The issue of whether a “born-again” Christian can lose their salvation is an absolutely critical one and has been a controversial topic amongst Christians for centuries.Brian Johnston provides a number of faith lessons which include insightful illustrations and Biblical references that all Christians can use to reassure themselves that there is no basis in the Bible for the so-called "Falling Away Doctrine".The titles of the first 7 chapters of this book indicate the basis ...

Brian Johnston's approach to Ibsen, now well known, is unlike any other. Johnston sees Ibsen's twelve realist plays as a single cyclical work, the "realist" method of which hides a much larger poetic intention than has previously been suspected. He believes that the cycle constitutes one of the major works of the European imagination, comparable in scale to Goethe or Dante. And he has shown Ibsen to be the heir to Romantic and Hegelian art and thought, adapting this heritage to the circums...

In this short book, Brian Johnston explores 7 things all Christians need to stand in, stand for or stand doing: standing in the gap, standing in the Gospel, standing in grace, standing against the Devil, standing in the will of God, standing in unity and standing in the 'Traditions'. A 4-part bonus book on 4 ways God the Father is glorified in the Son is also included.

This latest book in the Search for Truth series by international Bible teacher Brian Johnston takes a detailed look at the character and life of the apostle Paul - a man who made the amazing journey from persecuting churches of God to planting them!

In this stimulating study on the Acts of the Apostles, Brian explores how the historian luke narrates the true story of a small Jerusalem-based group that emerges from Judaism and morphs into a worldwide phenomenon that becomes mainly Gentile: to do this, he traces it all the way from Jerusalem to Rome and paints the story in 6 'panels', each ending with a summary statement of the ongoing progress of god's word (6:7; 9:31; 12:24; 16:5; 19:20). Discover how the main overarching message of a...

Drawing on texts and theorists of Greek myth, psychoanalysis, and masculinities, Susan Mackey-Kallis and Brian Johnston develop and offer a model of rhetorical and mythic criticism to analyze popular American film. In this book, Mackey-Kallis and Johnston focus their analysis on films that point to the need for father atonement, ego-decentering, and the resurrection of the lost feminine to heal our collective gendered cultural wounds. Many of these “mystic” films, they contend, affirm the ...

Are you interested in worshippIng God according to the scriptural pattern? Perhaps you've never seen before what's outlined in this little book. Old Testament Israel worshipped the God of Zion in drawing near to worship at the house of God, and as pilgrims drew near on their upward journey to Jerusalem ('earthly Zion') in the 'Songs of Ascents.' Bible teacher and broadcaster Brian johnston explains from John 4, 1 Peter 2, and Hebrews 3, 10 and 12 how this drawing near to God's physical hou...

For a number of decades, Golden Bells has been feeding Christians around the world with God's word in tear-off wall and desk calendar formats. For the first time, Golden Bells is now also being made available in book format - taking an 'evergreen' undated approach so that you can start reading the daily thoughts at any time during the year. In this volume, each 7 days cycle through one of seven different approaches to enjoying a short extract from God's Word: an encouraging word to get us ...

Are recent events signs of the end times? As the Bible's prophetic clock counts down before our eyes, join Bible teacher Brian Johnston to discover the Bible's amazing prophecies about the Gaza Strip, the impending judgement on Israel's enemies and potential clues as to the identity of the Antichrist.

Elisha prayed that God would open the eyes of his servant so he could see the reality of God's army with them. The apostle Paul prayed that the eyes of the hearts of the church in Ephesus might be enlightened and no longer blind to the reality of the spiritual blessings he'd list in his letter. Do our eyes, our hearts, need opening to some spiritual realities, too? In this book, Brian Johnston outlines 8 spiritual realities that could easily be missed: the reality of being dead in our sins...

In this eclectic collection, 24 writers join forces over two volumes to provide training, a call to arms and a mission briefing on this vital topic for every Christian. Equally perfect as an aid to individual devotions or as a study resource!

Be motivated by this 12-module course to explore afresh the character of radical discipleship as opposed to the pew-filling, sermon- tasting comfortable 'churchianity' which for many can end up as a sort of passive, if not pious, 'spectator sport.' Learn how we are called by Christ, called to Jesus, called to community, called to serve, called to simple dependence on God, called to suffer, called as we are, called to obey, called to die, called as saints, called to share a heavenly calling...