Book Review: Desiring the Kingdom
I’ve been looking forward to reading, finishing and reviewing this book for a while, and now that I am in a position to do the latter, I can confidently say my expectation was not misplaced. I’ve enjoyed the work of … Continued
Book Review: Faith and the Creeds
“What do Christians believe? Why do they believe this? And what difference does it make? In the Christian belief for Everyone series, I aim to explore the basic themes of a simple and genuinely Christian faith“ So opens the introduction, … Continued
Book Review: The Living God
This book follows as the second in a new series from SPCK, building on the ‘For Everyone’ brand made famous by Tom Wright’s contribution on the New Testament front, and John Goldingay on the Old Testament. Alister McGrath is well-placed … Continued
Book Review: Retrieving Doctrine
This book review has been a long time coming. I knew the author when he was an assistant pastor at the Church I grew up in, and he kindly showed me around his University Theology Department when I was considering … Continued
Book Review: Who on Earth is the Holy Spirit?
Following on from my recent review of Sam Allberry’s “Is God Anti-Gay?“, I recently acquired another in the helpful little series of the well-presented ‘Questions Christians Ask’ series. This book, in a fetching shade of what is best described as … Continued
Book Review: The R Factor
I came across this excellent book recently, and whilst it was published first in 1993, it seemed to me whilst reading it that ‘The R Factor‘ remains a helpful and provocative bunch of ideas. The origins of this book can … Continued
Book Review: Inside Grief
This book is rather different from many I have reviewed on this blog, and for various reasons. For one thing, it is a collection of essays, which is not a particularly common format, and for another it is on the … Continued
Unused Paper: An Unintended Tradition
I originally wrote this for a conference, as a submission. It was not wanted/included, but a number of people who have read/commented on it, thought it was worth sharing. So, for the sake of a bit of Vineyard internal theology, … Continued
Book Review: Note to Self
I bought this book on a bit of a whim – I’d heard good things, and the concept of the book interested me. As someone with the hope of preaching some day, some where, the idea of preaching to yourself … Continued
When the Image of God is Reduced, Damaged, Broken
I believe in the Doctrine of Original Sin. I believe in the Doctrine of Imago Dei. I believe that for all our mistakes, our brokenness, our sinfulness, everything wrong in every human being, that we bear the hallmark of … Continued
