Spck: 344 books
Healing Dreams
Their power and purpose in your spiritual life
Language: English
Release Date: January 17, 2013
Why do you dream? What effects do dreams have on your waking life? How can you interpret their meaning? First published 25 years ago, Russ Parker's Healing Dreams established itself as a bestseller. The author's extensive experience as a Christian dream counsellor is reassuringly evident in the engaging...
by Trevor Dennis
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: August 20, 2015
The Church is very good at inviting or challenging people to love their neighbours. It is not so strong on encouraging us to love ourselves.
This book illuminates the healing truth that encountering the love of God sets us free to live as we were intended to live – loving ourselves and those...
Supporting Dying Children and their Families
A Handbook For Christian Ministry
Language: English
Release Date: January 20, 2011
This practical guide offers invaluable and sensitive advice for all who work alongside terminally ill children, their families and families who have been bereaved. Paul Nash helpfully describes the different types of care that are needed depending on the age of the child - from baby to teenager -...
Gathering at God's Table
The five marks of mission in the feast of faith
Language: English
Release Date: November 15, 2012
Taking the framework of the Five Marks of Mission, the author leads the reader to reflect on proclaiming the good news of the Kingdom: teaching, baptizing and nurturing new believers, responding to human need, seeking to transform the unjust structures of society and sustaining and renewing the life of the earth.
Faith Generation
Retaining Young People And Growing The Church
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2016
The recent Church Growth Research (see www.churchgrowthresearch.org.uk) identifies that
the successful transmission of faith to children
and young people is a key factor in stemming decline and promoting growth.
This book explores the cultural and theological
reasons as to why this is the case...
The Lost Message of Paul
Has the Church misunderstood the Apostle Paul?
Language: English
Release Date: June 20, 2019
We have misunderstood Paul, badly.
We have read his words through our own set of assumptions. We need to begin with Paul’s world view, to see things the way he saw them.
· What if ‘original sin’ was never part of Paul’s thinking?
· What if the idea that we are saved by faith...
Diddy Disciples 2: January to August
Worship And Storytelling Resources For Babies, Toddlers And Young Children
Language: English
Release Date: December 21, 2017
Diddy Disciples is a creative and playful new worship and Bible storytelling resource for those who work with babies, toddlers and young children. This inspiring book aims to encourage participation, discipleship and leadership from children’s earliest years, using storytelling, singing, colour,...
by Steve Moyise
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
This is the only short book available that summarizes the role scripture played in Paul's thought. Accessibly written at undergraduate level, it outlines the key arguments in the debate. Written by an international expert on the subject, Paul and Scripture also contributes to contemporary Church discussions about the proper interpretation of scripture.
Who is My Neighbour?
The Global And Personal Challenge
Language: English
Release Date: February 15, 2018
What should Christ’s injunction to ‘love your neighbour’ mean in practice today?
A team of leading theologians and practitioners explores this question and considers its bearing on the politics of poverty, discrimination, immigration, ecology and the fallout from recent political upheavals in Europe and America.
by Richard Impey
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Language: English
Release Date: September 22, 2011
Is your church facing a period of change? Are you overwhelmed with too much to do? Or are you searching for a new vision? If you are looking to take your church in a new direction, then How to Develop Your Local Church can help you decide which path to follow. Written by an experienced practitioner,...
Unearthly Beauty
Through Advent With The Saints
Language: English
Release Date: August 17, 2017
‘Saints are people of unearthly beauty who show us a deep understanding of the fluid nature of divine grace.’
This warm-hearted book is for those of us who enter Advent longing for spiritual sustenance to balance the worldly charms of the Christmas season. Jesus’ arrival in poverty and...
by The Revd Dr Gillian Straine
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
Language: English
Release Date: January 19, 2017
A cancer diagnosis is a seismic event. It divides life into before and after, and propels the diagnosed into places of suffering, pain and isolation; life is turned upside down in the present while the future horizon clouds with uncertainty and fear. Despite someone getting diagnosed with cancer in...
A Priesthood of Both Sexes
Paying attention to difference
Language: English
Release Date: November 30, 2011
Here is a wealth of advice and encouragement for women and men who are called to work together at all levels of Christian leadership. Packed with perceptive anecdotes and theological insight, this pioneering book shows how a Church that is truly committed to the interests of all people lives out that commitment through the inclusivity of its leadership.
Watching, Waiting, Walking
A prayer pattern and a discipleship path
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2012
Engaging and anecdotal in style, Watching, Waiting, Walking is structured around three key moments in the transformation of one of Jesus' closest friends: St Peter. In the garden of Gethsemane, Peter is told to 'watch' his life. Then, along with the other disciples on the Mount of Transfiguration,...