Keeping motivated in uncertain times
Recently, I spent nearly a whole day talking to students and hearing how the term had gone for them. It was fascinating to learn about...
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Mar 19, 2021
Localism and the Local church
2021 is going to see significant cuts to the numbers of Church of England clergy serving in parishes across England. In my own diocese,...
Mar 17, 2021
Oh death, oh death....
Thoughts on Christian death and Christian hope. The unmentionable subject It used to be said: The Victorians talked a lot about death,...
Mar 9, 2021
Resourcing the resistance
As Anne Applebaum has chronicled in her book Iron Curtain – The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 (Penguin, 2013), in the years...
Mar 8, 2021
A compelling apologia
A review of J. Andrew Kirk's 'To Tell the Truth' Basic Questions and Best Explanations. This book is a cogent, bare hands approach to...
Mar 4, 2021
A neglected treasure
A review of Gerald' Bray's 'A Fruitful Exhortation: A Guide to the Homilies' When the first lockdown started, I was bored one Saturday...
Mar 2, 2021
A word of hope
Weary ministers need a word of hope.... I have been ordained nearly 37 years but I do not think I can remember any period quite like the...
Feb 27, 2021
Learning from Harry Blamires
This month, rather than reviewing a series of new books I have decided instead to provide an extended review of a single book first...
Feb 25, 2021
How do we know what is true?
One often hears the affirmation that societies, in the Western world in particular, are living in a 'post-truth' age. The recently...
Feb 20, 2021
A good disagreement?
A review on Martin Davie's new book, 'What Does the Bible Really Say?, LT 2021 The current Living in Love & Faith (LLF) process which the...
Feb 17, 2021
Ash Wednesday in the modern Evangelical Church
- Do modern Anglican Evangelicals observe Ash Wednesday? - What is the history behind this first day of Lent? - How might it help us in...
Feb 15, 2021
Lent
It may not be quite as familiar as it once was, but the question ‘what are you going to give up for Lent?’ still finds its place in the...
Feb 9, 2021
A long-term investment
It would be concerning if churches hadn’t found the Covid-19 pandemic extraordinarily tough. In a challenge to western individualism, the...
Feb 8, 2021
Martin's insightful book list
This is a summary of recent books read by Martin Davie, compiling his evaluations and the commendations of others. In this edition: God’s...
Feb 2, 2021
Preach, perfect, prepare & plant
On arriving back to the UK in early 2019 from a stint in Latin America working in the areas of lay education and church planting I was...
Jan 28, 2021
A family without borders
After a year of restrictions, why is it more important than ever to connect with God’s worldwide church (not only for the good of God’s...
Jan 18, 2021
The transforming power of the Gospel
At the heart of our culture and our national church is a debate about what people most need for a fulfilled and healthy life. Nationally,...
Jan 15, 2021
Science, theology and What does the Bible really say?
The other day I came across an article referring to a paper in the prestigious American publication the New England Journal of Medicine...
Jan 11, 2021
The inheritance of God's servant
A review of 'The Legacy of David Broughton Knox' edited by Ed Loane. Many years ago I spluttered over my coffee on reading a colourful...
Jan 6, 2021
Keep your eyes on the Cross & Crown: New Year reflections on Titus 2:11-14
As we embark on 2021, we are facing much of our lives in household ‘bubbles’. It feels like our worlds have got smaller. In addition,...
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