Christian Biblical Reference Books

How should people live in the light of a surrounding immoral culture? What should be the church's response to blatant sin on the part of its member...

The first Epistle of John was sent not to a particular church, but to all the people of God, in order to counteract the heretical teachings which w...

Most of us know what it’s like to struggle. And most of us would appreciate some help—especially from someone who can sympathize, someone who know...

The book of 1 Samuel is the story of Israel seeking a leader. After the failures of Eli, Samuel, and Saul to properly guide the people, God raises ...

Paul's first letter to the Thessalonians deals with repentance, faith, living a transformed life, living happily with other believers in church, aw...

1 Timothy is an urgent letter to a Christian in the thick of a crisis and a call to the local church to get on with the job God called it to do spr...

Truth, love, division, fellowship, imitating others. Points such as these, and many more, are frequently controversial in the Christian life today....

The book of 2 Samuel centers around the reign of Israel’s greatest king, David. Beginning with the record of David’s triumphs, it reaches a climax ...

The Second Epistle to the Thessalonians has three main themes. The first is the Second Coming of Jesus Christ and included also is a long portion o...

2 Timothy is the last letter the apostle Paul ever wrote, and it contains his final counsel to Christian believers. From his opening words"Grace, m...

The book of Acts is the history book of the church, describing how Jesus Christ began to build the church that he had promised to build (Matt. 16:1...

In some ways you could argue that the book of Deuteronomy is not a book for the 21st century. You would have to change the title for a start. ‘Seco...

Ecclesiastes has much to say to any thinking person who seriously questions the meaning and purpose of life in a universe that has little or no pla...

Like Paul’s letter to Rome, his letter to the church in Ephesus serves as an invaluable exposition of the Christian gospel. In Ephesians, the apost...

The Book of Esther reads like a story from the ‘Arabian Nights’. A Jewish girl marries the great Persian King Xerxes, and is able to save her peopl...

What is truth?’ are the words with which Pilate mocked Jesus; and today many people ask the same question. But how do you discern truth in a world ...

The book of Ezra, tucked away in the Old Testament, is often overlooked, yet it is remarkable for its relevance to the modern world. Ezra the scrib...

God overrules for good the activities of those who teach false doctrine. In the days of the apostles, for example, we see these activities being ov...

Genesis is the book of beginnings. But it is also a book about God. "In the beginning God" is the opening freeze-frame of the Bible. If we go back ...

Opening Up Hosea is an easy-to-read commentary on the book of Hosea which seeks to apply in a fresh, illustrative and clear way, the message of Hos...

The book of Isaiah is a tale of two cities: the Jerusalem Isaiah knew, and the Jerusalem that he saw. We are introduced to both in the opening five...

Is there any useless religion around today? Do we see evidence of people merely going through the motions of religion, professing faith in Christ w...

Jeremiah has had a bad rap. The prophet and the book. He’s generally seen as a miseryguts, and the book is dismissed as all doom and gloom. But ...

Why do bad things happen to good people? Why me? Can suffering serve any good purpose? These are real questions that many wrestle with today—and th...

Is God responsible for natural disasters? Some would say that he punishes us by sending storms and floods. In Joel's time, Judah was suffering the ...

Right at the end of his Gospel, John tells us why he wrote it: that we may 'believe that Jesus is the Christ, the Son of God, and that by believing...

The Gospel of Luke makes remarkable reading. It introduces us to many people the other Gospels don't mention; it shows the compassion of Jesus in a...

It was a depressing time. Priests and people, both of whom who had been enormously blessed by God, were shuffling through their religion, muttering...

In Nahum's prophecy, we see the Lord's involvement in history as the ultimate Judge and King of all men. It deals with the difficult subject of God...

Most people don’t know the book of Obadiah even exists, let alone what it contains. In fact, you would be hard pushed to find a Christian who coul...

‘And forgive us our debts, as we also have forgiven our debtors’ (Matthew 6:12). Those words of our Lord Jesus may well have been on Paul’s mind wh...

The letter to the Philippians is full of Christ and full of joy. To discover how best to live joyfully with Christ, Philippians gives sound counsel...

The Book of Proverbs has one central message (how to gain wisdom) and deals with an extensive array of practical topics including vocation, financi...

The Psalms, the longest book in the Bible, has been described as the national hymn-book of the people of Israel in the Old Testament. Full of emoti...

The first readers of the book of Revelation were members of 7 churches in Asia Minor. These believers were facing difficult and harsh circumstances...

The apostle Paul’s ‘epistle’, or letter, to the Romans, is rightly placed first among the New Testament epistles. It was not the first to be writt...

The Book of Ruth tells a true, simple, engaging and well-crafted story. It teaches us about God's sovereign control of history and his transforming...

The Christian life is built upon union and communion with God in Jesus Christ. The Bible illustrates this in terms of the most intimate of human re...

A clear introduction to the contents, reliability, purpose and relevance of the Bible. A readable book of massive scope, now in its third edition. ...

Think of today's church, and the issues that so often have to be faced: establishing a well-functioning eldership, combatting false teaching, uphol...