Book Review: A Christian Theology of Place
One of the side-books that I found fascinating during my MA, and that I’ve been reading (on and off!) over the few years since, is John Inge’s brilliant and surprisingly readable exploratory essay, A Christian Theology of Place. Published by Ashgate, this … Continued
#SVS2018 Day 2 – A Brief Reflection
After a great first day of the 2018 Society of Vineyard Scholars conference at Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky (read my first thoughts here) I surprised myself by bouncing out of bed and going for a short run. Shower later, … Continued
#SVS2018 Day 1 – A Brief Reflection
After a couple of years off (more on this another time!) it has been a blessing to be at Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky for the 2018 Society of Vineyard Scholars (SVS) 2018 Conference. We’ve already been blessed by … Continued
Book Review: Creation Care
A slightly different version of this review will be published in the journal Churchman. Fundamentally, this book is a challenge for church leaders and preachers to have God’s heart for creation. I open this review with a quotation from near … Continued
5 Things to pray for SVS 2018
I’m looking forward to being at the Asbury Theological Seminary in Kentucky next week, for the 2018 Conference of the Society of Vineyard Scholars. I’m honoured to be representing my local church as ‘Theologian at Large’ (it’s something to put … Continued
Book Review: Ministry of the Word
I was privileged to get another little care package of books from 10ofThose recently – this one is a little volume on something very important. To some readers of this blog, Wallace Benn will need no introduction – to … Continued
Two New SVS Papers
This time next week (give or take the time difference, sorry!) I’ll have been sat through the first plenary and welcome and so-on for the 2018 gathering of the Society of Vineyard Scholars. I’m excited to have been invited to … Continued
Book Review: Mere Sexuality
A version of this review will be published in the Journal Churchman It is heartening to see that, as the debate on sexuality within and without the church comes to a head, an increasing number of books are being published that … Continued
Doing Theology in the local Church
One of the great things about our local church is that my wife and I have been given the dangerous responsibility to do is to convene and coordinate an evening service focused on theology. Over three weeks (spread across three … Continued
Book Review: Defenders of the Faith
As I noted in my review of his last book, Matt Knell is a brilliant young historical theologian with a knack for communicating useful truth to people from a wider variety of backgrounds, education levels, and perspectives. It is with … Continued