Book Review: Doubting Jesus’ Resurrection
Today I’m reviewing a book that I was initially apprehensive about reading. As regular readers of this blog will know, I am grounded in a Christian faith that is based on the teachings, life, death and resurrection of Jesus. In … Continued
On Church Unity
Pope Francis and some flags – Photo via images.google.com I was recently directed to a very interesting piece on the Telegraph website from Charles Moore, “A new Pope, a new Primate and a new life for Christianity“. The central premise … Continued
Book Review: The Hermeneutics of Doctrine
Before I even being writing, its worth making it very clear that I am not really qualified to write this review, at least from an academic standpoint, and so my doing so is as much a recommendation and a recognition … Continued
When the (Arch)Bishop(-designate) Came to Trent
DISCLAIMER: THIS POST ECHOES MY OWN OPINION AND NOT THAT OF ANY CHURCH OR MINISTRY I AM OR HAVE BEEN ASSOCIATED WITH. QUOTES ARE ALL MY RECORD OF JUSTIN WELBY UNLESS OTHERWISE STATED – I CANNOT GUARANTEE 100% ACCURACY. Justin … Continued
Book Review: The Last Things
Anthony Thiselton is a name familiar to some, and probably not that familiar to many readers of this blog. Personally, he has been a great inspiration and professor, his module on Systematic theology last year (the last undergraduate module he … Continued
Book Review: Washed and Waiting
This is a powerful, difficult, and important book. Powerful because it is so raw, biblical, and personal. Difficult because it engages with a myriad of myths and misunderstandings that prevail in our culture – both Christian and secular. Important because … Continued
Guest Post: Bonhoeffer and Truth
Truth-telling, Hitler, and the triple-agent pastor Recently, I’ve been reading Eric Metaxas’s excellent biography of the great German wartime pastor Dietrich Bonhoeffer. I’ve just reached the rather confusing if gripping place where, in 1941, Bonhoeffer heads off to Eastern Germany … Continued
Book Review: Falling Upward
I originally wrote this review back in 2013, but have updated it a little to reflect the recent resurgence of Rohr’s popularity, in books such as ‘The Divine Dance’ and ‘The Universal Christ’. At the time, I got a review … Continued
Book Review: New Testament Prayer for Everyone
Those of you who have been reading this blog for a while will know that I’m lucky enough to be on SPCK’s ‘blog reviewer’ program, which means from time to time they send me some tasty goodies to read and … Continued
Book Review: Matters of Life and Death
Published by IVP, this book has a foreword by John Stott, and the author is a professor of Ethics and Perinatology (me neither, this is “the branch of obstetrics [medicine relating to childbirth] dealing with the specific period of time … Continued
