Dear Customers,

“Rest time is not a waste of time. It is economy to gather fresh strength… It is wisdom to take occasional furlough. In the long run, we shall do more by sometimes doing less.”

~ Charles Spurgeon ~

We are open till midday on 23^rd Dec, but considering Spurgeon’s wise words quoted above, we have decided to have a good rest over the festive season and take two weeks off instead of one. In previous mails I said that we would re-open on 3^rd Jan, but in the light of two staff members still being away, we have decided to all have the extra week off. We thus re-open on Monday, 9^th Jan. I will still check mails every day or two to keep in touch. Feel free to write if you need some urgent information.

Grace Minister’s Conference: This year’s speakers are Pete Smuts and Steven Curry. The Gauteng dates are 2-4 Jan and the Cape Town dates are 4-6 Jan. Email Wynie Malan to book or for more details: admin@graceministers.co.za, 013 947 2179/81 or 072 332 0684.

Biblical Counselling Courses: Strengthening Ministries Training Institute (SMTI) offers a two-year Biblical Counselling programme to equip the church with the truth of the sufficiency of Scripture for understanding and solving the problems of people.A promotional video and webpage detailing the next course of SMTI, beginning 23^rd January 2017, is available for you to inform and make available to those in your church and others you think will be interested: http://lynnwoodbaptistchurch.co.za/smti-intro/.

Crisis Pregnancy Counselling Conference: See details in the Heartbeat picture at end of newsletter.

New books from Crossway:

• 8 Women of Faith by Michael Haykin. Paperback; 160 pp; R125.
• Why the Reformation Still Matters by Reeves and Chester. Paperback; 224 pp: R145.
• Andrew Fuller by John Piper. Paperback; 64 pp; R75.
• A Peculiar Glory, How the Christian Scriptures Reveal Their Complete Truthfulness by John Piper. Hardcover; 304 pp; R210.
• The Gospel as Center edited by D A Carson.  Contributions by Bryan Chapell, Tim Keller, Kevin DeYong, Ligon Duncan and more. Hardcover; 320 pp; R185.

For further particulars on any of these books, search for the on goodneighbours.wpengine.com or www.crossway.org .

New Bibles:                           

• NIV Cultural Backgrounds Study Bible, Bringing to Life the Ancient World of Scripture. Edited by Walton & Keener. Hardcover; 2358 pp; R645.
• ESV Compact paperbacks, Poppies and Autumn designs, with brief concordance. 15cm x 10cm x 3cm; 1168 pp; R36 each.

New from Shepherd Press:                                         

• Marry Wisely, Marry Well, A Blueprint for Personal preparation by Ernie Baker. Paperback; 180pp; R142.
• Help! I Need a Church by Jim Newheiser. A new title in the Shepherd Press Lifeline mini-books series. Booklet; 60pp; R36.

New from Zondervan:

The Next Story, Faith, Friends, Family and the Digtal World by Tim Challies. Challies answers the question of how to live faithful to God in a digital world. Paperback; 218 pp; R185.

Kathy