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Book review — Comfort and Joy

Book: Comfort and JoyAuthor: Matt SearlesPublisher: 10PublishingRetail Price: £4.99 (buy now)
Review by Sheila Stephen1 minute readNovember/December 2023, page 28

Comfort and Joy

Matt Searles’ beautifully presented series of Advent devotions is based in Isaiah chapters 40 to 55. Each short devotional is just two pages. It explores the text for the day, culminating in Christ and is applied to the believer today. The book is full of compassion.

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Sheila Stephen
Sheila Stephen lectures in Pastoral Care at Union School of Theology, Bridgend, and for Union’s PRISCILLA online course for women.

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