Book Review: Abortion: Breaking the Silence in the Church
This book’s cover, like its content, has the potential to divide, offend, and challenge. The simple fact is that Abortion is a controversial, emotive, and often misunderstood. It is for exactly these reasons (and the fact that this book is, … Continued
Book Review: The Pastor’s Kid
I read quite a few books. And, by dint of being a Christian who is passionate about the local church, a lot of those books are written by pastors and other Christian leaders. One of those – whose books I’ve … Continued
Book Review: Disability in the Christian Tradition
This review first appeared in the Journal Churchman, (2014, 128/2, p. 177-8) which predated its original publication on my own blog. Disability in the Christian Tradition: A Reader, Eds., Brian Brock and John Swinton The emerging and exciting discipline of Disability … Continued
Book Review: A Letter to My Congregation
Whilst this review exists in its three parts, as well as a ‘first thoughts’ post, I thought it might be useful to (and having recieved a few requests for the whole thing!) combine them, and so this very lengthy post … Continued
Book Review: Prophet of Purpose
30 million copies of Purpose Driven Life sold. 25,000+ members of Saddleback Church. 1 Presidential forum with both candidates in 2008. When talking about Pastor Rick Warren it is easy to focus on the numbers, the influence, the … Continued
Book Review: Atheist Delusions
This, I think, is probably the best book I’ve ever read against something. In “Atheist Delusions”, Academic and Christian, David Bentley Hart, attacks the intellectually bankrupt and incoherent ideas of the New Atheists. Drawing on his extensive knowledge of Church and … Continued
A Vineyard Position on LGBT Theological Questions
Questions around the inclusion, recognition, marriage, ordination (And, in some extreme cases, even the existence) of LGBT* people continue to challenge and divide the Body of Christ. The Vineyard, rooted in a messy revival on America’s West Coast, has … Continued
Book Review: Full Gospel, Fractured Minds
I discovered this book almost by accident in a second-hand bookshop, but after reading it, feel it deserves the widest possible readership in its intended audience. Regular readers will know what I seek to hold in tension a pursuit of … Continued
Book Review: Holy Fire
I’ve written at reasonable length on the topic of ‘Charismatic Clarity’, with the early posts in that on/off series engaging with John MacArthur’s ‘Strange Fire’ conference (and, to a lesser extent, book). I came to this book, by R. T. … Continued
Book Review: What is the Meaning of Sex?
In reading widely around the topic of sexuality and gender, a subset of my Masters dissertation (and bigger!) interest in the Doctrine of the Image of God and its application for today, I’ve read dozens (scores?) of books on sex, … Continued
