Bible Study

As a collection of 66 books spanning thousands of years, the Bible can be daunting in size and scope. In The Heart of It All, the Canterbury Press Lent book for 2020, Samuel Wells simplifies the Bible's complexity and presents the entire sweep of its narrative in eighteen key themes.

See the Biblical story in an unusual light - from the perspective of a devil who took up arms against heaven under the leadership of Satan. Beneath their conversational and sardonic surface style, these twelve infernal reflections engage deeply with the reality of a loving God who is made visible and vulnerable in Christ.

Ancient scriptures from the most popular book of all time, revolutionised to reveal its themes and narratives for a modern generation.

An updated 5th Edition of the worldwide bestselling The Lion Handbook to the Bible

The volume provides an ideal introduction to the major ways scholars are currently interpreting the Bible. Each chapter is written by an expert in the topic and provides both beginning and more advanced students with an understanding of the state of biblical interpretation and how to explore each topic further.

The third volume in the Biblical Explorations series from bestselling New Testament writer Paula Gooder explores a major exponent of the Gospels: the parables of Jesus. It considers why Jesus spoke in pictures and opens up the world behind the parables to reveal just how striking, memorable and challenging they were for their original hearers.

The book travels through the sections of the Lord's Prayer that so many people know by heart. That sometimes means that there is a tendency to pray it by rote without dwelling on the meaning and significance of the words. This is an attempt partly to 'lift the bonnet' a little but more to encourage readers to dig deeper for themselves.