2024-03-06T20:02:00+00:00
On World Book Day, 13 contributors to Premier Christianity share the Christian book that has fundamentally impacted their faith, or is currently rocking their world
2024-03-06T15:19:00+00:00By Heather Tomlinson
Rejecting scripture as the arbiter of Christian belief and replacing it with your own personal judgements is destructive, say the authors of a new book on deconstruction. The fightback is on
2024-03-05T18:00:00+00:00By Giles Gough
Those who dismiss the Dune series as being anti-religious are not looking close enough, says Giles Gough. The epic saga is a lesson in how not to abuse faith and power
2024-03-04T15:24:00+00:00By Thomas Creedy
If you are among the millions of people who’ve read Elisabeth Elliot’s bestselling book Through Gates of Splendor (Tyndale), then this biography’s subject will be familiar to you. If not, then keep reading, because evangelicalism on both sides of the Atlantic has been heavily influenced by Elliot.
2024-03-04T15:23:00+00:00By Tony Cummings
Interested in revival, the birth of Christian rock music or charismatic renewal? Don’t miss this book, says our reviewer
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2024-03-04T15:20:00+00:00By Sam Hailes
This commentary on Ecclesiastes will make you grateful that this strange book is in your Bible, says our reviewer
2024-03-04T15:18:00+00:00By Chris Goswami
John Mark Comer’s latest book is a must-read, says our reviewer
2024-02-29T11:38:00+00:00By Matt Jolley
The message of season four of the hit TV show based on the life of Jesus is simply this: there is potential and purpose in every moment of our lives. God is interested in it all, says Matt Jolley
2024-02-28T15:45:00+00:00By Tony Wilson
The Netflix adaptation of David Nicholl’s book uses story and time to reveal how Dexter and Emma are formed by events and choices. It’s the same way that God writes all our stories, says Tony Wilson
2024-02-21T09:39:00+00:00By Guy Hewitt and Director of racial justice, Church of England
The horror of evil is not that it is rare, but that it is so common and banal, says Guy Hewitt
2024-02-16T09:53:00+00:00By Chris Goswami
When Covid-19 gripped the globe, John Mark Comer’s The Ruthless Elimination of Hurry became a worldwide bestseller. Four years later, his next book offers a transformational approach to walking with Jesus, says Chris Goswami
2024-01-31T15:34:00+00:00By Alan Palmer
Jessica Wärnberg has a background in religious history and the history of art; she certainly brings an artistic touch to this magnificent book. Painting word pictures using shades, colour and contrast, Wärnberg demonstrates rigorous research and a deft touch in handling complex historical material. This is a majestic piece of ...
2024-01-31T15:33:00+00:00By Thomas Creedy
It’s always a good sign when a book makes you miss your stop on the tube. One is that kind of book; it draws you in and forces you to consider just how good the gospel really is.
2024-01-31T15:32:00+00:00By Rev Jules Middleton
Matt Holman’s book is the product of many years honing his gift of prophecy and teaching it to others. The result is a well-constructed yet simple book, full of practical advice.
2024-01-31T15:31:00+00:00By Heather Tomlinson
In modern British politics, discussion about Christianity and its positive contribution to society is unusual. So a book by a sitting MP, which bemoans our collective loss of Judeo-Christian ethics and argues for their reintroduction into government policy, is welcome.
2024-01-19T14:13:00+00:00By Charles Gardner
The baptised Anglican, Nicholas Winton, rescued hundreds of Jewish children from the concentration camps. A new film pays tribute to his life
2024-01-15T12:30:00+00:00By Adesanya Adewusi
A BBC documentary has claimed TB Joshua raped and tortured his followers
2024-01-10T12:54:00+00:00By Josh Carter
Premier Christian Radio daytime host Josh Carter looks back at his favourite tracks from 2023 and gives you his recommendations for starting your new year the right way
2024-01-05T16:20:00+00:00By Tony Wilson
The dramatisation of what has been called “the UK’s most widespread miscarriage of justice” should be a warning to the Church and Christians everywhere that truth is more important than reputation. We must fight for it at all costs
2024-01-03T16:38:00+00:00By Tim Bechervaise
The Grammy award-winning artist radiates joy in this new Netflix documentary, says Tim Bechervaise
2023-12-21T12:24:00+00:00By Lisa Skinner
In her second devotional, author Catherine Campbell aims to centre our hearts and minds on the essence of Christ. Guiding readers through a year-long journey, she explores the character and actions of Jesus.
2023-12-21T12:23:00+00:00By Jack Key
This daily devotional draws on a variety of the 70 books written by the late Rev Michael Green, apologist and Anglican priest, with each page presenting a Bible passage, quote and concluding prayer.
2023-12-21T12:23:00+00:00By Emma Fowle
It may feel like an oxymoron to put the words ‘fierce’ and ‘humility’ together, but Paul Friend’s choice of title is a deliberate attempt to reframe the way we view leadership. Friend’s inspiration for this is Jesus himself, who not only fiercely pursued a lifestyle of humility that confounded the ...
2023-12-21T12:19:00+00:00By Tim Bechervaise
It’s rare to come across a foreword that so powerfully shapes how you read what follows. This one tells the story of the author, Don Purdey, passionately worshipping God, despite the slurred speech cruelly brought on by motor neurone disease. It adds that the last page of the book, where ...
2023-12-18T16:59:00+00:00By Sarah Yardley
Sarah Yardley introduces her favourites reads of the year, spanning theology, biography and devotionals
2023-11-28T13:58:00+00:00
What the Premier Christianity team are enjoying this month
2023-11-28T13:51:00+00:00By Dr Roland Clark
There are many books on the story of the perennially favourite hymn, ‘Amazing grace’, but few are as wide-ranging as this one.
2023-11-28T13:51:00+00:00By Roger Cooke
This is Pope Francis’ manifesto for divine transformation in a world that he suggests is in crisis. The tone is like that of a devoted but concerned father, passing on some of the wisdom and insights he has gathered over a long life, well lived.
2023-11-28T13:51:00+00:00By Heather Tomlinson
Until recently, only a few lone voices dared question whether feminism was really good for women, or society as a whole. That has changed. Unfortunately, some of the new critics are deeply misogynistic and unpleasant, such as much-discussed influencer Andrew Tate.
2023-11-28T13:50:00+00:00By Jonty Langley
How often do you think about the Roman Empire? According to TikTok, if you’re a man, it’s anything from twice a week to several times a day. Whether or not there’s anything in that claim, this book makes twice a week look like rookie numbers.
2023-11-28T13:50:00+00:00By Thomas Creedy
Cardiff-based pastor Dai Hankey has written a lovely little book for Christians who aren’t giving up, but are weary. The author, a former skateboarder and DJ, points us to a longer, slower, deeper faith; or as he puts it in relation to Jesus: “his invitation to the weary is to ...
2023-11-28T09:06:00+00:00By Tim Bechervaise
This Christmas musical fails to hit the right chords, says Tim Bechervaise
2023-11-22T12:39:00+00:00By Tim Bechervaise
In 2018, the death of missionary John Allen Chau shocked the world. Now, a new documentary looks at what inspired a young American to reach a remote people group with the gospel. It asks some important questions, says Tim Bechervaise, but have they really understood the Christian call to share the good news?
2023-11-02T21:11:00+00:00By Justin Brierley
Thousands flocked to London’s O2 arena to hear leading intellectuals including Jordan Peterson and Douglas Murray talk about everything from marriage to the meaning of life. Can a ‘faith-based’ approach to the culture wars help solve society’s problems? Justin Brierley reports
2023-11-01T12:29:00+00:00By Megan Titley and Open Doors
A new documentary tells the story of Pastor Kim, who is helping North Koreans escape the totalitarian dictatorship. Megan Titley went to see it
2023-10-25T13:02:00+01:00By Tanya Marlow
“Everything I know about God comes through these disabled bones,” writes Julia Watts Belser, historian of ancient religion, Jewish rabbi and disabled activist. In her latest book, Loving Our Own Bones (Hodder & Stoughton), these three strands of her identity combine in a provocative and scholarly commentary on ableism in ...
2023-10-25T11:08:00+01:00By Rev Peter Crumpler
“That vicar off the telly” is how Rev Kate Bottley is known to millions. In her debut book, Bottley sets out her down-to-earth wisdom on success, love, strength, conflict, confidence, loneliness and grief. That sounds like it could be hard-going, except it’s not. It’s like sitting down with a friend, ...
2023-10-25T10:37:00+01:00By Roger Cooke
When Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn famously declared: “The line separating good and evil passes not through states, nor between classes, nor between political parties…but right through every human heart”, he was reminding us that humans are complex creatures, capable of good, evil and everything in-between. When it comes to analysing what someone ...
2023-10-25T10:30:00+01:00By Paul Valler
If you like The Sound of Music, then you will love this book. Bryony Wood connects many aspects of the life of faith to the famous narrative of Maria, the would-be nun who became the governess of the von Trapp children and, eventually, their stepmother, and wife of Georg von ...
2023-10-25T10:29:00+01:00
Here’s what the Premier Christianity team are reading, watching and listening to this month
2023-10-18T13:27:00+01:00By Diane Holt
It’s 250 years since John Newton wrote ‘Amazing grace’. Diane Holt reviews the play that tells the story of his life, as well as elevating the voices of black abolitionists and slaves that are often overlooked
2023-10-10T11:01:00+01:00By Antony Aris-Osula
Like the children in White Nanny, Black Child. Antony Aris-Osula was a Black Nigerian placed into white foster care. He reflects on his own spiritual journey and how he found his identity in Christ
2023-10-02T16:31:00+01:00By Martin Harris
If Prison Walls Could Speak portrays the true story of Petr Jasek, who was imprisoned for this faith in Sudan. It’s a one-man tour de force, and a harrowing story told in an extraordinary way, says our reviewer
2023-09-26T13:04:00+01:00By Josh Carter
The presenter of Premier Christian Radio’s weekday afternoon show shares his recommendations
2023-09-26T13:02:00+01:00By Daisy Edwards
The Dog Walker’s Guide to God: 52 musings on companionship, divine and canine is a wholesome collection of reflections for dog walkers to think about while taking their furry friend for their daily exercise.
2023-09-26T12:54:00+01:00By Lisa Skinner
Few of us would say that we strike the right balance when it comes to daily rhythms of work and rest, the result being that we allow the hurried pace of life to drown out the voice of God. For many, the pandemic provided time for introspection but, with a ...
2023-09-26T12:51:00+01:00By Jon Kuhrt
The rediscovery of the Jewishness of Jesus, and of the early Church, has been a major theme in recent biblical scholarship. The 2,000-year gap since these events occurred means we often read the biblical text without appreciating the cultural and historic context.
2023-09-26T12:48:00+01:00By Mollie Cole
The name Michael Panther will linger in your mind long after you have finished his autobiography. Born in South Sudan, Michael was surrounded by war and conflict from birth. He was just three years old when his family, who instilled a deep Christian faith in him, were forced to flee.
2023-09-26T12:41:00+01:00By Dr Ian Paul
Does the Bible Support Same-Sex Marriage? is an outstanding book, says our reviewer
2023-09-25T11:37:00+01:00By David Greenwood and Minister and Clergy Sexual Abuse Survivors (MACSAS)
The gripping BBC series may have added elements of gothic horror to the reality of life in Ireland’s Magdalene Laundries, but it tells a vital story that we must not forget, says David Greenwood
2023-09-21T10:05:00+01:00By Jacinta Read
Carolyn Webber’s memoir, Surprised by Oxford, is a modern-day conversion story, says Jacinta Read. But its film adaptation is more of a love story with a side of Christianity. How it lands with audiences is yet to be seen
2023-08-31T10:04:00+01:00By Debbie Duncan
You may think a book about revival is for a certain calibre of Christian. That’s not the case. This book is for every believer and, after reading it, you will feel that you have been fed an extraordinary meal.
2023-08-31T10:01:00+01:00By Mark Landreth-Smith
Sometimes the title of a book or the chapter headings alone grab your attention. As a reader, you instinctively know: This book will do you good.
2023-08-31T10:00:00+01:00By Caroline Newbold
Martha and Mary are often used to represent action or contemplation, while their brother, Lazarus, appears in one of Jesus’ most spectacular miracles. But by reducing the family to stereotypes, we miss so much argues Amy Boucher Pye in Transforming Love, which sees her bring a new richness to commentary ...
2023-08-31T09:59:00+01:00By Heather Tomlinson
The world’s values have changed rapidly in the past decade. Critics have attributed such changes to the decline in Christian belief, or an upsurge in Marxist thinking of oppressor vs oppressed. But Carl Trueman’s work shows that it’s a lot more complicated than that. He defines the root cause as ...
2023-08-31T09:58:00+01:00By Amy Tan
Rev Amy Tan is one of the first Chinese-Malaysian woman to be ordained in the Church of England and is currently a curate at Gas Street Church, Birmingham. She previously worked as a professional musician in her home country of Malaysia
2023-08-23T12:43:00+01:00By Tim Bechervaise
Tyson Fury is a world champion boxer and an outspoken - if often controversial - Christian. So Tim Bechervaise was keen to see how his faith would be portrayed in the new Netflix docuseries that follows the family in the aftermath of Fury’s retirement from professional sport
2023-08-15T06:29:00+01:00By Nathanael Smith
The controversy and commentary around Sound of Freedom threatens to overshadow the important issues it raises. It’s the most perplexing cinema release of our times, says Nathanael Smith
2023-08-10T11:58:00+01:00By Emma Hide
Corrie Ten Boom’s story of rescuing Jews during the Holocaust may be well known, but this new theatrical film portrays a relatable hero who still causes us all to ask questions about our response to suffering, says Emma Hide
2023-08-02T15:23:00+01:00By George Pitcher
The devastatingly powerful opera is a testament to human courage and, distinctly, female martyrdom. It also points to Christ’s ultimate sacrifice on the cross, says George Pitcher
2023-08-01T13:34:00+01:00By Sam Hailes
The latest TV docuseries to scrutinise Hillsong’s failings is the most thorough and fairest yet. As Carl Lentz gives his first interview since being fired from the megachurch, Sam Hailes argues that we can’t blame the media for wanting to shine a light on abuse and moral failings in the Church. It’s time to learn the lessons
2023-07-28T13:39:00+01:00By Giles Gough
Christopher Nolan’s most political film to date paints an undeniably bleak picture, says Giles Gough, and asks some impossible ethical questions. Thank God for Christian hope
2023-07-25T13:27:00+01:00By Sophie Bannister
All Christians need to examine their beliefs and practices, according to the author of this book. Here’s our review
2023-07-25T13:26:00+01:00By Thomas Creedy
This excellent book has something for everyone, says our reviewer
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