Book Review: Romans CCSC by Scott Hahn
I like reading the Bible. I’ve been doing it daily for the past two years, and before that I tried to do it often, and even spent quite a few years studying theology which help me read the Bible in … Continued
Book Review: The Abiding Presence
posted in: Book Review, Embodiment, Exodus, Gospel, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Old Testament, Prayer, Preaching, Reading |
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After enjoying The Message of the Book of Revelation in my devotional time, I thought I’d use part of that time to read another commentary of a type/series I was unfamiliar with. In this case (working at work on a book on Moses) … Continued
Book Review: Sin and Grace
posted in: 1 Corinthians, Atonement, Baptism, Book Review, Church History, Discipleship, Gospel, Leadership, New Testament, Prayer, Reformation, Sacraments, Sin, Theology |
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Tony Lane should need no introduction – long time Professor of Historical Theology at LST, prolific author (including of the frankly marvellous Readers Guide to Calvin’s Institutes) and all-round good egg, it was a privilege to interact with him when I worked … Continued
UK Evangelicalism: Three Streams, One Cross
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It should be noted that this blog post had its origin in some comments on a minor factual issue in a chapter of a forthcoming book on the Atonement I’ve contributed to. With that in mind, it is probably not … Continued
Book Review: Confronting Christianity
posted in: Apologetics, Book Review, Gospel, Identity, Image of God, Marriage, Reading, The Bible |
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When a book wins as many plaudits as this one, I’m always disposed to not like it. A few pages in, I felt that familiar hipster smugness, thinking ‘Reads nicely but too in-house language. Are we persuading ourselves or telling … Continued
Chatting about ‘Greater Things’
posted in: Charismatic, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Mission, Unity, Vineyard |
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One of the perks of being interested in a) what God is doing and b) what God has done, whilst also c) reading books, is that occasionally you get fun opportunities. In this case, I got to interview Paul Harcourt, … Continued
Faith in two Kinds? Bavinck on pistis.
posted in: Church History, Discipleship, Evangelicalism, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Image of God, Reformation, Theology |
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In some of the parts of the Christian blogosphere that I read, there has been something of a kerfuffle about the meaning of the greek word pistis, often translated ‘faith’, and what it actually means. The kerfuffle became something of a … Continued
Book Review: Doing Theology With the Reformers
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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
Book Review: God and the Pandemic
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Of the making of books about the Coronavirus Crisis, readers could be forgiven for saying that there is no end. We’ve had a short book from John Lennox, a slightly longer book from John Piper, a very long book with … Continued
Book Review: Coronavirus and Christ
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As those of us who work in publishing might expect, and those of you who read books might assume, there has been an exponential increase in books about Coronavirus/COVID19. In the Christian marketplace, from the UK at least, 10ofThose released … Continued
