Christian Focus

Children and the Lord's Supper

Guy Prentiss Waters and Ligon Duncan

What age is it okay for a child to partake in the Lord?s Supper? This book takes a constructive look at the doctrine of paedo-communion. Looking at this doctrine, these essays will provide food for thought across the various disciplines such as biblical, theological, historical and pastoral. It will be a guide as you seek to explore this key pastoral issue.

Fear Not!

Death and the Afterlife from a Christian Perspective

Ligon Duncan and J Nicholas Reid

With J. Nicholas Reid. Forword by Jerry Bridges.

Are you not sure what happens after death? Ligon sheds light on the subject by sharing his pastoral wisdom.

Fear Not,

The Westminster Confession into the 21st Century

Volume 3

Ligon Duncan

This important collection of essays seeks to place the work of the Westminster Assembly in its historical, theological, political and social setting and challenge inaccurate historical assertions that have since become commonplace. Topics include: The Thirty Nine Articles at the Confession; Karl Barth and the Westminster Confession of Faith; The New Perspective, Paul, Luther & Judaism; Objections to the Covenant Theology of the Confession; The Nature of the Lord's Supper according to Calvin and the Westminster Assembly.

The Westminster Confession into the 21st Century

Volume 1

Ligon Duncan

This important collection of essays seeks to place the work of the Westminster Assembly in its historical, theological, political and social setting and challenge inaccurate historical assertions that have since become commonplace. In the first of three volumes, the topics covered include:- Baptists and the Westminster Confession; Finney's attack on the Westminster Confession; The Westminster Confession and the Relationship of Church and State; The Holy Spirit and the Westminster Confession.

The Westminster Confession into the 21st Century

Volume 2

Ligon Duncan

Ligon Duncan has assembled an impressive array of contributors from a variety of ecclesiastical backgrounds. The topics covered include: - Westminster Spirituality; Westminster and the Regulative Principle; Old Princeton Seminary and the Westminster Standards; The Influence of the Westminster Confession of Faith on the Korean Presbyterian Church; The Eschatology of the Westminster Confession of Faith and Assembly.

Track: Sanctification

A Student’s Guide to Sanctification

Ligon Duncan and John Perritt

Knowing that we have been saved by what Jesus has done rather than by what we have done is amazing. But how does this knowledge affect the way we live? What’s the point in being good if we will be forgiven anyway?

Our Sovereign Saviour

Roger Nicole

"Our salvation, our assurance of it, and our consequent growth in grace depend, in large measure, upon our grasp of the subjects he addresses here. May you become more deeply rooted in God's grace as you read!"

When Grace Transforms

The character of Christ’s Disciples put forward in the Beatitudes

Terry L. Johnson

"Terry Johnson has done it again. Sounding a note from his previous book When Grace Comes Home, he shows us here a picture of what transforming grace looks like in the life of a believer, and he does so following Jesus' own description of his disciples in the Beatitudes. What a timely emphasis for a generation long on license and short on character."

Our Covenant Heritage

The Covenanter's Struggle for Unity in Truth

Edwin Nisbet Moore

'Edwin Moore appreciates this heritage bequeathed to our generation by the faithful Scottish Covenanters. May you be gripped by a vision of God's greatness and a desire to serve Him faithfully as you read this helpful book.'

When Grace Comes Home

How the 'doctrines of grace' change your life

Terry L. Johnson

Terry Johnson's When Grace Comes Home is to be welcomed.

Word to the World

William Barker

"Dr. Barker is a first-rate church historian, and his considerable theological skills are on open display in this welcome collection of his writings. His generous spirit, powerful mind and pastoral heart are productive of theological discourse that is a model, in both tone and content, for reformed ministers and scholars as we engage with a hostile postmodern culture."

Preaching for Revitalization

How to revitalise your church through your pulpit

Michael Ross

'Not many books on church revitalization these days see preaching as crucial, at least not expository preaching. So it is both a relief and blessing to listen to wise, tested counsel from a minister of the Word who has put his method into practice...'

The Light of the Psalms

Deepening your faith with every Psalm

Michael Ross

Mike Ross is a faithful pastor, an accomplished devotional writer and a dear friend. I am delighted to commend this guidebook through the Psalms, having already benefitted from its ministry. Read, drink deeply and grow.

The Family Worship Book

A Resource Book for Family Devotions

Terry L. Johnson

"Terry Johnson has provided us a superb resource for family religion. Johnson provides a brief but compelling argument for the importance of family worship, but then takes those he has convinced in theory to the next step: actually putting it into practice! In a day and age when family worship is a rarity, and in which parents who are called to lead in it are not likely to have had personal experience of it in their own upbringing, Johnson's book will prove to be an invaluable aid. May the Lord use this book to bring about a revival of family worship in our land."

Systematic Theology (Volume 1)

Grounded in Holy Scripture and understood in light of the Church

Douglas F. Kelly

"Douglas F. Kelly is one of the English-speaking world's leading Reformed theologians. Here we begin to enjoy the fruits of his labors. What a feast it is. Few Protestant theologians in our day know the terrain of the doctrine of the Trinity, and the Person of Christ, as well as Professor Kelly... He is at his best when opening up to us the unrealized importance and glory of these foundational truths about our Savior God. For those who yearn for an orthodox Reformed catholicity, Kelly shows the way forward."

Awakening

The Life and Ministry of Robert Murray McCheyne

David Robertson

"The freshest presentation of McCheyne available"

The Erosion of Calvinist Orthodoxy

Drifting from the Truth in confessional Scottish Churches

Ian Hamilton

Ian Hamilton's The Erosion of Calvinist Orthodoxy is the seminal modern study of confessional subscription in the Scottish tradition. His recounting of the story, and his conclusions, are of direct relevance, not only to Presbyterians, but to all who are committed to confessional fidelity in the great evangelical Protestant tradition. Any further study of this important topic must reckon with Hamilton's account and findings.

The Dawkins Letters

Revised Edition – Challenging Atheist Myths

David Robertson

The content is excellent. It's a fun, engaging read.

A Faith to Live By

Understanding Christian Doctrine

Donald Macleod

" . . . a master of making difficult things seem simple, without compromising their profundity . . . Macleod is simultaneously an able apologist and a world class exegete . . . Learn from Macleod. Argue with Macleod. And then bow the knee to your Saviour, the Lord Jesus Christ, and worship."

The Yankee Officer and the Southern Belle

A Journey of Love across Africa

Nell Robertson Chinchen

"From the refined coast of Mississippi to the shores and jungles of Africa, behold God's faithfulness to this couple and His shaping and sharpening them into instruments for His glory."

He Will Hold Me Fast

A Journey with Grace through Cancer

Connie Dever

Reading Connie's spiritual diary-like posts through this relentless journey helped me personally and pastorally. They helped me process some of my own struggles and they helped me understand those I serve, especially in their often-hidden battles of the heart.

Heaven on Earth

What the Bible Teaches about Life to Come

Derek Thomas

This book's topic is vital for the Christian life. Christians need to be clear on their hope, and we won't be clear on our hope until we trust in what God in the Scriptures says is to come for all who trust in Christ.

Daily Readings – the Early Church Fathers

Nick Needham

Many evangelicals, otherwise knowledgeable of church history and theology, lack familiarity with and appreciation for the writings of the early Christian theologians, and that is to our detriment. The Reformers and Puritans alike, knew, respected and quot

The Wholeness Imperative

How Christ Unifies our Desires, Identity and Impact in the World

Scott Redd

How do we live a life of wholeness, and how do we live wholly for God? Dr. John Scott Redd helps us with a faithful exposition of Scripture on the theme. Wholeness is an important theme in the Christian life, and bears our attention. So take a journey into biblical wholeness with Dr. Redd as your guide.

Reenchanting Humanity

A Theology of Mankind

Owen Strachan

Not only is Strachan enjoyable to read, but I find that he helps me communicate traditional systematic assertions in arresting and memorable ways. I commend this volume to scholars, seminarians, and pastors as we seek to reflect faithfully on and teach clearly about all that God says in the Scriptures about man.

The Creaking on the Stairs

Finding Faith in God Through Childhood Abuse

Mez McConnell

Raw. Real. Redemptive. The story of Mez McConnell’s childhood abuse,
interestingly, neither centres on himself or his tormentors, but rather on God’s good and sovereign providence, and a suffering Saviour who gave himself for Mez, and all who trust in him. It could have been just crushing, but instead it is filled with hope.

Track: Justification

A Student’s Guide to Justification

Greg Meyer

Justification … needs unpacking in such a way that students and other Christians can accessibly understand it. Greg Meyer does that good work in this book, and I commend it to you for your growth in grace and sense of assurance of salvation.

The Fulfillment of the Promises of God

An Explanation of Covenant Theology

Richard P. Belcher, Jr.

Dick Belcher’s The Fulfillment of the Promises of God is now the introduction to covenant theology. It will join the syllabus of my Covenant Theology course, and will be the first book that I recommend to seminarians not only for introducing the subject, but providing assessment of the main alternatives to classic Reformed covenant theology. This is now the starting point for those looking for a confessional Reformed presentation.

Therefore the Truth I Speak

Scottish Theology 1500 – 1700

Donald Macleod

I have been waiting for this book to be written for over thirty years. And Donald Macleod is the only one who could have written it. The history is important. The theology more so. 

God’s Bible Timeline

The Big Book of Biblical History

Linda Finlayson

... a real treasure ... I like to have an organizational picture in my head when I’m introducing people to the riches of Scripture. This book helps me with that, and I think it will help you too.

From Glory to Golgotha

Controversial Issues in the Life of Christ

Donald Macleod

… passion and intensity, decades of study, deep theological reflection and serious polemical interaction, and even more, the heart of a believing theologian who knows he needs Christ and His Cross. If your prayer is ‘more love to Thee, O Christ,’ here is fuel for your devotion. Read and believe and worship.

Track: Glorification

A Student’s Guide to Glorification

Derek W. H. Thomas

Part of Christian discipleship is getting this hope down into your heart until you really believe it, and it begins to change your longings and your living. Dr. Thomas, as a sympathetic shepherd, will guide you in the truth of glorification to that end.

A Christian’s Pocket Guide to Justification

Being made right with God?

Guy Prentiss Waters

Justification is a word that all Christians,
especially young ones, need to understand, because the reality that it signifies in essential to the Christian life. If you do not adequately understand and believe that your forgiveness and acceptance by God is based on the righteousness of Christ alone, imputed to us, and received by faith alone,
then your Christian experience is imperilled. But the sentence I have just said is a theological mouthful and needs unpacking in such a way that students and other Christians can accessibly understand it. Greg Meyer does that good work in this book, and I commend it to you for your growth in grace and sense of assurance of salvation.

Understanding Family Worship

Its History, Theology and Practice

Terry L. Johnson

I learn something from Terry Johnson about historic Christian worship (whether public, private or family) every time I read him. This book (a wonderful companion to my well–worn copy of his Family Worship Book) is not only a practical help to families seeking to strengthen (or begin) their practice of family devotions, but has multiple other uses and applications. It is something that I will use with those preparing for the ministry. Its rich devotional and historical theological insights have already blessed me as I read it myself.

From the Marrow Men to the Moderates

Scottish Theology 1700–1800

Donald Macleod

What you are thus holding is not only the mature assessment of a crucial era in Scottish church history and theology by one of Scotland’s most important contemporary theologians but his last word. 

Shared Life

The Trinity and the Fellowship of God’s People

Donald Macleod

The Christian doctrine of the Holy Trinity, when rightly appreciated, is one of the most precious truths on which a believer may meditate. For the beginner, Shared Life provides the ideal introduction. It is simple, clear, straight forward, and practical
(without being superficial). 

Covenant Foundations

Understanding the Promise–Keeping God of the Bible

Alec Motyer

I have a rule that goes like this: anything written by Alec Motyer is worth reading. Covenant Foundations is no exception to that rule. … Motyer clearly, simply, and helpfully walks you through Scripture tracing out how God makes and keeps his promises in his covenants.