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Martin's April 2020 Book List
Below is a summary of the books reviewed by Martin in April Andy Angel, The Jesus You Really Didn’t Know: Rediscovering the Teaching...
May 30, 2020


Food for a starving world
A review of Ben Sargen't book, 'Day by Day. The Rhythm of the Bible in the Book of Common Prayer'. In this short book Benjamin Sargent...
May 27, 2020


The Blessings of a Global Church
In August 2008 the Rt Revd Gavin Reid, former Bishop of Maidstone and leading evangelical, wrote an article for the Church of England...
May 22, 2020


When plans have to change…
There are always times when plans must change. When that carefully structured preaching programme needs tweaking because we forgot about...
May 20, 2020


Should I stay or should I go?
A book review on Gospel Trials In 1662 by Peter Adam Darling, you got to let me know Should I stay or should I go? If you say that you...
May 19, 2020


Preaching: the art of persuasive speech
When Augustine ponders the place of rhetoric in Christian teaching, he concludes that it is helpful to pursue skill in speaking. Here he...
May 15, 2020


A latin phrase for the church today.
Martin Davie’s Lex Orandi, Lex Credendi, provides us with an excellent framework that correctly applied can be very useful in today’s...
May 11, 2020


A neglected creed worth reading.
Ed Moll reviews the latest book by Martin Davie in the Latimer Trust Anglican Foundation series. He highly recommends it for those who...
May 5, 2020


Is this a new age of neighbourliness?
‘It’s generally accepted the experience of living through the 1930s depression and World War Two shaped the so-called Greatest Generation...
May 4, 2020


A short interview with Rob Smith, author of the newest Latimer Trust publication.
Confusion and conflict over church music continue to compromise the unity and witness of many churches today, so it is vital that our...
Apr 30, 2020


Martin's March 2020 Book List
Below is a summary of the books reviewed by Martin in March Matthew Barrett, Canon, Covenant and Christology: Rethinking Jesus and The...
Apr 30, 2020


Augustine on Preaching
Why bother to preach well? We’re all thinking afresh on how to preach and why because of the changes brought about in response to the...
Apr 27, 2020


‘In the midst of life, we are in death’ – theological reflections on the coronavirus pandemic. Part
This is the second and final instalment of the authorized abridged version of the original post by Martin B. Davie. To see the full...
Apr 25, 2020


‘In the midst of life, we are in death’ – theological reflections on the coronavirus pandemic.
This is the first part of an authorized abridged version of the original post by Martin B. Davie. To see the full article click here. The...
Apr 23, 2020


A jolt of historical & theological joy
We are all busy! Many of us haven’t managed to slow down even in this time of lockdown. In fact, what with having to adapt to new...
Apr 20, 2020


How can we honour Jesus this Easter?
Many will be wondering how we can celebrate Easter and honour our Saviour at this time. Most church buildings in the UK are closed – so...
Apr 8, 2020


Gospel Priorities: A review of The Anglican Ordinal
How can I resist an invitation to review a booklet which concludes its final paragraph by quoting Matthew 9:37-38? Two other things that...
Apr 7, 2020


Prayer in a time of adversity
Many of you who read this short piece will never have encountered a situation like the one we are now experiencing. The deprivations and...
Apr 2, 2020


Suffering in times of crisis
One of the most vital lessons we need to learn in life, is how to handle suffering. Whatever the source of it may be, this can be a real...
Mar 31, 2020


Victory in Christ
A review of Andrew Cinnamond's, Sure and Certain Hope: Death And Burial in the Book of Common Prayer. In six years as an Anglican Church...
Mar 28, 2020
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