This was the question posed on Twitter by Jonathan Dowie (who has recently written a book on multi-lingual church which I hope to review soon). Jonathan then went on to highlight the problem with academic writing, in short, he said “it sucks.” His big issue was the tendency for academics to be verbose, hiding behind… Continue reading “That’s interesting” Does theology belong in academia?
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A big bug bear
I wrote recently in response to Sinclair Ferguson’s comments about blogging. My friend Steve Kneale has written more directly with his response here. I share Steve’s sentiments. I think Steve is right to suggest that such comments portray a lack of insight into the nature of Gospel ministry. On a side note, one of the… Continue reading A big bug bear
The Gospel does not depend on our ropey apologetics
I was reading this article the other day which touches on how Paul appears to use a creedal form in 1 Corinthians 15:3-7 3 For what I received I passed on to you as of first importance[a]: that Christ died for our sins according to the Scriptures, 4 that he was buried, that he was raised on the third day according to the Scriptures, 5 and… Continue reading The Gospel does not depend on our ropey apologetics
What is Ephesians all about?
Yesterday, I gave an overview of Ephesians based on five key phrases from the book. We can however get a little bit tighter as we seek to sum up what the main message of the book is. Whenever I prepare a sermon, I try to sum up the core message in one or two sentences. … Continue reading What is Ephesians all about?
Ephesians in 5 short statements
Whenever I’m involved in a teaching series, I find it helpful to get a sense of the whole shape of the book so I can be clear about its purpose, message to the church and where the bits I will preach fit in. Our church are just starting a preaching series on Ephesians. So, I… Continue reading Ephesians in 5 short statements
Faithroots on Youtube
As well as the written resources available here on Faithroot.com, I try to make resources available to watch and to listen to. Most of the video content is available on my YouTube channel accessible here. Here are a few playlists which may be of interest
Responding to some criticism
In response to conversations about Affinity’s proposal to create a UK version of The Gospel Coalition, I came in for a bit of criticism recently The criticism could be summed up as being to the effect that we should all want greater Gospel unity and therefore what am I personally doing to encourage it? In… Continue reading Responding to some criticism
Introducing Luke and the Gospels
Here’s the first podcast in our new Teaching and Training series “Introducing Jesus: A look at Jesus and the Gospels.”
Introducing Jesus – new teaching series
Welcome to our new Faithroots teaching and training series, an introduction to Jesus and the Gospels. If you had the opportunity to train at Theological College, then you would have the opportunity to cover a number of key areas of study. These would be One of my aims here on Faithroots is to make all… Continue reading Introducing Jesus – new teaching series
Infant baptism isn’t a form of comfort for the grieving
Yesterday I responded to one specific argument for reconsidering infant baptism. Today, I want to deal with another from this article. Like Steve Kneale, I don’t presume that Joe Barnard is seeking to pick fights and like Steve I am not looking for one. However, I was deeply concerned by the emotional appeal to “what… Continue reading Infant baptism isn’t a form of comfort for the grieving
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