Men and Women in Christ

27 May 2020

Men and Women in Christ

by Tom Creedy | 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 | 0

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

25 May 2020

Book Review: Equality is Biblical

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Book Review, Image of God, Marriage, The Bible, Theology | 5

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

21 May 2020

Book Review: Doing Theology With the Reformers

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Church History, Eschatology, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Reformation, Theology | 0

Sometimes a book has such an uninspiring package that you end up being incredibly surprised and grateful that you did not judge it by it’s cover, but instead delved in. Gerald Bray’s Doing Theology with the Reformers falls neatly into this … Continued

19 May 2020

Book Review: In Our Own Image

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Apologetics, Being Human, Book Review, Culture, Theology | 0

Occasionally I like to take a walk on what I call the reading wild side – deliberately trying to wade through something that I wouldn’t normally, in order to exercise the ‘little grey cells’. Wildman’s In Our Image: Anthropomorphism, Apophaticism, and … Continued

12 May 2020

Book Review: God and the Pandemic

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Apologetics, Book Review, Charismatic, Culture, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Gospel, Image of God, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Theology | 0

Of the making of books about the Coronavirus Crisis, readers could be forgiven for saying that there is no end. We’ve had a short book from John Lennox, a slightly longer book from John Piper, a very long book with … Continued

4 May 2020

Book Review: How God Preserved the Bible

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, Church History, The Bible, Theology | 0

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

25 Apr 2020

Marriage, Family and Relationships

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Book Review, Theology | 0

It is quite difficult to review an edited collection of essays, particularly when they make you nod with agreement throughout, and cover a wide range of topics. At the time of writing I am also employed by SPCK to market … Continued

8 Apr 2020

Book Review: Coronavirus and Christ

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Apologetics, Being Human, Book Review, Eschatology, God the Father, Gospel, Kingdom of God, Reading, Theology | 0

As those of us who work in publishing might expect, and those of you who read books might assume, there has been an exponential increase in books about Coronavirus/COVID19. In the Christian marketplace, from the UK at least, 10ofThose released … Continued

26 Mar 2020

This is not normal. And that is ok.

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Baptism, Being Human, Church History, Digital Theology, Ecclesiology, Embodiment, Eschatology, Theology, Vineyard | 0

Wow. Who would have expected that an almost universal embrace of ‘online church’ would be one of the outcomes of a global pandemic. I use those quote marks because I believe that the activities that we are engaging on online … Continued

19 Mar 2020

Theological Retrieval for Evangelicals

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Book Review, Church History, Evangelicalism, History, Preaching, Reading, Theology | 0

The review that follows will be published, in an edited form, in the Churchman journal. I reproduce it here as I think this is a really important book! Behind an accurate but uninviting title and a nice-but-uninspiring cover lie a superb … Continued

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