An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
With other Christians, prboably the thing I spend the most time discussing offline is the role of women within the life of the church. A far second might be the charismatic gifts, or possibly multisite church. I’m in the ‘egalitarian’ camp, … Continued
In my day job, I read quite a few books, and outside of my day job, I read a few more. I’m lucky enough to get sent several books a month to review – and occasionally ask for a few … Continued
It is quite difficult to review an edited collection of essays, particularly when they make you nod with agreement throughout, and cover a wide range of topics. At the time of writing I am also employed by SPCK to market … Continued
If I had to count, I’d say I’d read more than a hundred books on prayer, in it’s different guises and from different perspectives. The book I’m reviewing today, John Starke’s The Possibility of Prayer: Finding Stillness with God in a … Continued
This post is less a book review than a set of book notices! I’m running a little bit behind on book reviews, due to a) having a newborn, b) work being busy and c) there being a global pandemic on. … Continued
In something of an amusing mashup of blast-from-the-past and very timely post, kind Aunt and Uncle sent me a copy of this little book when our daughter was born. They were well aware that Ann Benton is married to John, … Continued
Eugene Peterson should need no introduction – though I confess that I am late coming to this excellent book. With all the recent noise about spiritual formation and rhythms of grace, I thought I’d go pseudo-retro and dig out this … Continued
One of the things I’ve found that I’m missing most of all in the Coronavirus situation has been gathered worship and prayer with my local church. I’m blessed to live with my wife and daughter – so I don’t have … Continued
As those of us who work in publishing might expect, and those of you who read books might assume, there has been an exponential increase in books about Coronavirus/COVID19. In the Christian marketplace, from the UK at least, 10ofThose released … Continued
March has been a crazy month – our first daughter arrived (early!) and the world was gripped by the Coronavirus pandemic. In spite of both of those momentous, life-changing events (or, in the latter, perhaps because of!) I managed to … Continued
