Books from Cornerstone
These books can be purchased from the Cornerstone Bookstall or from Wesley Owen. Click on one of the boks below for more information.
Books by Peter Lewis
The Living God
The God of the Bible is the living, active and self-revealing God. He takes the initiative in making himself known. He is a speaking God, and he calls for a listening people. Those who listen in faith, he draws in love into a relationship that engages every fibre of their humanity and enters every event in their lives.
This is a book by a theologian and preacher who believes that the first purpose of a biblical theology is to lead us to the feet of the living God. The book ends with the theme of worship: and attitude and activity that takes us out into the world to serve this living God and to make him known.
God's Hall of Fame
This book brings alive the most famous characters of the Old Testament – the ‘Hall of Fame’ members in Hebrews chapter 11. Dealing in the main with the subject of faith, this book enables the reader to understand the motivation behind some of the most famous characters in the Old Testament. The book offers biblical role models for healthy living and moves easily between biblical times and our own.
"With his usual blend of spiritual scholarship and pastoral care, Peter introduces us to two lost assets in the Church today: the ability to stand in awe and to walk by faith. God’s Hall of Fame is packed with great theology – but you may not realise it, because it is all beautifully wrapped in telling phrases, powerful pictures, incisive application and a modern feel. Not just a good read, but a book of hope, comfort and vigorous challenge."
The Glory of Christ
“This book attempts to show something of the stature of Jesus Christ: to explain him but not to explain him away;
to listen to his voice, not to drown it; to admire him, and to urge his uniqueness and his lordship upon a world so short of
heroes and upon a Church which has put away childish things.”
In The Glory of Christ Peter Lewis skilfully sets todays critical questions concerning Christ against the glorious backdrop of
the goal of humanity and the sovereignty of God. With warmth and insight he considers what Christ claimed for himself
and what the early Church claimed about him. He also gives close biblical and practical attention to Christ's atonement, exaltation and Second Coming.
This is a towering book of pastoral scholarship which will richly repay careful study by Christians the world over.
“Rich material from a preacher-theologian”
“This is a good book. These pages will help many believers in their Christian pilgrimage. The blend of thoughtful biblical theology and pastoral sensitivity is central to the books strength.”
“I wholeheartedly recommend this outstanding book to any who love Jesus.”
“The crying need of the late twentieth christians is to recover for today the foundational place of scripture and the centrality and allsufficiency of the Lord Jesus Christ. Whether in the study of the Pastor-Preacher or as a handbook for all who would be clued-up christians, or for homegrouop leaders and their groups, all these needs are gloriously fulfilled.”
The Genius of Puritanism
This book is a wonderful introduction to the Puritans and their writings and pastoral work. Lewis deals with the Puritans as counselors, pastors, theologians, and in private. The section on spiritual depression is particularly helpful, and the bibliography at the back of the book alone is invaluable.
Books by Colin Webster
Time Well Spent
Time Well Spent considers how devotional time affects God, ourselves and others. A study guide; fly on the wall testimonies and suggestions as to how to put structure and variety into your time with God combine to offer an excellent book for Christians of all levels of maturity.
"At the end of the day only the Holy Spirit can motivate us to want to spend more and more time alone with God. This book nonetheless should not only help motivate people to pray; it offers practical help – which every Christian needs. The goal of a prayer life is that the Lord will descend to each of us and speak to us ‘face to face, as a man speaks with his friend’ (Exodus 33:11). This book puts that glorious possibility into everyone’s reach."