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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...

by Sean Stillman, SPCK, £11.99 ‘Zac’s Place’ is a church in Swansea. It is a small chaotic community of Jesus followers where the most fragile of life’s walking wounded try to work out their faith, because they quite simply wouldn’t fit anywhere else. It’s also the spiritual home for the local chapter of the motorcycle...

by Jessica Jess Komanapalli, Authentic, £9.99 This autumn saw the 25th anniversary of the outbreak of the Burundian civil war. This is one man’s amazing story of how God protected and provided for him in the midst of the Burundian civil war and brought him to a place of grace, forgiveness and restoration. Theodore Mbazumutima...

by Shaadia Firoz, Authentic, £9.99 Russian born Shaadia Firoz grew up in a Muslim family, afraid of her drunken and abusive father. Finding fame as a singer did little to fill her sense of emptiness, and a desperate search to fill this longing had her looking for love in all the wrong places. But everything...

 The Prince of Peace in a World of Wars – applying the message of God’s love Celtic Advent – 40 days of devotions to Christmas Journey with Me – 365 Daily Devotions Travel – In Tandem with God’s Heart Love the World Too Soon – A Mother’s Journey through Miscarriage: A 30-Day Devotional What if...

– applying the message of God’s love to a needy world By David Kerrigan, BRF, £8.99 In this, the Bible Reading Fellowship’s Advent book for 2018, David Kerrigan sees the coming of Jesus at Christmas as central to the divine plan to bring peace to the world. Through daily reflection on biblical texts and mission...

By David Cole, BRF, £8.99 This beautiful book is clear. It is holy. It begins with the concept of Advent and ends with the celebration of Christmas. In between it spends three 10 day periods exploring Christ’s first coming, His present coming into our lives and his future coming. If you pay attention to each...

By Catherine Campbell, IVP, £9.74 Catherine Campbell invites you to journey with her through the year as she shares 365 Bible meditations that have touched her heart and changed her life. Using an eclectic mix of readings, character cameos and anecdotes, Catherine takes us across new terrain every day. As with life, some paths will...