Book Review: The Introvert Charismatic
This book has been around since 2015, and features a pretty impressive array of endorsements. I was surprised not to have heard of it, until a friend saw it and thought of me. This friend promptly started to apologise – … Continued
Top Reads: October 2017
Following on from my September Selections, here are a few things I’ve read, both books and articles, over October that I hope you’ll find interesting. ‘Our Minds can be hijacked’: the tech insiders who fear a smartphone dystopia – a … Continued
Book Review: Suffering and Singing
Every now and again I pick up a little book in 10publishing’s growing series with Union Theology, like Andrew Wilson’s excellent Unbreakable: What the Son of God Said About the Word of God, and Michael Reeves’ helpful Enjoying Your Prayer Life. … Continued
Guest Post: on a Joint Declaration on Justification
With the 500th Anniversary of the Reformation just around the proverbial corner, I was fascinated – and slightly perplexed – to read this news piece on the Church of England Website. The Joint Declaration on the Doctrine of Justification is … Continued
Book Review: A Theology in Outline
If Francis Spufford’s controversial and hilarious Unapologetic is a book to give those friends of mine who are intelligently skeptical about the Christian faith, then Jenson’s little book is perfect for those Christians who remain (unfortunately) intelligently skeptical about … Continued
Just Theology? Reflections on a great 24 hours.
Earlier this year it was a privilege to be part of the third bi-annual Vineyard Churches UK and Ireland (henceforth VCUKI) Theology Symposium – focused this year on Justice issues in particular, as part of the theological task. With … Continued
Book Review: The Forgotten Cross
I’ve just finished reading a brilliant little book on the cross by my friend Lee Gatiss. Sometimes, as a writer of sorts, you breathe a large sigh of relief when you read a book. The Forgotten Cross elicited one … Continued
Top Reads: September 2017
After a totally planned and not accidental break in August, my ‘top reads’ blog post returns for September. Here are ten things I think are well worth reading, for a variety of people, for a variety of reasons: 1. Tom … Continued
Book Review: Imagining the Kingdom
If you’ve been reading my blog since its heady days at university, you’ll know that I’m a big fan of the work of James K. A. Smith. I loved his ‘Letters to a young Calvinist‘, which I still recommend, and … Continued
An evening at the House of Lords
I was recently privileged to be invited to a drinks reception at the House of Lords. At it, a group of us heard from lawyers working for ‘ADF’, the Alliance Defending Freedom. This is a USA-originating group that seeks to … Continued