Book Review: Young, Woke and Christian
I received an electronic review copy of this book from the publisher. I don’t think this clouded my review. Readers can judge. There are a number of ways that I could have tackled this book review. I could have challenged ‘young’, … Continued
Books I have edited… Forty Women
I’m a latecomer to Lent. I grew up in a particular Baptist tradition that didn’t do Lent, and was bemused by it at my nominally Anglican school. Since working in Publishing (Starting in 2016) I’ve been exposed to two things: the … Continued
Book Review: They’ll never read that!
About a year into my first stint in publishing, at SPCK (whom I now work for again but exclusively focusing on IVP), we were told one day that a legend of the Christian publishing world was joining us, to work … Continued
Why does ‘sexuality’ have such a unique power to divide the church?
It’s not a great time, it seems to me, for those outside the church looking at the church in England and wondering what we are about, let alone what we are for. 2500+ leaders in churches signed a letter asking the … Continued
Book Review: The Gospel of Our King
It’s been a little while since I read and enjoyed Tom Wright’s excellent How God Became King, and since then I’ve read quite a few more books. The one I’m reviewing today, by Bruce Ashford and Heath Thomas is one … Continued
Books I have edited… John Stott on Creation Care
This post is part of an occasional series. You can read more about that, and see other posts, here. In her chapter at the end of Living Radical Discipleship, Laura Yoder refers to an unpublished manuscript by Sam Berry, tentatively titled Stott … Continued
Book Review: Living Radical Discipleship
Regular or historic readers of this blog may know or have observed that John Stott is a big influence on the way that I like to read and write and try to follow Jesus. The book I’m reviewing today echoes that … Continued
Some 2022 Reading Goals
Last year (2021) I ended up exceeding my reading goals, largely by reading a lot of fiction and taking some sick leave, with regards to quantity of books read. In the last few days of 2021 I realised I was going … Continued
Book Review: Stewards of Eden
Ever since handing over the manuscript of John Stott on Creation Care early last year, I’ve been keeping an eye out for books on creation care and Christianity that tap in to the Bibles big story, rather than treating it … Continued
My Top 21 of 2021
After the roundup of what I read in 2021, with my apologies again for a dearth of reviews, here are my top 21 books. 21 – Mark (TNTC) by Eckhard Schnabel – an excellent and accessible commentary on Mark which … Continued
