This week's featured e-book from The Good Book Company is one for our younger readers.
Gideon wasn't in a great place when God turned his attentions to him. Some might say the "runt" of the litter in a pretty unimportant and insignificant family, he's a bit of a loser and not looking much like a hero. But when Gideon meets with the extraordinary God of the Bible, all sorts of great things start to happen...
Find out more in Jonty Allcock's book, Hero. Ideal for teenagers, you can get the ebook version HERE for just £2 (that's 50% off!) until Thursday midday. Simply use the code h1113 at the checkout.
On Friday we offered you the paper version of Christmas Uncut at just £1. Well if you missed that great offer for this wonderful book then here's another go for the ebook version.
If you missed the write up it's HERE.
Or you can read more HERE and get the e-book version until Thursday midday at just 50p! Use code cu1113e at the checkout.
This offer is for the e-book version only and expires on Thursday 28th November at midday.
The Trinity is a subject at the heart of the Christian faith, but is also one which we as Christians probably have least understanding of.
Thinking through the the subject can take us closer to the triune God who is the foundation of what Christianity is all about, exciting us about who our God is.
Tim Chester's Delighting in the Trinity sets out the Biblical case for the Trinity in a clear and easy to understand way. Chester has an engaging manner of writing and doesn't get bogged down in loads of detail. The short chapters avoid the subject becoming too dry and allows non-theologians access to the truths of this very important subject.
Read more HERE and get the ebook for just £1 until midday on Thursday. Use code ditt1113 at the checkout.
A new baby is a wonderful gift from the Lord, bringing joy and thankfulness. But he or she comes with a lot of extras – sleepless nights, constant nappy changing, feeding routines, oodles of laundry, and suddenly it takes at least half an hour to get ready to leave the house.
In the middle of all of this, normal routines can go out the window. Even a daily shower begins to feel like a luxury.
So how does this affect Christian mums? It can be very difficult to get to church; then when you do, you’re often in a back room trying to feed or change your baby, and then settle them back to sleep. At the end of a service you’re so tired you just want to get home. All of which makes it difficult to get regular teaching or Christian fellowship.... continue reading
God loves his children very much. Wherever we are he will show us grace and mercy because that's his nature. If we are in him we can be safe in the knowledge that we will be forgiven whatever our transgressions.
But those wonderful truths are intimately related to another aspect of his character. We see many times over in the Bible that our wonderful, merciful God is also a God who punishes sin. As sinners we have, time and again, disobeyed God and ignored his authority. And God cares about justice, sin and wickedness - it's part of his love for us.
The ultimate punishment of our sin, but also God's greatest demonstration of his love, came when he punished Jesus on the cross in our place.
As Christians, God's punishment of sin can sometimes be a difficult area to get our heads around. Non-Christians can struggle even more. Just Love by Ben Cooper is written with non-Christians and Christians with questions in mind and helps us all get to grips with a God who must punish sin.
Read more HERE and get the e-book at the checkout using code jle1113.
This offer is available on the ebook version only. This offer ends at 12 noon GMT on Thursday 14th November.
On Wednesday I wrote my reflections on the Courageous Men Conference in Cwmbran including how we need to be bold and stand up for the gospel. Scripture teaches that we should be strong and willing to fight for what matters. As such we should seek to emulate the heroes of the Bible who were passionate, courageous, uncompromising and spiritually solid.
So who are these heroes?
Obviously the greatest example is Jesus himself - it's impossible not to be impressed by him both as the cross-carrying King of mercy and the exalted King of heaven. All other heroes pale in to insignificance next to him. However there are plenty of other characters in the pages of scripture who can also get our faith charged up and pumping. Among those are David's Mighty Men (a.k.a. The Hard Corps) - elite soldiers serving their king with devotion and distinction.
Their stories are hidden away in some of the obscure parts of the Old Testament but these guys were the real deal. They lived, loved and fought with such intensity that they couldn't fail to inspire anyone around them. Such were their heroics they were rightly lauded as legends in their own lifetimes. But even today they still have lots to teach us about what it means to be true men (and women) of God.
Find out more about these inspirational men in Dai Hankey's, The Hard Corps. Read more and buy the book here for just £2 until midday Monday. Simply use code hc1113 at the checkout.
This offer is available on The Hard Corps printed book only. This offer ends at 12 noon GMT on Monday the 11th of November
Our passion at The Good Book Company is focusing our resources on God's word, the Bible.
The gospel is at the centre of everything we do and we want others to have that focus, too.
I'm sure lots of you will have seen, and maybe even read, some of our Gospel Centred Series of books.
The series looks at a number of areas of our lives as Christians, and lends biblical, practical help in those areas.
Written by authors who themselves are true to the Bible and pastoring to the situations they are writing about, the books are to-the-point resources to support our Christian living.
We are offering the ebook versions of the Gospel Centred Series for just £1 each until midday on Thursday - use the code gce1113 at the checkout.
This offer is available on Gospel Centred Leadership/Gospel Centred Life/Gospel Centred Church/Gospel Centred Work/Gospel Centred Family and Gospel Centred Marriage ebooks only. This offer ends at 12 noon GMT on Thursday the 7th of November
Then our new online bookstall service might be for you!... continue reading
There's no getting away from it, the second half of this term is one of the busiest there is for churches. The run up to Christmas is just packed full of extra things and while these are usually great opportunities to spread the good news, they can be a tad exhausting. If you're feeling tired before the seasonal rush begins it can be easy to start resenting all the additions to your diary and your to-do list.
So why not refresh and reorientate yourself this week by dipping into one of our top titles? Serving without Sinking by John Hindley has been a huge encouragement to many who have been struggling with the pressures of being active in the local church. Usually £5.99, this great ebook is available for just £1.50 until Thursday midday - that's an incredible 75% off (give or take a fraction of a penny!).
Simply use the code swso13 at the checkout.
Last year Ed Drew offered some helpful reflections on Halloween - we thought it was worth reminding ourselves of them this year, and why not check back tomorrow for an updated video from Ed...
Ed Drew, the children’s worker at Dundonald Church in south-west London, has written the following very helpful piece about how we can respond to Halloween.
Halloween is on the way, on 31st October. In all likelihood, all of us will either have children coming to our doors or have our own children invited to Halloween parties.... continue reading
