An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
Occasionally I’ll find a book on leadership that I actually like, and like enough to recommend to people. Given that this is relatively rare, for reasons noted in my review of Radical Leadership: in the New Testament and Today, I want to … Continued
I’m a bit of a fan of Mike Reeves, and I’ve also been pretty interested in prayer over the past two years. So when I heard that Mike was writing a little book on prayer, in a similar vein to … Continued
My wife – and chief editor/the person to whom I check things, has given the go-ahead to start writing a series of personal-theological reflections on things I’ve learned. This is, actually, significantly less pretentious than you might think. Over the … Continued
Disclaimer – this is a book published by SPCK, the publisher for whom I currently work, but I hope that doesn’t affect my view. For some strange reason I was once nominated for an award as a ‘leadership’ blog, … Continued
As alluded to in a previous blog post, I was privileged to be invited back to Premier Christian Radio in London for a half hour of chat and back-and-forth around questions on the Bible. This time, the questions came thick … Continued
Rowan Williams. Thomas Merton. Two figures who I believe will require lasting theological interaction (though Rowan, of course, isn’t dead), and two figures often misunderstood by evangelicals in general and Christians more generally. This slim, readable volume comprises several lectures on Thomas … Continued
This guest post comes from a friend of mine – someone I’ve only met once (In Philadelphia, we argued and ate burgers, to the best of my recollection) – and engages with something I think is going to be (if … Continued
Given my academic and personal interests in this question, I have been looking forward to getting around to reading Mark Meynell’s contribution to The Good Book Company’s excellent ‘Questions Christians Ask’ series; What makes us human? And other questions about God, … Continued
Off the back of what I read and enjoyed in June, here’s the list of things I’ve read and would, in some way, recommend, in the month of July 2017: Corbyn copy: Why Jeremy and Trump are (almost) the same. … Continued
At some point I’m going to need to write a ‘thinkpiece’ about Christian publishing. This book, actually, prompted that thought. So I won’t go down that line today. So what is this book? This is a short, readable, challenging little … Continued
