Reviews

Exploring Biblical wisdom

Exploring Biblical wisdom

Rebekah Brown
Date posted: 16 Jan 2026

Book Review I confess to taking a lucky dip approach to Proverbs, grabbing at nuggets of wisdom for a quick fix. And cherry-picking themes by threading random verses together!

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True freedom in Christ

True freedom in Christ

John Woods
John Woods
Date posted: 15 Jan 2026

Book Review The authors are part of the 20Schemes group of churches that works in Scotland’s schemes (deprived housing estates). Both have experience of working in places where addiction is woven into the fabric of individual lives and communities. Mez has told the story of his own struggles with addiction in previous books like Is There Anybody Out There? Therefore, if anyone is qualified to write with authority on this issue then it is these two.

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Insights for Evangelicals from an unlikely source

Insights for Evangelicals from an unlikely source

Kenneth Brownell
Date posted: 14 Jan 2026

Book Review What can a gay atheist teach Evangelicals? Quite a lot as it happens. In this short and stimulating book, Jonathan Ruach challenges Christians to be true to their faith for the good of society.

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Celebrating ancient faith

Celebrating ancient faith

Stephen Ayre
Date posted: 13 Jan 2026

Book Review In the 1,700th anniversary of the promulgation of the Nicene Creed in 325, Michael Reeves has given us a very readable book on the benefits of Creeds which should foster “unity in essentials, liberty in non-essentials, charity in all things” (p.8-9).

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Cultivating wonder

Cultivating wonder

Crispian Oates
Date posted: 12 Jan 2026

Book Review Before I committed my life to Jesus as a teenager, I had hesitated for quite a while because I had a lot of questions relating to science versus Christianity. However, I was given the reassurance that those questions had answers and that I would, over time, be given answers.

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Christian roots in Britain

Christian roots in Britain

Kenneth Brownell
Date posted: 11 Jan 2026

Book Review At first glance the title of this book might seem a touch chauvinistic, but once you begin reading it you begin to see what the author is getting at.

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What? So what? Now what?

What? So what? Now what?

John Woods
John Woods
Date posted: 10 Jan 2026

Book Review Have you ever had one of those conversations where you have expressed interest in another person and asked them some good questions, but they have given monosyllabic replies and taken no interest in you?

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Retelling the stories of Jesus

Retelling the stories of Jesus

Rebekah Brown
Date posted: 9 Jan 2026

Book Review The Bible is mostly narrative. Multitudes of true stories unfold from God’s one big story and signpost His glorious plan of salvation through Jesus Christ, His Son, and our true friend.

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Christ-centred music

Christ-centred music

Jordan Brown
Jordan Brown
Date posted: 8 Jan 2026

App Review Prazor declares on their website that they provide the best Christian music from around the world on one platform.

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Reading the Bible, with  no fuss, bells or whistles

Reading the Bible, with no fuss, bells or whistles

Jordan Brown
Jordan Brown
Date posted: 7 Jan 2026

Website Review Zero Bible is a refreshingly simple, no-fuss online Bible website that’s perfect for anyone wanting quick access to Scripture. The website feels clean and minimalist: you pick a book, chapter and verse, then dive straight into the text. It doesn’t overwhelm you with flashy features or ads – just the Bible, plain and clear.

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Bible stories are so cool!

Bible stories are so cool!

Catherine MacKenzie
Catherine MacKenzie
Date posted: 6 Jan 2026

Book Review I’ve seen a little lad in Sunday School exclaiming “Cool!” when he heard the story of the Feeding of the 5,000. Remember, the stories that we’ve grown up with were new to us once, and are new and exciting to the next generation too!

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Remember who is God

Remember who is God

Richard Underwood
Richard Underwood
Date posted: 16 Dec 2025

Book Review Richard Underwood reviews Control Freak by Jonny Ivey.

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Whole life discipleship

Whole life discipleship

John Woods
John Woods
Date posted: 14 Dec 2025

Book Review John Woods reviews Fruitfulness on the Frontline by Mark Greene.

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Loving God with our minds!

Loving God with our minds!

John Woods
John Woods
Date posted: 12 Dec 2025

Book Review John Woods reviews Growing in Understanding by Dirk Jongkind.

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Dependable & brief

Dependable & brief

Jordan Brown
Jordan Brown
Date posted: 11 Dec 2025

Podcast Review Jordan Brown reviews The Bible Study Podcast hosted by Chris Christensen.

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Great fuel for our praises

Great fuel for our praises

Jim Sayers
Jim Sayers
Date posted: 10 Dec 2025

Book Review Jim Sayers reviews The Sing! Hymnal.

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Fresh thoughts on singleness

Fresh thoughts on singleness

Conner Gordon-Collins
Date posted: 8 Dec 2025

Book Review Conner Gordon-Collins reviews Single Ever After by Danielle Treweek.

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Wisdom from history

Wisdom from history

Vernon Wilkins
Date posted: 7 Dec 2025

Book Review Vernon Wilkins reviews five volumes from the Church Society.

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Devotional time

Devotional time

Catherine MacKenzie
Catherine MacKenzie
Date posted: 6 Dec 2025

Book Review When I think about the passage of time, one of the more interesting descriptions that I’ve read is that time either flies like a bird or crawls like a worm.

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Living purposeful lives that flourish

Living purposeful lives that flourish

Andrew Roycroft
Date posted: 4 Dec 2025

Book Review Andrew Roycroft reviews You Have a Calling by Karen Swallow Prior.

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