Award-winning author and retired Salvation Army minister, Howard Webber, brings us a treasury of original poems for Christmas. As he brilliantly captures key moments from the Nativity, applying them to our lives today, you will find this age-old narrative coming to life again this season._______________"These poems, centred on the age-old story of the Nativity, abound in novel insights which warm the heart, amuse, inspire, and sometimes even startle."

This book explores the hitherto neglected history of the campaign for state funding of the arts. By focusing on the important but forgotten movements for music and drama subsidy before and during WWII, Howard Webber makes an important contribution to the history of arts subsidy.Before the Arts Council rediscovers three forgotten but influential campaigns for state support of the arts in Britain in the 1930s and wartime. Webber's impressive historical excavation challenges ...

Another year of Words of Life devotions begins with Major Howard Webber looking at a God who is forever creating new things. He also explores some of the First Book of Samuel, and in the New Testament studies several characters who appear in the Acts of the Apostles and some miracles of Jesus. His apt conclusion is a week of Bible blessings and benedictions.In her writings for most weekends, Lieut-Colonel Margaret Wickings asks, 'Have you ever sung when facing challenges an...

Twice God says that in King David he had found 'a man after my own heart' (1 Samuel 13:14, Acts 13:22). David was one of God's favourites. This was so despite David having sinned so deeply. What is encouraging is that the Lord continued to use David after his time of backsliding. David was a man with deep feelings. He was a poet and musician as well as being Israel's greatest King and one of the greatest ever military leaders. David wrote that 'the Lord confides in those who fear him' (Psalm ...

This book gives a solid biblical understanding of the operation of the anointing of the Holy Spirit. It is a teaching book. It is full of scriptures and explanation of how the power of the Spirit operates in people's lives. It includes:• What is the anointing of the Holy Spirit?• What is the anointing like?• How to feel the anointing• What is the difference between the anointing and the presence of the Holy Spirit• What is the difference between being bor...

This new book on arguably the greatest Christian preacher in twentieth century Britain, if not the world, will be welcomed by all those who benefitted from the ministry of Dr D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones, whether through hearing him preach live, through his numerous books, or now through digital formats such as CDs, DVDs, or the internet.Dr J. E. Hazlett Lynch has been an admirer and student of Martyn Lloyd-Jones since soon after his conversion to Christ in 1971, and brings a wealth of ex...

Updated in 2020. God has given us powerful weapons to defeat the enemy, take back the spiritual land in our lives, and to walk in His glory. To do this we must lay deep foundations in Jesus Christ; learn how to discern the voice of the Holy Spirit, and receive heaven sent vision. Know what the Bible says and apply it!This book reveals the foundations of extreme faith – on fire Christianity. It explores biblical truths and routines to shake your world, foundations for fruitfulness, ...

Updated in 2020. Discipleship for Everyday Living is an engaging book for Christian growth. It will aid believers in maturity and will help train and make strong disciples with solid biblical foundations who reflect the image of Jesus Christ. The book covers such vital and essential subjects as: the Good News, help for Christians, discerning the voice of God, finding God’s will, prayer, practical evangelism, missions, teaching others knowledge, combating error, seeking healing, laying on o...

Jesus said, “From the fig tree learn its lesson: as soon as its branch becomes tender and puts forth its leaves, you know that summer is near.”What is the lesson that Jesus is teaching us? How can we recognize the spiritual season that we are living in? How can we prepare for what is to come?Leon Gosiewski shows how Bible prophecies have come to pass at significant points in history and how some of those prophecies are coming to pass in our current generation. By recognizin...

Reflect on bite-sized Bible readings that provoke thought and deepen understanding.Lyrics that became popular in a song way back in 1955 suggest: 'Love and marriage … you can't have one without the other.' Aspects of love and loving relationships recorded in various Bible books are highlighted in this edition of Words of Life.Best known perhaps is Hosea – a powerful image of how God keeps on loving a nation that is persistently unfaithful to him. In Song of Songs a...

The Discipleship Course booklet is designed for those who have made a commitment to Jesus Christ and are now Christians. It is an introduction to the Christian faith, and was written to give new Christians an understanding of their new identity, their history, their scriptures, and their future.Written by Dr Lucy Peppiatt and Dr Matthew Lynch of Westminster Theological Centre

I will commit myself to you forever … in steadfast love and tender compassion. (Hosea 2:19)The prophet Hosea used the heart-rending story of his marriage to an unfaithful wife as a moving object lesson of the pain which God felt when his people Israel rejected his love. Rather than worshipping the true God, who had brought them out of slavery in Egypt, the nation had reverted to worshipping idols to such an extent that God was compelled to use the words of the divorce form...