Book Review: Church Leadership
In slight contrast to my last book review (of Apollos’ new title The Essential Trinity) today is a review of a book about leadership, less than 80 pages, and deeply practical. Canny readers will notice a similar visual style … Continued
Book Review: The Essential Trinity
Standard disclaimer – this is an IVP/Apollos book, whom I work for. But I didn’t have to be nice. I’m a big fan of the Doctrine of the Trinity, and you should be too. I’ve reviewed books on the Trinity … Continued
Book Review: Challenges of Christian Leadership
Lets get the headline out of the way. This is one of the, if not the, best books on leadership I’ve read. Certainly for its size it is one of the most complete, the most meaty, and the most thought-provoking. … Continued
Book Review: Journeys in Grace and Truth
While I’ve not met Jayne in real life, we’ve interacted on Twitter and Facebook in various ways. The topic of conversation is often the church and its attitude to LGBT people and theology. It was with some interest, then, that … Continued
Book Review: Satisfaction Guaranteed
There have been a lot of books considering the question of same-sex attraction/LGBT Issues, and the church. There have been books arguing that this is a disputable issue, that God is not anti-gay, that love is the primary orientation. … Continued
Book Review: Body
Regular readers will know that I am fascinated by what it means to be human, and that one of the ways I think we might understand that is by considering the importance of human embodiment and the relational capacity that … Continued
Book Review: To Fly to Serve
This little book, published by 10ofThose in conjunction with the FIEC, is authored by Adrian Reynolds, who currently leads the Proclamation Trust. For those of you unfamiliar with the Proc Trust, they are a wonderful bunch of conservative evangelicals … Continued
A Blast from the NLC Past – 1
This is the first ‘substantive’ post in my new mini-series, explained here. This talk was the closing evening session of NLC 2012 – and you can listen to it on the VCUKI website. At the time Debby, with her … Continued
Book Review: The Perfectionism Book
Disclaimer: since reading this book I’ve been employed by SPCK, who’ve merged with IVP. I intend to continue to write book reviews with honesty and integrity, but think it is worth making people aware! This book was one I was … Continued
A Mini-Series: A Blast from the NLC Past
Those who know me or have engaged online/theologically will know that the Vineyard movement, of which I am a part, has been a place where I have learnt a great deal. This year, 2016, was the first time I didn’t … Continued