Monarch Books imprint: 247 books
Fresh from the Word 2019
The Bible for Change
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
Fresh From the Word: The Bible for a Change will inspire your reading of the Bible in a changing world. Bringing together top theologians and biblical scholars, creative writers from around the world, cutting-edge church leaders, activists for peace and justice and a range of others, Fresh From the...
The Wilderness within You
A Lenten journey with Jesus, deep in conversation
Language: English
Release Date: November 22, 2013
Jesus said that his burden was light, but it doesn't always feel that way. For example, what does it mean to 'take up your cross'? How figurative is the language Jesus is using? Or, 'Those of you who do not give up everything you have cannot be my disciples,' What does Jesus mean? Or, 'I am the way,...
Love So Amazing
40 reflections on my favourite hymns
Language: English
Release Date: October 17, 2014
Pam Rhodes is the presenter of the world's number one religion television programme, 'Songs of Praise'. Here she brings together her meditations on 40 of her favourite hymns, reflecting on the story behind them and their meaning. Each meditation concludes with a brief prayer. Pam writes, -Hymns are...
When Governments Stumble
Lessons from Zimbabwe's past, hope in Africa's future
Language: English
Release Date: October 18, 2013
Ben Freeth established his credentials to write on this topic through his courageous and successful resistance to the bullying tactics employed by the Mugabe regime in Zimbabwe to throw him and his family off their land, a story told in Mugabe and the White African. He now throws his net wider to...
Being Mindful, Being Christian
An guide to mindful discipleship
Language: English
Release Date: November 18, 2016
What is mindfulness? And should we as Christians be mindful? Mindfulness programmes are increasingly being used for issues as wide-ranging as depression, pain, employee engagement, and character development, and many Christians are wondering what to make of all this. In this book, experienced psychologists...
The Most Unreliable Bible Dictionary, Ever!
Words You Never Knew You Needed
Language: English
Release Date: September 20, 2013
The Bible is full of words which don't really work hard enough. Nigel Bayley has provided outrageous but hilarious definitions, describing situations that were just waiting to be brought into the light. Such as, Junia (n.) The intelligent young volunteer who is inadvertently outwitting you and thereby...
52 Original Wisdom Stories
Ideal for churches and groups
Language: English
Release Date: August 21, 2015
Fifty-two stories about the large themes of life, nature and faith. Positive and life-affirming, 52 Original Wisdom Stories follows the liturgical year and is an ideal resource for public worship. Sid and Rosie are an older married couple, with several children and grandchildren. Through a series...
100 More Stand-Alone Bible Studies
Nurturing and nourishing your home group
Language: English
Release Date: September 21, 2018
These vibrant and thought-provoking studies are intended for use in a group, but could work equally well as an aid to personal devotion. This collection sets out to build a bridge between the eternal Gospel and its lived context in contemporary life; together they form a comprehensive overview of...
Influential Women
From the New Testament to today - how women can build up or undermine th
Language: English
Release Date: October 10, 2012
Wendy offers studies of key women in the New Testament as a starting point for a series of reflections on women's roles in the church today. Some of these women were saints, full of good works; some were frankly poisonous and did considerable harm. From her long experience within Newfrontiers, Wendy...
by Andy D W Kind
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Language: English
Release Date: February 20, 2015
Meet Tom Hillingthwaite the newest employee of Jesus4All (formerly the Turn or Burn Gospel Coalition). Leaving his cushy, well-to-do life, Tom relocates to a rough estate in the urban sprawl of Bruton, in the south of England, to take up a job as 'Community Builder'. There's only one problem: Tom's...
Freed to Lead
How your identity in Christ can transform any leadership role
Language: English
Release Date: January 15, 2016
This book, and course, is designed to enable Christians to lead confidently based on their identity in Christ. Leadership is tough. Many leaders come to leadership from competence in a different field, without training, and fear that they cannot really lead and will be 'found out' one day. Many leaders...
Love Thy Colleague
Being authentically Christian at work
Language: English
Release Date: August 18, 2017
How do you cope with arrogant colleagues, or coax the best from shy or sensitive colleagues? How do you develop a decent working relationship with someone who won't shut up? Some people spread depression like a fog: how do you lift their spirits and stop them infecting the workplace? Our presence...
One Day at a Time
A recovering addict shares practical wisdom
Language: English
Release Date: June 17, 2016
Through testimonial, anecdote and scriptural reference, this book allows the reader to share in recovery from secret habits of all kinds. Covering subjects such as alcohol, food, gambling, sex and smoking, Justyn Rees Larcombe demonstrates how to avoid the traps of the modern world. Justyn Rees Larcombe's...
The Art of Daily Resilience
How to develop a durable spirit
Language: English
Release Date: February 17, 2017
Debbie Duncan knows all too much about the need for resilience. She and her husband Malcolm, and her children, have all had to deal with prolonged ill health, as well as episodes of acute health crisis. Two family members have died. As a pastor's wife and a working mum she copes with emergencies large...