An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
This is the first ‘substantive’ post in my new mini-series, explained here. This talk was the closing evening session of NLC 2012 – and you can listen to it on the VCUKI website. At the time Debby, with her … Continued
This book was intriguing enough that I ended up ordering the authors previous work, “Finding Hope and Meaning in Suffering“. That, however, does not constitute a full review! Trystan Owain Hughes, the Anglican Chaplain at Cardiff University, has given the … Continued
edit: Chalke, myself and my then boss Krish were interviewed by Christian Today, and I felt his response was disappointing.There is a storify of Tweets here. I ended up reviewing the book for Third Way, if you want my opinion … Continued
This book’s cover, like its content, has the potential to divide, offend, and challenge. The simple fact is that Abortion is a controversial, emotive, and often misunderstood. It is for exactly these reasons (and the fact that this book is, … Continued
Whilst this review exists in its three parts, as well as a ‘first thoughts’ post, I thought it might be useful to (and having recieved a few requests for the whole thing!) combine them, and so this very lengthy post … Continued
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
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
Published by IVP, this book has a foreword by John Stott, and the author is a professor of Ethics and Perinatology (me neither, this is “the branch of obstetrics [medicine relating to childbirth] dealing with the specific period of time … Continued
A lot of the Old Testament is rather alien to the modern Christian. But it shouldn’t be. Even though much of the narrative is out of our comprehension, or in some cases despicable to our ears, it is the same … Continued
