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
I was glad to be handed this project by a colleague who left – Mark was a joy to work with, was a very editable author, and great fun. I like working on Lent books – and it is a … Continued
I was recently asked on Twitter around/about something I am regularly asked about. For those who don’t know, I currently seek to serve the church and connect with the academy through my work at IVP (Inter-Varsity Press) as Editorial Director, … 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
About three years ago, as well as COVID-19 biting, I was working on the marketing of a debut book by Phil Knox. Story Bearer was one of my favourite ‘work books’ that year – and despite launching just in time … Continued
If (and I don’t know why you would) you’ve read through my long list of everything I read in 2022, or even if you haven’t, here’s my Top Twenty, and the Top Ten. Firstly, in image form, the Top Twenty, … Continued
After a pretty interesting 2021, 2022 was a year in which I decided I wanted to aim for 200 books. I also intended to write 50 reviews (Having failed miserably at hitting 100 in 2021!). I also wanted to diversify … Continued
Historical note – I first did a post like this about AARSB/ETS 2017 – I was at both in Fort Worth/San Antonio but didn’t blog. Perhaps a symptom of a less blogging year! Regardless, this makes it more interesting to … Continued
One of the areas of theological and cultural thinking that I’m most interested in, and aware of pitfalls in, is that of human identity. So often, in the secular West and elsewhere influenced by it, we often conflate identity with … Continued
I’m a latecomer to Lent. I grew up in a particular Baptist tradition that didn’t do Lent, and was bemused by it at my nominally Anglican school. Since working in Publishing (Starting in 2016) I’ve been exposed to two things: the … Continued