Gideon may seem like an unlikely hero. He and his crew of three hundred men with trumpets and clay pots appear surprising victors against a massive army; but for God they were another opportunity to showcase his strength and power. God takes inadequate people, meagre resources and unpromising strate... (more)

Have you ever felt ready to give up? Ever wanted to run away from all your responsibilities: your job, your family, your church? Ever think God doesn't understand the stress you are living under? Ever thought that the Bible is full of people who wouldn't understand? Meet Elijah: a man of God, the... (more)

Part of a leading series of simple (but not simplistic) tools to help individuals and small groups open up the bible for themselves. The stories from the life of the prophet Elisha are well known - his call by Elijah, Naaman's healing from leprosy, the miraculous provision of oil for a widow and ... (more)

Contrary to popular belief, we do not have to be perfect to do God's work. Look no further than the twelve disciples whose many weaknesses are forever preserved throughout the pages of the New Testament. Jesus chose ordinary men - fisherman, tax collectors, political zealots - and turned their weakn... (more)

Many pastors, teachers, and students have grown to rely on the John Phillips Commentary series for its sound and practical exposition of Scripture. Written in the same tradition, the "Exploring People of the Bible" series examines the lives of biblical personalities great and small and shows how the... (more)

The Acclaimed, Authentic Biography of the Early Church's Greatest Evangelist--the Apostle Paul.Master storyteller John Pollock makes Paul and his amazing story freshly alive, so that you can know the greatest apostle much as Luke and Timothy did as they traveled with him. As you turn the pages, you'... (more)

Many of us today face lives that we would never have chosen for ourselves. We can often feel as if we are helpless victims, suffering pain carelessly inflicted by others. Bathsheba and the two Tamars (of Genesis 38 and 2 Samuel 13) were women with lives like this: all were victims of inappropriate s... (more)