Top Twenty Commentaries of 2023
This is a blog post that will make more sense if you’ve had a glance at my longer post about what I read in 2023, as well as my post on the reading of commentaries generally, as well as another … Continued
An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
This is a blog post that will make more sense if you’ve had a glance at my longer post about what I read in 2023, as well as my post on the reading of commentaries generally, as well as another … Continued
Last year I read 45 commentaries (out of just over 200 books of various kinds) – and I’m not a pastor. Thus far this year (as of 21st June!) I’ve read 27 more, cover to cover. As someone who works … Continued
Reviewing commentaries is a tricky business – particularly for me as a generalist, and an in-publisher editor of commentaries! I tend to offer my review based on the format and content of the volume, and it’s utility or otherwise to … Continued
Back in 2021, I shared a Top 21 books I’d read that year, and of John Valentine’s Follow Me, I wrote: this older (2009) book is a beautiful example of the importance of keeping things in print, rather than just hoping … Continued
This post is part of an occasional series. You can read more about that, and see other posts, here. There are a million and one ways, I think, to read about any given book of the Bible. You could read a … Continued
Tony Lane should need no introduction – long time Professor of Historical Theology at LST, prolific author (including of the frankly marvellous Readers Guide to Calvin’s Institutes) and all-round good egg, it was a privilege to interact with him when I worked … Continued
This is published in the UK by Apollos, the academic imprint of IVP, for whom I work. I hope doesn’t cloud my review. Apollos/IVP Academic’s Studies in Christian Doctrine and Scripture Series continues to churn out some fantastic books. Steven J. … Continued
How do we know God? Can we know God as he is in himself? Those are the questions on the back of God in Himself: Scripture, Metaphysics and the Task of Theology by Steven J. Duby. They are excellent questions … Continued