Review

These Christmas Lights: Review

These Christmas Lights: Matt Redman’s Worshipful Christmas In what feels long overdue, Matt Redman has released a Christmas album! As you would expect from the creator of 10,000 Reasons and Unbroken Praise, it’s incredibly moving, festive, and worship-filled. But these aren’t just so...

October 21st, 2016 - Posted & Written by Aaron Lewendon

Review: Miracles from Heaven DVD

The Christian Film Review share their thoughts on new film, Miracles from Heaven: Miracles From Heaven is based on the incredible and emotional true story of the Beam Family. The film follows Christy Beam and her family as her 10 year old daughter Anna contracts a rare incurable disease....

October 21st, 2016 - Posted & Written by Laura White

Review: Campfire II - Rend Collective

From the very first ukulele twang, you’re there. Even before lead vocalist Chris Llewellyn rousingly opens with a line from ‘This Little Light of Mine’, you’re transported to woods, warmth, and a worship style that harkens to an idealised time of community faith. Campfire II: Simp...

October 7th, 2016 - Posted & Written by Laura White

Review: Taken by Grace DVD

The Christian Film Review share their thoughts on Christian film: Taken By Grace Taken By Grace is an edge of your seat, nail biting, suspense packed redemptive drama focusing on the theme of forgiveness. The film follows Lucas Blackstone on the night that he is released from prison. Lucas ...

September 27th, 2016 - Posted & Written by Laura White

Review: God's Compass DVD

The Christian Film Review share their thoughts on Christian featue film God's Compass. God’s Compass is a compelling, dramatic and inspirational film that will take you on journey whilst exploring God’s direction in our lives. The film starts off with the retirement of school teacher Su...

September 20th, 2016 - Posted & Written by Laura White

Where Will you Stand? God's Not Dead 2 Review

With the Christian trade release of God's Not Dead 2 imminent, The Christian Film Review share their thoughts.

July 28th, 2016 - Posted & Written by Laura White

Review: The Floating Body by Kel Richards

July 7th, 2016 - Posted & Written by Laura White

Review: The Well of the North Wind

Kenneth Steven is a Scottish poet, author and illustrator responsible for works such as Island, Iona, Making the Known World New, Salt and Light, Columba, Imagining Things, Wild Horses, The Missing Days and Evensong. His children’s book The Dog’s Nose (published in Norwegian, English and Fren...

June 30th, 2016 - Posted & Written by Laura White

Review: Knowing Anna by Sarah Meyrick

Knowing Anna follows her (Anna's) family and friends as they venture along the Pilgrims Way, her final request before she died from cancer. Each pilgrim is battling their secrets, heartaches and dramas as well as grieving for their wife, mum, friend, or daughter. Then a stranger joins the gr...

June 23rd, 2016 - Posted & Written by Laura White

A Year of Assembly Ideas

36 Ready-to-Read Assemblies for Collective Worship provides material to explore the Christian faith with children at Key Stages 1 and 2. Bible passages form the basis of the assemblies, which are presented in both traditional and contemporary versions, giving a choice in how you might tell the st...

September 5th, 2015 - Posted & Written by The Editor

The Forgotten Side of Jane Austen

Perhaps I am of a somewhat rarer breed, but yes, I am a man who has a love for Jane Austen’s books. Will my masculinity be compromised if I admit that not only do I find her novels witty and wise, but that I unfailingly catch myself rooting for her heroes and heroines to find true love? If so...

September 4th, 2015 - Posted & Written by The Editor

The Contemplative Minister - a call to revolution!

This is what I now see as contemplative ministry. This ministry begins with the care and right ordering of our own hearts, and it leads to the transformation of our society, and of the world. - Ian CowleyBurnout in ministry is not a new concept; nor is the nominal nature of vast swathes of church...

September 2nd, 2015 - Posted & Written by The Editor

Share Soothing Psalms with Your Little Ones

Even little ones need the uplifting message of the Bible! But sometimes Scripture can be hard for them to understand—and a lack of visuals can make it difficult for them to pay attention.That’s where The Illustrated Bible for Little Ones comes in, with its bright and colorful illustrations an...

August 29th, 2015 - Posted & Written by The Editor

The Whoosh Bible

'What is a whoosh?' you may well ask... According to teacher and writer Gill Robins, a whoosh is one of the best active learning methods around. A whoosh is a drama strategy, a form of physical storytelling, devised by Joe Winston, Professor of Drama and Arts Education at the University of Warwic...

August 27th, 2015 - Posted & Written by The Editor

As Family We Go CD

You would be hard pressed this summer to attend any Christian festival without hearing the foot-tapping, folk sounds of Rend Collective. The 15 piece Christian worship band from Bangor, Northern Ireland have been catapulted from relative unknowns at the start of the decade to phenomenal success w...

August 17th, 2015 - Posted & Written by Laura White

Even So Come CD Review

America’s Passion conferences have, much like Soul Survivor, become known for their yearly live worship releases. But with no live Soulm Survivor album for 2014 (the team said ‘we wanted to make sure our worship was fully focused on Jesus and we weren’t distracted by any recording logistics...

August 6th, 2015 - Posted & Written by Together Magazine

Mission on the Road to Emmaus Review

This is perhaps one of the most enjoyable academic books I have read in a very long while. It’s a well curated collection of essays, from a range of scholars, looking at mission through the contexts of Christology, Eschatology, Ecclesiology, Soteriology, Anthropology and finally Culture. But t...

August 5th, 2015 - Posted & Written by Together Magazine

50 Praise, Pray & Play Session Review

Another excellent resource from Barnabas, each session has a fun activity that in turn forms the basis of the Bible passage talk and experiential prayers. There are more activities that can be done and refl ection pieces if time allows. At the end of the day you can’t fail to fi nd a session in...

August 4th, 2015 - Posted & Written by Together Magazine

Lead Us Back CD Review

After their successful early noughties worship albums Offerings and Offerings II, Third Day released a string of pop rock records (“Wire”, “Wherever You Are”, “Revelation”, “Move”, “Miracle”) which won them new fans across the globe. Now in 2015 the Southern rockers are headin...

July 29th, 2015 - Posted & Written by Together Magazine

Unbroken Praise CD Review

When the author of classics such as “Lord Let Your Glory Fall”, “The Father’s Song” and “You Never Let Go” releases a new album, the Christian world rightly sits up. Recorded at Abbey Road Studios in front of a select group of Matt’s friends and colleagues from the Christian music...

July 28th, 2015 - Posted & Written by Together Magazine