Christian Focus

18 Words

The Most Important Words you will Ever Know

J. I. Packer

The 18 words are Death, Devil, Election, Faith, Fellowship, Grace, Holiness, Justification, Lord, Mediator, Mortification, Reconciliation, Regeneration, Revelation, Sanctification, Scripture, Sin and World.

Puritan Portraits

J. I. Packer on Selected Classic Pastors and Pastoral Classics

J. I. Packer

One of the leading authorities on the Puritans, J. I. Packer introduces us to their rich theology and deep spirituality. The writings of the Puritans continue to profoundly reward readers and here Packer brings them alive in an inspiring way to encourage a new generation to experience their delights.

Standing Forth

Roger Nicole

"Roger Nicole's insight, clarity, patience, thoroughness, geniality and good sense have given him anchor-man status for over a generation..."

Constrained By His Love

A New Biography of Robert Murray McCheyne

LJ Van Valen

"He was an outstanding man of God, and his life story, here told in fullest detail and with fullest sympathy, should on no account be missed."

The Holy Spirit And the Bible

The Spirit's interpreting role in relation to Biblical Hermeneutics

Paul Brown

"... as timely as it is important, and I heartily recommend it."

Vital Christianity

The Life and Spirituality of William Wilberforce

Murray Andrew Pura

"Some books, said Bacon, should be tasted (and then left), some swallowed (that is, read casually), and "some few chewed and digested," that is read through with care and thought. This book flows so smoothly that it could easily be swallowed, but with Christian role-models of stature currently in such short supply I believe it belongs in Bacon's third class; and it is as such that I recommend it to you."

The Gender Neutral Bible Controversy

Is the age of political correctness altering the meaning of God's words?

Vern Poythress and Wayne Grudem

"This is the best book on its theme."

Genius, Grief & Grace

A Doctor Looks at Suffering & Success

Gaius Davies

"[Dr Gaius Davies] writes knowledgeably about some fascinating individuals - gifted, troubled Christians, whom he brings brilliantly to life."

Killing Fields Living Fields

Faith in Cambodia

Don Cormack

"This heart wrenching, heart-warming narrative prompts tears, prayers, praises and hopes in turn. It is a long time since I read anything so poignant"

J.C. Ryle

That Man of Granite with the Heart of a Child

Eric Russell

It is very good to have Ryle's story told afresh by someone who understands it so well...Ryle was an Anglican to remember.

Five Leading Reformers

Lives at a Watershed of History

Christopher Catherwood

Christopher Catherwood, a writer abreast of ongoing historical study of the period and aware of the spiritual issues hanging on the chain of events, tracks five major players from the cradle to the grave: Luther, Zwingli, Calvin, Cranmer, Knox. Each in his way was a watershed figure, and Catherwood's vivid profiling of them will help to keep their memory green.

When Grace Comes Home

How the 'doctrines of grace' change your life

Terry L. Johnson

Rarely can the vitamin content of sweet, strong, classic pastoral Calvinism have been made so plain and palatable as it is here.

Living By God's Master Plan

Michael Lawson

"This is a vivid, well-focused, down-to-earth survey of kingdom faith and life, with the shrewdest analysis of the Toronto blessing that I have yet seen added as a bonus. Highly recommended."

Systematic Theology

Biblical and Historical

Robert Duncan Culver

This wide-ranging, well-directed, sharp-sighted textbook is his magnum opus... This one stands high as a demonstration of the biblical rationality of the Reformed faith.

Calvin and the Atonement

Robert A. Peterson

"Calvin dealt with Christ's saving ministry, as with all other biblical themes, in a different way.... Dr. Peterson's monograph lays out the elements of this synthesis in a way that Calvin himself would certainly have approved. The task has not been tackled in print before in so adequate a manner, and this essay is something of a milestone. I commend it heartily, both as a fine contribution to modern Calvin studies and as a worthy presentation of insights into a central theme of scripture from one of the greatest Bible expositors of all time."

Doc Talk

A fairly serious survey of all that theological stuff

Larry Dixon

'In today's sitcom-stupid society, wisecracking can sometimes still stab awake people, especially young people, whom anything else would send to sleep. So there is a real job out there for this jokey-sober workbook on Christian Foundations to do.'

Johnny Cornflakes

A Story about Loving the Unloved

Denise George

"The deep things in this simple story tug hard at the heart."

Good Christians, Good Husbands?

Leaving a Legacy in Marriage and Ministry

Doreen Moore

Resourced by thorough research into the marriages of Wesley, Whitefield and Edwards, this is a truly wise book on the problem of combining ministry and marriage to the glory of God and the good of all concerned.

When Grace Transforms

The character of Christ’s Disciples put forward in the Beatitudes

Terry L. Johnson

"...a clarion call to discipleship in depth."

God's Gentle Whisper

Developing a Responsive Heart to God

Denise George

"Fellowship with God through prayer is Denise George's theme, and her book is a sensitive, down-to-earth exploration of it, skilfully structured for group use. Many will pray to better purpose as a result of digesting this material."

Serving the Word of God

Celebrating the Life and Ministry of James Philip

David Stay and David Wright

"James Philip maintained a faithful, unfashionable, whole bible, whole counsel of God preaching pastorate, evangelical and reformed, humane and mature, full of grace and of God, igniting both heads and hearts in the knowledge and love of Jesus Christ. This book is a fine tribute to a great ministry, the impact of which , please God, will long continue."

The English Puritans

The Rise and the Fall of the Puritan Movement

John Brown

A heroic, inspiring story and Brown tells it well.

Communion With God

Fellowship with the Father, Son and Holy Spirit

John Owen

"Owen was by common consent the weightiest Puritan theologian, and many would bracket him with Jonathan Edwards as one of the greatest Reformed theologians of all time."

Finally Alive

John Piper

"Regeneration, or new birth, meaning simply the new you through, with, in, and under Christ, is a largely neglected theme today, but this fine set of sermons, criss-crossing the New Testament data with great precision, goes far to fill the gap. Highly recommended."

Such a Great Salvation

The Collected Essays of Alan Stibbs

Alan Stibbs

'Alan Stibbs was insufficiently appreciated in his lifetime and has been almost forgotten since, but he was for many years the best theological mind serving British evangelicals, and his unobtrusive influence shaped many ministries decisively. This collection of his occasional writings, of which all are outstanding and some have landmark status, will reintroduce him to the discerning and will surely draw forth the admiration that is truly his due.'

Christ Set Forth

And the Heart of Christ Towards Sinners on the earth

Thomas Goodwin

"It was Goodwin's joy to write about Christ, with whom he communed constantly, and the two items reprinted here are among his best treatments of the Saviour's love and service to us. Reformed Christology in the seventeenth century, as since, was subtle and deep, and Mark Jones' excellent analytical essay will be found helpful at this point."

Is There Anybody Out There? - Second Edition

A Journey from Despair to Hope

Mez McConnell

It's an amazing, arresting and touching story.

Keeping the Heart

How to maintain your love for God

John Flavel

"Flavel is clear-headed and eloquent in the plain Puritan style, orthodox, Christ-focused and life-centred in his subject-matter, with his mind always set on advancing true godliness, with peace and joy in the Lord."

The Heavenly Footman

How to get to Heaven

John Bunyan

"This is true, heartsearching, heartwarming John Bunyan on full throttle"

The Pleasantness of a Religious Life

Life as good as it can be

Matthew Henry

"We too get told that being a Christian is a bleak and burdensome business, and not being a Christian could be more fun; we too, like Henry's first hearers and readers, need to be reminded that it absolutely not so."

Crook in the Lot

Living with that thorn in your side

Thomas Boston

"..The pure Biblical wisdom of The Crook in the Lot is badly need by many of us, and so I am delighted that is being made available in this handy form."

Christ Crucified

The once–for–all sacrifice

Stephen Charnock

"Sentence after sentence in Charnock's ordered march lights up and glows in your heart"

Repentance

Turning from sin to God

Thomas Boston

"To any who turn back in puzzlement as to why Boston's book should be rated a classic I say go back and read the book again and I can guarantee you will realise that you have not been wasting your time."

The Art of Man–Fishing

How to reach the lost

Thomas Boston

"The 'scribble,' [as Boston called it] was published in 1773. Since then it has been hailed by evangelicals as a masterpiece on ministry... The idea of a beginning preacher of 22 producing a spiritual masterpiece is startling, no doubt, but Boston was an unusual man."

The Life of God in the Soul of Man

Real Religion

Henry Scougal

"Henry's Scougal's exposition of 'true religion', his phrase echoed by Whitefield, meaning genuine Christianity was from one standpoint the seed out of which the English side of the revival first sprouted; for the book was favourite reading in Oxford's Holy club, where the Wesleys and Whitefield first came together."

The Mortification of Sin

Dealing with sin in your life

John Owen

"I owe more to John Owen than to any other theologian, ancient or modern, and I owe more to this little book than to anything else he wrote."

Stress

Sources and Solutions

Gaius Davies

Dr Davies is coolly realistic about the temperamental and traumatic ills to which Christians, like others, fall victim, for he knows that Christians, like others, are psychological invalids at the best of times, the only difference being that by God's grace we are at the deepest level in the process of recovering, whereas strangers to grace are not. His treatment of stress and what the care of those under stress involves has about it a down-to-earth circumspection that may seem low-key but will be found very salutary. Overheated super-spirituality, fouling up the conscience by treating all psycho-physical strain as a symptom of sin, unbelief or demon possession, still, alas, runs loose among us; this book, please God, will put salt on its tail - and none too soon. May these Christianly and professionally shrewd chapters find the ministry they merit.

A Christian’s Pocket Guide to Loving The Old Testament

One Book, One God, One Story

Alec Motyer

Now 90, Alec Motyer retains all his old clarity, warmth and charm as he shares his infectious affection for, and insight into, Jesus's Bible. This is a first-rate get-you-started book.

The Pleasures of God

Meditations on God's Delight in being God

John Piper

This is a unique and precious book.