20 February 2022 Slides on Galatians: Paul’s most urgent letter I have given two talks about Galatians for the gathering held at St John’s, Waterbeach, near Cambridge on Sunday 20 February. Here are the slides from that talk for anyone interested. Categories Speaking/Study Comments: 0
20 December 2021 Craig Keener’s new book Craig Keener has written a substantial, two-volume book on miracles in which he explains and defends a classic Christian view that remarkable out-of-the-ordinary events take place which defy naturalistic explanation, Miracles: The Credibility of the New Testament Accounts, 2 vols (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2011). That book particularly engages debates about the presence of such events in the New Testament.... Categories Books and articles/Research/Reviews Comment: 1
27 November 2021 Walter Isaacson’s biography of Steve Jobs I have read this fascinating biography with considerable interest. I’m a long time user of Apple products: after having a couple of Amstrad PCWs, our first ‘proper’ computer was a Classic II, and the first thing I did with it was to typeset my wife’s MPhil thesis on it—we found cables and software to transfer her material from NewWord (a... Categories Books and articles Comments: 2
10 November 2021 Slides on Luke’s Gospel (part 2) Here is a link to the slides from my talk on Luke 23, looking at how Luke tells the story of the death of Jesus. This is the third session I did for clergy and lay ministers from the (Anglican) Diocese of Exeter this week. The slides from the first two talks are here. Comments most welcome! Categories Conferences/Speaking/Study Comments: 0
9 November 2021 Slides on Luke’s Gospel (part 1) Here and here are links to download my slides from two talks about Luke’s Gospel which I’ve done for clergy and lay ministers from the diocese of Exeter, aiming to equip them to read and preach Luke over the coming year, when Luke is the ‘controlling’ Gospel in the lectionary used by Anglicans and others. I’ll add the third one... Categories Conferences/People/Speaking/Study Comments: 2
4 November 2021 Jonah 3: a sermon in two parts I’m preaching again this coming Sunday (7 November) for my church, All Saints, Ealing, and am speaking from the Old Testament reading, Jonah 3. I’ve focused my talk(s) around the way God is portrayed in the passage, seen through the eyes of Jonah and the people of Nineveh. Below are the two parts of the sermon, respectively 13 mins and... Categories Speaking/Study Comments: 0