Provider of Christian News since 1986 to the Bible belt of Great Britain. Evangelical news and Jesus Christ centred reports. Please support us by subscribing to the paper edition. http://e-n.org.uk/2008-05/ Boys who need their dads SON OF RAMBOW Cert. 12A Director: Garth Jennings There is more than one kind of dysfunctional family. In this British film, Lee Carter is a classic naughty boy with a classic naughty boy's face. He is the bane of school teachers and we first meet him when he is ejected from the classroom for misbehaviour. http://e-n.org.uk/4195-Son-of-Rambow.htm e-n.org.uk4195 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Iran now IRAN Open hearts in a closed land By Mark Bradley Authentic Media. 116 pages. £5.99 ISBN 978-1-85078-770-9 Do you ever watch news reports about Iran and despair? Perhaps your knowledge of Iran is like mine: a collection of news bites from over the years, my prayers restricted to the odd cry for help for this seemingly hopeless case. This little book by Mark Bradley seeks to set straight common assumptions made about Iran. http://e-n.org.uk/4196-Iran.htm e-n.org.uk4196 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Almost as universal as the fact of death is the fear of death. The American film producer Woody Allen famously said, 'I'm not afraid of dying. I just don't want to be there when it happens', but this was just his quirky way of twisting the truth. http://e-n.org.uk/4198-Where-do-we-go-from-here.htm e-n.org.uk4198 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Full marks JOB By Hywel R. Jones Evangelical Press. 304 pages ISBN 978-0-85234-664-8 I have a private test I apply to Commentaries on Job. What does the commentator think of chapter 28 (the poem on wisdom) and what does he make of Elihu (chapters 32-37)? http://e-n.org.uk/4201-Job.htm e-n.org.uk4201 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 NO.1 LADIES' DETECTIVE AGENCY-et al By Alexander McCall Smith Abacus. £6.99 ISBN 978-0349117737 I spoke to two friends this week about Alexander McCall Smith's hugely successful series The No.1 Ladies' Detective Agency and discovered two completely opposing opinions. http://e-n.org.uk/4207-Shelf-Life.htm e-n.org.uk4207 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Rock solid GEMS FROM MARTYN LLOYD-JONES By Tony Sargeant Paternoster. 320 pages. £12.99 ISBN 978-1-84227-494-1 The ministry of Martyn Lloyd-Jones (MLJ) still exercises a powerful influence for good over the lives of many Christians, and ministers in particular. Tony Sargeant clearly loves his subject, and has taken many years compiling this impressive and helpful anthology of quotes from 'the Doctor'. http://e-n.org.uk/4209-Gems-from-Martyn-Lloyd-Jones.htm e-n.org.uk4209 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Answering well THE DAWKINS LETTERS Challenging atheist myths By David Robertson Christian Focus. 124 pages. £4.99 ISBN 978-1-84550-261-2 This little paperback is a personal response to Richard Dawkins's atheistic and polemical bestseller The God Delusion (Bantam Press, 2006) which I'll refer to as TGD for short. Realising that 'many people will not have the time, inclination or money to read about every single subject that Dawkins addresses', Robertson's aim is 'to present one person's response ... from a wide perspective ... to challenge some of the basic myths that Dawkins uses'. http://e-n.org.uk/4210-The-Dawkins-letters.htm e-n.org.uk4210 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Briefings A CHRISTIAN'S POCKET GUIDE TO THE CHINESE Christian Focus. 64 pages. £2.99 ISBN 978-1-84550-315-4 A CHRISTIAN'S POCKET GUIDE TO THE JAPANESE Christian Focus. 70 pages. £2.99 http://e-n.org.uk/4211-A-Christian's-pocket-guide-to-the-Chinese-and-to-the-Japanese.htm e-n.org.uk4211 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Lives to encourage you CHRISTIANS YOU SHOULD KNOW By Don Stephens MP3 format only. £3.00 Available from http://www.knowyourbiblerecordings.org Many ordinary Christians have very little knowledge of church history or the great things God has done in the past through humble men and women. This is especially true if Christians are not great readers. http://e-n.org.uk/4212-Christians-you-should-know.htm e-n.org.uk4212 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Self-harm THE CUTTING EDGE Clinging to God in the face of self-harm By Jess Wilson Authentic Media. 74 pages. £6.99 ISBN 978-1-85078-773-0 This refreshingly honest account by Jess Wilson of her struggle to overcome self-harm makes for compelling reading. From the off, it strikes a healthy balance between the descriptive and the analytical, without at any point becoming over indulgent and unhelpfully sentimental. The style is straightforward and engaging as Jess recounts those painful days when she struggled with issues of low self-worth, battled with a crippling dread of failure and led a life that was characterised by panic and fear. http://e-n.org.uk/4213-The-cutting-edge.htm e-n.org.uk4213 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Mumbo-jumbo, etc- TRUE OR FALSE? Thinking correctly about new spirituality By Peter Jones DayOne. 64 pages. £3.00 ISBN 978-1-84625-049-1 'Have you noticed the New Age section in your local chain bookshop getting bigger by the month Ã� hundreds of books on witchcraft and the worship of the goddess, the self, animals and nature?' Is it significant? http://e-n.org.uk/4214-True-or-false.htm e-n.org.uk4214 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Sunday School to church PREPARING FOR CHURCH Integrating into the body of Christ By Sheila Stephen Day One. 48 pages. £10.00 ISBN 978-1-84625-073-6 This A4 size booklet consists of Bible-based worksheets to help young people 'make the transition from Sunday School to church'. The 12 lessons are in black and white so that they can be photocopied. However, a computer CD is included with PDF files ready to print in colour. http://e-n.org.uk/4215-Preparing-for-church.htm e-n.org.uk4215 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 FAQs on our knees THE PRAYER PRINCIPLE Getting through to God By Michael Baughen Christian Focus. 190 pages. £6.99 ISBN 978-1-84550-273-7 Michael Baughen's book aims to provide 'answers to the most often asked questions about prayer' and to 'revitalise our prayer life'. It is an ideal book for a young Christian, one who knows that they should pray but wonders how they should pray, as well as older Christians who want to take stock of their prayer life. http://e-n.org.uk/4216-The-prayer-principle.htm e-n.org.uk4216 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Hard, but rewarding DISCOVERING THE OLD TESTAMENT By Alec Motyer Crossway Books. 208 pages. £4.99 ISBN 978-18-5684-226-6 Why bother with the Old Testament? Because Jesus did, says the author. To be like him we must get into the Old Testament and understand how it links with and feeds into the New. Too many treat it as a collection of stories with morals or as another country where different spiritual rules apply. http://e-n.org.uk/4217-Discovering-the-Old-Testament.htm e-n.org.uk4217 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Beauty Queen? DAYLIGHT AT MIDNIGHT By Jane McNabb Authentic Media. 152 pages. £5.99 ISBN 978-1-85078-756-3 This book is billed as 'Reflections for women on Esther', but I encourage men to read it too! What a feast Jane McNabb has prepared for her readers, one that should be savoured slowly so that every morsel is thoroughly enjoyed. http://e-n.org.uk/4218-Daylight-at-midnight.htm e-n.org.uk4218 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Christ and the car crash A NIGHT OUT WITH THE BOYS A remarkable true story of hope By Haydn Davies Authentic Media. 192 pages. £6.99 ISBN 978-1-85078-735-8 Here's a testimony that will read true to those involved in local football. It has not been cleaned up for Christian consumption, and it is all the better for it. Haydn Davies, a talented Welsh footballer, was picked for the U21 squad at 16 and played for Betts Boys' Club, Llangeinor, Lewistown, and Bridgend. http://e-n.org.uk/4219-A-night-out-with-the-boys.htm e-n.org.uk4219 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Real, honest food THE CRY OF MY HEART How to be a genuine disciple By Tim Hawkins The Good Book Company (http://www.thegoodbook.co.uk). 160 pages. £7.00 ISBN 978-1-90556-478-1 Study book: 32 pages. £3.00 http://e-n.org.uk/4220-The-cry-of-my-heart.htm e-n.org.uk4220 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Buy it for your pastor! GEORGE SMEATON Learned theologian and biblical scholar By John W. Keddie Evangelical Press. 214 pages ISBN 978-0-85234-636-0 George Smeaton is known to most readers by the Banner of Truth reprints of his books, Doctrine of the Holy Spirit, Christ's Doctrine of the Atonement and The Apostle's Doctrine of the Atonement Ã� all of them careful and illuminating expositions of the biblical material. He wrote in the mid-Victorian period when biblical criticism was undermining these doctrines. Subtle influences are having a similar effect today so that Smeaton's work is again proving a helpful bulwark. http://e-n.org.uk/4221-George-Smeaton.htm e-n.org.uk4221 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Seekers after God I'M DYING TO TELL YOU By Neil Hood Authentic Media. 214 pages. £6.99 ISBN 978-1-85078-680-1 You are in a hospital bed. You have cancer and may not have long to live. How would you spend this precious time? http://e-n.org.uk/4222-I'm-dying-to-tell-you.htm e-n.org.uk4222 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Hope for broken lives THE DEAFENING SOUND OF SILENT TEARS By Juliet Barket Canterbury Press. 176 pages. £8.99 ISBN 978-1-85311-850-0 This book was written by Juliet Barker, who first visited Caring for Life with her husband, the High Sheriff of West Yorkshire, in 2004 when they accompanied the Countess of Wessex on a royal visit. http://e-n.org.uk/4223-The-deafening-sound-of-silent-tears.htm e-n.org.uk4223 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Listen up! TELL ME THE STORY The Carpenter By Alex Macdonald Christian Focus. 144 pages ISBN 978-1-84550-285-0 In this book Alex Macdonald retells the stories of 12 people who were eye-witnesses to the life of Jesus. The style of the book is compelling and the biblical and background material is helpful. http://e-n.org.uk/4225-Tell-me-the-story.htm e-n.org.uk4225 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0 Defending free grace in the gospel THE FUTURE OF JUSTIFICATION A Response to N. T. Wright By John Piper IVP. 240 pages. ISBN 978-1-84474-250-9 Dr. John Piper has once again put us in his debt. He has made a meticulous examination of the Bishop of Durham, Dr. Tom Wright's writings under the general heading of what has become known as 'the New Perspective' and makes a gracious and compelling response. http://e-n.org.uk/4224-The-future-of-justification.htm e-n.org.uk4224 Thu, 01 May 2008 09:00:00 0