Sam Allbery spoke at Tim Keller’s memorial service and made this remark. “Jesus is the truer and better Tim Keller.” It’s one of those immediately quotable and therefore tweetable phrases and so of course people have been tweeting it and reacting to it. Now, there’s a risk of reacting to something out of context and… Continue reading Is Jesus “the true and better Tim Keller”?
Category: Apologetics
Foundational reading for urban ministry: Something from me
If you are contemplating Gospel work in the inner city or on an estate context, then I’d encourage you to have a read of this little e-book I wrote. Hope for the city is a look at applying the approach to missions and apologetics if JH Bavinck and, more recently, Dan Strange to reaching out… Continue reading Foundational reading for urban ministry: Something from me
Can we trust the Gospel writers?
The other day, I saw a question on Twitter asking who we could trust better to give us an accurate understanding of who Jesus is -the Gospel writers of the 1st century or people who have written and commented later, medieval theologians, 19th -21st century sceptics etc? Their argument was that we can trust the… Continue reading Can we trust the Gospel writers?
Rethinking the dates of the New Testament
One of the most significant writers of the 20th century was JAT Robinson. This is due to two books he wrote. The first, Honest to God, was significant in promoting liberal theology and religious scepticism. So it is perhaps surprising to know that the second was more likely to find support among conservative Christians. In… Continue reading Rethinking the dates of the New Testament
Scripture, sovereignty and suffering: Where might that conversation with a rabbi have gone?
Remember my aborted conversation with the Rabbi. The dilemma that was put to him was that if God had done the great deeds recounted in the rest of Torah building up to the point in Deuteronomy when the people are about to enter the land of Canaan, then why do does it fall onto the… Continue reading Scripture, sovereignty and suffering: Where might that conversation with a rabbi have gone?
If you know, then you know
The other day, I commented on this tweet about those training for ministry and the benefits of reading the Brontes, Austen and other literary classics. It’s probably worth me clarifying to avoid any doubt that my article wasn’t intended as a direct response to the specific argument the original tweet was making. Indeed, as I’ll… Continue reading If you know, then you know
An attempted conversation with a rabbi about God and Scripture
The other day I attempted to respond on Twitter to some provocative comments from a Rabbi about God and suffering. The Rabbi in question, Mike Harvey, claims to have written a best seller book about conversing with Christians and to be a leading expert on interfaith relations. He didn’t seem too interested in conversations with… Continue reading An attempted conversation with a rabbi about God and Scripture
Do we need to break the Gospel down to make it clear?
Matt Smethurst writes on The Gospel Coalition site: “When it comes to the gospel, we don’t need to dress it up to make it cool. We need to break it down to make it clear.” https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/3-reasons-avoid-evangelism/ The context of the comment is in an article about why we can sometimes struggle with and seek to… Continue reading Do we need to break the Gospel down to make it clear?
If Jesus is the bridegroom then …
It’s never really struck me before but perhaps one of the most overlooked examples of Jesus claim to God is found in Mark 2:18-22. This little passage is tucked away in between two examples that we usually pick up on as examples of his divine authority. The first is when Jesus heals and forgives the… Continue reading If Jesus is the bridegroom then …
Jesus through the son lens
The other day, I wrote about how a Muslim asked me to read the Gospels through what he called “the prophet lens”. He thought this would make better sense than a Christian hermeneutic. I was happy to do this because the Bible points to Jesus as Prophet, Priest and King. So the prophet lens will… Continue reading Jesus through the son lens
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