Book Review: Inside Grief
This book is rather different from many I have reviewed on this blog, and for various reasons. For one thing, it is a collection of essays, which is not a particularly common format, and for another it is on the … Continued
When the Image of God is Reduced, Damaged, Broken
posted in: 2 Corinthians, Being Human, Colossians, Disability, Embodiment, Evangelicalism, Image of God, Jesus, Justice, LGBT, Mental Health |
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I believe in the Doctrine of Original Sin. I believe in the Doctrine of Imago Dei. I believe that for all our mistakes, our brokenness, our sinfulness, everything wrong in every human being, that we bear the hallmark of … Continued
Book Review: Is God Anti-Gay?
I’m immensely grateful to Sam Allberry for writing this little book, in the Good Book Company’s new ‘Questions Christians ask’ series, for many reasons. It is a well thought through, compassionate, biblically faithful, eminently readable introduction to a very controversial … Continued
Sex(uality) is Not Enough
Some of you may know that I have been reading, ‘researching’ and reflecting on the inter-related topics of sex, sexuality, identity, body, and the theology of all of these, for some time. Today’s post echoes that reflection, both in … Continued
Book Review: The Big Ego Trip
This book is a new publication from IVP, and the first I’ve read from someone I’ve been following with glee and gratitude on Twitter for a while, Glynn Harrison. “The Big Ego Trip” has been a joy to read, and … Continued
Readings in Singleness and Celibacy
I thought it would be worth sharing some thoughts and recommendations on what is out there. As a married young man, I don’t have the life experience to engage fully in this issue, but I want to empower other people … Continued
Book Review: Permanent, Faithful, Stable
Regular readers will know my thoughts on the teaching of the Church on sexuality, and what I understand (in common with the majority of Christians/history) to be the meaning of marriage. They will also know that I review a range … Continued
Book Review: Washed and Waiting
posted in: Anglicanism, Being Human, Book Review, Embodiment, Evangelicalism, LGBT, New Testament |
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This is a powerful, difficult, and important book. Powerful because it is so raw, biblical, and personal. Difficult because it engages with a myriad of myths and misunderstandings that prevail in our culture – both Christian and secular. Important because … Continued
Guest Post: Bonhoeffer and Truth
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Truth-telling, Hitler, and the triple-agent pastor Recently, I’ve been reading Eric Metaxas’s excellent biography of the great German wartime pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I’ve just reached the rather confusing if gripping place where, in 1941, Bonhoeffer heads off to Eastern Germany … Continued
Book Review: Falling Upward
I originally wrote this review back in 2013, but have updated it a little to reflect the recent resurgence of Rohr’s popularity, in books such as ‘The Divine Dance’ and ‘The Universal Christ’. At the time, I got a review … Continued
