Tim Chester has just posted his top three missiology books (of which there are five) and his top three church planting books (of which there are four). You can see his list here. I’m not a church planter, so I won’t comment on that list, though I’ve read all the books he mentions and would […]
I’ve sometimes wondered about doing a book of the year feature for this blog. Last year Surprised by Hope would clearly have been my winner followed by The New Conspirators: Creating the Future One Mustard Seed at a Time. This year, though we are only at the end of February, I reckon I may well have […]
Tyndale have produced an interesting set of Bible Study notes based on the New Living Translation and I’ve been casting my eye over the volume for the Gospel of John. As far as I can tell, these guides are not yet available in the UK, but you can order them from the Tyndale Website. These […]
I thought that I would draw together a list of what I consider to be the Top ten books on Overseas Mission. No doubt others will disagree with the books I’ve listed (I may well do so myself next week); let me know your thoughts in the comments. I’ve tried to avoid books that are […]
I’ve got a few books earmarked for reading over my Christmas break, of which, this is probably the biggest and most difficult. It is the first (and slimmest) volume of a trilogy on Christian Origins. I’m not sure when I’ll get round to the other two volumes but I will – next Christmas perhaps? I’m […]
The nice people at Tyndale have just sent me a copy of the NLT, One Year Chronological Bible. As regular readers of this blog will know, the New Living Translation has long been my favourite Bible for devotional reading, so I’m already half sold on this book before I start. My initial impressions are favourable. […]
I’ve just finished reading Castrating Culture by Dewi Hughes. Subtitled “A Christian perspective on ethnic identity from the margins” this is a book which basically does what it says on the tin. Dewi is a native Welsh speaker and writes about the issues of ethnicity and language from the position of someone who knows what […]
If you are looking for suggestions for Christmas presents this year, you might want to look at the selection I’ve put in our online shop. This is a selection from the books, movies and music that I’ve been exposed to over the last year. There might just be something that would be good for someone […]
I must admit that I came to William Paul Young’s book The Shack expecting to hate it. Best selling and fashionable Christian fiction has never been my favourite literary genre. However, I have to say that I thoroughly enjoyed it and ended up reading it in a single sitting. Mack, the central character of the […]
Scot McKnight, who must rank as the most prolific Christian blogger I know, has just written an intriguing little book called The Blue Parakeet: Rethinking How You Read the Bible. I was fortunate enough to get my hands on a review copy (and I’ll be happy to receive review copies of other books on the […]