The Christ Files is a Nice Short Book which says a lot about why the Bible is Authentic, and why we should trust the New Testament Accounts of Jesus' life. Writing with the specific intent to show why various popular theories in sensationalist history (especially those which relate to Jesus) are not credible based on the historical data available.

The book also includes a nice segment explaining bits of the Da Vinci Code, and gives opportunities to understand why we need to explore the real historical Jesus.

Well worth the read, and the small amount to purchase it.

What the Publisher Says:

How do historians know what they do about the man known as Jesus Christ? John Dickson explores the evidence on the life of Jesus of Nazareth – from ancient pagan and Jewish writings to the New Testament and near contemporary Christian sources. Readers will find it hard to escape the conclusion that the Gospels deserve to be read seriously.

This book gives an insight into many wonderful things. Firstly it helps see the mind of the current Anglican Archbishop of Sydney, as he seeks to lead many in service of their Lord.  

The clarity with which many issues have been dealt with appears on the surface rather confronational. A simple dismissing of atheistic evoloution by suggesting that this involves placing a process, and giving it the place of the one behind the process, is one such (almost insignificant) example, interwoven into the book as a whole.

At the heart of this book, and at the heart of his 1991 Moore College Lectures it was taken from, was a simple process. To intellectually link the gospel we proclaim to the need for salvation. The thoughts about the nature of election, calling and indwelling of the spirit are difficult to work through, but well worth the effort.

At the Heart of the Universe is a book I thoroughly enjoyed being challenged by, a book which seeks to proclaim the bible's words and call on the individual's life, and a book which may help in developing effective doctrine.

What the Publisher says:

At the heart of the Universe opens up God’s great purpose for us and our world, focusing on the End towards which God has been working throughout history and is still working today.  In doing so, Peter Jensen sheds light on the main aspects of Christian belief, showing how they fit together as one dynamic whole, and how they relate to us and our culture at the beginning of the twenty-first century.

The first book profile I will write has to be about this wonderful offering from Inter-Varsity Press in the UK.

 Presenting a History of a Student Movement with such broad ranging experiences is a tough ask, but the authors have done an exceptional job in updating the books of the past.

 This book is well worth the read for anyone involved in student ministry, or just needing to be challenged by the actions of others in response to the gospel.

 As one man put it at NTE, this book is a great training manual for gospel focussed, and gospel centred living.  

What the Publisher Says:

The small group of Christian students active in Cambridge in the 1820s hardly expected their work to have remarkable effects.  Yet out of ‘the Jesus Lane lot’, as they were nicknamed, grew the Cambridge Inter-Collegiate Christian Union (CICCU), whose influence has been world-wide.
Oliver Barclay and Bob Horn tell the story of the CICCU to mark its 125th anniversary.  The life and times of this Christian Union are interwoven with evangelical Christianity and some of its most significant figures.  The story points above all to God, who gives the vision and the strength to pursue it.

XLS Ministry Resources is a Conservative Evangelical Christian Bookstall, which stocks books that are practical, beneficial and faithful.

I have a philosophy that involves only stocking resources I would without concern be willing to give as gifts to friends at various stages.

The plan is to see these opportunites to do some quick publicising of what is good and perhaps under-promoted in the massive world of Christian Books.

Have a look back over the next few weeks and see what comes up. While you are waiting, check out some of the great stuff available at our website.