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Jun 16, 2022

Are Bishops Biblical?

As a 20 year old university student considering christian ministry, this question occupied not-a-little of my time. Those who know...

Jun 14, 2022

Why do we need a biblical theology of the unborn child?

Controversies and legal judgements involving the unborn child have received a lot of recent air-time. In the UK there has been the...

Jun 13, 2022

Keeping a diary to grow in godliness

A review of Spiritual Practices of the Puritans. The importance of diary keeping by Kirsty Birkett. LT 2022 The book at number one in the...

Jun 6, 2022

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...

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...