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WCS Ecclesiastes & Song of Songs: A Life Worth Living
$ 11.99
Author Stuart Olyott ISBN 9780852341735 Pages 128 Has life really any meaning? Our time in this world is comparatively short. The earthly stage remains, but different actors are constantly passing across it. Generations come and go, but nothing is ultimately different. This is how many people see life. The message of Ecclesiastes is that life i...

WCS Galatians: No Longer Slaves But Sons
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Author Mark Johnston ISBN 9781783972418 Pages 218 Galatians: a letter that had great importance for the magisterial Reformers (Luther on Galatians is always in print) and in recent years has been at the heart of the the debate on New Covenant theology and the New Perspective on Paul. Mark Johnston brings Paul’s letter back where it belongs—with...

WCS Leviticus: The Beauty of Holiness
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Author Philip Eveson ISBN 9780852346402 Pages 440 New 2015 Edition Leviticus tells us what is true and of eternal benefit for our lives. Here is a book to make us wise about salvation. The things that happened to Israel in the Old Testament are symbolic pointers to the wonderful salvation we have begun to enjoy in Christ. Like Israel of old, w...

WCS Hosea & Obadiah: Turning Back to God
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Author Michael Bentley ISBN 9780852344507 Pages 256 The prophecies of Hosea and Obadiah, along with the other so-called ‘Minor Prophets’, are all too frequently overlooked by contemporary Christians, and we are much the poorer as a result. Preachers will find this a useful resource for sermon preparation and others will benefit from its instru...

WCS Joshua: Strong and Courageous
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Author John Currid ISBN 9780852347478 Pages 272 The central theme of the book of Joshua is that God keeps his promises. Joshua records how God was true to his word in helping Israel take possession of the promised land. What now for them? God does not leave them to carry on in their own strength. Christians, like Joshua, are to be strong and c...

WCS Lamentations: Great is Your Faithfulness
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Author Richard Brooks ISBN 9780852342572 Pages 182 Lamentations is not familiar territory for many Christians, yet it deals searchingly with abiding themes such as the spiritual glory of the church and the tragedy when this is lost. It is a book that speaks directly to the confused Christianity and evangelicalism of our present day. The author...

WCS Luke: Saving a Fallen World
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Author Michael Bentley ISBN 9780852343005 Pages 336 More than any of the other Gospel writers, Luke shows us the Lord dealing with individual people and how their lives were changed as a result of their personal encounter with him. These people came from all ranks of society: the rugged fisherman, the poor widow, the wealthy tax collector, the...

WCS Mark: A Ransom for Many
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Author Steve Wilmshurst ISBN 9780852347447 Pages 430 Dr Steve Wilmshurst is currently Director of Training at Kensington Baptist Church in Bristol and teaches on the New Testament in a variety of other places. He is the author of The Final Word – The book of Revelation simply explained, also published by EP in the Welwyn Commentary Series. ...

WCS Philippians: For the Sake of the Gospel
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Author Hywel Jones ISBN 9780852347232 Pages 172 The church in Philippi was, in many respects, a church like any other in any place or time. There were no great doctrinal nor moral problems there; yet, it was not without its difficulties. It faced opposition from outside and there were threats to unity from within. Paul wrote showing the need t...

WCS Song of Solomon: Heavenly Love
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Author Gary Brady ISBN 9780852346068 Pages 258 Gary Brady takes the view that the Biblical author had in mind both a natural and spiritual understanding, and that those who originally received the book as Scripture understood it both in terms of human love and intimacy and as a portrait of the loving relationship between God and his people. Ho...

WCS Titus: Straightening Out the Self-Centered Church
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Author John Benton ISBN 9780852343845 Pages 202 In studying the book of Titus, John Benton deals with the problem of how the modern world affects, almost unconsciously, the way we think. Many of the issues that Titus faced on Crete are faced by the church today: false teachers, the roles of men and women, authority and, which the author sugges...

WCS Zephaniah: The Coming of the Warrior King
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Author Daniel Webber ISBN 9780852345566 Pages 192 One of the greatest needs of the modern church is to know God and to know him better. We need a knowledge of God that not only stimulates the mind, but moves the heart to worship and the will to obey. Daniel Webber shows how the prophecy of Zephaniah presents us with an awesome picture of the G...

WCS Genesis: The Book of Origins
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Author Philip Eveson ISBN 9780852344842 Pages 592 Genesis: the beginning of everything, recorded with an opening verse that has been called the most controversial verse in Scripture, at least as far as modern thought is concerned: In the beginning God created the heavens and the earth. In the pages of Genesis the origin of the human race and i...

WCS Haggai & Zechariah - Building for God's Glory
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Author Michael Bentley ISBN 9780852342596 Pages 240 Times were tough for the first recipients of the prophecies of Haggai and Zechariah. They needed to be encouraged to resume the work of reconstructing the temple – to awake from their lethargy and to be enthusiastic for a life lived in obedience to God. A simple and non-technical explanation ...

WCS 2 Chronicles - A House of Prayer
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Author Andrew Stewart ISBN 9780852344804 Pages 480 A readable commentary, with good illustrations and applications, linking well with the New Testament, especially in its pointing towards Christ. Originally written as one book, 1 and 2 Chronicles summarize, not only the history of God's people from the creation of the world until the edict of ...

WCS 2 Corinthians: Strength in Weakness
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Author J. Philip Arthur ISBN 9780852345726 Pages 274 2 Corinthians provides a compelling portrait of the Apostle Paul – his soul is bared and his readers are given a glimpse of his inner life. We are enabled to see what made him tick and what were the motives and attitudes that moulded his life of service for Christ. Amongst other things, the ...

WCS 2 Kings: Apostasy, Destruction, and Hope
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Author Roger Ellsworth ISBN 9780852345108 Pages 272 In this volume from the Welwyn Commentary Series, the author shows how 2 Kings has something to say to us today. The history of God's people shows that there are two paths, one of which we must all choose – either we follow God, seeking always to please him or we fail to obey. We learn, as th...

WCS 2 Samuel: The Triumph of the King
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Author Gordon Keddie ISBN 9780852342725 Pages 320 Gordon Keddie draws out the lessons of 2 Samuel in this Welwyn Commentary, and encourages us to look expectantly for the blessing of God in our day since the story of David is a picture of David’s royal Son, the Lord Jesus Christ. As the author says in the introduction, 'May your study of 2 Sam...

WCS Colossians and Philemon: Christ All-Sufficient
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Author J. Philip Arthur ISBN 9780852346556 Pages 240 Phil Arthur reminds us that there was a problem with the church in Colosse, prompting Paul to write. It seemed there was a real danger that an impressionable young church might be dragged away from their devotion to Christ. Worryingly, as today, there were those who were influenced by false ...

WCS Exodus: Traveling Homeward
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Author Michael Bentley ISBN 9780852344293 Pages 352 Exodus is the account of God’s miraculous rescue of his people from Egypt, the institution of Israel’s greatest festival, the Passover, the provision of God’s law and the building of the tabernacle, which was the forerunner of the temple – all looking forward to future fulfillment in Christ. ...

WCS 1 & 2 Timothy: Passing on the Truth
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Author Michael Bentley ISBN 9780852343890 Pages 320 Paul wrote 1 Timothy so that the Christians at Ephesus would have practical help on care for local churches. His second letter gives a glimpse of Paul’s human side, as he expresses both his loneliness and longing for Timothy to visit him. Both letters warn against the danger of false teaching...

WCS 1 Chronicles: A Family Tree
$ 15.99
Author Andrew Stewart ISBN 9780852343937 Pages 224 A readable commentary, with good illustrations and applications, linking well with the New Testament, especially in its pointing towards Christ. Originally written as one book, 1 and 2 Chronicles summarize, not only the history of God's people from the creation of the world until the edict of ...

WCS Isaiah: God Delivers
$ 21.99
Author Derek Thomas ISBN 9780852342909 Pages 518 ‘This commentary is what we would expect from Derek Thomas. It reflects his sound theology, his clarity of thought, his gifts as a preacher and his keen spiritual insight. It is warmly recommended, not to preachers only, but to all who love a challenging presentation of God’s Word.’ Banner...

WCS Esther: Unspoken Lessons About the Unseen God
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Author Derek Prime ISBN 9780852344712 Pages 166 When it seems that God is not active in human affairs, he may be most at work. He may be most present when he seems most hidden. Nowhere is this more clearly illustrated than in the book of Esther. Although God’s name is not mentioned in the book, the discerning reader may see the hand of God at ...

WCS Jonah: Preacher on the Run
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Author Gordon Keddie ISBN 9780852342312 Pages 176 The historical story of Jonah tells an important lesson: God’s grace is extended to the undeserving outside the church as well as inside. Jonah’s reluctance to ‘Go!’ is mirrored in many churches today but this book reminds us that no erroneous attitude and no distance should stand in the way of...

WCS 1 Corinthians: Strengthening Christ's Church
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Author Roger Ellsworth ISBN 9780852343333 Pages 352 Paul’s first letter to the Corinthians was directed to a deeply troubled church in the midst of a very challenging world. The problem was that the church was contaminated by society’s sins and confused in its thinking. If this sounds hauntingly familiar it is because it hits perilously cl...

WCS Romans: The Gospel as it Really is
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Author Stuart Olyott ISBN 9780852341247 Pages 224 Perhaps no other part of Scripture has had as profound an influence on the story of the Christian church as Paul’s epistle to the Romans. Luther said of Romans, ‘It can never be read or considered too much or too well, and the more it is handled, the more delightful it becomes and the better it...

WCS Numbers - According to Promise
$ 17.99
Author Gordon Keddie ISBN 9780852342954 Pages 310 The book of Numbers bridges the gap between the exodus from Egypt and the entry into the promised land, when God’s people were in transit between past and present, slavery and freedom, as they passed through the Sinai desert. It is about the church in the wilderness, on a journey from promise t...

WCS Micah & Nahum - Balancing the Books
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Author Michael Bentley ISBN 9780852343241 Pages 162 The prophecies of Micah and Nahum were delivered to the people of the southern kingdom of Judah although Nahum’s message came about one hundred years after Micah. Both were given under the shadow of the threat of invasion from the mighty Assyrian empire, which had already taken captive Judah’...

WCS 1 Kings - From Glory to Ruin
$ 16.99
ISBN 9780852344514 Author Roger Ellsworth Pages 288 WCS 1 Kings traces the history of God’s people from the heights of glory and prosperity enjoyed during the reign of Solomon, through the subsequent division into separate northern and southern kingdoms, and on to the dark days of Elijah’s lone stand on Mount Carmel against the worshippers of ...

WCS Judges and Ruth – Even In Darkness
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Welwyn Commentary Series Author Gordon Keddie ISBN 9780852342015 Pages 158 The period of the Judges was an evil one, requiring hard words for hard times. The people of Israel had rejected their God for the desire of an earthly ruler, and had rebelled against his laws. Yet even in this time of unbelief and hypocrisy, God raised up men and women...

WCS Acts - You Are My Witnesses
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Author Gordon Keddie ISBN 9780852344613 Pages 352 Christians have always found the book of Acts to be enjoyable, exciting and encouraging. Here we find our own ‘roots’ as the followers of Jesus and learn what it means to be citizens of heaven while living upon the earth. If the Gospels tell us what the gospel is, Acts tells us what the gospel ...

WCS Ezekiel – God Strengthens
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Author Derek Thomas ISBN 9780852343104 Pages 392 Ezekiel lived in times of great political turmoil and witnessed the final collapse of Judah to the Babylonian empire. His total, unquestioning willingness to do God's will, often at great cost to himself, during the long years of his faithful ministry in exile, is a shining example to Christian ...

WCS 1 & 2 Peter - Feed My Sheep
$ 12.99
Welwyn Commentary Series Author Dr. William VanDoodewaard ISBN 9781783971916 Pages 176 Who would not be interested in the story of a man who showed tremendous potential as a disciple of the Lord Jesus Christ, failed spectacularly and then was transformed by the drawing love of the Savior to become a great preacher, church leader and sh...

WCS Revelation - The Lamb is All the Glory
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Author Richard Brooks ISBN 9780852342299 Pages 264 The book of Revelation is the glorious culmination of Scripture. Everything focuses on the one who is the Lord of glory — Jesus Christ. As Joel Beeke observes, ‘Richard Brooks comes afresh to the message of Revelation with a warm, pastoral exposition that feeds the hearts as well as the mind o...

WCS Ezra & Nehemiah - Doing a Great Work
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Author Stan Evers ISBN 9780852343463 Pages 248 The books of Ezra and Nehemiah continue the story of God’s people after the exile in Babylon… Ezra and Nehamiah call us back to a renewed obedience to God’s Word, a fresh realisation of the power of prayer, and a wholehearted commitment to the work of God in fellowship with God’s people. In an ag...