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
Book Review: Is God Anti-Gay?
I’m immensely grateful to Sam Allberry for writing this little book, in the Good Book Company’s new ‘Questions Christians ask’ series, for many reasons. It is a well thought through, compassionate, biblically faithful, eminently readable introduction to a very controversial … Continued
Sex(uality) is Not Enough
Some of you may know that I have been reading, ‘researching’ and reflecting on the inter-related topics of sex, sexuality, identity, body, and the theology of all of these, for some time. Today’s post echoes that reflection, both in … Continued
Book Review: Letters to A Young Calvinist
I am reasonably young, and I am fairly sure I am a Calvinist. To my definition, this means I believe that God is very big, very good, and completely in control. In a more formal sense, it means I think … Continued
Book Review: Jesus Saves, But How?
I came across this little ebook after hearing various things about the author’s view on the Atonement. I came in expecting to be frustrated, and whilst I was, I was grateful for the way in which the author does demonstrate … Continued
