Luke 1:27-38
In the run-up to Christmas I’ve been blogging some small thoughts about Advent. I’ve picked some passages from Isaiah that I believe can help focus us on the coming King and the Kingdom that began to break in with the … Continued
An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
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In the run-up to Christmas I’ve been blogging some small thoughts about Advent. I’ve picked some passages from Isaiah that I believe can help focus us on the coming King and the Kingdom that began to break in with the … Continued
This passage gives us a glimpse of the one who is coming, The King who will set things to rights. The kingdom that is coming is revealed in it’s king, yet there is so much more going on in this … Continued
In the bits of the Church that I spend time in, there are many phrases and truisms, some good and some bad, which roll around from time to time. Today I want to focus on briefly on one which is … Continued
This book review is a little strange, and may be a little long. It is of a book published thirty years ago, in a different context and conversation, but about such a timeless and timely topic that it jumped off … Continued
Standard disclaimer – this is an IVP/Apollos book, whom I work for. But I didn’t have to be nice. I’m a big fan of the Doctrine of the Trinity, and you should be too. I’ve reviewed books on the Trinity … Continued
Lets get the headline out of the way. This is one of the, if not the, best books on leadership I’ve read. Certainly for its size it is one of the most complete, the most meaty, and the most thought-provoking. … Continued
Regular readers will know that I am fascinated by what it means to be human, and that one of the ways I think we might understand that is by considering the importance of human embodiment and the relational capacity that … Continued
Following on from yesterday’s post on World Suicide Prevention Day, which introduced the topic, defined some terms, and explained the scale of the problem, today I want to turn to Scripture, and consider what the Bible says about suicide, the … Continued
I’m currently deep in the final/writing stages of an essay for an Old Testament module, looking at the image of God (as ever) and the importance of ‘male and female, he created them‘. One voice that finds its way into … 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