Tom Wright, historian and Bishop of Durham, has produced a series of commentaries featuring a fresh translation of the New Testament. Each short passage is followed by a highly readable discussion with background information suitable for all readers.

The series is suitable for personal or group use and the format makes it appropriate for daily readings.

For a limited time these commentaries are only $20 (RRP: $29.95)

Titles currently available in this series:

Matthew for Everyone Part 1: Chapters 1-15
Matthew for Everyone Part 2: Chapters 16-28
Mark for Everyone
Luke for Everyone
John for Everyone Part 1: Chapters 1-10
John for Everyone Part 2: Chapters 11-21
Acts for Everyone Part 1: Chapters 1-12
Acts for Everyone Part 2: Chapters 13-28
Paul for Everyone: Romans Part 1: Chapters 1-8
Paul for Everyone: Romans, Part 2: Chapters 9-16
Paul for Everyone: 1 Corinthians
Paul for Everyone: 2 Corinthians
Paul for Everyone: Galatians and Thessalonians
Paul for Everyone: The Prison Letters: Ephesians, Phillipians, Colossians and Philemon
Paul for Everyone: The Pastoral Letters: 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus
Hebrews for Everyone

Total Church: A radical reshaping around gospel and community
By Tim Chester and Steve Timmis

The 21st Century church is pulled in different directions by external and internal pressures. Total Church clearly identifies the foundation of the church and gives practical suggestions for fulfilling the mission of the church.

Chester & Timmis explain that while the gospel must be proclaimed in words, Christian community provides the context in which those words can be properly understood. They encourage Christians to share their whole lives with each other and to offer a place of belonging to unbelievers.

The principles of being word-centred and community-centred are applied to church planting, evangelism, apologetics, social involvement, leadership, discipleship, pastoral care, world mission and notions of success.

Highly recommended read for people involved in church leadership.

From the author of My Seventh Monsoon…

“The Himalayan view from our back porch was normally breathtaking but that day I sat there and wondered. Ten years of civil war, a deteriorating health system, an economic crisis and a political stalemate.

It was a background of hopelessness for the lives of our Nepali friends and the community that we lived in. In such a setting of pain and darkness, how could God reveal his nature? And how could he call me by name? I wasn’t sure. I didn’t think it was possible.”

From within the uncertainty of Nepal’s civil war, Naomi Reed continues the story of her family’s desire to train Nepali physiotherapists and share God’s love in word and action. Her honesty and genuine longing to see God’s purposes and sovereignty make this unforgettable reading.

While we as readers don’t all live through times of war, we all need to grow in our dependence on God in the hard times that we face. Through reading this story, we too will be inspired to trust “the Lord, the God of Israel who summons you by name.”

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OCBC Price $22.95

The Christ Files: a full-scale historical documentary based on the book of the same name by Dr. John Dickson (book pictured). A TV version of the documentary was aired nationally on Good Friday, 2008, on Channel 7.

Shot in seven countries the documentary reveals the earliest and most important manuscript evidence for Jesus of Nazareth, including the writings of Josephus, Mara bar Serapion, the apostle Paul and the controversial Gnostic Gospels. Interviews with a dozen of the world’s leading New Testament historians and access to some of Israel’s most important archaeological sites give this work a unique authority.

Neither a work of fanciful scepticism nor of Christian propaganda, The Christ Files provides viewers with front row seats to the facts behind the Western world’s most influential story.

The Book and the DVD are available at the Orange Christian Book Centre.

OCBC Prices:
Buy the book $14.95
Buy the full length DVD documentary $24.95