Listening to the Unbelievable podcast, hosted by Justin Brierley, is often an exercise in patience. He’s currently running an excellent three week series on “Was Jesus just a…?” and the first show asked the question, “Was Jesus just a zealot?” (Click to listen.) The focus of discussion was a book published in July 2013 by … More Was Jesus just a zealot?
I’ve just finished another one in a long line of books I’m set to plough my way through. Last year I was given Resident Aliens by Hauerwas and William Willimon, and Hauerwas’ memoir Hannah’s Child, both of which I read very quickly. This year for my birthday I was given The Peaceable Kingdom: A Primer in Christian Ethics. I got a … More The Peaceable Kingdom – Stanley Hauerwas
It is with great pleasure that I can announce that not one but TWO new albums have arrived in the land of the living from Ichthus Christian Fellowship! Those of us on the core team who put it all together are immensely pleased with the results. See below for more information about each album.
Well, if NT Wright’s life work has taken a step nearer completion with the publication of Volume 4 of his dogmatics/institutes/magnum opus on Jesus, Paul and the New Testament, my life’s work has just been expanded to encompass trying to read the thing. This latest edition heaves its way in at nearly 1700 pages, according to … More Tom Wright and the many volumes of God
Hi folks, it’s been a while since I posted anything of significance. I’ve been reading a lot of blogs though – all the links in this post will take you to some that I have been reading regularly. Today I stumbled across Rachel Held Evans’ interview with Greg Boyd, particularly covering his new book, The … More Greg Boyd and the Warrior God
It’s 50 years since C.S Lewis’s death, and I barely have a clue. I grew up with Narnia of course, although that was unfortunately sketchily encountered. I was well-enough grounded in The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe as we had all the books but more importantly, the BBC adaptations. But the later books in the series … More Out of the Silent Planet
Hi folks By way of a rare update on some of my music/worship/songwriting activities, I can safely say that this has been one of the busiest seasons of my life so far in terms of writing (and rewriting) a bunch of songs. Recently I had the great privilege of co-writing with Graham Kendrick; the result … More Lots of Songwriting…
For a while now, the camping ground of the popular, vocal ‘new atheists’ and their followers has been the idea that ‘religious people’ (which covers an almost impossibly broad spectrum of people around the world throughout history) are universally stupid, because they have ‘faith’. This of course means that the new atheists (the blessed clever … More Stop Taking the Pistis
For a long time (a LONG time!) I’ve been talking about producing an album of some of my latest songs. People have been keen on this so I must apologise. Time, money and not a little bit of artistic perfectionism have hampered my attempts at various turns over the last few years, but I’m pursuing … More Progress on a new album
Justin Brierley, thank you. Your show may be too short to air all the things that need to be said, but I think on this occasion, I’ve heard enough to be able to process it all. Your show on Penal Substitution was very helpful. I wasn’t sure where I stood on the issue, if I’m … More Penal Substitution – if I didn’t know where I stand, I do now
Ben David Trigg 