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by Simon Reed, BRF, £7.99 One of the most pressing issues in today’s church is encouraging people to become true and effective disciples of Jesus Christ. Discipleship is about connecting more deeply with God and connecting God with the whole of life, and so it is a lifelong process. The Celtic and Desert Christians, drawing...

by Carmel Thomason, BRF, £4.99 Here are 24 undated reflections drawing on a range of relevant Bible passages to offer genuine hope and encouragement in anxious times. Our fear and anxiety are very understandable, but these reflections encourage us to draw comfort and strength from God’s Word even in those times when He seems silent...

by Sara Miles, Canterbury Press, £12.99 The story of an unexpected and terribly inconvenient Christian conversion, told by a very unlikely convert. Take This Bread is not only a spiritual memoir but a call to action. Raised as an atheist, Sara Miles lived an enthusiastically secular life as a restaurant cook and writer. Then one...

The Visual Christmas Story My First Christmas Activity Book  And the Star Shone Brightly Bible Puzzles for Fun Really Useful Guides: Colossians and Philemon Follow the Star Christian Music – a global history (revised and expanded) The Last Journey – reflections for the time of grieving God’s Biker – motorcycles and misfits My Country Wept...

By Ian Long, BRF, £6.99 This is the Christmas story told as a visual expression, or in ‘blob style’.  It can be enjoyed by readers and non-readers alike, but is particularly helpful for those who find reading difficult. The Bible text appears opposite colourful verse-by-verse illustrations that encourage engagement with the story.  It will be...

by Bethan James, Authentic, £3.99 You can help your children to prepare for Christmas with this fun-packed puzzle book.  The story of Christmas is introduced at the beginning of the book, and then it is explored through fun activity pages, so the child is able to engage with the story.

by Sally Ann Wright, Authentic, £4.99 Mary had a baby boy in a stable in Bethlehem on that first Christmas day. His mother loved Him, angels sang for Him and the stars shone brightly when Jesus was born. Now Christmas is celebrated all over the world because Jesus was born on that very first Christmas...

by Tony Spiller, BRF, £8.99 This collection would make a good stocking-filler. It is packed full of biblical brain-teasers – clever crosswords, tantalising anagrams, word searches, mazes and magic squares. The puzzles have been compiled to show how people worked, lived and died in the Middle East over 2,000 years ago.  All the clues are...

by Derek Tidball, BRF, £5.99 This is the first New Testament title in a very useful new series of short, accessible guides to books of the Bible. Each Really Useful Guide focuses on a specific biblical book, bringing it to life for the reader, enabling them to understand its meaning and apply its truth in...

by various authors, CHP, £1.50 single, see website for multiple orders  Follow the Star is a pocket-sized booklet inviting you to travel in the footsteps of the Wise Men this Christmas to meet Jesus.  It contains 14 daily reflections, one for each day from Christmas Eve throughout the 12 days of Christmas, ending with the Epiphany...

By Tim Dowley, SPCK, £14.99 Hillsong’s celebrity-filled services have recently brought attention to the denomination’s contemporary style of worship, with Christian thought and practice having a resurgence in Hip Hop and Grime, with rappers such as Stormzy and Chance the Rapper drawing upon gospel roots. But what is the musical legacy that led us here?...

by John Bell, SPCK, £14.99  The need to express grief, to sing our sorrow, is as old as humanity. The book of Psalms, side by side with expressions of deepest praise, contains cries of unfathomable despair. Both are not only acceptable to God, but essential for our mental and spiritual health. In The Last Journey, John...