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Review Throwback: Caleb’s Lamb

We are so pleased to have this little book available again! When I read it to our children back in 2008 I found it powerful and moving. When I mentioned it recently to our (now adult) children they remembered it well and, most importantly, they remembered the message of the passover lamb and the principle […]

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Sermons by William Gadsby (Gospel Standard Publications, 1991) Many have testified to the Christ exalting nature of William Gadsby’s sermons. It is to these that I have turned this week, and this extract from a sermon on ‘The Lord hath done great things for us, whereof we are glad’ (Psalm 126:3) illustrates Gadsby’s forthright style. […]

Review: Thomas Davis (1734 – 1796)

Holy Spirit Now Descend: Thomas Davis and the Evangelical Revival in Georgian Berkshire was reviewed in the Banner of Truth Magazine, February 2024 by Alex Arrell… While largely unknown today, Thomas Davis was a leading Particular Baptist pastor during the eighteenth century. In this succinct and stimulating work, Haykin introduces us to him and the […]

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Through Water & Fire by Matthew Wainwright (Wakeman, 2023). Matthew Wainwright has written another brilliant historical novel! Through Water & Fire is set in the exciting times of Tudor England when Tyndale’s translation of the New Testament is being smuggled illegally into the hands of the common man and the truths of the Reformation are […]

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Evangelical Pharisees by Michael Reeves, (Crossway, 2023) In Evangelical Pharisees Michael Reeves is writing to Christian believers on the theme of hypocrisy. He writes out of a concern to see orthodoxy in doctrine not just remaining as head knowledge, but leading to a change in heart and life. In the first chapter, ‘Beware of the […]

Why Everything Matters - The Gospel in Ecclesiastes

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Why Everything Matters – The Gospel in Ecclesiastes by Philip G. Ryken (Christian Focus Publications, 2015) Ecclesiastes can be a tricky book to grasp on an immediate reading and this layman’s guide (the author has written a fuller commentary for scholars) unpicks the literary style and pinpoints the main themes in short chapters that are […]

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The Balanced Pastor by John Benton (Grace Publications, 2023). After many years in pastoral ministry John Benton is now Director for Pastoral Support at the Pastor’s Academy, London Seminary. This book is actually an omnibus edition of three recent booklets but is nevertheless slim and concise. The subjects covered are:- Benton writes simply and with […]

Review Throwback: Being There

I noticed recently that Evangelical Press are due to publish a book that was previously published by Crossway Books: Being There by Dave Furman. This is a book that we reviewed and recommended a few years back so I am reposting our original review in the hope that it might be helpful… There are many […]

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