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Book SynopsisChristians are Bible people. We believe that God speaks to us through His inspired Word. And yet many Christians and churches don’t actually open their Bibles. Josh Moody asks the question: Why should I read the Bible? Following on from How Church Can Change Your Life, Moody tackles the next great challenge for contemporary Christians: faith in and practice of the Bible, answering 10 of the most common questions about the Bible: Is the Bible True? Is the Bible Relevant? Is the Bible Interesting? Is the Bible Authoritative? How Do You Read the Bible? When Do You Read the Bible? Does it Matter if We Use the Bible in Church? Does the Bible Make You Stupid? Does the Bible Prevent a Tolerant Society?Trade ReviewJosh Moody’s book helps bridge the gap between the academy and the ordinary church member. The rare combination of scholar and grassroots minister has resulted in a highly readable book that is nevertheless based on sound scholarship. -- Ajith Fernando (Teaching Director, Youth for Christ, Sri Lanka )Both apologetic and devotional, full of theory and of practice, reading How the Bible Can Change Your Life has the feel of a relaxed chat over coffee with an extremely knowledgeable friend who wants you to help you grow. And who’s convinced that the means to such growth is ‘every word that comes from the mouth of God.’ Read it, and then let the Bible change your life. -- Dave Gobbett (Lead Minister, Highfields Church, Cardiff, Wales & Word Alive Trustee) A powerful blend of penetrating argument and practical application, this is a God–centred challenge to prevailing contemporary attitudes. It will send you back to the Bible with renewed confidence and fresh expectation. -- David Jackman (Past President, The Proclamation Trust, London)Moody’s book will greatly help a wide range of readers––the beginner, the Bible–hungry believer, the confused––and will minister particularly to the brilliant thinker who needs strong but succinct arguments dipped in supernatural realities.The great need of the modern church is confidence in and affection for the Word of God. How the Bible Can Change Your Life is just the book for times like ours. -- Owen Strachan (Provost and Professor of Theology, Grace Bible Theological Seminary, Conway, Arkansas)Engaging ten of the most common questions related to the Bible in a warm, pastoral, and practical manner, Moody not only points the way for his readers but offers an encouraging and exemplary guide for pastors, teachers, and theologians who also wish to communicate important truths in an effective and understandable way. -- David S. Dockery (President, International Alliance for Christian Education and Distinguished Professor of Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas)

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Book SynopsisThere is a yearning within all of us to be ‘whole’ – a recognition that we live fragmented lives: striving and failing, believing but doubting, speaking one thing then doing another. We are all righteous sinners, in a battle with ourselves. In this semi–biographical work, Scott Redd examines this fight, discussing how we should be approaching it theologically and practically, in our day–to–day lives. Filling each chapter with doctrines and biblical texts, Redd uses his theological training to tease out the idea of becoming fully–functioning, love–filled, Christ–devoted people. There is also a focus on using a cross–section of texts and concepts from the Old as well as the New Testament, making this a well–balanced and enlightening discussion. With an engaging, humorous tone, The Wholeness Imperative presents Christ as the unifying force of our hearts and minds – not abstract or unattainable, He is right in front of us, waiting to be embraced.Trade ReviewDrawing from his extensive knowledge of Scripture, Scott Redd pursues the theme of wholeness through the story of salvation, from creation to the new heavens and new earth, in a way that is clear, faithful, and compelling. It will enrich both the pastor in the pulpit and the hymnwriter in the back pew. -- Keith Getty (Hymn-writer)Here is encouragement to become the story we tell. Through personal examples and biblical texts Dr. Scott Redd challenges us to find courage to live passionately for Christ, and to become the people God truly called us to be. -- Jonny Dyer (Associate Rector, All Souls, Langham Place, London)Scott Redd’s luminous style, personal anecdotes and literary allusions delight and engage us to keep on turning the pages to become whole. If you are looking for a good read, The Wholeness Imperative is it. -- Bruce Waltke (Professor of Old Testament, Emeritus, Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, Florida)In The Wholeness Imperative Dr Redd helpfully draws out – and illustrates from personal experience – the Bible’s teaching about the integration of faith and life. The book is a heart–warming call to an ongoing and holistic surrender to the Lordship of Christ. The author encourages a sanctification that brings every part of life into captivity to Christ in obedience. This book will help Christians to grow in grace and become what we are. -- David J. Randall (Author of ‘Why I Am Not an Atheist’ and ‘Christianity – Is It True?’)The Wholeness Imperative is a delightful and encouraging read. Scott Redd invites us to walk with him as he reveals his own search for wholeness in Christ. He writes as a scholar with a pastor’s disposition. His humility, humor, honesty and hope lead us down paths that we should all be eager to follow. You will find yourself in this book time and again. You will find Christ and the wholeness He offers to you as well. -- Richard Pratt (President, Third Millennium Ministries, Orlando, Florida)How do we live a life of wholeness, and how do we live wholly for God? Dr. John Scott Redd helps us with a faithful exposition of Scripture on the theme. Wholeness is an important theme in the Christian life, and bears our attention. So take a journey into biblical wholeness with Dr. Redd as your guide. -- Ligon Duncan (Chancellor and CEO, Reformed Theological Seminary)Scott Redd gets behind the familiar truths that we recite and stirs us to think about what it means to love God with all our hearts. This book about holiness and wholeness aims at nothing less than healing the broken image of God. -- Joel R. Beeke (Chancellor, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan)

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Book Synopsis‘Encouragement’ isn’t usually the first word that comes to mind when we think about God’s discipline, but that is how the writer of Hebrews describes it. Our Heavenly Father uses suffering to discipline His children, and uses it to shape us a little bit more into the image of His glorious Son.Trade ReviewWe believe in God who is sovereign over all things. Therefore we believe in providence, not coincidence. But many of us struggle to understand what the Lord is doing with us as he shapes the ups and downs of our daily lives. ‘Why did he allow this?’ ’Why didn’t that happen when I felt sure it would?’ Tim Chester has written a fine, down to earth book tackling such questions. It is full of Biblical common sense and will be helpful to every Christian who reads it. It not only helps us to understand how God trains, corrects and develops us spiritually through life’s circumstances but leaves us genuinely encouraged by our Father’s loving purposes. -- John Benton (Director of Pastoral Support, The Pastors’ Academy, London Seminary, London, UK)Timely and needful. Tim Chester’s treatment of a difficult issue is both pastorally sensitive and biblically faithful. A “go–to” aid for those who find themselves in need of help and counsel when the rod of chastisement strikes. Warmly recommended. -- Derek W. H. Thomas (Senior Minister of Preaching and Teaching, First Presbyterian Church, Columbia, South Carolina)This book has opened my eyes to a wider view of God’s discipline, and in doing so has set me to further searching the scriptures, and my heart, in a desire to grow in my understanding and appreciation of this aspect of my Father’s love. That is the particular joy of God’s Discipline, it taught me to understand God’s discipline, but more, to want to see it, and to desire more of it in my life. -- John Hindley (Pastor of Broadgrace Church, Norfolk)Tim Chester is a first rate spiritual physician who knows how to apply the soothing balm of Scripture. For anyone who wants to understand what God is doing in Christian suffering they need look no further. This is a first rate book to be read and re–read. -- Melvin Tinker ((1955–2021), Vicar of St John’s Newland, Kingston upon Hull, England)As I read these pages, Tim’s writing stirred my heart with the truth that we enjoy a God who so loves us, His children, that He refuses to neglect our souls. -- Jason Helopoulos (Senior Pastor, University Reformed Church, East Lansing, Michigan)The Body of Christ needs this book. For who among us hasn’t struggled to endure and be trained by hardship? In this pithy volume, Tim Chester tells us how we can move beyond the pain of life’s heartaches to enjoying the harvest of righteousness and peace promised in Hebrews 12. -- Janice M. Cappucci (Biblical Counselor and author)

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Book Synopsis‘Dear Mommy…’ So begins the correspondence from an unborn baby to her mother. Making an impassioned plea to her mother to not abort her, she shares her hopes and fears with the woman who can control whether she lives or dies. These letters are an appeal to all who read them to choose life. Chapter Headings: I can hear your voice I would make you happy You and daddy put me here I would like a name You were here once I will take care of you one day Happy Father’s Day Your freedom and mine God was here once I’d rather be adopted than aborted I wish I were a baby eagle Mommy, I’m scared There is forgiveness Mom’s letter to Zoe Zoe’s letter I miss you Trade ReviewImagine granting an innocent child a public hearing before they were led off to be killed. This innovative book re–awakens to the true horrors of abortion by humanizing what’s at stake. Mark Jones has taken imaginative writing to a new level on behalf of the most vulnerable people in our world, the unborn. Can we listen to them? Will we give them a hearing? -- Tony Reinke (Writer for Desiring God & author of Lit!)… beautiful and yet unflinchingly honest, emotional and yet filled with objective truth, creative and yet focused on matters of life and death. It was written by a well–respected theologian, and yet it is very simple to read. And if this book has come in to your hands, reading it is exactly what I would encourage you to do. It won’t take long, but it may change everything. -- Megan Hill (Author of ‘Contentment’ and ‘Praying Together’; Editor, The Gospel Coalition & mother of four (by birth and adoption))I love the fact that Mark Jones has added his God–given skills to the call that is getting louder and louder to bring to a screeching halt the wanton slaughter of unborn babies. ‘If I Could Speak‘ is an imaginative and impassioned appeal to the conscience that enables us to hear the voice that is often drowned by our emotions. May this voice and appeal be heeded! -- Conrad Mbewe (Pastor, Kabwata Baptist Church, Kabwata, Zambia; Founding Chancellor, African Christian University, Lusaka, Zambia)Nothing is more personal than the beginning of a child’s life in the womb—or the termination of that life by abortion. If I Could Speak gives a voice to an unborn child, and her appeals to her parents to allow her to live are deeply moving and profoundly illuminating. Using sanctified imagination and yet solemn reality, Mark Jones provides us with the best book that I have ever read to reach both mind and soul on the dreadful holocaust of abortion. You simply must read this book—it will move you to biblical tears, righteous anger and heartfelt prayer simultaneously—and then pass it on to many others. -- Joel R. Beeke (Chancellor, Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, Michigan)

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Book SynopsisTwenty–two veterans take their own lives every day. The word ‘tragic’ only begins to describe the brokenness of this painful reality. Josh Holler, Marine Corps veteran and pastor, argues that veteran suicide is not primarily a problem born out of exposure to combat and PTSD, but out of a broken relationship between people and God. He tells some of the stories of men he has known and addresses the reality of the reason veteran suicide is such a problem.Trade Review... an important resource for greater understanding and empathy. May it equip many to minister with compassion to those at risk and to walk alongside those who have suffered loss. -- Albert Y. Hsu (Author of ‘Grieving a Suicide: A Loved One’s Search for Comfort, Answers, and Hope’)Josh Holler gives an excellent perspective on how the trauma of war, the comradery among enlisted warriors, and the grief of suicide intersect with the good news of the Gospel. I wish I could have read Redeeming Warriors before I deployed with the 821st TC BN in 2011. I think I would have been a better chaplain if I had done so. -- J. Alan Branch (Professor, Christian Ethics, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri)... a candidly engrossing account of the veteran’s struggle with suicide ideation. ... an essential read for those who have served in the military or desirous of helping the vet appropriately reengage civilian culture. -- Richard Townes (Retired Marine and US Navy Chaplain, Pastor, Bethel Lutheran Church, Howard City, Mississippi)... an intriguing blend of raw military stories and relevant spiritual truth. Additionally, he tackles the serious issue of Veteran suicides with compassion, wisdom, creativity and empathy. He offers hope for Vets struggling with life itself as he provides a positive path forward for them. This is a great book for someone thinking about joining the military, too. It will open their eyes to the life of a Warrior. -- Douglas E. Lee (Chaplain (BG), US Army (Ret))... offers invaluable insights for Christians concerned with understanding and assisting veterans struggling with grief and loss of identity. -- Mark R. Amstutz (Professor Emeritus, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois CDR, U.S. Naval Reserve (r))One of the very best books ever written on the critical subject of veteran suicide! Using a framework of ‘Creation, Fall, Redemption, and Consummation,’ Josh Holler shows us the road to reconciliation with God, for everyone who is lost in these traumatic, tumultuous times. -- Lt.Col. Dave Grossman (retired) (Author of On Killing, On Combat, On Spiritual Combat, and Bulletproof Marriage: A 90–Day Devotional)... a deeply thoughtful and incisive response to veteran suicide. Rather than limiting his scope to PTSD-related loss, his expansive view is more holistic, considering the breadth and depth of experiences military members face throughout their service. -- Jocelyn Green (Co–author of The 5 Love Languages Military Edition and Stories of Faith and Courage from the War in Iraq & Afghanistan)Josh doesn’t stop with the person, but takes the reader on a journey of hope, that employs the PTSD victim’s family, friends, pastors, chaplains, mental health professionals, the Holy Spirit and Scripture. Josh’s writings reinforce the notion that it does take a village to encourage, energize and experience the joy of a person’s recovery from the effects of trauma. -- Mike Higgins (Retired US ARMY Chaplain Colonel with experience in hospitals, FORSCOM, and the Pentagon Pastor, South City Church (PCA), St Louis, Missouri)... helpfully examines the issues, considers the situation, and suggests practical ways to help those at risk—and he does so from a biblical foundation. Read and share this book. -- Lt.Col. Karl Johnson, USMC (Ret.) (Director, C.S. Lewis Institute, Chicago & Senior Advisor, Ravi Zacharias Intl. Ministries)

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Book SynopsisNot all abuse is physical. The wounds of emotional abuse may not be visible, but they still leave scars. Whether a stabbing comment or constant putdowns, most people face emotional abuse at some point in their lives, so how can you learn to detect it and stop the cycle of abuse? How can you heal after enduring it? This practical and handy guidebook examines the different descriptions of emotional abuse, and includes stories from people who have found healing in Christ.Unmasking Emotional Abuse, by notable author and mental health professional Dr. Gregory Jantz, helps readers who have been victims of emotional abuse heal and move forward in God's truth. It also includes 10 concrete steps to healing. Emotional abuse limits your choices, your value, and your worth. Healing from emotional abuse opens you up to regaining that full life. This book will help get you there, and offers 10 biblically-based steps for healing.10 Bible-Based Steps to Healing Stepping Out of Blame Granting Forgiveness Reclaiming Personal Power Avoiding Conflicts Addressing Hurts Maintaining Healthy Relationships Healthy Communication Discovering Gifts and Talents Solving Problems Recognizing Progress As a child of God, you were created to have emotional freedom, a strong sense of self, and a peace that surpasses understanding. Emotional abuse and its false messages keep you from finding and understanding the truth of who you are. The good news is that what others may have sabotaged, God is able to rebuild. Jesus said knowing truth has the power to set you free, and Dr. Gregory Jantz helps you recognize emotional abuse and its effects.4 Key Features: Quickly Find the Information You Need for Overcoming Emotional AbuseUsing real-life stories, biblically based suggestions, proven tips, and practical steps that you can take today, Dr. Gregory Jantz will help you detect and heal from emotional abuse. Enjoy having these key features: Simple summaries and easy-to-understand explanations Practical steps backed by science and by scripture Charts that show key information at a glance Relatable stories that show you how to apply its truth to your life Perfect for: Group and individual use Church library To hand to a friend Biblical & pastoral counseling And more About the Author: Dr. Gregory L. Jantz is the author of over 30 books, the host of a national radio program, and a regular contributor to Psychology Today. Recognized as a leading authority on family relationships and much more, he appears as an expert on media such as CNN, FOX, ABC, and NBC. Under Dr. Jantz's leadership, The Center: A Place of HOPE has been voted in the top 10 facilities for the treatment of depression in the United States.

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Book SynopsisThe Rev. Dr. Leo Theriault is not only an Anglican priest, an erstwhile Roman Catholic priest, but a Doctor of Psychology—a recognized authority on psychoanalysis, psychotherapy, and group management. He knows the depth of sex scandals, why they occurred, and why the church is so ill-equipped to control the inequities. Leo may be considered a rogue priest, not in the typical interpretation of a malefactor against the creeds or liturgy of the Church, but as a foot soldier battling the evil manifestation of repugnant morals and mores within. With master’s in theology and doctorate in psychology, the Church hierarchy assumed they had a great defender in their midst against accusations. This was not to be. Leo fought child abuse from the podium, the pulpit, the couch, and the courts. The reader possibly will maintain or retain their peace of mind and assurance of their faith. Leo was a Ford Foundation Fellow.Table of ContentsChapter I Paradox Chapter II Genesis Chapter III My Youth Chapter IV School Days Chapter V The Seminary Chapter VI One Too Many Chapter VII Two Too Many Chapter VIII Three Too Many Chapter IX Four Too Many Chapter X Farmers Association Chapter XI Awakening Chapter XII Vatican II Chapter XIII Group Homes Chapter XIV Ford Foundation Fellow Chapter XV The Hypocrisy of it All Chapter XVI Correctional Services Chapter XVII Truth or Consequences Chapter XVIII Chain of Events Chapter XIX From Rome to London Chapter XX What Dreams are Made Of Chapter XXI On the Hit List Chapter XXII Pedophilia and the Church Chapter XXIII Slings and Arrows Epilogue

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