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Book Reviews

Straw for the Bricks: Theological Reflection in Practice by Gary O’Neill (Ed.) and Liz Shercliff

Gary O’Neill (Ed.) and Liz Shercliff
SCM Press 2018 £25 ISBN 978-0334055006   Review by Dr Anne Davidson Lund, Reader in the Diocese of Chester

01 Apr 2019

The Bible and Disability: A Commentary edited by Sarah Melcher, Mikeal Parsons, Amos Yong

Sarah Melcher, Mikeal Parsons, Amos Yong (Eds.)
Baylor University Press 2017 £25 ISBN 978-0334056867 Review by Rev’d. Canon David Herbert, Continuing Licensed

01 Apr 2019

Rehearsing Scripture: Discovering God’s Word in Community by Anna Carter Florence

01 Apr 2019

Preaching in Times of Crisis by Robert Beamish

Robert Beamish Grove Books 2018 £3.95 ISBN 978-1788270519

01 Apr 2019

The Song of Songs: Beautiful Bodies, Erotic Desire and Intoxicating Pleasure by Karl Möller

Karl Möller
Grove Books 2018 £3.95 ISBN 978-1788270595

01 Apr 2019

Reading Amos as a Book by Karl Möller

Karl Möller
Grove Books 2014 £3.95 ISBN 978-1851749218

01 Apr 2019

Buying God: Consumerism and Theology by Eve Poole

If you have ever wondered what a preacher might say about consumerism, other than assign to it a range of assumed evils, this book is a valuable resource. 

03 Dec 2018

Seeking the God Beyond: A Beginner’s Guide to Christian Apophatic Spirituality by JP Williams

03 Dec 2018

The Culture of God by Nadim Nassar

03 Dec 2018

God in Pain by Barbara Brown Taylor

03 Dec 2018

The Moving Text: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on David Brown and the Bible

This is a rich, varied and thought-provoking treasure trove for the academically inclined preacher.

03 Dec 2018

The Abiding Presence: a theological commentary on Exodus by Mark Scarlata

The purpose of the commentary is ‘to offer a reading of Exodus that concentrates on the final form and the theological meaning of the story.’ 

03 Dec 2018

Names for the Messiah: An Advent Study by Walter Brueggemann

In this slim volume, which began life as an online resource, Brueggemann offers four studies for the four weeks of Advent

03 Dec 2018

Advent for Preachers

Advent is often a challenge for preachers – what can we say that is a little different? Liz Shercliff looks at the books available to stimulate thinking and exploration of Advent themes

10 Sep 2018

The Old Testament is Dying. A Diagnosis and Recommended Treatment by Brent A. Strawn

Esther Elliot learns the language of the Old Testament

10 Sep 2018

Everything Happens for a Reason and Other Lies I’ve Loved by Kate Bowler

Liz Shercliff is challenged by a cancer memoir with a difference

10 Sep 2018

A Preacher’s Tale: Explorations in Narrative Preaching by Jon Russell

Liz Shercliff experiments with narrative preaching

10 Sep 2018

The Naked Preacher: Action Research and a Practice of Preaching by Jason C Boyd

Liz Shercliff discovers new preaching research

07 Sep 2018

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Issue 173: The Older Testament

Proceed with Extreme Caution: Preaching the ‘Dark’ Passages of the First Testament
Tarcisius Mukuka

People of the Law
Liz Shercliff

Preaching the Toxic texts of the Old Testament
John Deehan

How should readings be linked?
Duncan Macpherson

Sermons: May to July 2019

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Knowing a loved one

‘He unrolled the scroll and found the place …’ is a phrase from Luke’s Gospel (4:17) that I treasure. Whatever else we should take from the story of Jesus in his hometown synagogue, I’m sure we are meant to notice his evident familiarity with the text...