This is a summary of recent books read by Martin Davie, compiling his evaluations and the commendations of others. In this edition: Do...

Reflections on Ephesians 5:18 Recently I had the opportunity to teach a couple of sessions about the Holy Spirit at a local Gospel...

Recently, I spent nearly a whole day talking to students and hearing how the term had gone for them. It was fascinating to learn about...

2021 is going to see significant cuts to the numbers of Church of England clergy serving in parishes across England. In my own diocese,...

Thoughts on Christian death and Christian hope. The unmentionable subject It used to be said: The Victorians talked a lot about death,...

As Anne Applebaum has chronicled in her book Iron Curtain – The Crushing of Eastern Europe 1944-1956 (Penguin, 2013), in the years...

A review of J. Andrew Kirk's 'To Tell the Truth' Basic Questions and Best Explanations. This book is a cogent, bare hands approach to...

A review of Gerald' Bray's 'A Fruitful Exhortation: A Guide to the Homilies' When the first lockdown started, I was bored one Saturday...

Weary ministers need a word of hope.... I have been ordained nearly 37 years but I do not think I can remember any period quite like the...

This month, rather than reviewing a series of new books I have decided instead to provide an extended review of a single book first...

One often hears the affirmation that societies, in the Western world in particular, are living in a 'post-truth' age. The recently...

A review on Martin Davie's new book, 'What Does the Bible Really Say?, LT 2021 The current Living in Love & Faith (LLF) process which the...

- Do modern Anglican Evangelicals observe Ash Wednesday? - What is the history behind this first day of Lent? - How might it help us in...

It may not be quite as familiar as it once was, but the question ‘what are you going to give up for Lent?’ still finds its place in the...

It would be concerning if churches hadn’t found the Covid-19 pandemic extraordinarily tough. In a challenge to western individualism, the...

This is a summary of recent books read by Martin Davie, compiling his evaluations and the commendations of others. In this edition: God’s...

On arriving back to the UK in early 2019 from a stint in Latin America working in the areas of lay education and church planting I was...

After a year of restrictions, why is it more important than ever to connect with God’s worldwide church (not only for the good of God’s...

At the heart of our culture and our national church is a debate about what people most need for a fulfilled and healthy life. Nationally,...

The other day I came across an article referring to a paper in the prestigious American publication the New England Journal of Medicine...