Book Review: Doing Spirituality

2 Sep 2019

Book Review: Doing Spirituality

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Book Review, Charismatic, Culture, Eschatology, Hermeneutics, History, Holy Spirit, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Leadership, New Testament, Power, Prayer, The Bible, Theology, Top Reads, Trinity, Vineyard | 1

To those within Vineyard and New Wine Christian circles, Alexander Venter will be a familiar name. Venter is a South African pastor and church planter, currently engaged in itinerant teaching ministry, having planted and pastored churches. He is one of … Continued

5 Aug 2019

Book Review: Salvation by Allegiance Alone

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Book Review, Evangelicalism, God the Father, Gospel, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, Kingdom of God, The Bible, Theology, Trinity | 1

I’m rather late to the metaphorical party on this one – Salvation by Allegiance Alone was published in 2017 – but this book is one of the most compelling presentations of the Gospel as being for the whole of life that … Continued

3 Jul 2019

DTLC: We Believe in Spiritual Gifts

by Tom Creedy | posted in: The Bible, Theology, Trinity, Unity, Vineyard, Worship | 0

Continuing our journey of doing theology in our local Church, Amy and I are continuing to teach and facilitate conversations about what it might mean to say ‘We Believe in the Holy Spirit’. In the first week of our last … Continued

16 May 2019

Unburying the Lede: Jesus

by Tom Creedy | posted in: 1 John, Charismatic, Church History, Colossians, Eschatology, God the Father, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, John, Kingdom of God, Philippians, Theology, Trinity, Vineyard | 0

I recently posted a review of a book that I couldn’t recommend, and have found the responses to that review on social media and in private correspondence very interesting. A trusted friend, with vastly more wisdom and learning than … Continued

3 May 2019

Book Review: Live Like Jesus

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Atonement, Being Human, Book Review, Eschatology, God the Father, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Reading, Sin, The Bible, Theology, Trinity, Vineyard | 2

I write this review as someone committed both personally and theologically to the Vineyard movement, and the health of Vineyard theology, as well as the wider pursuit of Jesus. This book, Live Like Jesus, is a difficult book to review, and … Continued

9 Apr 2019

DTLC: We Believe in the Holy Spirit

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Theology, Trinity, Unity, Vineyard | 1

Earlier this year my wife Amy and I kicked off the third term of teaching in our local church’s theology-based evening service. For a variety of reasons, we decided to focus this term’s sessions on Pneumatology – the person and … Continued

23 Jan 2019

Book Review: Who is the Holy Spirit?

by Tom Creedy | posted in: 1 Corinthians, Book Review, Holy Spirit, Prayer, Theology, Trinity | 0

The late Reformed Theologian R. C. Sproul was a prolific writer, preacher and teacher. Some of his reflections on God and God’s Word have been helpfully distilled into the ‘Crucial Questions’ series, one of which I am reviewing today. ‘Who … Continued

12 Dec 2018

Red Lines, and a Better Story

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Anglicanism, Baptism, Being Human, Digital Theology, Embodiment, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Genesis, God the Father, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, Justice, Kingdom of God, Leadership, LGBT, Love, Marriage, Matthew, Mental Health, New Testament, Personal, Sin, Theology, Trinity, Unity | 0

It appears to some that the Church of England has (finally?) crossed a red line, for those of us (within and without) who hold to an orthodox anthropology and theology around issues of identity. Yesterday saw some ‘pastoral guidance‘ published, … Continued

27 Apr 2018

Book Review: Preparing for Baptism

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Baptism, Book Review, Theology, Top Reads, Trinity, Unity | 0

As someone raised in a baptist kind of faith, and constantly inviting people to consider who Jesus is, I was delighted to see that 10Publishing has decided to publish Mez’s little book on Baptism. Whether you read this book as … Continued

2 Apr 2018

Origen on the Gospel and the Trinity

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Church History, God the Father, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Image of God, Jesus, John, Kingdom of God, Theology, Trinity | 0

I recently read, enjoyed and reviewed Scott Hahn’s little book The Creed: Professing the Faith Through the Ages. I was particularly struck by an extended quote from Origen, on the Gospel and the Trinity. I reproduce it in full here: “This … Continued

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