Recommended Books
Books by David Jackman
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Teaching the Christian Hope - David Jackman
The world is lacking any real hope. Our culture is characterised by a blind people hurtling headlong into hedonism - making sure that all the right boxes of experience are ticked before we die. What can the church offer?
This is a book for Bible teachers and readers about what are often regarded as controversial and difficult areas of scripture.
This book, using key passages of Scripture, sets out to enable us to teach with clarity and with purpose what will happen in the 'End Times'.
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Opening up the Bible - David Jackman
This work presents a clear introduction to the contents, reliability, purpose and relevance of the Bible, written by President of the Proclamation Trust, David Jackman. "Opening up the Bible" explains how to interpret different literary genres and is described by Alister McGrath as 'an excellent explanation of the central role of the Bible in Christian life and thought.
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The Authentic Church - David Jackman
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I believe in the Bible - David Jackman
Will act as a guide both for those encountering the Bible for the first time and those wishing to deepen their understanding. This book presents a defence of the Bible's claims to having been divinely inspired, its accuracy, reliability and sufficiency.
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Spirit of Truth - David Jackman
The Holy Spirit brings people to repentance, comforts the broken hearted, guides the faithful and helps Christians to pray. Despite this pivotal role there is much debate in the church over the nature of the Holy Spirit's activity in our lives. Differing interpretations have resulted in divisions in the church. This book clarifies the Holy Spirit's character and work, enabling the person leading a bible study or preaching to teach authoritatively about Him: maintaining a healthy, vibrant church that honours God in unity - in spirit and truth.
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Biblical Preaching
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The Priority of Preaching
Christopher Ash writes to tell us that it is worth it.
More than that, he sets out a charter for preaching that draws from the very roots of the Old Testament - showing us that nothing in the world is more worthwhile - for preaching is God's strategy to rebuild a broken world.
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The Supremacy of God in Preaching - John Piper
Most of the time contemporary preaching appears to be about the transfer of information from one person to another. John Piper lifts our horizons to see it as a beautiful task in faith building to glorify God, rooted deeply in the truth of the Bible but displaying Christ wonderfully before people to capture their affection in worship of Him for his ultimate glory.
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The Word became Fresh - Dale Ralph Davis Any preacher who has read Ralph Davis' commentaries on the Old Testament historical books, or heard him preach, will be in no doubt that he is a man who has that rare combination of exegetical thoroughness, no-nonsense application, warm-hearted pastoral concern, and not a little dry humour to boot. It is a brave preacher who will preach from a passage in Joshua - 2 Kings without at least consulting Davis first. The logic of Davis' exegesis is usually so compelling, that the preacher can often be left asking himself the question, Why couldn't I see that? This makes this new book (full title: The Word became Fresh: How to Preach from Old Testament Narrative Texts) extremely appealing. This book makes clear that there is no magical formula that will make our sermons just fall into place. Davis' wisdom has come through years of patient study. This book may speed things up for us, but it won't make endeavour unnecessary. This in turn reminds us of our great need for the Spirit to help our study. But, just as importantly, this book fills us with enthusiasm for the Old Testament. Davis' intention was that the book is to be `an exercise in reading the Old Testament for fun and profit'. It is certainly that. With this book, Ralph Davis has rescued us from any excuse to fear or neglect Old Testament narrative, or to put it out of the reach of our congregations through shoddy workmanship. If you can buy only one book on preaching this year, put this one at the very top of your list.
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Preach the Word - Ryken and Wilson ed
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Preaching the Whole Bible as Christian Scripture - Graeme Goldsworthy |
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When God's Voice is Heard - Chris Green et al |
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Teaching 1 Peter - Angus Macleay
Teaching 1st Peter looks at the first letter from the Apostle Peter to a primarily gentile audience scattered around Asia Minor. Angus MacLeay enables the leader to explain the context of this letter and its relevance to a contemporary setting where gentile Christians are surrounded by a pagan culture. He also enables the leader to apply practical theology to specific situations that still affect the church today. |
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Teaching John - Dick Lucas and Willie Philip
This book explores the main themes of John's own preaching of Christ, the Son of God, as preserved in the gospel he wrote for us.
Many commentaries are written on John, but few focus directly on the needs of the preacher and congregation. This book is aimed precisely there. The goal is to whet the preacher's appetite for teaching John today. |
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Teaching Matthew - David Jackman and Willie Philip
Matthew's Gospel is a substantial book to consider teaching through as a whole. It may seem daunting to the preacher, but because there are such rich seams of theology, and so much teaching from the mouth of the Lord Jesus himself, it is a wonderful treasure-trove. This book is primarily designed to help and encourage Bible teachers, and stimulate study with a view to teaching Matthew's message. |
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Teaching Acts - David Cook
There are commentaries, and there are books on preaching – but very few books that are specifically geared to the preacher or Bible teacher tackling a series on a Bible book or doctrinal theme. Key features of books in this series are introductory chapters on getting our bearings in the book and planning a series. While we trust that you will find the books helpful in sermon preparation, the books are written with a particular purpose in view to provide good, solid, accessible, biblical material for small group work that might complement a preaching series. One of the strengths of David's material is the Bible studies he includes at the end of each chapter. The length of each of the chapters is eminently accessible for individuals in small groups to prepare each week. Books in this series are aimed at developing confidence in handling God’s Word in a variety of contexts. Whether you are a preacher, a small group leader or youth worker, these books will give you the necessary tools for teaching. Teaching Acts is a welcome addition to the series. Acts is a tough book to teach, but vital to the church in every generation. |
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Teaching Amoss - Bob Fyall
Teaching Amos is the latest contribution to the Teach the Bible series. Having first outlined a number of possible approaches to constructing a series of sermons or talks on Amos, Bob unlocks the text based on a suggested structure of nine studies. Chapters are geared toward working from text to sermon, always with an eye to the main teaching point of the passage. Teaching Amos will serve as a timely reminder of the striking relevance of Amos' message for today. The world is lacking any real hope. Our culture is characterised by a blind people hurtling headlong into hedonism - making sure that all the right boxes of experience are ticked before we die. What can the church offer? This is a book for Bible teachers and readers about what are often regarded as controversial and difficult areas of scripture. This book, using key passages of Scripture, sets out to enable us to teach with clarity and with purpose what will happen in the 'End Times'. |
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Teaching Romans v1 and v2
The book of Romans brings us face-to-face with the wonderful glory of God's grace - grace to unify our churches and to inspire us to reach our world with the "barrier-breaking message of Christ". The sheer scale and depth of Romans make it challenging to teach, but Christopher Ash leads us step-by-step through understanding and communicating this life-changing book. |
Biblical Ministry
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Brothers, we are not professionals - John Piper
Most evangelical Christians know of John Piper - he is one of the key evangelical Bible conference speakers. But his teaching doesn't flow from some international ministry run from an office block somewhere (though he does have international impact) but out of his pastoral ministry at Bethlehem Baptist Church, in Minneapolis.
In many US churches, the tendency has been to move towards a business-oriented, "managerial" pattern of church leadership. In the first essay in this collection, which gives the book its title, Piper reminds his target audience of ministers strongly that church leadership isn't fundamentally about business management, but about service - that their model isn't to be the world of commerce, but the suffering servant. Of course, when somebody sneezes in a US church, people in UK churches catch cold, so the book is also significant for ministers this side of the Atlantic.
The rest of the book consists of a series of essays which challenge ministers in many areas of their Christian lives - their relationship with their wives; the way music functions in their churches; their prayer life. The chapter titles themselves - "Brothers, tell them copper will do", "Brothers, save the saints" - are challenging and inviting. The aim is for ministers and their churches to conform more to the pattern of Christ, and less to the pattern of the world.
Even if the reader finds himself disagreeing with Piper over some issues, this book can hardly fail to have good fruit in stirring up ministers to holiness and the pursuit of God. May they read it and be encouraged in the ministry that they have been given. |
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Memoirs of an Ordinary Pastor - D. A. Carson
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How Long O Lord - D. A. Carson
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The Trellis and the Vine - Payne and Marshall
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John Calvin and His Passion for the Majesty of God - John Piper
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Psalms
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Bible Delight - Christopher Ash Heartbeat of the Word of God: Psalm 119 for the Bible teacher and Bible hearer - Christopher Ash
Bible Delight unlocks Psalm 119 and explains; > How to be delighted in the Bible
“This is the first in a series of books that looks at the culture and context of preaching and teaching God’s Word. We need help not just in ‘how to preach Bible books’, but clarity on the point and purpose of preaching and teaching. The books in this series will be short and accessible, ideal for personal use, group study or for training. |
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How to read the Psalms - Tremper Longman III
The author 'gives us the help we need to overcome the distance between the psalmists' world and ours. He explains the various kinds of psalms, the way they were used in Hebrew worship and their relationship to the rest of the Old Testament. Then he looks at how Christians can appropriate their message and insights today.
Turning to the art of Old Testament poetry, he explains the use of parallelism and imagery.. suggestions for interpreting the psalms on our own are followed by exercises for further study and reflection. Also included is a helpful guide to commentaries on the Psalms. |
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Calvin’s Commentary on the Psalms (abridged) - David Searle (ed.)
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Psalms 1-72 - Derek Kidner
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Psalms 73-150 - Derek Kidner
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