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For those of us who love and use a historic confession of faith this looks like it will be a great read and that which will assist our people who make up our churches. http://www.wtsbooks.com/product-exec/product_id/8466/nm/Creedal+Imperative+%28Paperback%29

Two weeks from today a new book by Dr. Joel Beeke and Dr. Mark Jones entitled: A Puritan Theology will be released . This is a wonderful resource and one which every lover of the Puritans should own. Also, in two weeks Paul Washer's new book entitled: The Gospel's Power and Message is coming out...

'' St Helen 's Bishopsgate an Evangelical Anglican Church in the heart of London have launched an excellent new monthly video series 'Preaching Matters' designed to equip, inspire and encourage all of us who teach God's word. It's out on the first Monday of each month starting Monday 1 October...

'' Connected - Living in the Light of the Trinity'' by Sam Allberry is an excellent introduction to the practical outworkings of the Trinity with regard to humanity, gender, the church, prayer and worship. I found myself underlining and making notes to use this material with different people. As...

Children's Bibles by and large are pretty terrible when it comes down to accuracy but the Big Bible storybook occasionally takes it to a whole new level. I was reading to my son the other day the story of Mark 8:27-30 which they recount as belowmake sure you get to the end..... Jesus was with his...

At the risk of treading on Jeremy's turf may I recommend the following hymn written by my good friend and colleague Peter Dickson of Trinity Church Aberdeen . It can be sung to Coe Fen (which is a bit tricky at first but grows on you - a bit of gravitas!) When we are doing everything which life and...

I'm preaching through Romans and cannot speak highly enough of Christopher Ash's 'Teaching Romans' and James Philip's 'The Power of God'. I wouldn't say they are all you need, buf if all you've got is them you won't go far wrong. Commenting on Romans 12:4 ' For just as each of us has one body with...

Who knows what the future holds for the world now that the reins of power in what is probably still its most powerful nation are once more being wrestled over? Who knows what rulers and authorities will rise and fall in the coming months or decades or centuries, if God spares us? God does. God...

Matthew Henry: His Life and Influence Allan Harman Christian Focus , 2012, 208pp., paperback, £8.99 ISBN 9781845507831 While Matthew Henry's commentary, though sneered at in some quarters, remains rightly esteemed, the man himself is often little more than a cipher. Though in a style that is not...

L.M. (Wilton) Psalm 63 O God, my Strength, the early hour Of every day your praise shall claim. My soul desires to taste your power, And see the glory of your name. Life's glories fade beside your love, My lips and hands shall give you praise; Blessings poured out from stores above Bring sweet...