Christian Bookshop Birkenhead

WOW! The shop looks so clean and tidy as our sale gets underway! Everything on the shopfloor is 50% off or more.

New sale lines are being added all the time.

Sale runs from 9th - 31st January.

Remember non-sale stock is available - just ask.

Nativity figures fill the window display at the moment.  It is good, as the cover of the latest Christianity Magazine puts it, to remember that "Christmas begins with Christ".  Help others to that remembrance with a nativity set for the festive season.

 Please make this available to your congregations by putting it on noticeboards, in newssheets, or handing it out.

Download October 2011 Newsletter

We have our Hallowe’en stock out now – not a pumpkin or plastic cape in sight! 

Why are we all a bit cautious around the festival of All Hallows?  Who was the victor at the resurrection?

Getting ready for Christmas

The School holidays are over, harvest festivals have been held and it is time to get ready for Christmas.  18th October is the Post Office recommended last posting date for surface mail to South Africa, Hong Kong, Singapore, the USA and Canada.  It has to be time to get down to the shop to get your cards, diaries and calendars.

2011 – the year of the Bible

It’s been so good to be concentrating on the Bible this year! Good that the word of God is being talked about and- we hope – read more.

400 year anniversary

2011 celebrates 400 years since King James approved of and authorised an official version of the Bible. Known to us as the Authorised Version or the King James Bible it is still very popular today. There have been many celebrations of this event, including reproductions of original texts, books celebrating the language and heritage of this version, on-line handwritten Bibles, displays and exhibitions of Bibles and a big push by many organisations to get us reading the Bible more regularly.

The Bible and Me

We started the year by asking prominent local Christians to tell us about how they read the Bible and what their favourite bits are. Mark Mitchell, Martin Dickson, Vic Edwards and Wayne Clarke all shared with us.

Maybe you’d like to share with us how you read the Bible, what works or doesn’t work for you, and what are your favourite stories and verses.

NIV 2011 version

This year a new NIV has been produced. Bringing together the best of the original NIV and the TNIV and other smaller revisions the new version came out as part of the 400 year celebrations. Starting in May with basic hardback and pew editions all of the different kinds of NIV are being produced, including the gift editions between now and December. Ask us if you want a particular edition as we have publication dates for many that are not yet out.

Why not give a 2011 NIV as a Christmas gift?     

E100 and Big Bible Challenge

Many churches took on the challenge this year offered by E100 to read the 100 most essential readings in the Bible, which give the best overview of the story of the Bible. The E100 books and group study guides have proven to be bestsellers.

Scripture Union have also produced the Big Bible Challenge to help children do the same thing. The book has the readings printed out along with activities to help understanding and remembering.

If you’ve not taken up the challenge yet it’s not too late. 

Daily Bible reading and prayer

Just like eating less and exercising more, reading the Bible more is a resolution we tend to break rather than keep! There is help available!

Several publishers produce Bible reading notes which guide you through a passage and help you to understand and apply it, often linking in to prayer. These can be dated or undated, and can last for 2, 3, or 4 months or up to a year. They are written for children, young people and adults, for men and women, for those who are just starting out on the Christian walk or those who’ve been at it a long time! There are even audio notes and you can download notes too.

So whoever you are there’s something out there to help you in your Bible reading. Why not ask us what we’ve got?

2011 is the year of the Bible. Have you read yours today?

Saturday 24^th April 2010 Grace Sheppard was kind enough to attend our bookshop to sign copies of her book and speak to us of her journey with god and with beloved husband Bishop David Sheppard.

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