My Top Twenty of 2020
Having read almost (but actually not that near) 200 books this year, I figured I could split the difference and have a Top Twenty for 2020. So, in no particular order (and riffing off the Top Ten I did for … Continued
Top Reads: September to November 2020
I skipped August as it was so busy I didn’t manage to write the reviews of books that I read. Then I got out of the rhythm, so here’s a roundup of ten things that I read in the last … Continued
Book Review: ‘Here Are Your Gods!’
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Working for a Christian publisher – not least a confessional one – means that I am in a privileged position when it comes to reading books. It also means that I have to be quite careful not to read and … Continued
Top Reads: July 2020
July was an odd month – lots of reading, but not many book reviews! Next month might see the backlog start to clear… Anyway, here are a few things I really enjoyed reading last month. John Stevens has written a … Continued
Top Reads: May 2020
May has been a unique month in a unique year. Nevertheless, my reading has continued. Here are a few highlights. One highlight was James Mumford’s excellent VEXED. TLDR? The world is polarised. But truth can be found on all sides. … Continued
Top Reads: April 2020
Here are a few of the things I read and enjoyed last month! The New Statesman ran a provocative article about how Coronavirus is history-changing. TLDR? Change happens. Humans are not invincible. The EU might be over. Lucy Peppiatt’s Rediscovering Scripture’s … Continued
Top Reads: March 2020
March has been a crazy month – our first daughter arrived (early!) and the world was gripped by the Coronavirus pandemic. In spite of both of those momentous, life-changing events (or, in the latter, perhaps because of!) I managed to … 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
Top Reads: February 2020
As the second month of 2020 comes to an end, and my wife formally begins her maternity leave, I’ve tried to read as much as possible before the baby comes! Here are my Top Ten Things, all read in the … Continued
Book Review: Story Bearer
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It’s been a privilege to work on marketing this book – and it has been genuinely difficult keeping my review from going live. I want people to read this book! But, anyway, the usual proviso to a review applies – … Continued
