Book Review: Simply God

9 Jan 2020

Book Review: Simply God

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Leadership, Prayer, Reading, Reformation, Relationality, The Bible, Theology, Trinity | 0

I’ve had this book on my shelves for years, and finally got round to re-reading it and reviewing it recently, as I was inspired by the publication of Steven Duby’s God in Himself. Peter Sanlon’s first book Simply God: Recovering the Classical Trinity … Continued

30 Dec 2019

Book Review: Advent

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Jesus, Kingdom of God | 0

Ever since starting to work for SPCK back in 2016, I’ve come more and more to appreciate the season of Advent – and have used various different books to ‘lean in’ to this vital season of the Church’s year. Recently … Continued

18 Dec 2019

Book Review: Looking Beyond Brexit

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Being Human, Book Review, Church History, Culture, Jesus, Leadership, Matthew, Politics, Reformation, Relationality | 0

Bishop Graham opens this short book with a simple dedication: To all my friends who voted either Leave or Remain Looking Beyond Brexit: Bringing the country back together is a short (around 50 pages) book is a concise and focused piece … Continued

17 Nov 2019

Book Review: Ambition

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Being Human, Book Review | 0

Emma Ineson is the Bishop of Penrith, and before that was the principal of Trinity College, Bristol, and so by some standards is an ambitious person who has achieved things that some of us dream of. However, this isn’t a … Continued

7 Nov 2019

3 Advent Books

by Tom Creedy | posted in: 1 Corinthians, Anglicanism, Church History, Eschatology, Jesus, Love, Prayer | 0

Whilst you might have not noticed my reviews of three different Advent books, particularly as I published them at odd moments in the year, I thought I’d collect them all up in this post now, as this is the sort … Continued

26 Aug 2019

Book Review: Epiphanies of the Ordinary

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Charismatic, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Reading, Theology | 0

Sometimes you read a book, and it’s by someone you’ve been aware of for years, but never read anything by, and you are furious at yourself for not having got round to it earlier. Epiphanies of the Ordinary by Charlie Cleverly … Continued

19 Aug 2019

Book Review: Knowing Our Times

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Church History, Culture, Ecclesiology, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Gospel, Mission | 0

This review will be quite short, because the book it is about is quite short, and I think it is well worth reading. If you are a pastor, church planter, or otherwise involved in church and mission in the UK, … Continued

28 Jun 2019

Thinking Carefully about Spiritual Abuse

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Being Human, Church Structure, Culture, Ecclesiology, Isaiah, James, Jesus, Justice, Leadership, Theology | 1

Following recent revelations publicly about a leading Anglican evangelical and abuse, and with a new book about Spiritual Abuse just published, I was prompted again (whilst reading Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse) of the need to think carefully about this … Continued

17 Jun 2019

An Overview of Anthony Thiselton – Part 1

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Hermeneutics, Theology | 0

Those of you who read between the lines of some of my blogs, tweets, and statii, will know that I am very interested in Imago Dei/Theological Anthropology. This interest was, in part, spawned out of engaging with 1 Corinthians and … Continued

4 Mar 2019

Book Review: Reconciliation

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Jesus, Theology | 0

I received a copy of this book from the publisher, SPCK, in exchange for an honest review. I hope that doesn’t cloud my or your reading. Lent starts very soon, and whether you are a veteran of the church calendar … Continued

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