Book Review: John Calvin and Evangelical Theology

3 Apr 2023

Book Review: John Calvin and Evangelical Theology

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, Creation, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Gospel, Holy Spirit, Leadership, Mission, Reformation, The Bible, Theology, Trinity | 0

Today I’m reviewing another multi-contributor volume, in this instance one from a few years ago (2007) about one of my biggest theological influences and his impact on the theological movement I tend to find myself in. ‘John Calvin and Evangelical … Continued

1 Sep 2020

A bite-size reviews backlog…

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Apologetics, Atonement, Book Review, Church History, Discipleship, Ecclesiology, Embodiment, Eschatology, Evangelicalism, Hermeneutics, History, Jesus, Kingdom of God, Reading, Reformation, Theology | 1

The last couple of months have been a bit insane, so here are some ‘bitesize’ reviews, of books that are important, but that I’ve not had time or motivation to do a full review on the blog. This post is … Continued

24 Dec 2019

My Top Ten Books of 2019

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Church History, Culture, Eschatology, Gospel, History, Identity, Kingdom of God, Leadership, Prayer, Reading, The Bible, Theology, Top Reads | 0

I’ve been watching with interest various people and organisations post their ‘book of the year’ lists, and have held off doing my own largely because I was finishing up a few books that I wondered if they MIGHT sneak into … Continued

15 Sep 2019

Book review: The Christian Doctrine of Humanity

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Being Human, Book Review, Church History, Disability, Embodiment, Eschatology, Identity, Image of God, Jesus, Reading, The Bible, Theology | 2

Readers should have realised by now that one of my biggest theological interests is ‘theological anthropology’, or rather understanding what it is to be human in an explicitly Christian way, informed by Scripture. This book, then, represents the proceedings of … Continued

9 Oct 2013

Book Review: Retrieving Doctrine

by Tom Creedy | posted in: Book Review, Church History, Eschatology, Reading, Reformation, Sacraments, Theology | 0

This book review has been a long time coming. I knew the author when he was an assistant pastor at the Church I grew up in, and he kindly showed me around his University Theology Department when I was considering … Continued

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