Books from Society for Promoting Christian
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Matthew for Everyone
By N. T. WrightTom Wright's own translation of the Gospel of Matthew is combined, section by section, with useful explanation and interpretation of the passage, as well as thoughts as to how it can be relevant to our lives today.
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A Sense of Grace
By Robin GillComplete Mission Praise, Marshall Pickering/Harper Collins, London, 1999. 3. John Newton, The Life of John Newton, London, 1855 [no publisher given], p. 2. 4. Newton, The Life of John Newton, p. 4. 5. Newton, The Life of John Newton, p.
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Simply Jesus: Who He Was, What He Did, Why It Matters
By Tom WrightIn SIMPLY JESUS, we are invited to hear one of our leading scholars introduce the story of carpenter's son from Nazareth as if we were hearing it for the first time.
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Twelve Months of Sundays: Reflections on Bible Readings
By Tom WrightN. T. Wright offers reflections on the Sunday readings in the Revised Common Lectionary for Year B. This book brings together his widely read columns in the Church Times, and also contains new pieces, to cover all the Sundays and major ...
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Hebrews for Everyone
By Nicholas Thomas WrightThis text combines Tom Wright's translation of the New Testament with his comments on each passage.
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Paul for Everyone: The Pastoral Letters : 1 and 2 Timothy and Titus
By Nicholas Thomas WrightThis text combines Tom Wright's translation of the New Testament with his comments on each passage.
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Luke for Everyone
By Nicholas Thomas WrightProvides insights to help understand the story of Jesus and the drama of Luke's gospel.
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Mark for Everyone
By Nicholas Thomas WrightCommentary on The Gospel according to St. Mark.
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Life After Life After Death
By Tom WrightOffers a reinterpretation of biblical teaching on what happens after death, arguing that literal bodily resurrection is at the heart of Christianity and exploring the implications of this for the church's work in the world.
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Richard Hooker on Anglican Faith and Worship: Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity, Book V : a Modern Edition
By Richard Hooker, Philip Bruce SecorHis writing style is too cumbersome for most modern readers to untangle. This is especially so of the most important of all of his religious writings: 'Book Five' of the Polity.
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Signs of Your Kingdom
By Michael PerhamCoughlan , Peter , Jasper , Ronald , and Rodrigues , Teresa ( eds ) , A Christian's Prayer Book . Geoffrey Chapman 1973 . Eliot , T. S. ' Choruses from the Rock ' ( Collected Poems 1909-1962 . Faber 1974 ) .
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Christmas: The Original Story
By Margaret BarkerThis book is based primarily on research studies, both quantitative and qualitative, that offer new, practical strategies for teachers to improve the academic performance of Native American students.
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What is the Bible?
By John BartonWhat is the Bible?
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Questioning Belief
By Richard HarriesHere are brilliant reflections on issues of power politics, human rights, birth control, the welfare system, and business ethics - all of them written with the verve and incisiveness for which Richard Harries is so well known.
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Darwin and God
By Nick SpencerPresenting a moving and compelling account of one of the world's greatest scientists, 'Darwin and God' addresses his religious beliefs by drawing on Darwin's own autobiography, manuscripts, notebooks and letters.
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Moving Towards Emmaus: Hope in a Time of Uncertainty
By David SmithFor Christians, the retreat from Jerusalem after the crucifixion and the loss of hope of the two walkers to Emmaus seems to parallel so many aspects of the post-Christendom context, and helps to make sense of what is otherwise baffling for ...
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A Guide to Psalms
By John HaegreavesA Guide to Psalms is not only to be read but to be used: at the end of each section there is a range of questions to aid reflection, making this a book to which readers will return again and again, finding fresh insights and new depths in ...
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Searching for Meaning: An Introduction to Interpreting the New Testament
By Paula GooderThis is a helpful introduction to many different approaches to the interpretation of the New Testament.
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A Talent for Living: Reflecting on Faith and Its Fruits
By Martin KitchenWith the help of Scripture, poetry and thought-provoking questions we are encouraged to reflect on the different talents, styles and callings that we each have.
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Looking Afresh: Soundings in Creative Dissent
By Hugh MontefioreThis volume raises many topical issues, including: life after death; being a Jewish Christian; church and state; and the environment.