For a couple of reasons I have been revisiting some of the formative influences on my thinking as a Christian. Writing an article on atonement, I have been re-reading essays by James I. Packer; and preparing to review the recent…
I’ve been asked by email where I’d recommend buying books from. It’s not that easy in the UK as most Christian bookshops now specialise in cards and dodgy Christian music. In London, incredible though it is to think it, there…
There are things I truly appreciate about Mark Driscoll. I love that he knows and preaches the Gospel (the “matter of first importance” – 1 Cor 15). I love his zeal for evangelism and evident compassion for the lost. I…
I wonder if there is a more neglected text in the New Testament in the current revival of interest in reformed theology than Eph. 5:12? In the reaction to the taboos of old-style fundamentalism, there is surely a danger that…
I wonder if there is a more neglected text in the New Testament in the current revival of interest in reformed theology than Eph. 5:12? In the reaction to the taboos of old-style fundamentalism, there is surely a danger that…
The Guardian reports that the Bible becomes 2011 bestseller in Norway”There were people sleeping outside the day before the launch because it was embargoed – it’s a bit ironic seeing that the content has been available for quite some time…
Practical Theology for Women, Wendy Alsup (Crossway, 2008) This is a good little introductory book written for women who need to learn more about God. It is also very motivational. I love Alsup’s apologetic for writing the book: Perhaps you…
If you missed the Queen’s speech on Christmas Day, it really is worth watching, I never thought I’d write that…. ”God sent into the world a unique person neither a philosopher nor a general important though they are, but a…
Readers of this column will know the various chips I have on my shoulders. At least I hope they do. I try to wear my chips with a certain amount of unapologetic panache, after all. One of them is disco…
A group of Italian Presbyterians and Baptists have united to see if they can sponsor a translation of Machen’s great little book, Christianity and Liberalism, into Italian. To those who have never read the book, it is a succinct and…
