An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
Sometimes a book has such an uninspiring package that you end up being incredibly surprised and grateful that you did not judge it by it’s cover, but instead delved in. Gerald Bray’s Doing Theology with the Reformers falls neatly into this … Continued
The review that follows will be published, in an edited form, in the Churchman journal. I reproduce it here as I think this is a really important book! Behind an accurate but uninviting title and a nice-but-uninspiring cover lie a superb … Continued
This blog post could have been title: ‘Book Review: The First Letter of Peter – A Global Commentary’, but given my views on reviewing commentaries (you can’t really, because everyone wants a commentary for different reasons) and the significance of … Continued
When I started reading this book, I wasn’t sure I was going to review it, let alone enjoy it. By the time I got to the end of it, whilst I was still sure it is pretty niche, I was … Continued
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
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
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
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
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
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
