A well-tested medium of Christian instruction
A review of Martin Davie's book, 'Instruction in the Way of the Lord: A Guide to the Catechism in the Book of Common Prayer' In the Book...
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May 31, 2022
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: Why...
May 30, 2022
Question on Christianity, life and books
Mark Burkill 1. How did you become a Christian? I had been searching for God in my teenage years, even being attracted to Buddhism. I...
May 27, 2022
A helpful book on Confirmation
Review of 'Defend, O Lord: Confirmation according to the Book of Common Prayer' by Martin Davie One of the things that often seems to...
May 26, 2022
He descended into...
An occasional series on the 39 articles Introduction The 39 Articles of religion may seem to belong to the sixteenth century, to a time...
May 23, 2022
A Diary for Spiritual Purposes
A new book on the St Antholin's lectures series. I was actually researching happiness when I came across an academic paper about Puritan...
May 16, 2022
Anger, the exploding emotion
How do you deal with anger? How do you respond rightly when someone offends or frustrates you? Ungodly anger can rear its ugly head when...
May 11, 2022
What I’ve learnt as a first-time vicar
Tom Woolford of now (incumbent of New Longton) writes to Tom Woolford of 2 years’ ago (curate in Bispham) Dear Tom, Remember that Mark...
Apr 30, 2022
5 Question on Christianity, life and books
Andrew Atherstone How did you become a Christian? I enjoyed the huge blessing of being raised by Christian parents, who modelled prayer...
Apr 29, 2022
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: The...
Apr 25, 2022
Series: Children's ministry in our churches
Second instalment: The role of parents in your ministry. As we continue to explore what we want from our children's ministry, it is...
Apr 20, 2022
A new guide to the Prayer Book confirmation service
The Christian gospel declares that through the life, death, resurrection and ascension of Jesus Christ sin, death and the devil have been...
Apr 10, 2022
How can we train women better for ministry? - part 2
As we continue to look into what it means to train women better for ministry, lets explore the issue of diversity. Training tailored to...
Apr 8, 2022
How can we best train women for ministry?
In the autumn, I blogged about the need for ministry traineeships to equip women (and men) for the ministry contexts they are most likely...
Apr 4, 2022
The high-water mark of Reformed Anglican evangelical ecclesiology & apologetics.
Evangelicals are gladly Easter people who love to talk about the Gospel of grace and all that the Lord Jesus achieved for us by his...
Mar 31, 2022
5 Question on Christianity, life and books
Ben Sargent 1. How did you become a Christian? I became a Christian when I was 17. My family went to Church when I was a child, but the...
Mar 30, 2022
A link in God's gracious chain
“I saw the Lord always before me, for he is at my right hand that I may not be shaken…” Acts 2:25 I was going through some old letters...
Mar 24, 2022
The Pattern of this World and the Renewing of our Minds
After the apostle Paul has written at length to the church in Rome about “the gospel of God (being) the power of God for the salvation of...
Mar 22, 2022
Series: Children's ministry in our churches
An initial exploration into our aims and desires. What would you like from your children’s ministry? Have you asked yourself that...
Mar 7, 2022
The Pandemic Loan Sharks
There was a piece in The Guardian newspaper a few weeks ago describing how people struggling financially because of the pandemic have...
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