Book Review: So Everyone Can Hear
This book is published by SPCK, for whom I work on IVP. I hope that doesn’t cloud my view of the books I read and review. For an example, see recent reviews on Richard Rohr and Steve Chalke. Mark Crosby … Continued
An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
This book is published by SPCK, for whom I work on IVP. I hope that doesn’t cloud my view of the books I read and review. For an example, see recent reviews on Richard Rohr and Steve Chalke. Mark Crosby … Continued
It was hard work to read this robust and practical book – not least because of the subject matter. There has been an ongoing conversation about what spiritual abuse is, whether it should be even called that, and what to … Continued
The Church: A Unique Gathering of People is one of a set of five little books developed by Tim Chester out of John Stott’s classic ‘The Contemporary Christian’. Much of what I might say about this book is found in the … Continued
This review originally appeared in the Churchman Journal, and was published in 2014. With a Reformed Baptist background, an Anglican wife and postgraduate education, and a Vineyard present, I approached this multi-perspective volume with interest. The editors have done thoughtful Christians a … Continued
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
Whilst you might be bored of my reading recommendations – having just shared my Top Ten Books of 2018, and indeed a brief summary of everything I read last year, I’m still trying to read more broadly and widely. So, … Continued
This blog post’s title might come across as a little bit odd – but the asterisk refers to the fact that in some of the church circles I move in, there seems to be an avoidance of some of the … Continued
The Sunday Times has published a letter, and an article about it, in which over 1600/1700 (depending on when you read it!) people who are members of the Church of England and deeply involved in it, have written to their … Continued
Whenever I read and even review a book by someone I know personally, I’m always nervous. In this case, perhaps doubly so. John Benton was the pastor of Chertsey Street Baptist Church, in Guildford, for many years – the church … Continued
A friend shared on Facebook a quote, unsourced, that has resonated with me overnight: “People who call out false teachers are not divisive, people who embrace false teachers are divisive, and can be deadly“. This got me thinking, and I … Continued