Issue publishedApril 2010
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Edited by Nick Spencer and Jonathan Chaplin 
Where do government and politics in our fallen
world fit into God’s purposes? In the context
of the current recession and the MPs’ expenses
scandal one might be tempted to anticipate a
negative answer.
Issue publishedApril 2010
Author
Rob Parsons 
This book is a masterpiece of communication. Rob
writes with wit and wisdom, panache and persuasion.
He uses storytelling, poetic wisdom and practical
advice to inspire us to reassess our priorities in
family life, build stronger marriages, rethink our
relationships with in-laws and grandparents and find
ways to resolve conflict.
Issue publishedApril 2010
Author
Roger Steer 
Identified in 2005 alongside Barack Obama, the Dalai
Lama and Oprah Winfrey by Time magazine as one
of the 100 most influential people in the world, John
Stott’s life stands retelling.
Issue publishedApril 2010
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AJ Gregory 
Sometimes it seems that God is silent when he should
be speaking. Knowing how to be aware that God
is there at those times is the basis of this book.
Issue publishedApril 2010
Author
James Bryan Smith 
This book is the first of a trilogy on spiritual formation
designed to form a ‘curriculum for Christlikeness’ for both
individuals and groups.
Issue publishedApril 2010
Author
Charles R Swindoll 
‘Now that you’ve made a mess of things – please start
over and read the instructions…’ words that could be
found on any instruction manual; well known author
Chuck Swindoll uses this idea as the premise to outline
some key themes from the Bible to help us live as the
maker intended.
Issue publishedApril 2010
Author
Andrew Marin 
Andrew Marin has spent his life as a straight,
evangelical Christian living among the gay and lesbian
communities of Chicago. His story of building a
bridge with the GLBT community is at the centre of
this engaging and challenging book.
Issue publishedApril 2010
Author
Claire Connor with GP Taylor 
This romcom novel is about a
20-something American called Rosie
whose happy life as a newlywed
suddenly takes a terrible turn, leaving
her bereft in a foreign land (Oxford,
England) with few friends or family
around her.
Issue publishedApril 2010
Author
Helen Berhane 
This is a remarkable book in which
Helen Berhane tells her own story
of persecution, imprisonment and
torture in her native Eritrea. She
was eventually released and sent to
hospital due to severe ill-health, and
then she escaped to Sudan, from
where she went to live in Denmark.
Issue publishedApril 2010
Author
Andrew Rumsey 
Andrew Rumsey’s book of reflections
sets the bar very high. He notes that
the genre of Christian satire has
somewhat struggled and comments
on the herculean figure of GK
Chesterton.
Issue publishedApril 2010
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CS Lewis 
This dramatisation of CS Lewis’ collection of letters from
a senior devil, Screwtape, to his nephew, Wormwood,
could become the work’s new definitive version.
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Les Isaac with Rosalind Davies 
As a young man from a tough part of London, there were times when I could have done with a Street Pastor or two...
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Keith Warrington 
The role of the Holy Spirit is often treated with some hesitance within the Christian life...
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Peter Dixon 
Can you judge a book by its cover? In the case of this book, that cover is littered with positive endorsements and having read it I can understand why...
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Mark Greene 
Some books are a joy to read and this is one of them...
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Kathryn Cushman 
Kathryn Cushman’s third novel addresses one of the ‘What if?’ nightmares that every mother has and asks the question ‘How far would I go to protect my child?’...
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Harry Schaumburg 
Not another book on sex!...
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Peter Oakes 
Unlike a commentary on Romans, which attempts to understand Paul’s thoughts in their context and apply them to contemporary life, the interest of this book is primarily in the people Paul wrote to and their world...
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Steve Alexander Smith 
It isn’t very often that you come across what is both a lifetime’s work and a labour of love. But that’s what this is. Steve Alexander’s Black British Gospel is the seminal guide to the subject...
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Craig Gross & Jason Harper 
What would you do? The world’s most famous male porn star has invited you to have dinner with him at a restaurant where female staff members are selected primarily for their bust measurements...