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How to Read a Book - Write in it!

Last time, we looked at how we need to learn to ask questions of our book. Previously, we have seen how there is a goal in reading - to understand...

Book Review: Spurgeon on the Christian Life - Alive in Christ

Throughout the book, I felt that I was meeting "the man himself, so fizzing with life" and was struck by the "relentless Christ-centeredness of his...

How to Read a Book - Ask Your Book Some Questions

The questions we are about to learn must not just be stored somewhere in the back of your mind. It must become a habit to ask these questions as yo...

Book Review: What Happens When I Die (Marcus Nodder)

Marcus Nodder's superb little book is "must-have" for every household. Preparing people for death is critical. Pastors are acutely aware of both th...

How to Read a Book: Reading Speeds

Think about what your eyes are doing as they read - even this article. Do they flow smoothly across the page/screen? Or is the movement jolted, sto...

Reformers Resource: A Bible Text Guide to 'Lamp Unto My Feet' (Peter Barnes)

Local pastor Peter Barnes is the author of a book full of biographical sketches called 'Lamp Unto My Feet'. You can use books like this to find ill...

Reformers Recommends: A Guide to Catechisms for Family Worship

Catechisms can be used to teach children sound doctrine, to teach new believers, as devotionals or as study guides. This Reformers Recommends post ...

How to Read a Book - Inspectional Reading: Superficial Reading

'Superficial reading' is where you read right through the book without stopping, ignoring the parts that you don't understand, paying no attention ...

Book Review: Augustine on the Christian Life

One highlight of Bray’s work is that he doesn’t hide Augustine’s imperfections – Augustine was wrong and mislead in many areas – but Bray also does...

Book Review: Particular Redemption (John Hurrion)

John Elias wrote the preface to this publication, and declared: “The doctrine presented and defended here is of the greatest import. It contains th...

Manager's Message Winter 2018 Brochure

Greetings from all the staff here at Reformers Bookshop. We regularly pray for the Lord to work through the books that we send out across Australia...

How to Read a Book - Inspectional Reading Type 1: Skimming or Pre-reading

Here Adler comes to the first really practical advise about how to read a book. He advises the reader on how to pre-read a book. Before we go thro...