿s serious business. It‿s deadly. It‿ll ruin your life‿and your eternity if you let it.  This short book is designed to help us understand worry all the way down to its roots and all the way up to its worst fruits. We want to see worry the way God does so that we can repent and by His grace be fully and finally free. We will never move past all sin and temptation in this life. But by the blood of Christ,we can see progressive and sustainable victory over sin in our lives.  Thank God that‿s not all He tells us about worry. He is such a good and gracious Father. More than that, He is our great High Priest that has come and lived among us. He has suffered with us and for us. He fought the fight against worry with us and for us. He is our model of how to fight. He is also our Savior when we fall in the fight.  Olan Stubb‿s wise book is an ideal read for anyone who struggles with worry.

Have you ever felt afraid? Most people have. So, it is not surprising then, that in the Bible the words "fear not" or "do not be afraid"occur quite frequently. The God who made us, knows all about our fears.  This book reminds us that God is with us. The God who helped His people in the past to face difficulties without fear, will also help us if we trust in Him.

Leader of English Reformation Archbishop of Canterbury during Henry VIII's reign Includes timeline and thinking further questions

Born into a noble Scottish family in the sixteenth century, Robert Bruce turned his back on earthly prestige and wealth to enter the ministry. He was Minister of Edinburgh for twelve years, preaching to the King and the court. These sermons on Hebrews11 show a truly remarkable example of post‿reformation preaching, heard in the Great Kirk of St Giles, in the heart of Scotland‿s capital. David Searle has undertaken the huge task of putting these sermons into the English alphabet,translating them from the Braid Scots, so they can edify the church today.

Guide to preaching through Leviticus Encourages readers to draw on biblical text For preachers, teachers, Bible study leaders

The importance of mission The place of mission in modern life From Track series for young adults

Aimed at people who are fascinated with angels Stories of angelic encounters Directs attention towards Christ

Hardback, illustrated advent devotional Scripture passgae, short reading and carol lyrics For each day in December - including after Christmas