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Millions of people with an Asian background live in the UK. Some have only recently arrived, others have lived in Europe, North America and Australasia for many generations. Their coming has enriched our culture enormously with food, clothing, art and cinema blending into national life. Asians may have family roots from India and Pakistan, Hong Kong, China, Japan or Korea. But one thing is certain - Asian people are often more open to talking about spiritual things than longer-established residents of the Western world. There is a huge mission field on our doorstep!... continue reading
This week on the blog we are going to feature a new resource that is being officially launched on Wednesday at an event in central London.
Discovering Jesus Through Asian Eyes is an exciting new outreach resource that has been developed through a collaboration between the Evangelical Alliance, The Good Book Company, and over 30 specialist agencies from around the world that are involved in evangelism both in Asia, and among the Asian diaspora in the developed world.
Here at GBC central in Epsom, we are very excited about the potential for this resource to stimulate churches and individuals to reach out to new groups of people.
Follow the posts to discover more about what this initiative might be able to do for you and your church.
Normally on a Friday we try to bring you a special offer on one of the books we stock - often linked to something relevant in the news.
Today, we want to tell you about not just one deal but a whole range of deals that are going to be available in the coming days. The Good Book Company will be at the Christian Resources Exhibition all next week and for the duration of the exhibition you will be able to get your hands on many of our great resources at heavily discounted prices. Some books will be as little as 25% of their normal retail price.
We will also have the launch of some great new resources, among them Discovering Jesus Through Asian Eyes and there may be one or two pre-release items available too!
We will be located in the Esher Hall on stands 53 and 54 so do come by and say hello, it would be good to meet you.
Many of you will have seen or heard much about John Hindley's Serving Without Sinking. Indeed, it is one of our best sellers and certainly in our recommended must read category.
Too many church workers no matter what capacity they serve in continue to take on more than they can cope with. But it is not by works that we are saved. In this book, John Hindley looks at why we become overloaded and lose the reason behind why we do what we do. He then turns that around with the help of Scripture to help us rediscover the joy of a serving heart and a refreshment in our minds and attitudes to serving the Lord and the church.
Read more and get the ebook HERE for just £1.49 until midday on Thursday. Simply use the code hswse605 at the checkout.
I have a confession to make. I’m not very good at having quiet times. I know they are important. I believe the Bible is God’s living and active word that equips me for all I am called to do. And I know that building up my relationship with God in prayer is utterly vital. But I’m still rubbish at doing it. And I feel just awful as a result.
I could give you a list of excuses...
But the trouble is, they are just excuses. Excuses that ooze out of my sinful heart.... continue reading
Our passion at The Good Book Company is focusing our resources on God's word, the Bible.The gospel is at the centre of everything we do and we want others to have that focus too.
I'm sure lots of you will have seen, and maybe even read, some of our Gospel Centred Series of books.The series looks at a number of areas of our lives as Christians, and lends biblical, practical help in those areas. Written by authors who themselves are true to the Bible and pastoring to the situations they are writing about, the books are to-the-point resources to support our Christian living.
We are offering the ebook versions of the Gospel Centred Series for just £1 each until midday on Thursday - use the code gce0414 at the checkout.
This offer is available on Gospel Centred Leadership/ Gospel Centred Life /Gospel Centred Church /Gospel Centred Work /Gospel Centred Family and Gospel Centred Marriage ebooks only. This offer ends at 12 noon GMT on Thursday the 1st May.
As we look back on Easter 2014, it is plain to see that the church has a very different place in our society now to that of the 20th century. Where the church was a fairly focal point of both local life and the state as a whole a hundred years (maybe even 30 years) ago, now the church is seen to have no real place in society. We have become a nation that used to be Christian, now Jesus is no more than a name from the past or a baby that appears at Christmas.
This is why Everyday Church is important for us to read. Not just leaders of the church, but also the 'everyday Christian.' What Chester & Timmis do is to show the state of the church as it is today and how we 'should do church' in light of the culture we live in. Their argument is for us to show our culture that church isn't a building but a life lived as Christians together.
There isn't anything radically different here compared to other books of a similar nature but it is a model that is clearly producing fruit in a tough area of the UK. The authors want to show us how living lives with gospel intentionality has been far more beneficial than just getting people to come to an event in a church building. This is so helpful to be reminded of and the examples they give of how it has been worked through in their ministry add weight to their argument.
What they do in Sheffield won't exactly fit into every church setting throughout the country but their heart for the lost people of the UK will. This book is invaluable if we are to reach a culture/country with the love of Jesus and the hope of eternity.
Read more HERE and get the ebook for just £6 until midday on Thursday. Use code ece0414 at the checkout.
Extract taken from The Third Day.
