17 April 2023 Slides and video of my talk on Acts 2:22-36 I had the privilege on Sunday morning of preaching on Acts 2:22-36 for Emmanuel Church, Loughborough. The video is above. Here are the slides in pdf format. Thoughts and comments welcome! Categories Research/Speaking Comments: 2
10 April 2023 Saul’s change of name to Paul The lovely people at the Logos Academic blog kindly commissioned and published a piece from me on what Saul of Tarsus’ name changed to Paul. This is an issue I had to think about in the light of this shift in Acts, and the fact that he’s always ‘Paul’ in his letters. Enjoy! Comments are most welcome. Categories Articles and papers/Books and articles/Research/Study Comments: 6
27 March 2023 Slides from a sermon on John 12:20-36 I preached yesterday evening at our evening service at Emmanuel, Loughborough, and had the privilege of exploring this very rich section of John, with its many images of the death of Jesus. Here are my slides—thoughts and comments welcome. Categories Speaking Comments: 0
11 March 2023 Slides on Introducing the Theology of Paul I have had the fun of teaching a three-hour introduction (with breaks!) to the Theology of Paul for the (Anglican) Diocese of Leicester’s lay training programme on 12 March 2023. Here are the slides, saved in pdf format, for those interested. Thoughts and comments welcome! Categories Research Comments: 2
9 December 2022 Reflecting on SBL Denver 2022 I greatly enjoyed being in Denver a couple of weeks ago for the annual SBL meeting. It was a lovely opportunity to reconnect with people, many of whom I’d not seen in person for three years because of covid—I cannot recall a day when I have hugged so many people as the Friday! In particular, it was great to see... Categories Articles and papers/Conferences/People/Research/Speaking Comment: 1
3 December 2022 Slides and handout on ‘Wealth and possessions according to Acts 11–28’ (my SBL paper) I enjoyed contributing to to a seminar on ‘Wealth and Poverty in Luke-Acts, Revisited’ at the SBL annual meeting in Denver recently. I spoke on ‘Wealth and possessions according to Acts 11–28’, a neglected part of Luke-Acts in this discussion. Here are my slides from the talk, and here is the handout I made available through the SBL/AAR app (I... Categories Articles and papers/Conferences/Research/Speaking Comments: 0