Illustrated throughout, this is a practical dip-in guide to the key elements of preaching. Preacher's A-Z is a guide to the elements of preaching. It provides ideas and essentials that a preacher needs before stepping up to the lectern.

In what way is Jesus good news to each of us, personally? What gives real meaning to the well-worn words 'good news'? The author aims to release us from shallow readings of scripture and looks at why Jesus mixes 'good news' with something that...

From the Kerr Lectures. John Harvey asks and analyses the difficult question: has the Church failed the poor?

This is a booklet for parents and guardians who, in bringing a child for baptism, bring also a number of questions. In an informed but relaxed, humorous and informal way, the author answers the questions: what is really going on? What should happen...

This text takes up the challenge of finding answers to the questions of: who are the poor?; why are they poor?; what can be done about it? It provides a reflection on the Christian tradition and argues against much current orthodoxy asserting that...

Explains the meaning, the history, the reasons and the practices of Christian worship. This work not only provides readers with an insight into the nature of worship, but also gives a firm contextual basis in which readers can go forward and worship...

Offers a commentary on the services of baptism and confirmation.

Hope, in Christian theology, has profound meaning. But can theology comfort those whose personal world has fallen apart? Nick Baines draws on his experiences of working for GCHQ and as a pastor to address this important issue.

A collection of stories taken from personal experience and combined with prayers appropriate to each story's theme. Its sections - "In God's Wrath", "In God's Church", "In God's Enterprise" and "Faith's Testing" - are designed to help stimulate and...

In this collection of sermons and reflections, Kathy Galloway expresses her thoughts on the human capacity for change and how people can adapt to the most difficult circumstances in the world today.