Bible Study & Reference

With a special focus on Romans 8, Wright leads you on an eye-opening journey, clearly explaining the many ways in which Paul throws light on so much else that God reveals in Scripture: God the Father, Christology and the Spirit; Jesus' Messiahship, cross, resurrection and ascension; salvation, redemption and adoption; suffering and glory; holiness and hope.

Wright shows that as Christian readers we must not, and cannot, isolate Lamentations from the rest of the Bible; and equally, that we should not read the rest of the Bible without Lamentations. We must still let it speak for itself, as a book for today.

We must encounter the God of Jeremiah, an encounter that should be both profoundly disturbing and ultimately reassuring, as it was for him. In the end, Jeremiah is a book of the victory of God's love and grace. His redemptive, reconstructive work fills the book's future horizon - a future that we see fulfilled in the New Testament through the life, death and resurrection of Jesus, the Messiah; and

Despite the centuries which separate us from the authors of these proverbs, the everyday realities of human existence remain: making friends, coping with sexuality, handling money, responding to poverty, making a living, learning through loss, muddling through difficulties, facing death.

This is a history of the King James Version of the Bible over the four hundred years from its remote beginnings to the present day. Gordon Campbell, expert in Renaissance literatures, tells the fascinating and complex story of how this translation came to be commissioned, of who the translators were, and of how the translation was accomplished.

The Being With course is an introduction to Christianity with a difference. At its heart is the idea that God's greatest desire is to be with us in Jesus.

The Being With course is an introduction to Christianity with a difference.

'My favourite way to start the day' - BEAR GRYLLS Discover the life-changing habit of daily Bible reading.

A walk through the unfolding story of the Bible in 50 readings and reflections shows how our lives are bound up with, and shaped by, God's plan to restore a broken universe. That big story forms our minds, fuels our imaginations and fashions our daily life ad we live in God's world, in the light of God's word, wherever we are.

Comfortable Words: a call to restoration: Reflections on Isaiah 40–55

For many Christians, the Bible is a how-to manual filled with literal truths about belief that must be strictly followed. t does not hold easy answers to the perplexing questions and issues that confront us in our daily lives. Rather, the Bible is a dynamic instrument for study that not only offers an abundance of insights but provokes us to find our own answers to spiritual questions, cultivatin

Do you think that Jesus only surrounded himself with men? Think again. The professors-turned-detectives of the hit Channel 4 documentary sift through biblical texts and popular beliefs to uncover the real stories of Jesus' female disciples.

Live Lent: Embracing Justice is the Church of England's theme for Lent 2022. It invites us to examine our own lives truthfully, to see the world more deeply and to pray - for the church and the world far and near - that 'justice may roll down like waters, and righteousness like an ever-flowing stream' (Amos 4.24).

The Bible is an invitation and a call. The breath of God lifts its pages, and they rise and fall with his breathing. In his honest and accessible style, Nick Page urges us to re-discover a fresh look at the Bible as the scriptural bedrock of the Christian faith, to learn how we can undo unhelpf Nick Page urges us to re-discover a fresh look at the Bible and demystifies its purpose and scope.

Alec Motyer explores Paul's great themes, so relevant today: Christian unity; the Person of Jesus and what he has achieved for us; the call to live a life worthy of the gospel.

Fullness and freedom; these are the great objective truths of the faith that Dick Lucas highlights in his exposition, enabling us to see both the riches that are ours in Christ and the irrelevance - even blasphemy - of all would-be improvements on what God has done.

Drawing out a theme for each day from the designated Bible readings, Gumbel’s exegetical writings on the Proverbs, Psalms and New and Old Testament excerpts are packed with insight, wisdom and application.

In 'They Sang', Amy Scott Robinson uses the four Advent studies to guide small groups to explore these ancient poems of praise and prophecy, and a fifth invites you to discover your own song.

In 'The message of Galatians' John Stott helps you understand the key themes of this letter and how it impacts our lives today. Topics such as false teaching and only one gospel are covered.

How do two brief letters to a chuch in first-century Macedonia speak to us today? With John Stott's customary clarity and perception, The Message of 1 & 2 Thessalonians illuminates aspects of the Christian life that are relevant for today.