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Biblical Fasting

Biblical Fasting

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Biblical Fasting: When Hunger Becomes Prayer invites believers to rediscover fasting as more than simply going without food. Rooted deeply in Scripture, this book explores fasting as a posture of humility, longing, repentance, dependence, and wholehearted pursuit of God.

With biblical teaching, practical guidance, pastoral safeguards, reflection questions, and guided fasting plans, it equips individuals and churches to fast with wisdom, sincerity, and faith—allowing physical hunger to become a deeper prayer for the presence and purposes of God.

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The Evil Of Gossip And Accusation

The Evil Of Gossip And Accusation

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Evil of Gossip and Accusation is a deeply biblical and pastorally practical examination of one of the most destructive forces in human relationships and church communities. This book explores the spiritual origins of accusation, the hidden roots that fuel gossip, and the devastating consequences of careless, malicious, or unverified speech.

With clarity and compassion, Lionel van der Merwe shows how believers can recognise destructive patterns, respond to accusations with wisdom, pursue repentance and reconciliation, and cultivate speech that is truthful, gracious, and life-giving. The book also carefully distinguishes sinful gossip from responsible disclosure, safeguarding, accountability, and biblical testimony.

This is an essential resource for individuals, families, leaders, and churches seeking to protect unity, restore trust, and honour Christ in the way they speak about others.

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Baptism

Baptism

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Baptism: Buried with Christ, Raised to New Life is a biblical and historical exploration of one of the most beautiful and significant practices of the Christian faith. This expanded research edition examines the meaning of baptizō, baptism throughout the Old and New Testaments, the relationship between water baptism and the Holy Spirit, infant baptism and believer’s baptism, baby dedication, and the development of baptismal practice throughout church history.

Written with theological depth and pastoral clarity, the book shows that baptism is far more than a religious ceremony. It is a visible declaration of union with Christ—buried with Him, raised into new life, welcomed into His people, and called to live under His lordship.

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30 Days To A Renewed Mind

30 Days To A Renewed Mind

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The 30-Day Journey to a Redeemed Tongue is a practical devotional designed to help believers surrender their words, attitudes and everyday conversations to Jesus. Through daily Scripture, reflection, prayer and simple action steps, readers are guided to recognise harmful speech patterns, address the heart beneath their words and practise language that brings truth, grace, encouragement and healing. This journey is not merely about speaking more carefully—it is about allowing the Holy Spirit to transform the heart so that the tongue increasingly reflects the character of Christ.

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Redeeming The Tongue

Redeeming The Tongue

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Redeeming the Tongue in Discipleship and Pastoral Care is a practical biblical guide for pastors, leaders, mentors, counsellors and small-group facilitators who want to help people move from harmful speech patterns toward truth, healing and lasting transformation. Through clear teaching, pastoral wisdom, reflection questions, practical tools and safeguarding guidance, the book addresses harsh speech, gossip, lying, manipulation, verbal abuse, unhealthy silence, digital communication and the wounds words can leave behind. Rooted in Scripture and centred on the grace of Jesus, it equips leaders to guide people through awareness, confession, repair, replacement, accountability and daily surrender.

R149.00 $9.18

He Fulfilled What Was Written

He Fulfilled What Was Written

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
He Fulfilled What Was Written is a Christ-centered teaching resource that traces how the promises, prophecies, covenants, types, and patterns of the Old Testament find their fulfillment in Jesus Christ. From Eden to Abraham, Moses, David, the Psalms, Isaiah, the prophets, the cross, the resurrection, and the mission to the nations, this book helps readers see the faithfulness of God and the unity of Scripture.

Written in a clear pastoral style, this resource is ideal for personal study, discipleship, small groups, and Bible teaching. It will strengthen your confidence in Scripture and deepen your worship of Jesus as the promised Seed, Son, King, Servant, Shepherd, Sacrifice, Priest, risen Lord, and fulfillment of all that was written.

R149.00 $9.18

Heavens Rewards

Heavens Rewards

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Heaven’s Rewards: Living Today in the Light of Eternity explores what the New Testament teaches about eternal reward, faithful stewardship, heavenly treasure, crowns, inheritance, accountability, and the coming kingdom of God. It clearly distinguishes salvation by grace from the eternal significance of how believers live, serve, endure, give, and obey.

This book invites readers to stop measuring life only by what is visible and temporary, and to live with Christ’s return in view. It is a biblical call to hidden faithfulness, sacrificial love, perseverance, and a life invested in what will still matter in eternity.

R159.00 $9.80

Poured Out Not Destroyed

Poured Out Not Destroyed

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Poured Out, Not Destroyed explores the biblical relationship between self-care and self-sacrifice, showing that they were never meant to oppose one another. Through the life of Jesus, Scripture, and practical pastoral insight, Lionel van der Merwe explains how believers can rest, receive care, honour their God-given limits, and still live lives of costly love and surrender. This book helps readers distinguish faithful sacrifice from people-pleasing, burnout, abuse, and self-sabotage. It is a powerful guide for anyone who wants to serve God and others wholeheartedly without losing the life, health, relationships, and calling God has entrusted to them.

R159.00 $9.80

Don't Let Your Bad Habits Climb Into Your Kids

Don't Let Your Bad Habits Climb Into Your Kids

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Don’t Let Your Bad Habits Climb into Your Kids is a deeply biblical and practical parenting book that helps parents recognise how repeated behaviours, emotional patterns and family habits can quietly become their children’s normal.

With honesty, compassion and clear guidance, Lionel van der Merwe explores how anger, criticism, withdrawal, secrecy, digital distraction, broken promises and unhealthy coping patterns affect the atmosphere of the home. The book also provides a hopeful path forward through repentance, repair, emotional intelligence, better listening, healthy family rhythms and authentic faith.

This is not a book about blaming parents or demanding perfection. It is a call to responsibility, healing and generational change—helping parents become the turning point their families need.

R169.00 $10.42

The Dangers Of Man-Centered Theology

The Dangers Of Man-Centered Theology

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Dangers of Man-Centered Theology is a deeply biblical and practical call to restore God to the center of Christian faith, worship, church life, and ministry. Lionel van der Merwe exposes how easily theology can drift toward human opinion, personal comfort, church tradition, spiritual control, consumer worship, shallow grace, and performance-driven ministry. With clear Scripture teaching, pastoral application, reflection questions, and practical diagnostic tools, this book helps readers recognize the dangers of man-made religion and return to the authority of God’s Word, the sufficiency of Christ, the work of the Holy Spirit, and the joy of living for God’s glory.

R149.00 $9.18

Sometimes Life Just Happens and It's Okay

Sometimes Life Just Happens and It's Okay

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Sometimes Life Just Happens — And It’s Okay is a freeing, psychology-informed Christian book for anyone tired of overthinking life, carrying false guilt, and trying to decode every painful moment.

With pastoral warmth and practical clarity, Lionel van der Merwe helps readers understand that not every delay, disappointment, closed door, painful season, or unanswered question is a hidden message, punishment, spiritual attack, or sign of failure.

This book teaches readers how to separate what happened from what fear says it means, carry only what is truly theirs, care for what hurts, and take the next wise step.

A gentle but powerful reminder that life is not always accusing you — and you can be okay before everything is okay.

R129.00 $7.95

Calvinism, Arminianism And The Mystery Of Salvation

Calvinism, Arminianism And The Mystery Of Salvation

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Calvinism, Arminianism, and the Mystery of Salvation is a clear, balanced, and Christ-centred resource that helps believers understand the deep questions surrounding grace, election, free will, the atonement, assurance, perseverance, and the saving work of God.

Written with a pastoral heart, this book explains Calvinism, Arminianism, and Molinism without turning theology into a fight. It guides readers through key Scriptures, church history, important theological differences, and practical ministry application while keeping the cross louder than every label.

Ideal for personal study, small groups, leaders, and serious believers, this resource will help you think more deeply, speak more humbly, pray more dependently, evangelize more faithfully, and worship Christ more fully.

R149.00 $9.18

Handling Prophecy Correctly

Handling Prophecy Correctly

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Handling Prophecy Correctly is a biblical and practical guide to receiving, testing, and applying prophetic words with wisdom. This book explores Old and New Testament prophecy, the role of prophecy in the New Covenant church, and how believers can honour the Holy Spirit without falling into confusion, manipulation, fear, or abuse. Written with pastoral care and strong biblical foundations, it helps individuals and churches build a healthy, Christ-centred prophetic culture where Scripture remains final, Jesus remains central, and every word is tested with humility and love.

R139.00 $8.57

The Signs Jesus Told Us To Watch

The Signs Jesus Told Us To Watch

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Signs Jesus Told Us to Watch is a clear, Scripture-focused study of the end-time signs Jesus described in Matthew 24, Mark 13, and Luke 21. This book avoids fear, speculation, and date-setting, and instead helps believers understand Jesus’ warnings with wisdom, discernment, and hope. It explores deception, wars, birth pains, persecution, lawlessness, the gospel witness to all nations, Jerusalem’s distress, cosmic signs, and the coming of the Son of Man — while calling the reader to live watchful, faithful, loving, and ready.

R139.00 $8.57

The Anguish Of Hell

The Anguish Of Hell

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Anguish of Hell is a sober and biblical book on the reality of Hell, eternal judgment, and the mercy of Jesus Christ. Written with pastoral care and theological depth, it explores the anguish, suffering, separation, regret, and finality of Hell without sensationalism or fear-based manipulation.

This book calls readers to take sin seriously, understand the holiness and justice of God, and see the cross of Christ with fresh urgency. While the subject is weighty, the message is full of gospel hope: Hell is real, judgment is coming, but the door of mercy is still open through Jesus Christ.

R139.00 $8.57

Faithful Unto Death

Faithful Unto Death

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Faithful Unto Death is a sober and hope-filled remembrance of Christian martyrs who loved Christ more than comfort, safety, reputation, and even life itself. Through biblical reflection, historical accounts, prayers, and practical application, this book calls believers to remember the persecuted church with reverence, courage, forgiveness, and faithful obedience.

This is not a book that glorifies suffering. It points to Jesus Christ, the Faithful Witness, and invites the church to stand with those who suffer, pray for the persecuted, love enemies, and live with deeper conviction in an age of compromise.

R129.00 $7.95

First Steps With Jesus

First Steps With Jesus

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
First Steps With Jesus is a clear, practical, and deeply biblical guide for new believers beginning their walk with Christ. Written with pastoral warmth, it explains the gospel, grace, repentance, faith, assurance, prayer, Scripture, the Holy Spirit, obedience, baptism, communion, church life, temptation, forgiveness, spiritual growth, testimony, evangelism, and perseverance.

This resource is more than a book — it is a complete discipleship pathway for personal study, mentoring, small groups, baptism preparation, youth ministry, and church follow-up.

Start here. Walk with Jesus. You are not alone.

R139.00 $8.57

Why The Man Was Created To Lead

Why The Man Was Created To Lead

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Why the Man Was Created to Lead is a deeply biblical and pastoral study on God’s design for male responsibility, servant headship, and Christlike leadership. Rooted in Genesis, strengthened through New Testament exegesis, and centered on Christ as the Second Adam, this book shows that male leadership is not superiority, control, or domination, but accountability before God.

Written with deep honor toward women, this resource calls men to reject both passivity and harshness, and to recover a leadership marked by sacrifice, humility, protection, repentance, and love. It is a powerful guide for men, husbands, fathers, church leaders, and anyone wanting to understand God’s design for manhood in a way that is faithful, practical, and Christ-centered.

R189.00 $11.65

Reading scripture right

Reading scripture right

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Reading Scripture Right is a practical Bible-study and discipleship resource that helps believers read, understand, apply, and guard Scripture faithfully. With clear teaching on context, genre, authorial intent, interpretation, application, and the danger of twisting God’s Word, this book equips readers to handle Scripture with reverence, humility, and confidence.

Filled with worked examples, common interpretation mistakes, misused verses, study tools, reflection questions, and group-training helps, this resource is ideal for personal study, small groups, leaders, teachers, and anyone who wants to grow in reading God’s Word rightly.

R139.00 $8.57

Return To Me

Return To Me

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Return to Me is a deep and practical biblical study on repentance — not as shame, fear, or religious performance, but as the grace-filled return of the whole person back to God.

Exploring both Old and New Testament teaching, along with the Hebrew and Greek meaning of repentance, this book helps readers understand repentance of the heart, mind, soul, will, emotions, body, and daily life. With clear Scripture, pastoral insight, reflection questions, prayers, and practical application, it shows that repentance is not the end of hope — it is the beautiful way back to the Father through Jesus Christ.

R149.00 $9.18

God's Mindfulness of You

God's Mindfulness of You

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
God’s Mindfulness of You is a comforting, Scripture-rich book for anyone who has ever felt unseen, forgotten, anxious, weary, or overlooked. Through passages such as Psalm 139, Psalm 8, Matthew 10, Psalm 56, Isaiah 49, Psalm 23, Psalm 121, 1 Peter 5, and Romans 8, this book reveals the tender truth that God sees, knows, remembers, counts, keeps, shepherds, and cares for His people.

Written with careful biblical context and pastoral warmth, this resource avoids shallow comfort and points the reader to the deepest proof of God’s mindfulness: Jesus Christ. It is a book of hope for the hidden servant, the grieving heart, the anxious soul, and every believer who needs to be reminded that they are seen, known, remembered, and held by the God who never forgets.

R149.00 $9.18

Those Who Overcome

Those Who Overcome

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Those Who Overcome is a biblical and pastoral study of the seven churches in Revelation, focusing especially on the rewards Christ promises to those who overcome. Each church reveals a spiritual battle still faced by believers today—lovelessness, suffering, compromise, corrupt tolerance, spiritual deadness, weakness, and lukewarm self-sufficiency.

With clear Scripture teaching and practical application, this book helps readers hear what the Spirit says to the churches and respond with repentance, endurance, faithfulness, and hope. Above every reward, it points to the greatest promise of all: life with Christ forever.

R149.00 $9.18

The Vine And The Heart Of Man

The Vine And The Heart Of Man

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Vine and the Heart of Man is a rich study of John 15 and the call to cultivate deep union with God and lasting fruitfulness in Christ. This book explores Jesus as the true Vine, the Father as the loving Vinedresser, and the believer as a branch called to abide, surrender, and bear fruit. With biblical depth and practical application, it helps readers understand pruning, fruitfulness, spiritual decrease, and the Father’s work of removing distractions so the life of Christ may be formed more deeply within them.

R139.00 $8.57

The Pharisaic Nature

The Pharisaic Nature

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Pharisaic Nature is a serious and searching book about the danger of being religious, morally confident, and outwardly correct while inwardly resisting God. Looking carefully at what Jesus said about the Pharisees, how they responded to Him, and how religious pride can blind the heart, this book calls believers to honest self-examination, humility, repentance, mercy, and true Christlike obedience. It is a powerful resource for anyone who wants to avoid empty religion and walk sincerely in the ways of God.

R139.00 $8.57

Still Green In The Heat

Still Green In The Heat

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Still Green in the Heat is a deeply biblical and honest resource for church planters facing the real pressures of ministry. Built around Jeremiah 17, this book helps planters understand the challenges, disappointments, burnout, isolation, criticism, slow growth, and hidden burdens that often come with planting. It calls leaders back to deep roots in Christ so they can remain fresh, free, tender, faithful, and fruitful when the heat comes.

R149.00 $9.18

Christ Alone

Christ Alone

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Christ Alone is a clear and deeply biblical gospel resource that helps readers understand why only Jesus can save, why our confidence before God can never rest in our own goodness, and how believers can have humble assurance in the finished work of Christ. This book brings together the great truths of sin, grace, faith, repentance, justification, assurance, fruit, and mission in a way that is pastoral, practical, and easy to use for personal study, discipleship, evangelism, small groups, and church teaching. It calls every reader away from false confidence and back to the only safe answer before God: Jesus Christ is enough.

R149.00 $9.18

The Risk Of Assumption

The Risk Of Assumption

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Risk of Assumption is a practical and pastoral book about the hidden damage caused when we think the worst before we know the truth. With strong biblical grounding and real relational application, this resource helps readers recognise how suspicion, untested stories, fear, past wounds, and premature judgments can harm marriages, families, friendships, churches, and leadership teams. It calls us back to the way of Christ: listening before labelling, asking before accusing, and choosing truth, humility, love, and repair over assumption.

R159.00 $9.80

Humble Leaders Lead Better Teams

Humble Leaders Lead Better Teams

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Humble Leaders Lead Better Teams is a biblical and practical leadership
book for men, fathers, pastors, team leaders, and anyone entrusted with
responsibility. Built on the example of Jesus the Servant King, this resource
shows that humility is not weakness, passivity, or lack of authority. Humility
is strength under God.

Through Scripture, pastoral insight, and practical leadership reflection,
Lionel van der Merwe helps leaders confront ego, build trust, listen well,
correct without crushing, carry responsibility without tyranny, and
strengthen the people entrusted to them.

This book is especially helpful for
leadership teams, men's groups, church planters, fathers, ministry leaders,
and anyone who wants to lead with courage, care, and Christlike humility.

R149.00 $9.18

Teach The Gospel To Yourself

Teach The Gospel To Yourself

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
A deeply biblical and practical guide to help believers minister the finished work of Christ to their own weakness, sin, shame, doubt, temptation, anger, and fear. This resource teaches you how to know the gospel deeply, believe it personally, and preach it specifically to your own soul.

R149.00 $9.18

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
A House Divided Against Itself Cannot Stand is a deep, Christ-centered discipleship resource that explores Jesus’ warning in its true Gospel context. This book does not treat the verse as a shallow slogan about unity, but as a serious call to examine the rival kingdoms that can live inside the heart, the home, the mouth, the church, and even ministry leadership.

With Scripture, pastoral insight, reflection questions, prayers, and a practical 30-day journey, this book helps the reader ask: Where have I confessed Christ publicly but resisted His rule privately? It is a searching and healing resource for anyone longing for a life, family, church, and inner world brought fully under the lordship of Jesus Christ.

R139.00 $8.57

The Brotherhood Code

The Brotherhood Code

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Brotherhood Code is a powerful men’s resource about trust, discipline, sacrifice, courage, and Christ-centred brotherhood. Drawing from the principles seen in Special Forces brotherhood, this book calls men out of isolation and into a life of accountability, loyalty, resilience, and shared mission. It is written for men who want to become dependable, spiritually strong, emotionally steady, and trustworthy brothers to the people God has placed beside them.

R149.00 $9.18

Pure Grace

Pure Grace

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Pure Grace is a theological and pastoral study of New Testament grace — the grace that saves, forgives, justifies, trains, transforms, and keeps believers in Christ. This book carefully explores biblical grace through key New Testament passages, showing that grace is neither legalism nor permission for careless living. It is the holy, undeserved, Christ-centred power of God that brings sinners from death to life and teaches them to live for His glory.

With warmth, depth, and clarity, Pure Grace helps readers understand the beauty of true grace while also warning against false grace, hyper-grace, and any teaching that separates grace from repentance, holiness, obedience, and the fear of the Lord.

R139.00 $8.57

The Renewed Mind

The Renewed Mind

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Renewed Mind is a biblical and practical resource for believers who feel burdened by fear, shame, regret, anxiety, guilt, and lies. Through Scripture, reflection, and prayer, this book helps readers understand how God renews the mind by His Word and Spirit, leading them from captive thoughts into truth, peace, freedom, and Christ-shaped thinking.

R139.00 $8.57

Yoke With Jesus

Yoke With Jesus

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Yoke with Jesus is a Matthew 11 discipleship book about learning to walk closely with Christ and allowing His character to be formed in us. Through the invitation of Jesus to come, take His yoke, learn from Him, and find rest, this resource helps believers grow in gentleness, humility, obedience, trust, love, endurance, and spiritual rest. It is a practical and deeply biblical guide for anyone who longs to stop striving in their own strength and walk with Jesus in a more surrendered, fruitful, and restful way.

R149.00 $9.18

How To Listen Well

How To Listen Well

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
How to Listen Well — Mona Lisa Rules is a practical Christian resource that uses the simple picture of “Eyes on Speaker, Mouth Closed, Arms Still” to teach deeper principles of attentive listening, self-control, humility, and wise communication. Written for parents, teachers, leaders, couples, and believers, this book helps readers identify the distractions that damage communication and gives practical tools to listen with love, respond with wisdom, and build stronger relationships.

R129.00 $7.95

The Parable Of The Seed

The Parable Of The Seed

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
The Parable of the Seed is a deep biblical study on Jesus’ teaching about the Word, the heart, and the harvest of a fruitful life. Through the soils in Matthew 13, Mark 4, and Luke 8, this book helps readers examine how they receive God’s Word, what may be choking spiritual growth, and how to become good soil that bears lasting kingdom fruit.

R129.00 $7.95

Set The Sails

Set The Sails

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
Set the Sails is a practical Christian book about preparing your heart and life for the purposes of God. It calls readers to surrender, obedience, faithfulness, and spiritual readiness — so that when the wind of God begins to move, their lives are positioned to follow Him.

R199.00 $12.27

Following Jesus In Sickness And In Lack

Following Jesus In Sickness And In Lack

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
A compassionate book for believers walking through illness, weakness, financial pressure, or seasons of limitation. It reminds readers that Christ can still be followed faithfully in suffering and lack.

R159.00 $9.80

The Effect Of Divorce On Children

The Effect Of Divorce On Children

by Lionel van der Merwe

Digital

Description
A sensitive and practical resource on how divorce affects children emotionally, spiritually, and relationally. It helps parents, leaders, and caregivers respond with wisdom, compassion, and intentional support.

R159.00 $9.80