An Amateur Theologian blundering around the Kingdom of God
I’m a Tim Keller fan. So it was with some interest that I got round to reading this, almost the slimmest of his various books. “The Prodigal God”, with the bold subtitle “Recovering the Heart of the Christian Faith”, is … Continued
From time to time I like to recommend things that I’ve found helpful, but don’t fit easily into either my Top Reads (monthly since 2017) posts or Book Reviews. The Redeemer Report, which comes from Redeemer Churches and Ministries (which came … Continued
You might have seen my post earlier this year about ‘Doing Theology in the Local Church‘, and the three rough scripts of talky-bits that I delivered as a result. One of the big questions that came out from our first term … Continued
This will be a relatively brief book review, as this is a relatively short book! I’ve been watching The Good Book Company publish a series of these slim ‘5 things to pray for…’ books for a little while, and wondered … Continued
After a bit of a run-around with the post office, I was delighted to get my (grubby) hands on a (pristine, white, hence my concern with the grubby hands) on this beautiful little book. Learning to Breathe was commissioned boy a … Continued
This will be a short review, because this is a short book, which is at least in part a bit of a trailer for a longer book by the same authors, which I am now quite excited to read. Gornik … Continued
I should note that this book is published by IVP, for whom I currently work. It was commissioned before I joined, however, which helps to make my review (hopefully) less biased. As ever, take me and my words with a … Continued
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
Is Hell for real? Or does everyone go to heaven? This is one of the big questions. Questions we want pastoral answers to, evangelistic answers to, biblical answers to, historical answers to, theological answers too. This book, by gathering a … Continued
