An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
Alan Scott has had influence on my life since 2012, when I heard him speak at The Cause to Live For, a Vineyard UK and Ireland conference. At the time, he and his wife Kathryn were leading Causeway Coast Vineyard … Continued
In their excellent book, Escaping the Maze of Spiritual Abuse, Justin Humphreys and Lisa Oakley discuss at one point the reality and pain of anger that can be felt as someone realises things are not as they should be. Anger is … 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
For some readers of this blog, the name John Stott will be very familiar. For others, he may be someone vaguely on the radar. For still others, the name may well mean nothing. Regardless, I think it is worth flagging … 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
As someone who understands their Christianity as being both charismatic and Reformed, Calvinist and Vineyard, I often find myself being asked to explain just how I hold those two tensions together. My background and upbringing was in a Reformed Baptist … 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
Andy Frost has written a really helpful, incisive little book that helps Christians work out how to share their story, and find their place in God’s unfolding story. Story is important – we swim in the water of stories every … Continued
I write this review as someone committed both personally and theologically to the Vineyard movement, and the health of Vineyard theology, as well as the wider pursuit of Jesus. This book, Live Like Jesus, is a difficult book to review, and … Continued
It is always good to read stuff. But it is quite difficult to know what to read, let alone when, so each month I try and share a few things I’ve found interesting or helpful – on some of the … Continued
