Book Review: Simple Ways
This is a review of a book of a kind I have not read before, and would not normally choose to read! However, reading it carefully and eventually using it as designed – meditatively – has been an interesting and … Continued
An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
This is a review of a book of a kind I have not read before, and would not normally choose to read! However, reading it carefully and eventually using it as designed – meditatively – has been an interesting and … Continued
This is a great book. The basic premise is that we can and should spend more time with God – specifically in long wandering prayers. This is not to replace devotions – indeed, Hansen makes the point that his devotions … Continued
Note – I wrote this originally back in 2011. Some may take offence at the usage of ‘suicide’ in the title, but I stand by that word choice. You can see my engagement with issues of suicide in the ethical sense … Continued
A long time ago, in what feels like a Twittersphere far, far away, there was a great furore because a well-intentioned, communicative, popular pastor wrote a book about hell. The controversy surrounding Rob Bell’s “Love Wins” (which wasn’t that good, … Continued
This is a review written a number of years ago – so apologies for the style, brevity, and pace! This review was done from reading a book entirely on my Kindle, and so is by necessity not able to take … Continued
Content warning – abortion. Note for clarity – I wrote this review back in 2011. Well, its out. I watched it on Youtube. You can watch it on the promotional website. It only takes half an hour – but its … Continued
In Ephesians 4, the Apostle Paul (The last living Apostle of Jesus, though some might dispute this!?) writes this: “As a prisoner for the Lord, then, I urge you to live a life worthy of the calling you have … Continued
There are different ways I could persuade you to read this book. There are different ways I could describe myself. I am an intelligent Christian Theology graduate from a great university that I worked to get into, am married to a … Continued
John Stott, who went to be with the Lord very recently at the time of the writing this review, is counted by many as one of the most influential, wise and learned evangelical thinkers. His impact on evangelicalism – and … Continued
This book by Piper – which for whatever reason I had never heard of before seeing it on a church bookstall in the US, is a hidden gem. Books on Christian Marriage are a Dime a Dozen – or all … Continued