It’s 2022, the Bible says nothing about how on earth are they still (Doing/not doing) that! If you have spent any amount of time in a local church, you have likely heard this, “It’s 2022, the Bible says nothing about (Insert church action) how on earth are they still (Doing/not doing) that!”, or some similar sentiment once or a hundred […]

Christian Books Releases March 29–May 3, 2022 The Mothers and Daughters of the Bible Speak: Lessons on Faith from Nine Biblical Families by Shannon Bream Release Date: March 29, 2022 God always keeps His promises, but not always in the way we expect…. “Have faith” is a phrase we hear all the time. But what does it actually look like […]

This year, the 5th Sunday in Lent coincided with the great feast of the Mother of God, her Annunciation. We’d left the middle of Lent the previous Sunday, that of John of the Ladder, and, instead of the 5th being centred on the great desert ascetic, Saint Mary the Egyptian, the day is devoted to the most beautiful of women, […]

I’m listening through C. S. Lewis’s Perelandra. If you haven’t yet taken in this work, here’s a bit of necessary summary: The protagonist Ransom is transported to the planet Venus, upon which God has just created the progenitors of another human race in our own day. Satan is also present via the person (or at least the body) of the antagonist […]

The leading black Christian body in the UK has expressed its “shock and deeply felt outrage” over the treatment of a 15-year-old black schoolgirl who was strip searched by police. Child Q was removed from an exam and searched by officers after she was wrongly suspected by teachers of possessing cannabis. The search of Child Q was undertaken by officers […]

Book Details Title: Strange New World Author: Carl R. Trueman Publisher: ‎ Crossway (March 22, 2022) Language: ‎ English Paperback: ‎ 208 pages ISBN-10: ‎ 1433579308 ISBN-13: ‎ 978-1433579301 Item Weight: ‎ 8.8 ounces Dimensions: ‎ 5.5 x 0.53 x 8.5 inches   Is Sex an Identity? How did the world arrive at its current, disorienting state of identity politics, […]

One of the leading naturalistic attempts to account for Jesus’ death, empty tomb, post-mortem appearances, and the early proclamation of the resurrection is that the disciples had individual and group hallucinations. In this case, the New Testament authors would not have meant that the resurrected body of Jesus was physical. But is that what they recorded? We’ll look at the […]

The founder of global megachurch Hillsong, Brian Houston, has resigned after an internal investigation found he behaved inappropriately towards two women. Key points Head of Hillsong Church Pastor Dooley acknowledged “that change is needed” He thanked Mr Houston and his wife Bobbie for their commitment to the church The church revealed last week Mr Houston had engaged in conduct of […]

In the dozen years this blog has now been active, it has been an especial joy to watch increased scholarly attention to the Syriac tradition, not a few of whose books have been featured on here. Set for release early next month will be another welcome volume aiding in our understanding of this tradition and its wider relations: Christian Thought in […]

Are nearly 40% of clergy really about to leave the ministry? It’s a question that has come up regularly in conversations among sociologists of religion since The Barna Group, a research firm that focuses on religion, found last year that 2 in 5 Christian pastors had considered quitting full-time ministry in the past year. As director of Hartford Institute for Religion Research, I […]