Encounters with God

Encounters with God
By Peter Williams
Evangelical Press of Wales
137 pages. £3.99
ISBN 1 85049 121 6

Following the Shepherd
By Peter Jeffrey
Evangelical Press of Wales
112 pages. £2.99
ISBN 1 85049 125 9

There is nothing new in either of these paperbacks. But that may be their attraction. They both state old truths in a refreshingly uncomplicated fashion and are most helpful in applying Scripture to life.
Peter Williams introduces us to some of the lesser known characters of the New Testament. From Sergius Paulus to Timothy, we meet Lydia and Festus, Ananias and Sapphira, Apollos, Epaphras, Demos and that mixed bag Gauis, Demetrius and Diotrophes - 29 people in all! The lucid lessons drawn, either as an example of spiritual growth or warning of spiritual decline and hardness - often so obvious that you wonder why you had not seen them before. The stick or carrot application is direct but never laboured.
It takes skill (and nerve) to offer to guide us on the well-worn path of the most well-known Psalm. Peter Jeffrey lacks neither. His Following the Shepherd is devotional reading at its best. He avoids the common danger of overload on the intricacies of sheep-minding, and concentrates on helping Christ's sheep along the paths of righteousness and through the valley.
No firework displays in either book: just nourishing food for down-to-earth Christians.

Andrew Anderson

© Evangelicals Now - May 1997
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• The mountain of the wall - the battle for Jerusalem
  The building of Israeli settlements around Jerusalem and Bethlehem and violations of the Oslo Agreement
• What price solitude?
  A pilgrimage to the home of Derek and Jeannie Tangye
• I remember, I remember
  Leith Samuel recalls his younger days and the conversion of some family members
• Inerrancy: summing up the debate
  Views about the inerrancy of Scripture and the importance to the individual, the church, evangelism and defence of the faith
• Let me explain
  Dr John MacArthur clarifies statements concerning the eternal sonship of Christ in his commentary on Hebrews
• How to tackle AIDS - Part 1
  Comments on methods of persuasion (moral and religious) in AIDS prevention programmes
• Why be open to the Holy Spirit? (Bulldog for May)
  Being open to and recognising the operation of the Holy Spirit in church and personal life

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• The English Patient
• Standing on the Rock - Biblical Authority in a Secular Age
• Jobs and Justice, Homes and Hope
• Comfort in Sorrow
• What Paul Really Said
• Patience of Hope
• New Bible Dictionary (Third Edition)
• The Friendship of the Lord
• Encounters with God
• Following the Shepherd
• Testing the Fire
• Learning to Forgive
• A Book for Family Worship