Books by Dr Masters

It is amazing how rapidly the Christian counselling movement has spread through churches in the UK, teaching that hurts and depressions once considered part of normal life are illnesses to be treated. It implies that for 1900 years the Bible has been insufficient for the woes of God’s people, or for their sanctification, but that now we have the ‘insights’ of anti-Christian psychologists to make good the deficit.
In this book medical doctor Ted Williams challenges these claims, giving the most clear-cut and interesting overview of the counselling movement and of the giants of secular psychology who are pillars of its ‘faith’.

Why was the sabbath day instituted by the Lord, and does it continue now as the Lord’s Day? If so, in what way has it changed with the coming of Christ? How should it be kept? This booklet responds to these and other questions, showing that the sabbath principle is still God’s will for believers today, and listing its purposes and blessings.

This gives the biblical arguments for separation from false teaching, showing the positive value of this. Ten commonly-heard arguments in defence of 'inclusivism' (co-operation with Bible-denying groups in, for example, evangelism) are answered. Good for group study.

In recent years the subject of how to find God’s guidance has become controversial. Some say that God does not have a specific plan for the lives of his people, but allows us to please ourselves. Others say God’s will is known by dreams, visions, and ‘words of knowledge’.
By contrast with these sadly unbiblical ideas, this book presents the time-honoured, scriptural view that Christians must seek God’s will in all the major decisions of life, such as career, marriage, location, and church. Six essential steps are traced from the Bible, and principles are given on additional practical issues such as possessions and leisure activities; ambition and wealth; joining or leaving a church.
Here is a strong challenge to authentic Christian commitment, with an abundance of pastoral advice.

Christ has designed a ‘home’ or family for his people, described in these pages as an accomplishment of divine genius. This is a magnificent subject, vital to spiritual growth and blessing and also to our service for the Saviour.
This book answers many questions about churches and church membership in New Testament times. Next to having a real walk with Christ and knowing the doctrines of the faith, membership of a good church has a powerful formative influence on the believer’s life.

Here are the lives of fourteen remarkable people having in common a personal spiritual experience which changed and moulded them. Given to unconverted people, these biographies challenge the heart and open the way to further spiritual influence. For the preacher, youth leader or Sunday School teacher, they provide outstanding testimonies to illustrate and enrich messages for years to come.

Tsar Alexander Pavlovich (The tsar who defeated Napoleon)
Lieut 'Birdie' Bowers (Scott's 'bravest man' in the Antarctic)
Sir James Simpson (The discoverer of anaesthetic chloroform)
Alves Reis (The counterfeiter who nearly owned his country)
Joshua Poole (The story of 'Fiddler Joss', drunkard turned preacher)
Viscount Alexander of Hillsborough (A leader of the House of Lords)
John Newton (The transformed slave-trader)
Jean Henri Dunant (Founder of the International Red Cross)
Martin Luther (The ex-monk who led the Reformation)
Bilney, Tyndale & Latimer (Three heroic English martyrs)
Alfred the Great (The king who organised England)
Lieut-General Sir William Dobbie (World War II hero of Malta)

Stirring, heart-warming devotional surveys from a renowned Bible commentator who excelled in ‘combining quality of scholarship with simplicity of expression’. As great examples of ‘the art of taking sublime truths and helping people feel them in their hearts’, these surveys will greatly reward all who love the infallible Word of God.
A number of classic passages from Dr Hendriksen’s commentaries are also included, each one focusing on a different, important topic

These remarkable letters, written from a suffering pastor to his congregation, abound in exhortations to godliness, zeal and prayer. They provide a unique insight into Spurgeon’s life, and into the fervent soul-winning activity which was, alongside the preaching, a leading feature of an historic Calvinistic church.
Notes on Spurgeon’s ministry set the letters in context, and several classic sermonettes written during sickness are included, along with 16 pages of colour pictures of original letters.

This is a popular, non-technical sweep through key themes of the Christian faith, highlighting very many inspiring and enlivening points. It often takes an oblique and unusual approach to a topic in order to bring out the full wonder and significance.

It is designed to be enjoyed by seasoned Christians, and also by all who want to explore the great features of the faith, and discover the life of the soul.

• The Mysterious Nature of a Soul
• What God is Actually Like
• The Fall of Man
• The Three Dark Hours of Calvary
• The New Birth
• Why the Resurrection?
• Prophecies of Resurrection
• The Holy Trinity

We are being told today that Christian missionaries of the past were tools of colonial oppression and destroyers of culture. For this reason Christianity is called a ‘white man’s religion’, best shunned by Afro-Caribbean and Asian people. The story of missionary William Knibb shows how wildly wrong this is. Persecuted by British rulers in Jamaica because he opposed settlers’ abuses, he was pivotal in swinging British public opinion behind legislation to end colonial slavery. This is the true story of valiant missionary work covering the emancipation of slaves and the great Jamaican Awakening. It was the accomplishments of missionaries like Knibb that gave rise to a famous observation made amidst the death-throes of brutal slavery, that Jamaica had become a land of black Christians and white savages.