Christian families should be about…
- not just making good citizens but also church planters, missionaries, reformers, servants and evangelists
- not just learning about God but also showing Him to others;
- not just controlling behaviour but also changing the heart;
- not just parents and children, but being an integral part of the wider church family.

In twelve concise chapters, Gospel-Centred Family takes us through the major Bible principles for family life, challenging us to give up our ‘respectable’ middle-class idols, and to become the distinctively different people that God, through His gospel, calls us to be. (Publisher)

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His new book Raised with Christ explores how the Resurrection changes everything. Endorsements include Tim Chester who writes:

“Adrian Warnock rightly highlights the common neglect of the resurrection and helpfully shows why this matters. Come and share the excitement of his own rediscovery of this central event of our faith.”
Tim Chester The Crowded House and the Northern Training Institute

As we approach Easter 2010, over 2000 years since the resurrection, it is an opportune time to remember why the resurrection changes everything…

There is a crying need in the church today for men to be men. But competing visions for what a man is to be —some growing out of popular culture and others arising from flawed teaching in the church—are exacerbating the problem. Only in the pages of Scripture … can men find a clear explanation of their God-given roles as leaders, husbands, fathers, and churchmen. Beginning in Genesis, Rev. Phillips shows that God commissioned Adam to “work” and “keep” the Garden of Eden. In these twin tasks, he perceives a template for manhood, one that, when carried out with diligence, provides dignity to men, service to mankind, and glory to God. He then goes on to show that men are called to lead, to love their wives, to discipline their children, and to serve the church of Jesus Christ. Here is biblical exposition of the most practical sort—teaching that reveals not only what men are to think but what they are to be.

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In the 36 hours between Jesus’ death and resurrection, Joanna, the sister of Mary, plumbs her own grief and loss by listening to the voices of the generations of women before her who have clung onto the promises of God. From the time of Noah, through Sarah, Leah, Miriam, Rahab, Deborah, Hannah, Abigail, Huldah, Esther and more, Joanna listens to the women who would speak to her of the faithfulness of God. And in hearing their stories, she prepares herself to experience the impossibility of the resurrection of Jesus Christ.

This is Naomi Reed, doing what she does best – storytelling. In a single volume she captures the entire sweep of God’s plans and purpose for the world. And she does it through the voices of women, which is exactly why it works. Women all over the world gain strength through hearing each other’s stories. They listen to different versions of longing and fear and grief and joy, and they identify with them. But when the stories point to the way God is at work, revealing himself and his plans and purposes in the world – ultimately through his son Jesus Christ, the hearer is strengthened as well as comforted. In catching a glimpse of what God is like, his sovereignty and loving kindness, the hearer begins to believe that God’s promises of forgiveness and relationship are for them also. They too can believe that somehow, in the midst of their own trial, God is present and at work to bring about his purposes on this earth and in our lives, until he comes again. And that’s wonderful, astounding news, that’s a promise for me.

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This Easter we welcome the release of a new documentary on the life of Jesus. Filmed on location in Israel, The Life of Jesus explores the personality and teaching of Jesus from the perspective of Australian historian John Dickson.

Following on from the successful Christ Files documentary, The Life of Jesus was screened on Good Friday, 2009 (Channel Seven). The full length documentary and bonus interviews are available at the Orange Christian Bookshop. A guidebook is also available, and can be used to turn the DVD into a six week course.

DVD Pack (2 Discs): $29.95 | Guidebook: $14.95

Kirk Cameron and Erin Bethea star in this brand-new inspirational movie. Fireproof includes a great soundtrack featuring popular artists Third Day, Casting Crowns and Leeland.

At work, inside burning buildings, Capt. Caleb Holt lives by the old firefighters adage: Never leave your partner behind. At home, in the cooling embers of his marriage, he lives by his own rules. His job is to rescue others. Now Caleb Holt is ready to face his toughest job ever… rescuing his wife’s heart.

In January 2008 – after a year and a half of planning – Martin and Anna Smith were joined by 11 other songwriters for the first CompassionArt retreat. Next to a Scottish Loch a few hours north of Glasgow were these dozen writers who between them had written pretty much every song the church has been singing over the last decade.

A week later and the group emerged with a whole load of new songs that are bound to provide the soundtrack for the coming years; songs that answered the question ‘what’s faith got to do with poverty?’ Four weeks later and the writers were gathered in Abbey Road to record the best fifteen tracks from the retreat.

And as the music took shape so too did the plot; each of the twelve writers nominated a charity to which 1/24th of CompassionArt royalties will go to. The remaining 50 per cent of the funds raised will be distributed among projects that CompassionArt wants to give extra support – such as the Watoto community in Uganda. There, orphaned children are given food, shelter, education and a loving, caring home as they rebuild their lives. CompassionArt will provide funding for a series of music and arts centres that support the world-famous Watoto Children’s Choir, as well as offering essential training for those wanting to pursue a future in the arts.

The involvement of the twelve writers; Michael W. Smith, Israel Houghton, Darlene Zschech, Matt Redman, Tim Hughes, Stu G, Chris Tomlin, Graham Kendrick, Stephen Curtis Chapman, Andy Park and Paul Baloche didn’t just guarantee plenty of exposure. Their skills have combined to make an album that pushes, inspires and challenges in all the right places.

For more information visit: www.compassionart.tv

Although affluence and opportunities are at their peak many are falling under the weight of life’s pressures.

Mirror Image reveals the origins of stress and invites us on a journey where we discover our true worth.

Join new Australian author Jenny Marsland on a journey to unlock the dungeon and come into the light.

See your true self in God’s mirror – by listening to His voice and reading His Word.

OCBC Price: $19.95