Those of you who were at the Llandudno-Keswick Bible Week will remember Chris Duffett's session on sharing the gospel creatively... Well, we're now stocking his book Smack Heads & Fat Cats as well as The Jesus Deck!



Smack Heads & Fat Cats shows how we can live a message that loves people enough to show them what Jesus is like. Through storytelling and biblical teaching, it shares a vision and invites us to join the adventure of *being* the good news.


Reviews:

"Chris writes with passion, humour and conviction about what God can do in us, so that we become those who are good news as well as those who speak good news. A book that shouts out what is possible with God." ~Keith Sinclair, Bishop of Birkenhead

"Chris is the real deal. His book is written in a catchy and earthy style. Great stories that will make you laugh and cry. Truth that will refresh your soul. His encouragement to be the good news is infectious. Buy it. Read it. Live it. And give it away." ~Nic Harding, Senior Pastor Frontline Church Liverpool


"A great book for those who are secretly afraid of the 'e' word... engaging, it makes theology of evangelism truly simple." ~Revd Nicola Shephard, Curate in Birmingham Diocese

The Jesus Deck is especially suited for inspirational solitaire and other popular group card games. Enrich your daily life through the beauty and inspiration of the Jesus Deck.

A series of fifty-four magnificent paintings are reproduced in a playing card deck depicting the persons, events and places in the drama of the life of Jesus.

Rendered by commissioned artist, William Atkins, The Jesus Deck is divided into four suits representing the four gospel writers. Each suit vividly portrays one aspect of Jesus' life:



Luke - Birth and Childhood
Matthew - Teachings
Mark - Passion and Death
John - Resurrection



Conceived and produced by an outstanding team of leading educators and communicators, the Jesus Deck is a visual concept widely acclaimed by laymen and clergy of all denominations.

Each card beautifully illustrates in picture and verse a significant episode in the life of Jesus. Marvellously conceived, The Jesus Deck is faithfully reproduced in full colour with dignity and elegance.

A collector's deck of everlasting value for the entire family.

     This book will give you the chills. It will make you smile. It will challenge you. It will make you experience the presence of the Christ portrayed in the Bible upside-down, inside-out, and un-encrusted!

     Here Jesus is so painfully, rawly human that we recognise ourselves in him awakened afresh to our own natures. He is also deeply, astoundingly mysterious - so divine that there is not much difficulty with any of his claims. 

     This book will make you think. Perhaps it will free you, call you, or heal you. It may make you angry or bring you relief. 

     At the end of the day, I urge you to remember that it is a book about Jesus for you, NOT a book about things ripe for vengeance. It is not to make you rush out into the world bad-mouthing those missing out on your discoveries, but rather to allow you to draw closer to a playful, loving, extravagant & disruptive Saviour. 

     Read it slowly. Read it for yourself. Then Live.

                    ~ Mary Kathryn Gough