Good Book Guides

Everywhere women face choices — home or career, money or relationships, ‘secure’ marriage or ‘free’ singleness, using your looks to get on or ignor...

The Christian life, lived well, is not easy. That's because we don't belong in this world. Peter writes to churches who were being increasingly mar...

It’s only when you sit down and talk with someone that you start to discover what they are really like. What would it be like to have an intimate c...

Phillip Jensen takes us through Paul's letters to Timothy in these seven bible studies for small groups. Listen to the apostle, nearing the end of ...

Studies on how to live life in response to God's mercy, by the power of his Spirit. Timothy Keller says that Romans 8 contains the secret to real l...

Stephen Um takes us through the book of the prophet Micah, a book that engages with the challenge of heeding God's call to his people to live justl...

Have you ever arranged to meet someone for the first time, only to miss them because you expected someone who looked quite different? But more seri...

What can turn a struggling church around? What can help a church which has sold out to the culture; which is riven by division; which is dominated ...

Even today, Jesus is still a figure of intense interest and admiration for millions. But then there’s His church. Church is a boring topic for most...

1 Samuel is the story of battles and murders, schemes and betrayals, and shepherds and giants. It is also the history of what happened when God gav...

Confusion reigns over the topic of prayer. Yet, at one time or another just about everyone prays—but often it's like shooting in the dark. Wonderfu...

These seven studies chart the unfolding of God’s plan for mission in the Scriptures. See God's loving concern for a lost world, align your prioriti...

Few books of the Bible seem scarier than Ezekiel — 48 chapters of weird and wonderful visions, bizarre street performances and blood-curdling judge...

“Have you had an experience of God?” It’s a question that provokes mixed reactions. The word “experience” may set alarm bells ringing for some Ch...

Hosea is a love song, with a difference. Love songs are everywhere. On the radio; on movie soundtracks; in the background as we shop and eat out. T...

“Why should I be a member of a local church? I’m a part of the body of Christ. Isn’t that enough?” An increasing number of people think of the Chr...

Ephesians is a book that excites us about all we have in Christ, transforms our view of our church, thrills us as we see our part in God's amazing ...

2 Samuel is the story of the rise, fall, and rise of King David, Israel's greatest King. It is also the story of the rule, forgiveness and promise ...

He was a king who rose to dizzying heights. An empire… renowned wisdom… breathtaking buildings… incredible wealth… Solomon had it all. And under hi...

We live in an age of uncertainty: about ourselves, about the truths of the Christian faith, and about the future. At a time when the first-century ...

Christians struggle. We struggle with ridicule and being ignored in a ‘day of small things’; with opposition to the message that Jesus is the only ...

Ask the average person about women from the Old Testament and they will probably imagine that these ancient documents have little to say. After all...

Tim Chester shows how the gospel makes a real difference as he takes us to this little-read, life-changing New Testament letter. With clarity and i...

500 years ago the Reformation transformed Europe by the rediscovery of five key Bible truths. Summarized as the Five Solas, they set the church on ...

You may have heard a lot about the Holy Spirit... or very little. Christians and churches seem divided over this issue. Some are always talking abo...

Ruth is one of the best short stories ever written. We are drawn to the characters: grieving Naomi, loyal Ruth, and compassionate Boaz. The setting...

Many Christians are confused by the book of Revelation. And yet the message of the final book of the Bible is both clear and simple. Despite everyt...

Retune your heart to what God thinks and wants with these studies in the Psalms. How often do you get the tune of a mindless song stuck in your hea...

One Saturday, less than a decade after the end of Jesus of Nazareth’s life, a man named Paul stood up in a Jewish synagogue with a mind-blowing mes...

What makes a real man? There are no shortage of role models on offer: the dedicated Dad or the hard-drinking lad; the thrusting businessman or the ...

Most of us spend most of our waking hours at work. It takes up most of our energy and often most of our emotions. It is at times really fulfilling,...

Mike McKinley takes us along the path to the cross, and through the cross, in a way that is fresh and compelling for both experienced and new reade...

The story of Jonah and the whale is one of the most famous in the Bible: but its message is perhaps one of the most ignored. It’s a story about sto...

Where is God's glory most clearly seen? And how are we changed by glimpsing that glory? In these eight Bible studies for small groups, Josh Moody b...

Exodus is the story of a bush on fire that never burns up, an unarmed shepherd facing the most powerful man on earth, a nation walking through a se...

There are times in our lives when we question whether God truly loves us, whether He is really in control of the world, whether He knows what He is...

It's the stuff of legends. An unknown, unlikely-looking kid defiantly takes on the ultimate enemy weapon - an enormous, unconquered super-warrior....

It happens all the time... People who start out well as Christians can end up light-years from the gospel of Jesus Christ, caught up in weird and n...

Eight accessible and flexible Bible-studies in 2 Corinthians by Gary Millar. Like the church in Corinth, we sometimes need to hear the hard truths ...

Like us, the Corinthian Christians struggled to struggle and preferred to prosper. Ungrateful and arrogant, they needed to hear the sometimes-hard ...