Continuing my attempted trend of blogging about the books I read each year (here’s 2017 . . . that’s it so far), here’s how 2018 shaped up – and it was a pretty good one. First of all, in 2017 I managed 10 books; this year I was somehow able to bring it up to … More The 15 books I read in 2018
I recently read ‘God of Surprises’ by this delightfully peaceful and thoughtful Jesuit priest, Gerard Hughes. By all account Christians right across denominations have been helped by this book. What struck me though, and has provoked further thought, was a particular formulation he devised (or he may have got it from someone else, I forget) … More Gerard Hughes was onto something
Scraping in by a mere three hours, I just finished reading my tenth book of 2017, crawling over the double-figures marker exhausted, bug-eyed and ready for bed. It’s been a crazy year and, apart from anything else, being a father seems an entirely reasonable excuse for letting my reading get on the back burner. Still, … More The 10 books I read in 2017
Well, I have an excuse. I have had possibly one of the busiest years of my life: my wife and I bought a house, got pregnant, and all while I was working full-time for church (a change that took place just over a year ago; my first full-time job since 2008). That said, I did … More My year in blogging – a poor show
I was recently informed by Goodreads which books I finished reading in 2014. On that page I can boast a modest ten books, but you’d need more than just the fingers on both hands for the actual count – for some reason it didn’t show up Alistair McGrath’s biography of C.S. Lewis, which I read … More 2014: My Year In Books
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
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
It is something of a coincidence that not long after I wrote my last post about Roger Olson on Relational Theology, I by chance discovered a book by him while on holiday in Derbyshire. Perhaps I’m a pessimist, but I didn’t really expect to find a theological book in a store advertised as a tourist … More Unexpected finds
I’m doing well at finishing books. Lately I wrote about The Wrong Messiah by Nick Page. It’s perhaps something of a testament to my craziness that at the same time as, and since long before, reading Page’s book, I’ve had The Ressurection of the Son of God by N. T. Wright on the go. Anyone … More The Resurrection of the Son of God
A little while ago I reviewed The Longest Week by Nick Page, which took a look from an historical point of view at the last week of Jesus’ life in Jerusalem. Having enjoyed it so much, I was pleased to find that Page soon followed it with a ‘prequel’ if you like, The Wrong Messiah, which I duly … More The Wrong Messiah by Nick Page
Ben David Trigg 