Book Review: Love Means Love
When a new book on sexuality and the Bible, or related topics, lands on my desk/laptop, it can be hard to sum up the enthusiasm to read it. Particularly when it has such a vacuous title as this one, ‘Love … Continued
Men and Women in Christ
posted in: 1 Corinthians, 1 Timothy, Being Human, Book Review, Genesis, Identity, Image of God, Leadership, New Testament, Old Testament, Preaching, Reading, The Bible, Theology, Titus, Unity |
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One of the most interesting books published by IVP in the window where I wasn’t working there is this one, Men and Women in Christ: Fresh Light from the Biblical Texts. This is a comprehensive and fascinating look at what has … Continued
Book Review: Equality is Biblical
I should note at the outset that this book is published by SPCK, for whom I work for IVP. Hopefully that doesn’t cloud my reading or reviewing. I’ll let you be the judge of that! I’d been intrigued to get … Continued
Book Review: How God Preserved the Bible
I was excited to be sent a number of Christian Focus’s latest titles for review recently, and I’ve been working through them slowly but surely. Whilst I was underwhelmed by Sharon James’ book on Gender Ideology, I’m delighted to say … Continued
The BST NIV Bible
I’m privileged to work for IVP, a confessional evangelical publisher that loves and values the Bible. Recently, we published a superb new edition, an NIV with study notes from the Bible Speaks Today (BST) series. I don’t know about you, … Continued
Book Review: Does God Really Like Me?
posted in: Apologetics, Being Human, Book Review, Eschatology, Gospel, Identity, Jesus, Kingdom of God, The Bible, Vineyard |
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The authors pitch this book in answer to a simple question – we know God loves us, but does he really like us? This is less an allusion to rom-coms, but rather an unpacking of that great vision of the Westminster Shorter Catechism, that … Continued
Book Review: Canon, Covenant and Christology
posted in: Book Review, Church History, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Jesus, John, Luke, Mark, Matthew, New Testament, Old Testament, Reading, The Bible, Theology |
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At the outset of this review I should note that I work for the publisher of the NSBT Series in the UK, and that this may cloud my review. Let the reader understand! I’ve been excited about this book since … Continued
Brephos
posted in: Being Human, Embodiment, Eschatology, Genesis, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Luke, Personal, Psalms, Relationality, Revelation, The Bible, Theology |
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One of the occupational hazards of a) being interested in what the Bible says about things and b) being an impending dad (my wife gave birth to our first child in March, so if things go quiet here, that’ll be … Continued
Book Review: But What About God’s Wrath?
posted in: Atonement, Being Human, Book Review, God the Father, Justice, Love, Relationality, The Bible, Theology |
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As part of an ongoing interest in reading into and around God’s identity and goodness, and also the theology and depths of the atonement, one of the interesting side-roads is to consider accounts of God’s Wrath. This has become quite … Continued
Book Review: Simply God
posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, God the Father, Holy Spirit, Jesus, Leadership, Prayer, Reading, Reformation, Relationality, The Bible, Theology, Trinity |
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I’ve had this book on my shelves for years, and finally got round to re-reading it and reviewing it recently, as I was inspired by the publication of Steven Duby’s God in Himself. Peter Sanlon’s first book Simply God: Recovering the Classical Trinity … Continued
