Review: Loveology
So I’ve finally read a John Mark Comer book. I first encountered JMC through the (I think now inaccessible) podcast This Cultural Moment with Mark Sayers. JMC was an interesting anchor to Sayers’ lofty and...
Category: Theology
Review: Does the Bible affirm same-sex relationships?
In just over 100 pages, Rebecca McLaughlin offers a thoughtful, no-nonsense response to one of the most controversial theological questions of our age. She examines 10 key claims around this question. These are the...
Review: Sexuality in the New Testament: Understanding the Key Texts
There are countless books that seek to unpack the Bible’s teaching on sexuality. Many fall well short of what I would consider to be helpful. There are revisionist books which seek to radically depart...
Review: Finding Your Best Identity
While many ask the important question ‘Who am I?’, in this short book Bunt asks the question ‘How can you know who you are?’ He takes a look at three sources we can look...
Review: No Greater Love
This is the first substantial book that seeks to provide a theology of friendship that I have read. In fact, I can’t even think of another one. Perhaps C.S. Lewis’ Four Loves comes closest....
Review: Awaiting the King
The third entry in Smith’s ‘Cultural Liturgies’ series. It’s sat, unread, on my shelf for many years. Not because I didn’t want to read it. Partly because I knew it would be a very...
Review: A War of Loves
“The Unexpected Story Of A Gay Activist Discovering Jesus”. The subtitle of this book hints at the incredible, complex, emotional, arm-wrestle of a read that is to come. David Bennett begins his story about...
Review: Jesus and Gender: Living as Sisters and Brothers in Christ
What do you do when you tire of labels that you feel are misrepresented and therefore poorly understood? You might champion for a new label that you can define yourself. That’s sort of what...
Review: An Impossible Marriage
Why would a same-sex attracted woman marry a man? This is the premise of this part-testimony, part-theology book. And, boy, it’s a good one! Laurie and Matt share their personal journey, and the many...
Review: Jesus, Justice and Gender Roles
Kathy Keller, the partner in ministry to her late husband, Tim, has long been a sharp, thoughtful and highly intelligent woman. I confess that I haven’t read a great deal of what she has...