An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
Benjamin Franklin allegedly said that “if you fail to plan, you are planning to fail“. I think this is generally true, but I’ve also learnt that planning too much is setting oneself up to fail. Last year, 2017, for those … Continued
As noted in my review roundup post, reflecting a little on my 2017 reading challenge, I had a mixed success in reading and widening my reading this year. Thanks to tools like Kindle, my blog, a pile of books, and … Continued
At the start of 2017 I set myself the challenge of reading about 125 books in the year, riffing off of Tim Challies excellent-sounding reading challenge. I had what might be called mixed success. This blog post is mostly a … Continued
I’ve just finished reading what might be my new favourite book on Holiness (J.C.Ryle’s classic aside, obviously), “The Pursuit of the Holy” by Simon Ponsonby. Simon, if you’ve not heard of him before, is the pastor of Theology at St. … Continued
Regular readers will know that I am a big fan of reading, and particularly enjoy encouraging others to engage in reading books that will grow and stretch them. I’ve written hundreds of book reviews on this blog, many of which are … Continued
This book review has been a long time coming. I knew the author when he was an assistant pastor at the Church I grew up in, and he kindly showed me around his University Theology Department when I was considering … Continued
I am reasonably young, and I am fairly sure I am a Calvinist. To my definition, this means I believe that God is very big, very good, and completely in control. In a more formal sense, it means I think … Continued
Tony Campolo and Mary Albert Darling are both provocative and innovative thinkers, with whom I agree in part and disagree occasionally! I enjoyed, for what it was, their previous effort, and today’s book is similar in my response. In “The … Continued
