New Books

	God's Big Picture Tracing the Story-line of the Bible Vaughan Roberts Size: 140x200mm, 176 pages, Paperback, ISBN 5-88930-038-5	Sixty-six books written by forty people over nearly 2,000 years, in two languages and several different genres. A worldwide bestseller published in countless sizes and bindings, translations and languages. Sworn by in court, fought over by religious people, quoted in arguments. The Bible is clearly no ordinary book. How can you begin to read and understand it as a whole? In this excellent overview, Vaughan Roberts gives you the big picture--showing how the different parts of the Bible fit together under the theme of the kingdom of God. He provides both the encouragement and the tools to help you read the Bible with confidence and understanding. And he points you to the Bible's supreme subject, Jesus Christ, and the salvation God offers through him.

	Prayer Life How your personality affects the way you pray Pablo Martinez Size: 140x200mm, 192 pages, ISBN 5-88930-034-2	Pablo Martinez is a pastor and psychiatrist who works in a Christian hospital in Barcelona and has a wide ministry as a lecturer and counsellor in Spain and elsewhere. As he sets out the different qualities we all possess, and how these affect our prayer lives, He helps us to a greater understanding of ourselves and a greater appreciation of the advantages to be gained by accepting the many differences in those around us. Chapters speak of overcoming difficulties, the therapeutic value of prayer, and discuss prayer – psychological illusion?, and are all prayers alike? A very readable, helpful book on a subject that causes problems and heartache for many. Reviewer: Mary Bartholomew

	Purpose-Driven Church Rick Warren Format 145x200, 528 pages, ISBN 5-88930-036-9	You constantly ask youself, «How do I make my church grow?». However Rick Warren, the founding pastor of the well-known «Saddleback», one of the largest churches in America, believes that we need to be asking ourselves a different question: «What prevents my church from growing?», because in a healthy church growth is a natural life process. Rick Warren is convinced that for healthy growth the church fellowship needs to be driven by God-given purposes, building on the foundation of the five New Testament goals set for the Church by Jesus Himself.

	Phantastes George McDonald Size: 130x200mm, 240 pages., ISBN 5-88930-035-0	Throughout his adult life, CS Lewis repeatedly asserted that George MacDonald was his `master,' his mentor. Without MacDonald's works (and this one in particular), there may never have been a Lewis as we know him. Besides that, MacDonald has heavily influenced such other creators of fantasy as JRR Tolkien, Charles Williams, and GK Chesterton. Madeleine L'Engle calls MacDonald the `Grandfather' of all who attempt to understand life through fantasy. Indeed, he is a grandfather of modern fantasy of sorts. This particular novel had a profound impact on CS Lewis's conversion to Christianity. He claims that it `baptized' his mind, and that it was this book which really got the ball rolling for Lewis's path back to his faith. Phantastes is about a young man named Anodos who finds himself in another world (called Fairy-land) one morning. As he wanders around Fairy-Land, he has a series of adventures and learns many valuable lessons. Along the way he meets many strange creatures, some terrifying and some beautiful.

	«The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass Aged 37 3/4» Adrian Plass Format 120x165, 224 pages, Illustrations ISBN 5-88930-029-6	«My most successful book, „The Sacred Diary of Adrian Plass“, came out of immense pain from the church; and humor was a way to deal with it. I'll never be as unhappy enough to write such a funny book  —  I received letters from lots of people saying how it freed to them to be themselves with God. Humor is always benvolently subversive  —  it leaves us leaning back in our chair, laughing, and realizing how silly we are, and God laughs with us. We take ourselves too seriously». (Adrian Plass)