https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/ Tue, 16 Jun 2026 06:24:50 +0000 en https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/ https://cdn.shoplightspeed.com/shops/624348/themes/3581/assets/logo.png?2024101904574720200921071828 https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/writing-strands-teaching-companion.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/writing-strands-teaching-companion.html Thu, 28 May 2026 23:12:23 +0000 Unlike a traditional guide that focuses specifically on one book or level, this teaching companion is supplemental for any level of the program. Teachers will find this an invaluable resource, not only for using the Writing Strands curriculum but also for]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/acts-1-12-the-church-is-born.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/acts-1-12-the-church-is-born.html Thu, 28 May 2026 01:45:53 +0000 This 8-session Bible study by Albert Mohler walks through the first half of the book of Acts—showing how the ascension of Christ, the coming of the Spirit, and the birth and growth of the church shape our lives and mission today.Each session will draw]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/medium-cards.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/medium-cards.html Thu, 21 May 2026 23:03:59 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-art-of-disagreeing.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-art-of-disagreeing.html Tue, 19 May 2026 01:20:47 +0000 n this positive and practical book, Gavin Ortlund looks to the Scriptures to discover a way in which to disagree with others that leads to greater understanding, peace and love—and that shows a watching world something of Jesus. This is a much-needed ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/love-your-church-8-great-things-about-being-a-chur.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/love-your-church-8-great-things-about-being-a-chur.html Tue, 19 May 2026 00:43:17 +0000 God calls us to be "devoted to one another in love" (Romans 12:10). What does this look like for us today? How can we be the kind of church member who makes a real difference?This timely and engaging book by Tony Merida explores what church is, why be]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/escaping-escapism.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/escaping-escapism.html Tue, 19 May 2026 00:40:08 +0000 Almost anything that is worth doing is a struggle. Almost anything that benefits other people is tough to do. Almost anything that makes a difference in this world is hard to see through to the end. Which is why, we’ll often do almost anything to escape d]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-new-baby-survival-guide.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-new-baby-survival-guide.html Tue, 19 May 2026 00:37:10 +0000 A new baby is a wonderful gift from the Lord, bringing great joy—but also sleepless nights, constant laundry and, sometimes, total exhaustion. It can be hard to read your Bible and pray.These bite-sized Bible readings from the book of Psalms are desig]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-porn-problem.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-porn-problem.html Tue, 19 May 2026 00:34:20 +0000 Pornography is no longer universally looked down on as bad or unhelpful, but is often seen as something to enjoy without guilt.Christians, however, work to a different agenda—one set by the Bible's revelation of the true meaning of sex and relationshi]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-new-creation-model.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-new-creation-model.html Mon, 18 May 2026 01:29:11 +0000 Is our view of God’s purposes too small? What if God’s plans for the world are far grander than we imagined?Throughout church history, Christians have perceived God’s purposes and eternal life from one of two models. The Spiritual Vision Model focuses e]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/copy-of-by-grace-alone.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/copy-of-by-grace-alone.html Mon, 11 May 2026 23:18:40 +0000 Are you truly amazed by God's grace? Or have you grown accustomed to it? Yes, we sing of God's "Amazing Grace," but do you truly understand what you as a Christian have experienced in receiving the grace of God? Or do you take divine grace for granted?]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/a-thankful-journey.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/a-thankful-journey.html Sun, 10 May 2026 21:42:58 +0000 Scripture calls us to be thankful. We must give thanks for the blessings of life and for the trials God sets on our path. This devotional reflects on every Psalm and provides meditations that exhort the reader to respond to life's circumstances with thank]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/watchfulness-recovering-a-lost-spiritual-disciplin.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/watchfulness-recovering-a-lost-spiritual-disciplin.html Thu, 07 May 2026 01:03:10 +0000 Are you watchful in your Christian life? Although watchfulness is not as familiar as spiritual disciplines like meditation, prayer, and fasting, it is just as necessary for a healthy spiritual life. Scripture exhorts all Christians to be watchful, regardl]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/titus-and-philemon-maclean.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/titus-and-philemon-maclean.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:58:59 +0000 Paul’s letters to Titus and to Philemon address the unique challenges facing the New Testament church. First, Paul writes to Titus, giving him instructions for encouraging the spiritual growth of the fledgling churches that the two men had founded in Cret]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/theoretical-practical-theology-vol-3.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/theoretical-practical-theology-vol-3.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:49:22 +0000 Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretical-Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive studies of Christian doctrine ever penned. Freshly translated from the original Latin by Dr. Todd M. Rester, van Mastricht's masterwork presents a theological sys]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/theoretical-practical-theology-vol-1.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/theoretical-practical-theology-vol-1.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:41:41 +0000 Petrus van Mastricht’s Theoretical-Practical Theology presents one of the most comprehensive studies of Christian doctrine ever penned. Freshly translated from the original Latin by Dr. Todd M. Rester, van Mastricht's masterwork presents a theological sys]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-mischief-of-sin.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-mischief-of-sin.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:31:52 +0000 This treatise by the renowned Puritan Thomas Watson was originally published in 1671 and never again until this edition. It was one of his rarest works for over three centuries. Watson’s perceptive discussion on the devastating effects of sin includes fou]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-labors-of-a-godly-and-learned-devine.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-labors-of-a-godly-and-learned-devine.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:28:28 +0000 William Perkins’s writings were foundational to the spiritual formation of eminent saints including Richard Sibbes, John Cotton, John Preston, William Ames, and more. Now, Matthew N. Payne and J. Stephen Yuille present never-before published, unedited ser]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-gospel-of-exodus-misery-deliverancegratitude.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-gospel-of-exodus-misery-deliverancegratitude.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:22:58 +0000 Michael P. V. Barrett surveys Exodus, giving special attention to the theological message of this formative Old Testament book.In doing so, he demonstrates that the real history of the exodus providentially serves as a paradigm of salvation.Throug]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-christians-true-identity-what-it-means-to-be-i.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-christians-true-identity-what-it-means-to-be-i.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:16:48 +0000 With its identity politics, numerous gender identity options, “selfies,” and “you-do-you” mentality, society emphasizes individualism, but it seems like people are having a harder time than ever figuring out who they are. The problem is, they are looking ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-duty-of-self-denial-and-ten-other-sermons.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-duty-of-self-denial-and-ten-other-sermons.html Thu, 07 May 2026 00:06:32 +0000 One may go to heaven without earthly comforts, but will not go without self-denial.We have a natural tendency to fight for our rights and to exert our own will. We have been taught to look out for number one. Yet Jesus clearly said that the first step]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-birth-of-christ-the-biblical-significance-of-c.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-birth-of-christ-the-biblical-significance-of-c.html Wed, 06 May 2026 23:30:38 +0000 What can we do to ensure that we do not distort, dilute, or diminish the truths surrounding Christ’s birth? The simplest answer is to meditate upon the scriptural accounts of Christ’s birth—examine every detail so we can insulate our hearts from the world]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-beauty-and-glory-of-the-last-things.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-beauty-and-glory-of-the-last-things.html Wed, 06 May 2026 23:26:29 +0000 We live in a challenging cultural moment; there are reasons for great alarm and concern in society around us and it’s easy to lose heart.Yet the Christian hope of the last things, so wonderfully disclosed in the Scriptures and so certainly embodied in]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-anatomy-of-secret-sins.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-anatomy-of-secret-sins.html Wed, 06 May 2026 23:18:28 +0000 Christians long to live a life pleasing to God, yet they can easily be overwhelmed by the burden of their sins. By explaining David’s prayer in Psalm 19:12–13, Obadiah Sedgwick alerts us to various ways sin works within the heart so we can better assess o]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/saved-by-grace-the-holy-spirits-work-in-calling-an.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/saved-by-grace-the-holy-spirits-work-in-calling-an.html Wed, 06 May 2026 23:13:10 +0000 In the late nineteenth century, two distinct reform movements coming out of the Dutch State Reformed Church (the Afscheiding of 1834 and the Doleantie of 1886) merged to form The Reformed Churches of the Netherlands (De Geereformeerde Kerken in Nederland)]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/revelation-journible.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/revelation-journible.html Wed, 06 May 2026 23:06:33 +0000 Why the 17:18 series?In Deuteronomy 17, Moses is leaving final instructions concerning the future of Israel. As a prophet of God, Moses foretells of when Israel will place a king over the nation (v. 14). In verse 18, the king is commanded to not simpl]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/offering-and-embracing-christ.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/offering-and-embracing-christ.html Wed, 06 May 2026 22:54:11 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/isaiah-the-holy-one-of-israel.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/isaiah-the-holy-one-of-israel.html Wed, 06 May 2026 22:47:35 +0000 “Holy, holy, holy is the Lord of hosts; The whole earth is full of His glory!”—Isaiah 6:3The book of Isaiah proclaims the glory of the sovereign God in his person, his works, and his Word. In this eleven-lesson Bible study, Sarah Ivill helps us see Go]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/in-the-word-romans.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/in-the-word-romans.html Wed, 06 May 2026 22:40:40 +0000 “For I am not ashamed of the gospel of Christ, for it is the power of God to salvation for everyone who believes, for the Jew first and also for the Greek.”—Romans 1:16Rejoice in the glory of God displayed in His gospel in the epistle to the Romans. T]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/in-the-word-john.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/in-the-word-john.html Wed, 06 May 2026 22:30:11 +0000 Begin your journey to a deeper relationship with God made flesh by exploring His life in the Gospel of John. The In the Word Bible Journal provides an innovative way for you to grow your faith: writing down God’s Word in your own hand!Developed by Rob]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/in-the-word-james-jude.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/in-the-word-james-jude.html Wed, 06 May 2026 22:18:55 +0000 Read the Word. Write the Word. Grow in the Word.“. . . as newborn babes, desire the pure milk of the word, that you may grow thereby, if indeed you have tasted that the Lord is gracious.”—1 Peter 2:2–3Embrace the enduring power of God’s Word in Ja]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/gospel-fear-a-heart-that-trembles-at-the-word-of-g.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/gospel-fear-a-heart-that-trembles-at-the-word-of-g.html Wed, 06 May 2026 22:13:12 +0000 Reverence is nearly nonexistent in our day. We have become irreverent toward holy things through our ignorance of God and His holiness. Were we to have Isaiah’s vision of the holiness of God, we would be changed indeed.In Scripture, fear is usually a ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/distinctive-marks-of-saving-faith.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/distinctive-marks-of-saving-faith.html Wed, 06 May 2026 22:00:07 +0000 Distinctive Marks of Saving Faith is the ripe and mature expression of Alexander Comrie’s warm, Christ-centered, and experiential ministry. In fourteen chapters, he presents a multifaceted scriptural exposition of saving faith and its various exercises, a]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/counsel-to-gospel-ministers.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/counsel-to-gospel-ministers.html Wed, 06 May 2026 21:57:10 +0000 John Brown of Haddington, eighteenth-century Scottish divinity professor, invested deeply in the lives of his students. Counsel to Gospel Ministers presents a collection of his letters to students who were training to be ministers. Throughout these letter]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/bringing-the-gospel-to-covenant-children.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/bringing-the-gospel-to-covenant-children.html Wed, 06 May 2026 21:49:07 +0000 This book is packed with practical guidance on how to evangelize covenant children and how, by God’s grace, to make the home “a nursery for heaven.”After showing that Christians today fail to understand the role of the covenant in their children’s liv]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/a-practical-exposition-of-the-ten-commandments-dur.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/a-practical-exposition-of-the-ten-commandments-dur.html Wed, 06 May 2026 21:45:49 +0000 Of the works of James Durham, this exposition of the Ten Commandments was reprinted most often. As with his sermons, it is filled with perspicuous opening of the Word, practical application, and the clearing of “several momentous questions and cases of co]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/sanctification-the-christians-pursuit-of-god-given.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/sanctification-the-christians-pursuit-of-god-given.html Fri, 01 May 2026 00:39:16 +0000 In this concise yet compelling book, Michael Riccardi helps believers navigate the question of how the Christian is to pursue God-given holiness. Focusing on key implications from the text of Scripture, Riccardi shows how all of our efforts in sanctificat]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/a-rangers-guide-to-glipwood-forest.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/a-rangers-guide-to-glipwood-forest.html Thu, 23 Apr 2026 00:43:48 +0000 A Ranger's Guide to Glipwood Forest expands the legend and lore of this treacherous land of fatal flora and fanged beasts-and the history of the first adventurers daring enough to brave the forest depths. Through detailed line art, maps, and directions,]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/dispensational-hermeneutics.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/dispensational-hermeneutics.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:13:47 +0000 Michael Vlach describes the ten interpretation principles that guide Dispensationalism's understanding of the Bible's storyline from Genesis 1 through Revelation 22. He also lays out the interpretation tactics of non-dispensationalism so the reader can gr]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-bible-storyline.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-bible-storyline.html Tue, 31 Mar 2026 00:04:50 +0000 Most Christians love God’s Word and want to know it better. Yet the Bible can sometimes feel like a collection of disconnected stories — Adam and Eve, Abraham and Isaac, Daniel in the lion’s den — without a clear sense of how they all fit together. ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/moleskine-book-journal.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/moleskine-book-journal.html Wed, 25 Mar 2026 22:42:49 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/life-on-earth.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/life-on-earth.html Mon, 09 Mar 2026 21:17:01 +0000 Art teacher writes children's book ‘Life on Earth’Lee Raela has previously taught art, including in Whanganui, where she taught mainly home school children. She has used her skills, both in art and in communication, to write and illustrate a book for ch]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/god-of-hope-tea-towel-69685898.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/god-of-hope-tea-towel-69685898.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:19:47 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/love-is-kind-and-love-never-fails-tea-towel-twin-p.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/love-is-kind-and-love-never-fails-tea-towel-twin-p.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:03:44 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-lord-is-my-shepherd-tea-towel.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/the-lord-is-my-shepherd-tea-towel.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 23:02:36 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/under-his-wings-tea-towel.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/under-his-wings-tea-towel.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:50:22 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/day-by-day-tea-towel.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/day-by-day-tea-towel.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:49:49 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/bless-you-and-keep-you-tea-towel.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/bless-you-and-keep-you-tea-towel.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:49:10 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/do-not-be-afraid-tea-towel.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/do-not-be-afraid-tea-towel.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:48:33 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/your-love-lord-reaches-to-the-heavens-tea-towel.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/your-love-lord-reaches-to-the-heavens-tea-towel.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:47:48 +0000 ]]> https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/bless-you-and-keep-you-apron.html https://www.gracebooks.co.nz/bless-you-and-keep-you-apron.html Sun, 08 Mar 2026 22:47:06 +0000 ]]>