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Dig into what the Bible has to say about the kingdom of God in this practical and fun exploration of 1 and 2 Kings

What possible relevance does the book of Exodus have to me?

You've probably never seen a burning bush, have never parted your bathwater and walked through the middle or have never been to Mount Sinai, let alone heard God speaking from thunder on the top of it.

This book unpacks the message and meaning of the book of Exodus. In the authors' own words, 'We want to share with you why we think it means what it does, how we came to our understanding of the verses, what discoveries we made. Rather than a Hollywood movie, this is going to be more like the how-they-made-the-movie footage.' Discover the message of this Old Testament book using tools which help you 'dig deeper'.

The Dig Deeper books are a cross between a sermon (but showing a bit more of the preacher's work behind the scenes), a commentary (but often more humorous than that) and an interactive workbook (there are a few 'over to you' moments). Each book uses the same set of 'tools' - context, structure, repetition, Bible timeline and so on - that will train you in how to read the Bible better for yourself. The Dig Deeper books invite you to read the Bible well with a range of tools. Find out more here: https://digdeeper.tools

COVID-19 has transformed our everyday lives. It's as if another world has arrived in the blink of an eye. Yet life is not on pause. We still need to live. The pandemic, like any other time, is a moment both of opportunity as well as challenge.

Healthy Faith in the Coronavirus Crisis is a briefing on how to thrive in a world of restrictions. Twenty leading Christian thinkers have come together to help you begin to navigate this strange reality.

Each contributor writes on their area of expertise, and topics covered include prayer, loneliness, work, singleness, marriage, parenting, grief, death, imagination, conversations, humour, and much more. They offer practical advice as well as helpful perspective from Scripture.

This is an essential resource for anyone looking to cultivate a healthy faith which infuses all areas of life during this disorienting time.

Early Reviews

This really is an excellent book... informative and useful, and I would not hesitate to recommend it widely to believers and unbelievers alike. - Eddie Arthur, Kouyanet

"Healthy Faith is essential reading for any Christian." - Terry Wright, Spurgeon's College

"beautiful and arresting" - Johan De Young, Before Leaving Earth blog, Oak Hill student

CONTENTS

Section One: (re)orientation
1. Orienting to the New Reality (Luke Cawley)
2. Homecoming: The Art of Being Human (Kristi Mair)

Section Two: fragile life
1. Viruses and God's Good Creation: How Do They Fit? (Paul Copan)
2. The Art of Dying Well: Reflections of a Christian Medic (John Wyatt)
3. Dancing with Uncertainty: Lessons from the Persecuted Church (Eddie Lyle)
4. Grief and Comfort: Understanding and Responding to the Experience of Loss (Richard Winter)
5. Navigating Loneliness: Why It Hurts and How We Can Respond (Ed Shaw)
6. Healthy Fear: Keeping Calm and Considering Christ (Dan Strange)

Section Three: connected life
1. Stable Disruptions: Furlough, Unemployment, Front Line, and Our Constant Call (Ed Creedy)
2. Working in God's World: A Time for Recalibration (Cal Bailey)
3. Connected Singleness: Distance Without Isolation (Kate Wharton)
4. The Shape of Marriage: Scriptural Principles (Dianne & Derek Tidball)
5. Communicating With Your Other Half: Tips from the Marriage Coaches (Julie & Keith Johnson)
6. Parenting: The Opportunities of Being Trapped With Your Kids (Rachel Turner)

Section Four: growing life
1. Church, Crisis and Creativity: A Chance for Revitalization (Krish Kandiah)
2. Prayer in Confinement: Postures and Practices for a Flourishing Faith (Jill Weber)
3. Encountering Scripture: Turning to the Psalms in Times of Trial (Matt Searles)
4. Viral Conversations: Extending the Hope of Jesus to Friends (Andy Bannister)
5. The Liberated Imagination: Realities Beyond Restrictions (Mark Meynell)
6. Infectious Laughter: Humour in an Age of Tragedy (Andy Kind)

Afterword
God With Us: A Paradigm for Life During the Pandemic (Tom Wright)

Appendices
1. A Psalm in the Epidemic: Trust Triumphs Over Fear (Pablo Martinez)
2. How Hope & Patience Embrace Each Other: A Reflection (Pablo Martinez)
3. Advice for Carers & Relatives: Practical, Medical, & Pastoral issues (John Wyatt)
4. Current legal framework for end-of-life decisions (John Wyatt)
5. Sample Statement of Wishes and Values for a Christian Believer (John Wyatt)
6. Safeguarding tips for churches (Thirtyone:Eight)
7. Guidance for working and communication safely online (Thirtyone:Eight)
8. Ten Tips for Working From Home (Luke Cawley)

The revelation of God in Jesus Christ ignites desire to live his way in the world. Resurrection power fuels it.

Part of LICC's Gateway Seven series, this small group study explores how Mark, the shortest of the gospels, invites you to immerse yourself in the life, death and resurrection of Jesus and consider his life-changing announcement that the kingdom of God has come.

Set out in six easy-to-follow sessions, this is a brilliant Bible study on Mark that is packed full of astute questions, mini-features and contemporary stories which will draw you into Mark's remarkable account of the astounding person of Jesus and help you dig deeper into the radical implications of his joyful news for all of life today.

Mark is an ideal Bible study for small groups looking to really get the most out of the beloved gospel, but it can also be used individually to support your discipleship in everyday life. It can be read on its own, or it can be used alongside the other volumes in LICC's Gateway Seven series to open up the riches of all of Scripture for the whole of life.

Hope-filled and healing, disruptive and demanding, love-growing and fear-beating, this is the way of King Jesus you're invited to live, Monday through Sunday.

In gospel proclamation today, the critical New Testament element of repentance can be far too often ignored, minimalised or dismissed. Yet John the Baptist, Jesus himself, and those he commissioned to spread his gospel all spoke of the urgent need to repent.

Michael Ovey was convinced that a gospel without repentance quickly distorts our view of God, ourselves and one another by undermining grace and ultimately leading to idolatry. Only when we grasp the need for true repentance as consisting of a real change -- a transforming work of the Spirit of God -- can we fully understand the gospel Jesus preached.

With care and clarity, Ovey focuses first on the relevant biblical material in Luke-Acts, examining who repents and who does not, and the characteristics of both groups. He surveys the 'feasts of repentance' of Jesus with Levi, the Pharisees, and Zaccheus, and in the parable of the Lost Son. He then moves to more systematic-theological aspects of repentance, in relation to idolatry and to salvation; and finally to pastoral theology in the corporate life of the people of God today, with regard to self-righteousness, hypocrisy, humility, forgiveness and justice.

In a dark little chapel many years ago, a solitary schoolboy went in search of God, and later gave his life to Christ. It turned out to be the most significant decision he was ever to make. If it were not for Christ, he reflects, his would have been on the scrapheap of wasted and discarded lives. Instead, his life has been used to lead countless others around the world to that same new life, and into a deeper understanding of the One who gave his life that we might live. Now John Stott tells his spiritual story, and gives the reasons for his first life-changing step of faith on the path he has followed since that day. It was not so much that he found Christ, as that Christ found him. Not because the Christian faith is attractive, but because it is true. Not because he deserved to be saved, but because Christ took his sins, and ours, on himself. It is because the answer to the paradox at the heart of our humanness, because the key to true freedom and fulfilment, are to be found in Jesus Christ alone. And he who extends the greatest of all invitations to each one of us waits patiently for our response.