An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
Reviewing commentaries is a tricky business – particularly for me as a generalist, and an in-publisher editor of commentaries! I tend to offer my review based on the format and content of the volume, and it’s utility or otherwise to … Continued
After a pretty interesting 2021, 2022 was a year in which I decided I wanted to aim for 200 books. I also intended to write 50 reviews (Having failed miserably at hitting 100 in 2021!). I also wanted to diversify … Continued
Disclosure – I was sent a copy of this book for review. I hope that didn’t cloud my thoughts. Cards on the table – my wife and I spent 18 months or so as part of HTB, she worked for … Continued
Regular readers of this blog will know that I am a bit of a fanboy of Kate Bowler, author of Everything Happens for a Reason and other Lies I’ve Loved, and also The Preacher’s Wife. Bowler is an Assistant professor … Continued
The last couple of months have been a bit insane, so here are some ‘bitesize’ reviews, of books that are important, but that I’ve not had time or motivation to do a full review on the blog. This post is … Continued
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
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
A modified version of this review may appear in the journal Churchman. This review is based on a copy provided by the publisher for that purpose. In many ways this is a unique book. Posthumously published, broadly cessationist but not unconcerned … Continued
A lot of the Old Testament is rather alien to the modern Christian. But it shouldn’t be. Even though much of the narrative is out of our comprehension, or in some cases despicable to our ears, it is the same … Continued
