I must admit I wasn’t looking forward to reading “None Greater” by Matthew Barrett. Simply Trinity had not just left me frustrated and disappointed but angry as well. You can find out why here and here. None Greater is a much better offering but the bar was set quite low. Barrett’s book is about what… Continue reading None Greater
Category: Book Review
The sin of root fallacy
In the first chapter of his book, “The Sin of Empathy”, Joe Rigney’s starting point is that in Hebrews 4:15, the writer talks about Christ sympathising with us in regards to our weakness. However, the NIV uses the word “empathise.” Rigney writes: .” The Greek word in question is sympathizo, which makes the English cognate… Continue reading The sin of root fallacy
Are we really not meant to show compassion sometimes? Part 1 of an engagement with Joe Rigney’s book “The sin of empathy”
I wrote recently in response to an article in Evangelicals Now about the supposed problem with empathy. The idea that we have a problem with empathy seems to be particularly driven by an American author, Joe Rigney. He has written a book called “The sin of empathy.” Actually, it’s a lot more complicated than that.… Continue reading Are we really not meant to show compassion sometimes? Part 1 of an engagement with Joe Rigney’s book “The sin of empathy”
The sin of writing bad books?
I’m about to engage with Joe Rigney ‘s book “The sin of empathy”. I am not intending a review so much as a detailed engagement with the book’s arguments. However, if you do want to read a book review, I agree whole heartedly with Dani Treweek who has written here What I wanted to do… Continue reading The sin of writing bad books?
Concluding my interactions with Andrew Bartlett and his book “Men and Women in Christ”
I’ve decided that this is as good a place as any to conclude the debate/conversation I’ve been having with Andrew Bartlett. It’s not a conversation that continue indefinitely and I am at a stage where I need to give my time to other matters that are more my priority here on Faithroots, specifically I’ve got… Continue reading Concluding my interactions with Andrew Bartlett and his book “Men and Women in Christ”
Men and women in Christ Fresh Light from the Biblical texts (Book Review)
I recently had some correspondence with Andrew Bartlett, author of “Men and Women in Christ”, in response to some of my articles on Faithroots about complementarianism. As a result, Andrew kindly sent me a copy of his book and asked me to review it. So, here is the review or rather part one. It’s my… Continue reading Men and women in Christ Fresh Light from the Biblical texts (Book Review)
Lacking class?
“Class and the Evangelical Church in England” by Kirsten Birkett is Church Society’s offering on the subject of how to reach the working classes. I’ve a lot of time for Kirsten Birkett as an academic and author However, I must admit to being sadly disappointed by this book. It has the feeling of being rushed… Continue reading Lacking class?
The Sexual Reformation (Book Review)
I was a bit late getting round to it but I’ve finally sat down to read Aimee Byrd’s “The Sexual Reformation all the way through. The premise of the book is that we’ve got our understanding of sex, gender and sexuality all messed up and certain elements of conservative evangelicalism -specifically the Campaign for Biblical… Continue reading The Sexual Reformation (Book Review)
Reviewing Sermons
I was asked to write a book review recently for volume of sermons from a specific context. I have agreed to do the review and it should be available soon but at first I was uncertain and to be honest remain a little nervous about undertaking this type of review. I’m nervous for two reasons. … Continue reading Reviewing Sermons
Biblical Critical Theory
Every so often, a book comes along that is greatly lauded and heavily promoted. Biblical Critical Theory is one such book. With a forward by the late Timothy Keller and four pages of endorsements from the great and good of evangelical apologetics such as Kevin Vanhoozer, Daniel Strange and Glen Scrivener, Christopher Watkin’s book was… Continue reading Biblical Critical Theory
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