Calling all Youth Ministers! This could be the most valuable half an hour you spend this year. Read this little book and you can see why 10ofthose chose to republish this section of the now out-of-print Don’t Call it A Comeback. Pure gold. I hope and pray that many Christians will buy multiple copies of this…
Youth ministry in Kenya is at the crossroads. How do we hold together faithfulness and relevance? What is it that should really drive youth ministry? How do you put together a strategy for growing your youth? What is it that youth and teens really need? Christian Youth Work brings the shining light of the Gospel…
Graham Beynon, Planting for the Gospel: A Hands-on guide to Church planting To some planting a church seems an impossible dream; others have entirely unrealistic ideals of how easily it can be done. This helpful guide recognizes that no church starts out the same and there are several different models that can be followed. It…
Is it really possible to face the final stages of our earthly lives with confidence and without fear? Mark Ashton, husband, father and pastor of St Andrew the Great Church in Cambridge, describes his own experience of imminent death from inoperable cancer. Real confidence, he explains, is found in the resurrection of Jesus Christ…
Giving generously, even sacrificially, is part of radical Christian discipleship but the motivation is not Law but the Grace of God in Christ Jesus. In this booklet, John Stott takes us through the Apostle Paul’s revolutionary teaching on giving and finds 10 principles of Christian giving in 2 Corinthians 8 & 9. Available from the iServe…
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iServe Africa apprentice Alice Akello reviews John Piper’s modern classic: In my search for meaning and purpose, I found Don’t Waste Your Life, a book that has set me on fire for the glory of God centered at the cross of Christ. Nothing else seems to make sense but this single passion stirred within me…
A handbook for 21st century parenting. There are many books on parenting by self-appointed experts who give us a bucketful of sugar to help the medicine go down. Ann Benton’s parenting book is different. It is full of not just home truths but biblical truths. It is a handbook in the mode of a manual…
Modernity makes the happiness and self-actualization of the individual into an absolute… The expressive individualism of modern culture has deeply eroded loyalty to institutions and communities. Individuals are now “spiritual consumers” who will go to church only if (and as long as) its worship and public speaking are immediately riveting and attractive… We see this…
Continuing the Reformation spirit from October… Martin Luther declared of Galatians, in one of his Table Talks: “I have betrothed myself to it. It is my Katie von Bora.” Katie was of course his beloved wife. So this is high praise for a letter, even by the standards of a man who avoided understated language…
In the first edition of our Mark study guides in the Watumishi wa Yesu series there was unfortunately a missing session on Mark 11:27-12:17. Our sincere apologies for that. Please find below a PDF copy of that session which you may like to print and insert. For those who haven’t purchased the study guides you…
The trigger and the theology of the Reformation On 31 October 1517 a sheet of paper was nailed to a church door in what is now Germany. The content of the sheet was a protest against the sale of get-out-of-purgatory papal indulgences. But it was the big bold theology behind the protest that was set…
iServe Africa apprentice Alice Akello reviews John Piper’s modern classic: In my search for meaning and purpose, I found Don’t Waste Your Life, a book that has set me on fire for the glory of God centered at the cross of Christ. Nothing else seems to make sense but this single passion stirred within me…
Gold dust! J.C. Ryle’s, Christian Leaders of the 18th Century (originally published in the 19th century as Christian Leaders of the Last Century) might sound a bit dull, dry and dusty but if you’ve read it you’ll know it is gripping, inspiring, fantastically relevant stuff. It’s the story of the English and Welsh revivals of the mid 18thcentury told mainly through brief biographies…
We have no leisure to read. It’s not a new excuse. Augustine, 1600 years ago said to himself as he began to wake up spiritually: Let us search the more diligently, and let us not despair… until the clear truth be discovered. But where and when shall it be sought? …we have no leisure to read. Where are we…
Spurgeon was exceptional in practically every way. A pastor at the age of 17, he had preached 600 sermons before he was 20. Once he had moved to be pastor of a church in London (aged 19) he was soon preaching to congregations of up to 10,000. At the age of 22 he founded a…
The Christian church has a long tradition of systematic theology, that is, studying theology and doctrine organized around fairly standard categories such as the Word of God, redemption, and Jesus Christ. This introduction to systematic theology has several distinctive features: – A strong emphasis on the scriptural basis for each doctrine and teaching – Clear…
There is a real danger that Christians can fall into extremes when considering holiness. Some so emphasise the sovereign grace of God that they neglect the quest of Holiness. Some have believed that perfection may be attained in this life, but burn out in the attempt to achieve it. Erroll Hulse approaches the subject as…
Kelvin Macharia reviews Lit! by Tony Reinke: Reading is not easy. It never has been, at least for me. And I know am not the only one. That’s why this book was written. It’s not a book for those heavy readers out there, no, it’s a book for people who struggle to read like myself.…
“Prayer is not asking. Prayer is putting oneself in the hands of God, at his disposition, and listening to his voice in the depths of our hearts” (attributed to Mother Teresa) There are a lot of different ideas of what prayer is or should be. For some, prayer is wordless contemplation. For some it is…
In pursuing his calling, Christ will not break the bruised reed, nor quench the smoking flax, in which more is meant than spoken, for he will not only not break nor quench, but he will cherish those with whom he so deals. Richard Sibbes was one of the most influential figures in the Puritan movement…
Sometimes we think of the Gospels as ‘easy’ bits of the Bible.Anyone who has been through Sunday school can tell that Jesus walked on water, fed 5000 and told a parable about a sower. Is there really much more to it than that? The two authors, Andrew Sach and Tim Hiorns, help us to come…
How do you get a church excited about supporting mission? How do you address ethnic tensions and division in a church? The Apostle Paul’s answer to both these questions is – the gospel of Jesus Christ. He knows that the best way to stir up and encourage and strengthen and unite and bless the church…
First Thessalonians is a fantastic letter to study in a small group or with a fellow believer. It is an encouraging letter – It is full of deep love and fatherly affection and intense longing. Paul has been unwillingly separated from the Thessalonians and he has been desperately concerned to hear how they are going…
We cant wait to serve you in yet another year. The year of our Lord 2017.
Timothy Keller has written KING’S CROSS as a reolutionary look at the life of Christ as told in the Gospel of Mark. Keller shows how the story of Jesus is at once cosmic, historical, and personal, calling each of us to look anew at our relationship with God. Like Keller’s other books it has tremendous crossover appeal,…
Most Christians feel lukewarm abut our church. Do we really need to bother? isn’t turning up enough? Do we even need to do that? This short, realistic but optimistic book explains clearly and simply form the Bible what the church really is, why it is both brilliant and frustrating, and why it is wonderful to…
Christians have already begun to know God and His truth. This handbook assists in that liberating knowledge, as it opens up the great themes of God’s word and hows how they fit together. Each chapter deals with one aspect of Biblical truth and encourages further study with Scripture references to look up, questions for discussion,…
Pastor, preacher, and New York Times bestselling author Timothy Keller’s wisdom on communicating the Christian faith from the pulpit as well as from the coffee shop. Most Christians—including pastors—struggle to talk about their faith in a way that applies the power of the Christian gospel to change people’s lives. Timothy Keller is known for his…
Here Comes the book we all need. When it comes to reading and understanding the Bible, a dangerous phrase is used by non-Christians and even some believers: “Well, that’s your interpretation.” It is true that without some care in your interpretation, you can “make” the Bible say almost anything. Dig Deeper is written out of…
‘Don’t tell me they have found another Commandment,’ said a worried schoolboy when they heard about the discovery of the dead sea scrolls! Perhaps he was reflecting the difficulty we all have with these ten all-inclusive laws that God gave to Moses. This book unpacks the the crammed meaning of these terse commands, applies them…
Praying has never been easy or enough, In his Book, A call to Spiritual reformation, Carson tackles this subject drawing from Paul of the Bible and the prayers he made. According to Carson, God doesn’t demand hectic church programs and frenetic schedules; he only wants his people to know him more intimately. The apostle Paul…
An excellent book here…. The chasm between the biblical vision of marriage and the common human conception is—and has always been—gargantuan. Reflecting on over forty years of matrimony, John Piper exalts the biblical meaning of marriage over its emotion; exhorting couples to keep their covenant as a display of Christ’s covenant-keeping love for the church.…
Just one look at our jam-packed schedules tells us how hard it can be to strike a well-reasoned balance between doing nothing and doing it all. That’s why award-winning author and pastor Kevin DeYoung addresses the busyness problem head on in his newest book, Crazy Busy — and not with the typical arsenal of…
With the current issue of Conversation Magazine currently in the shops (the Relationships issue) and the new issue soon to come out (the Youth Ministry issue), don’t forget you can still get the back issues from the iServe Africa Bookstore: The Servant Leadership issue The Faithful Bible Teaching issue The Postmodernity issue The Gospel-centred issue…
In the UK it’s called “20s and 30s ministry.” In Kenya we call it “youth ministry.” In many UK churches it is “the missing generation.” While the 20-29 age group makes up 13% of the whole UK population, within the church they make up only 7% (Special English Church Census, 2006). And as most of…
In the early years of the third millenium there was a lot of debate in the UK (and to some extent in the US) about the Cross and what exactly happened there. Steve Chalke famously caricatured the traditional ‘penal substitution’ understanding that Christ took the wrath of God in the place of sinners as “cosmic child abuse” (Chalke & Mann,…
At the Proclaim Conference last week Mark Brock helped us to dig into John 3:16 – circling words, making connections, drawing out the wonderful truths and gospel logic of this over-familiar verse. If you’ve watched the DesiringGod LABs it was just like that. If you’ve not watched any then follow the link and have a…
Reviewed by Steve Jeffery (pastor of Emmanuel Evangelical Church and co-author of The Cross): Vaughan Roberts has done it again. Since the publication of Turning Points fifteen years ago, he has been producing a steady stream of books on subjects from biblical theology and worship to godliness and apologetics. Now the tradition continues with his…
Our publishing friends at The Good Book Company have a great mission strapline – “Opening up the Bible” – and they’ve produced a whole range of resources aimed at exactly that. One of their titles is the ‘Pray, Prepare, Preach’ series which, for many years, has been helping pastors and Bible teachers all over the…
The current social revolution in East Africa and the multiple attendant crises affecting marriage, family in the region have been the subject of increasing discussion in the media (cf. ‘Kenyan family unit faces collapse’, Daily Nation, 28 Sept. 2015). In the new issue of Conversation Magazine, a range of writers seek not only to analyse the…
Do we really need another book on preaching? There are so many good books on the market: Helm’s Expositional Preaching, Piper’s The Supremacy of God in Preaching, Keller’s recent Preaching. So why has iServe Africa brought out yet another? Tuned to the East African context. Many of the good books on preaching are from the…
10ofthose book store and publishing house have been great friends and generous partners to us at iServe Africa over the last few years. Their mission is an inspiration to us at the iServe book store. Here is 10ofthose founder Jonathan Carswell on his personal approach to getting into books: Being a dyslexic I think it’s funny that God…
Bob Dickie shows that, in the one sentence of John 3:16, we have a complete and concise summary of the gospel. In dealing with what it means to be a Christian in this short booklet, he brings out four main themes: the existence, nature, gift and promise of God. This one verse shows what the…
Doctrine is the word Christians use to define the truth-claims revealed in Holy Scripture. Of course there is a multitude of churches, church networks, and denominations, each with their own doctrinal statement with many points of disagreement. But while Christians disagree on a number of doctrines, there are key elements that cannot be denied by…
Paul’s letter to the Colossians is extremely relevant for today. The church is still assaulted with heresies of all kinds: heresies that call into question the authority of Jesus Christ, the sufficiency of the once-for-all sacrifice of Christ, and the ever present desire to ‘Improve’ the gospel to make it attractive to the unbelieving world.…
Do these words ring a bell? This is the story of Donald Cargill. Set in Scotland in the colorful days of the restoration of the mornarchy under Charles 2, when to preach without license from the Crown was an offense punishable by imprisonment, banishment and even death, this book tells the story of one of…
“Acts is a great book! It describes the most exciting phase in the history of the church, with wonderful pioneering work being done by courageous men and women, under the direct inspiration and guidance of the Holy Spirit. Miracles and healing combine with powerful preaching and an intensity of relationships that makes us think that…
Jane McNabb’s Daylight at Midnight reflects on the book of Esther, particularly from a woman’s perspective but with plenty for everyone with wonderful, careful handling of the text, brilliantly bringing out the twists and turns and depths of the story. “At first glance, Esther’s story is appealing and exciting, a true ‘rags to riches’ story… but… this…
The Christian life has always been a swim against the tide of the world. But perhaps there are times and places in history where, in some aspects of the Christian life, the strength of the tide against us is not that great or, either by coincidence or by the direct influence of the church on culture, the…
If religious books are not widely circulated among the masses in this country, I do not know what is going to become of us as a nation. If truth be not diffused, error will be; if God and His Word are not known and received, the devil and his works will gain the ascendancy; if…
An iServe Africa alumnus testified recently to the impact of this book on his life. Holiness is a classic that features in many a Christian’s top ten or even top five most treasured books. I personally remember the force of hearing my old pastor read out loud to a group of us chapter 9 – “Lot lingered”. The…
Do you check your Facebook timeline more than twice a day? Do you spend more than 20 minutes a day on FB? Do you find it difficult to imagine a day without your phone? Do you use your phone during meals? Have you ever read an SMS or gone online during a church gathering? Have…
The word ‘Preaching’ has become unpopular in today’s world – ‘Don’t you start preaching to me!’ has become a common refrain when the conversation turns to issues of morality. Why this negative view? Because we have forgotten the power of true preaching; what preaching we do hear is often deadly and dull. It is shallow.…
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