An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
A Vision for Preaching, Abraham Kuruvilla, Baker, 2015, ~200 page paperback I love preaching. Mostly I love listening to preachers preach – and am saddened when the slot in a service reserved for a sermon is instead filled with … Continued
2021 was an interesting year for reading – I probably read over 200 books, if I include the manuscripts I’ve worked on in various capacities. However, I go by my goodreads tally, and this year kept a Twitter thread (click … Continued
Don’t do it. Unless – and if you are reading this in English it is extremely unlikely – you are being physically persecuted by the government of your country and need to resist. Like under the Nazis. That thought is … Continued
My brother – who contributed to a book I edited, and occasionally writes reviews of books I’ve worked on – pointed me to a really interesting Twitter thread by Beth Moore. Some context might be useful. I work in … Continued
This post is part of an occasional series. You can read more about that, and see other posts, here. To certain sections of evangelicalism, Terry Virgo will need no introduction. For others, the church, it’s helpful to understand that he … Continued
One passage of scripture that seems to emerge at important times in my life is John 15:1-5: “I am the true vine, and my Father is the gardener. He cuts off every branch in me that bears no fruit, while every branch that does … Continued
When I started sketching out this blog post in my head, I thought I hadn’t blogged for two months. Then I checked. The last blog post I published was a book review on the 26th of January. As far as I … Continued
I like reading the Bible. I’ve been doing it daily for the past two years, and before that I tried to do it often, and even spent quite a few years studying theology which help me read the Bible in … Continued
Since returning to publishing more than a year ago now, I’ve had the privilege of working editorially on some titles. This means I think, that it would be wildly inappropriate for me to write reviews of books that I’ve edited … Continued
This is a short readable and very real book by Sam Allberry. I’m a bit late to the party on this one, as it was published almost 2 years ago, but it’s a really good book on singleness whichtakes seriously … Continued
