Anchor Recordings Ltd DPTT, Synegis House, 21 Crockhamwell Road, Woodley, Reading RG5 3LE David Pawson [email protected] Tel. 0118 332 0777 Book Catalogue Email: [email protected] 2016 May NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARIES A growing range of in-depth studies by David Pawson of all the books of the New Testament. Volumes of powerful teaching, for group and personal use, to collect, study and share. Unlocking the New Testament A commentary on HEBREWS DAV I D PAWSON www.davidpawson.org www.davidpawsonbooks.org See following pages for full details www.davidpawson.org/books Published by HarperCollins UNLOCKING THE BIBLE ISBN 978 0 007166 66 4 £11.99 1376pp Russian (NT): ISBN 978 1 909886 12 4 German (NT): ISBN 978 1 909886 06 3 David’s international bestselling book. Gives a real sense of the sweep of biblical history and its implications for our lives. Covers the whole of the scriptures, introducing their historical background, culture and spiritual significance, explaining and examining their impact. From creation to the second coming, via the rise of Israel as a nation, its subsequent fall, Jesus’ birth, death and resurrection, and the writings of the early church. NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARIES A Commentary on the GOSPEL OF MARK ISBN 978 1 909886 26 1 £10.99 318pp Here is a lively journey through the Gospel of Mark, providing many powerful, fresh insights. With a very personal approach to the text, this book helps us to understand and apply revealed truth. A Commentary on the GOSPEL OF JOHN ISBN 978 1 909886 27 8 £11.99 492pp Eyewitnesses, Jesus’ own words and astonishing works all point to one who was truly God come in the flesh, the living Word, the very glory of God among humanity. John’s collected evidence and proof all make the most compelling testimony to Jesus’ right to demand our ongoing trust and obedience. A Commentary on ACTS ISBN 978 1 909886 38 4 £11.99 425pp Acts is a book of ‘firsts’: the first outpouring of the Holy Spirit, the first converts, the first healing, the first arrest and trial, the first deacons, the first martyr, the first persecution, the first Gentile mission and many more. Nothing can stop the spread of the gospel when the church is on fire! The founding fathers were beset by troubles which, under God’s direction,were all turned into triumphs. Study of their exploits will leave you with some disturbing questions. Should our church be like this? Could it be? Above all, do I want it to be? A Commentary on ROMANS NEW EDITION, INCLUDES SINGAPORE 2014 TEACHING ISBN 978 1 909886 78 0 £9.99 234pp This book takes the reader to the heart of Paul’s longest letter, which has had a tremendous impact on key figures in church history, with its message about that righteousness which is offered to men and women in the true gospel, so it is vital for all who want to witness and evangelise. A Commentary on 1 & 2 CORINTHIANS ISBN 978 1 909886 95 7 £11.99 460pp Were it not for problems in the church at Corinth, we might never have had Paul’s teaching on marriage and celibacy, supernatural gifts, the resurrection and, above all, his sublime description of Christian love. We have just two of the four letters he wrote to them. They reveal his major concerns for his converts – to see them mature as individuals and to integrate them properly into Spirit-filled fellowships. Follow-up was essential to New Testament evangelism. A Commentary on GALATIANS ISBN 978 1 909886 29 2 £10.99 316pp Attacks by the enemy against the church are much more successful when they come from the inside, and one of the quickest ways to do that is to pervert or corrupt or erode the gospel. Legalism and licence are still with us. But so is true liberty. We are free not to sin – and free to be bold, if we will only walk in the Spirit. NEW TESTAMENT COMMENTARIES continued A Commentary on EPHESIANS ISBN 978 1 909886 98 8 £8.99 194pp Unlike Paul’s other letters, this one is not addressed to particular churches or individuals, with their own needs and problems. It is a circular despatch, covering general matters of belief (chap- ters 1-3) and behaviour (chapters 4-6), applicable to all churches and Christians everywhere. It is one of the clearest statements in the New Testament of God’s purpose in saving us and is as practically challenging as it is spiritually inspiring. Perhaps that is why it is such a popular choice for preachers. A Commentary on 1 & 2 THESSALONIANS ISBN 978 1 909886 73 5 £8.99 170pp Speculation about the second coming of our Lord is nothing new. The saints in Thessalonica were already being misled. Paul’s two corrective letters, among his earliest, deal with the issue in a way that is profound and practical, as well as giving details to be found nowhere else in the New Testament. The ‘rapture’, the man of lawlessness, the temple – these and other features are uniquely here. But there is also much sound advice for those who are ‘so heavenly minded they are no earthly use’. Meddling in other people’s business, living on the generosity of others rather than earning, despising prophetic words, sexual behaviour that is lust rather than love - these are just some of the arrows that find a target within the church. After two thousand years these letters are as relevant today as they ever were. A Commentary on HEBREWS ISBN 978 1 909886 33 9 £8.99 232pp Hebrews’ warnings and appeals (‘Don’t go back, do go on’) are needed by Christians teetering on the slippery slope of backsliding or simply standing still. For the eager believer, still running the race, this letter offers a new perspective on both the Old Testament and the Lord Jesus. A Commentary on JAMES ISBN 978 1 909886 72 8 £8.99 208pp Common sense is not all that common, especially in its sanctified form. But the letter of James to the dispersed Messianic believers of his day is full of it. Sceptical about his half-brother Jesus before his death, he became his devoted slave after his resurrection. No wonder he led the Jerusalem church through its major crisis. His favourite words are the verb ‘do’ and the noun ‘doer’. So faith is something to be done, not just thought or felt. Without being acted upon, it is dead. It cannot save. Like love, it must ‘work’. This emphasis on ‘faith-works’ is not contradictory to Paul’s censure on law-works but a vital and complementary balance to the New Testament concept of faith. A Commentary on the LETTERS OF JOHN ISBN 978 1 909886 69 8 £8.99 172pp Those who enjoy reading other people’s correspondence should welcome much of the New Tes- tament! In the first epistle, the apostle John echoes the stark contrasts in his Gospel, reminding his readers of the choice between living in the ‘darkness’ of lust, lies and lawlessness or the ‘light’ of love and life. He encourages all believers, young and old, to be satisfied, sinless, safe and sure, grounded in the Word made flesh rather than deceived by the world in its folly. The second and third are addressed to a woman and a man respectively, reflecting the weaknesses of their gender: emphasising love at the expense of truth and vice-versa. A Commentary on JUDE ISBN 978 1 909886 28 5 £7.99 151pp The letter of Jude has a sharp cutting edge which exposes raw flesh. That indeed is the real problem: flesh in the church. This little letter will cut through that and expose it, and this is going to sting. A Commentary on the BOOK OF REVELATION ISBN 978 1 909886 25 4 £9.99 250pp The book of Revelation focuses on the future and is the only book in the whole Bible to which God has attached a special blessing and an awful curse. Written for ordinary people under extraordinary pressure, suffering is the key to its understanding. It is a manual for martyrdom. As history draws to a close, all Christians need its message of warning and encouragement. ANGELS ISBN 978 1 909886 02 5 £4.99 56pp Angels may seem a bit unreal to some people. One day they will be terribly real to you. One day you won’t question whether Mr Pawson knew what he was talking about. One day you will meet either the good ones or the bad ones face to face, and know that you will be living with them for evermore. If you are not living with the good ones it won’t be anybody’s fault but your own for you have heard the truth and the gospel is for everyone who believes. Jesus died to open the kingdom of heaven to all believers. BY GOD, I WILL – The Biblical Covenants ISBN 978 1 909886 21 6 £6.99 108pp It must bewilder many Christians that teachers and preachers using the same Bible can come up with so many different interpretations and applications of God’s Word. One of the main reasons for this is their handling of the word ‘covenant’. How many covenants has God made with human beings and how many of these apply to Christians today? COME WITH ME THROUGH ISAIAH ISBN 978 1 909886 61 2 £11.99 411pp The book of Isaiah is the whole Bible in miniature.