January New Releases: Celebrating Marriage & Rediscovering Matthew

Welcome to 2026 and January presents a month of fresh starts, renewed commitments, and deeper reflection. This month, we bring to you two titles that speak powerfully to relationships and discipleship, whether you’re building a marriage that reflects God’s heart across cultures, or opening Scripture afresh as an individual or small group.

Intercultural marriages are a beautiful picture of God’s creativity, bringing together different backgrounds, traditions, and ways of seeing the world. They can also come with unique challenges, around communication, expectations, family dynamics, faith expression, and identity.

In Celebrating Your Intercultural Marriage, Les and Louise Isaac write with warmth, wisdom, and lived experience drawing from 40 years of marriage and 30 in the marriage ministry. Rather than offering quick fixes, they invite couples to celebrate their differences while grounding their marriage in faith, mutual understanding, and love.

This book is both practical and pastoral, helping couples to:
• Navigate cultural differences with grace and honesty
• Strengthen communication and mutual respect
•Build a shared spiritual life that honours both backgrounds
•See their marriage as a witness to God’s reconciling love

Whether you’re newly married, preparing for marriage, or have been journeying together for years as a married couple, this book offers practical wisdom, encouragement and hope. It is also a valuable resource for pastors and church leaders supporting intercultural couples within their congregations. It would also make a great gift to a couple whether they are starting out on an intercultural marital journey also.

We’re pleased to introduce the refreshed, rejacketed edition of the Matthew LifeBuilder Study Guide which is a trusted resource, now with a fresh new look. Matthew’s Gospel invites us to encounter Jesus as the promised Messiah and King, calling people into a life of faithful discipleship.

This LifeBuilder study helps readers engage deeply with the text through thoughtful questions, reflection, and discussion. The Study Guide prompts readers to reflect on what it would be like to be discipled by Jesus and to explore what he would teach us about relationships, priorities, wealth and his coming kingdom. 

A resource that is ideal for individuals or small groups, this study encourages readers to:

• Explore who Jesus is and what it means to follow him
• Connect Scripture with everyday life and faith
• Grow in understanding through prayerful reflection and conversation

With its accessible format and timeless content, this rejacketed edition is perfect for the start of a new year, whether you’re in search of a group study to begin or returning personally to the Gospel of Matthew.

Both of our January releases invite us into deeper, more intentional living by strengthening marriages, nurturing faith, and anchoring our lives in God’s Word. As we step into a new year, they offer timely encouragement for growth, connection, and discipleship.

Explore these titles this January and begin the year with resources that speak to real life and lasting faith.