A bite-size reviews backlog…

1 Sep 2020

A bite-size reviews backlog…

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Apologetics, Atonement, Book Review, Church History, Discipleship, Ecclesiology, Embodiment, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Hermeneutics, History, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Reading, Reformation, Theology | 1

The last couple of months have been a bit insane, so here are some ‘bitesize’ reviews, of books that are important, but that I’ve not had time or motivation to do a full review on the blog. This post is … Continued

20 Aug 2020

The Core of Covenant

by Tom Creedy | posted in: 1 Corinthians, Exodus, Ezekiel, Hebrews, History, Holy Spirit, Jeremiah, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Revelation | 1

In my devotional time this year I’ve been reading Walking With God Day By Day: 365 Daily Devotional Selections from Martyn Lloyd-Jones. It’s been great, and every now and then the Doctor puts something so well I feel compelled to share … Continued

19 Mar 2020

Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Church History, Evangelicalism, History, Preaching, Reading, Theology | 0

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

24 Dec 2019

My Top Ten Books of 2019

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Church History, Culture, Eschatology, Gospel, History, Identity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prayer, Reading, The Bible, Theology, Top Reads | 0

I’ve been watching with interest various people and organisations post their ‘book of the year’ lists, and have held off doing my own largely because I was finishing up a few books that I wondered if they MIGHT sneak into … Continued

8 Nov 2019

Book Review: God in the Whirlwind

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Apologetics, Atonement, Being Human, Book Review, Church History, Culture, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, God the Father, Gospel, Heresy, History, Image of God, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Mission, Reading, Revival, Theology | 0

The name David Wells will likely be known to one subset of readers of this blog, and an unknown one to others. This book, though, should be of interest to anyone who reads this blog and/or is interested in issues … Continued

27 Oct 2019

Book Review: 74 Days

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, History, Politics | 0

The Falklands War. This is a very short period of history that happened comparatively recently that I know very little about, and so I am always on the lookout in libraries and second-hand bookshops for books about it. In one … Continued

13 Oct 2019

God Is For Us

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Genesis, God the Father, Gospel, History, Holy Spirit, Identity, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Love | 0

Alongside reading David Bentley Hart’s That All Shall Be Saved, a new book on universalism, I’ve been reading David F. Wells’ book (next two links to more on the book, as I haven’t reviewed them yet!) God in the Whirlwind: How the … Continued

2 Sep 2019

Book Review: Doing Spirituality

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Book Review, Charismatic, Culture, Eschatology, Hermeneutics, History, Holy Spirit, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Leadership, New Testament, Power, Prayer, The Bible, Theology, Top Reads, Trinity, Vineyard | 1

To those within Vineyard and New Wine Christian circles, Alexander Venter will be a familiar name. Venter is a South African pastor and church planter, currently engaged in itinerant teaching ministry, having planted and pastored churches. He is one of … Continued

17 Jul 2019

Book Review: The Union Jack

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, History | 1

Most people I’ve met in the UK know that the Union Jack should only really be called that when it’s flown at sea – when it is flown on land, it is properly known as the Union Flag. You may … Continued

24 Jan 2014

Book Review: Evangelical Faith and the Challenge of Historical Criticism

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, Evangelicalism, Hermeneutics, History, Old Testament, The Bible, Theology | 0

Today’s book review is of an interesting collection of essays that have found their way into some of my own essays, plenty of conversations, and some of my own thinking. Edited by two Christophers: Hays, a Postdoctoral Fellow at Oxford, … Continued

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