Category: Books and articles

Blog posts stimulated by, or about, books or articles I’ve read.

Handout for my Graham Stanton Memorial Lecture, ‘“The God of Abraham, Isaac aand Jacob” (Acts 3:13)—Is That All? Learning about God from the Book of Acts’

I’m pleased to share the outline of my Graham Stanton Memorial Lecture, ‘“The God of Abraham, Isaac and Jacob” (Acts 3:13)—Is That All? Learning about God from the Book of Acts’. I’ll be giving this during the British New Testament Society meeting in Glasgow, 22-24 August, and I’m making it available here as a Word file and here as a...

Ian Paul on practising evangelical spirituality

Ian Paul, The Practice of Evangelical Spirituality, Grove Spirituality series 162Cambridge: Grove Books, 2022; ISSN 0262-799X; £3.95Available in print or e-book format from Grove Books website here I’ve read this recent booklet (28 pages) by Ian Paul with appreciation. He brings together lots of thinking about the kind of spirituality evangelical Christians practise (particularly in the UK), with a view...

Con Campbell’s Jesus v. Evangelicals—a review

Constantine R. Campbell, Jesus v. Evangelicals: A Biblical Critique of a Wayward Movement.Grand Rapids: Zondervan Reflective, 2023. ISBN 978-0-310-13544-9. $12.99. This is a fascinating book by my friend Con Campbell, an Aussie New Testament scholar (presently Associate Research Director of the Sydney College of Divinity)—and very fine saxophonist—who worked in the US for several years. Full disclosure: he kindly asked...