​Reviews

On Not Paying Sufficient Attention to Reality
​Review: Amazing Love

​​M Davie has written a new paper for the ​Latimer Trust reviewing Andrew Davison's Amazing Love

Journeys into Darkness
Review: Journeys in Grace and Truth​

A review of Journeys in Grace and Truth. M Davie looks at and responds to each chapter.

New Critique of FAOC Report: Communion and Disagreement​

New critique by M Davie of the Faith and Order Commission report produced for July's General Synod.

He Gave Us Stories 
Richard Pratt (1993) P&R Publishing
Reviewed by Rob Munro, Fellowship of Word and Spirit, June 2016

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This is one of those books that leaves you thinking, “There’s nothing quite like this!”, which is one reason I have been revisiting it several times over the years. In this one book, Richard Pratt brings a fresh and faith-stimulating perspective to three areas of hermeneutics that are often neglected, but which are vital for our contemporary evangelical scene. His goal is nothing less than reinvigorating our engagement with God in the stories of the Old Testament – trying to move us beyond a simplistic “Spot-the-Jesus” approach, or a historically and personally disconnected “That was then, but this is now!” approach. He takes three steps to bring fresh thinking to our Preparation – how do we bring ourselves to the text; our Investigation – what tools will open up the richness of Hebrew narrative; and our Application – how the text applies personally and relevantly to us today.
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Previous Reviews

The Widening
​Circle,
Graham Tomlin 

Rachel Marszalek on Graham Tomlin's book looking at the idea of the call of the Church to be a 'priesthood' to humanity.

A Passion for Faithfulness, 
Jim Packer

Lee Gatiss on Jim Packer's 'A Passion for Faithfulness: Wisdom from the Book of Nehemiah' and para-church organisations, goofiness and positivity.

A Call to Spiritual Reformation,
D A Carson ​

Andy Lines on D A Carson's analysis of Paul's prayers as models for prayers that go beyond 'an unrelated list of petitions'. 

Good Disagreement, 
​Andrew Atherstone; Andrew Goddard

Andrew Symes on the series of essays edited by Andrew Atherstone and Andrew Goddard on the very relevant concept of 'Good Disagreement'.

​Breaking the Silence,
Lisa Oakley;
Kathryn Kinmond

Liz Goddard on Lisa Oakley and Kathryn Kinmond's book about spiritual abuse by Christian leaders, it's characteristics and danger to the vunerable. 

The Cross of
Christ​,
​John Stott

Rod Thomas on John Stott's classic 'The Cross of Christ'. 'It deals with the central moment of God’s plan for the world'

The Clapham
​Sect,
Stephen Tomkins​

Philip Mountstephen on Stephen Tomkins' book on the Clapham Sect, the founding of CMS, and their social justice work.

Why Human Sexuality
is not a Matter of Adiaphora

Paper by M Davie on Human Sexuality and Adiaphora. Originally written for the CEEC 2016 meeting. ​