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Day one in the new job. You're keen, you're nervous and your new shoes are pinching. Will you get there on time? Will you fit in? And will you be competent - or clueless?

Many start their first job with three great hopes: a brand new status, a salary and loads of job satisfaction. Some even plan to shine for Jesus in their workplace.

But all too often the pressures of work life cause even the keenest Christians to wilt.

Jago Wynne believes with a passion that people can flourish in their work and keep their faith intact, if properly prepared. With humour, insight and real-life stories he equips readers both to negotiate the first few months and to continue wholeheartedly with Jesus at work - for an entire working life.

If God wants a relationship with us then why is he so distant? If God loves his creation then why is there so much pain? If God is good then why does he plan to consign people to hell?

We give ourselves to God and then struggle profoundly with the relationship. But instead of embracing our doubts and confusion we often deny them to ourselves and others. Sometimes we make things worse either by feeling guilty about our struggles or by dismissing them as unimportant or insignificant. We may choose to live on the surface of faith, or become resentful that God does not simply step in to clear up the confusion.

In 'Wrestling with God' James Emery White explores the difficulties all Christians face - of heart, soul, mind and strength, and the struggles to love our neighbours as ourselves. He grapples honestly with our tough questions and disappointments, and helps us take our angers and fears back to the God who loves us. Through Christian living without pretending we can grow in our trust of the character of God and in our place in his great and wonderful embrace.

She couldn't believe it. There she was with her medical qualifications sitting on the floor of a mental hospital. She'd offered her life to God, wanted to serve him anywhere, but no, surely not this...

Sharon Hastings is absolutely passionate about helping anyone who suffers from 'severe and enduring mental illness' (SEMI): schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder. She wants the church to know all about these illnesses: how they devastate ordinary people and how they need to be treated. By telling her story, warts and all, showing her own tortuous, painful journey, she equips us to come alongside loved ones, fellow church members, friends and neighbours, understanding the social and spiritual ramifications of their illnesses, including them in our activities (where appropriate) and encouraging their spiritual growth.

A natural storyteller, the author draws us in. We journey with her. With wisdom, kindness and the heart of a bruised survivor, she interweaves her exceptional story with vital teaching which simply cannot be ignored by anyone within the church today.

She couldn't believe it. There she was with her medical qualifications sitting on the floor of a mental hospital. She'd offered her life to God, wanted to serve him anywhere, but no, surely not this...

Sharon Hastings is absolutely passionate about helping anyone who suffers from 'severe and enduring mental illness' (SEMI): schizophrenia, bipolar disorder and schizoaffective disorder. She wants the church to know all about these illnesses: how they devastate ordinary people and how they need to be treated. By telling her story, warts and all, showing her own tortuous, painful journey, she equips us to come alongside loved ones, fellow church members, friends and neighbours, understanding the social and spiritual ramifications of their illnesses, including them in our activities (where appropriate) and encouraging their spiritual growth.

A natural storyteller, the author draws us in. We journey with her. With wisdom, kindness and the heart of a bruised survivor, she interweaves her exceptional story with vital teaching which simply cannot be ignored by anyone within the church today.

Understanding what the Bible teaches about itself is an issue of central importance. However, correct theologies of the Bible can be expressed in non-biblical categories; and it would be foolish to believe of the Bible what it does not claim for itself, whether implicitly or explicitly. Peter Adam's conviction is that there is a coherent 'biblical theology of the Bible'. In this wide-ranging volume, he searches the Scriptures to find their answer to the question of their identity and use, and expounds the following summary phrase: * Receiving God's words * Written for his people * By his Spirit * About his Son This fresh, energetic presentation is a valuable complement to the author's previous works on the function and application of Scripture in Christian life and ministry.

Is this as good as life gets?
Does anything I do actually matter?
Can I really change?

We all need encouragement in making the changes that lead to healthier lives. Many of us feel stuck in patterns of thought and behaviour that we wish we could alter. The good news of the gospel is that we do not have to struggle through this process on our own.

Created as an accompaniment to Tim Chester's freshly updated classic, You Can Change, this devotional features daily Bible readings on how we can see more godly transformation in our lives. It can be used for personal reflection or with a trusted friend. With warm gospel-centred encouragement.

Tim Chester offers the hope and resolve needed for change with clear and practical steps that readers can build into their lives.

If your journey to lasting change needs a kickstart, let this 10-week devotional inspire you to keep pushing into the life that Jesus has won for you. Life in all its fullness.

Tim Chester is a senior faculty member of Crosslands Training in the UK. Tim has written over 40 books including, You Can Change, A Meal with Jesus and Enjoying God.

Is this as good as life gets?
Does anything I do actually matter?
Can I really change?

We all need encouragement in making the changes that lead to healthier lives. Many of us feel stuck in patterns of thought and behaviour that we wish we could alter. The good news of the gospel is that we do not have to struggle through this process on our own.

Created as an accompaniment to Tim Chester's freshly updated classic, You Can Change, this devotional features daily Bible readings on how we can see more godly transformation in our lives. It can be used for personal reflection or with a trusted friend. With warm gospel-centred encouragement.

Tim Chester offers the hope and resolve needed for change with clear and practical steps that readers can build into their lives.

If your journey to lasting change needs a kickstart, let this 10-week devotional inspire you to keep pushing into the life that Jesus has won for you. Life in all its fullness.

For years, Tim Chester's powerful guide to change has brought hope to Christians seeking to live in the freedom offered by Christ. This new and revised edition gathers timeless wisdom from the Bible, and past generations of the Church, to empower readers in their pursuit of a Christ-centred life.

Over ten chapters, You Can Change sets out why Christians can expect change to be possible. It takes us through common obstacles and sets out how to engage in the daily battle that lasting change often requires. Throughout, it focuses on the centrality of God's grace and the transforming power of faith in Christ to bring true hope for us in our struggles.

Whether you are new to Christianity, a long-time Christian or returning to faith, this book will provide you with an honest and practical guide to living a life that honours God and blesses those around you.

Tim Chester is a senior faculty member of Crosslands Training in the UK. Tim has written more than forty books, including A Meal with Jesus and Enjoying God.

If you're easily distracted when praying, you're not alone. In fact, if you struggle to pray in the first place, that's not unusual either. Tim Chester tells us how we can be great pray-ers. And he admits that that's a really bold claim. 'The secret of great praying has nothing to do with human effort or skill,' he explains. 'Lots of people would like to think that it does because they want to make prayer an achievement.' But the secret of great praying is ... Knowing three things about God: +That God the Father loves to hear us pray +That God the Son makes every prayer pleasing to God +That God the Holy Spirit helps us as we pray Tim looks at: why prayer is easy (how we pray), why prayer is difficult (why we pray) and the arguments and priorities of prayer (what we pray). Prayer is a child asking her father for help. And that's not beyond any one of us.

The Lord's Prayer is perhaps the best-known part of the Bible. Today, it is still widely taught and learned, even by people who seldom enter a church; and the familiar sixteenth-century version continues to be used, even in modern worship services. The Lord's Prayer has undoubtedly been the most widely used Christian prayer, but whether it has provided a model for other prayers is more debatable. If that is not what it is meant to be, then what is its purpose? Surprisingly, there has been very little serious reflection about this. Gerald Bray believes that a new approach to the Lord's Prayer is required if it is to regain the place in our worship which its inherent merit and the universal tradition of the church suggest that it ought to have. In his lively exploration of the Prayer, he shows how it touches on many vitally important areas of Christian theology and conduct. His hope is that we may rediscover what a treasure we have in these words of Jesus, which are on the lips and in the hearts of all Christians.