An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
I received an electronic review copy of this book from the publisher. I don’t think this clouded my review. Readers can judge. There are a number of ways that I could have tackled this book review. I could have challenged ‘young’, … Continued
I’m a latecomer to Lent. I grew up in a particular Baptist tradition that didn’t do Lent, and was bemused by it at my nominally Anglican school. Since working in Publishing (Starting in 2016) I’ve been exposed to two things: the … Continued
About a year into my first stint in publishing, at SPCK (whom I now work for again but exclusively focusing on IVP), we were told one day that a legend of the Christian publishing world was joining us, to work … Continued
It’s not a great time, it seems to me, for those outside the church looking at the church in England and wondering what we are about, let alone what we are for. 2500+ leaders in churches signed a letter asking the … Continued
It’s been a little while since I read and enjoyed Tom Wright’s excellent How God Became King, and since then I’ve read quite a few more books. The one I’m reviewing today, by Bruce Ashford and Heath Thomas is one … Continued
This post is part of an occasional series. You can read more about that, and see other posts, here. In her chapter at the end of Living Radical Discipleship, Laura Yoder refers to an unpublished manuscript by Sam Berry, tentatively titled Stott … Continued
Regular or historic readers of this blog may know or have observed that John Stott is a big influence on the way that I like to read and write and try to follow Jesus. The book I’m reviewing today echoes that … Continued
