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  • Are you confused by grace? – Intro & 1st Chapter available

    Are you confused by grace? – Intro & 1st Chapter available

    I know I haven’t spoken much about it recently, but my book was published back in March and it’s still available. I just realised that I hadn’t made available the introduction and first chapter (as tends to be customary these days). I know that these things are available via Amazon, but not everyone wants to read a book like that.

    So, I’ve uploaded them to the Understand the Bible website. That link will get you the introduction, and click through for the first chapter as a PDF.

    By way of encouragement, I checked the Amazon page and realised someone had kindly left a review of the book (if that was you – thank you!):

    Highly readable, practical and engaging exposition on the concept of grace within the Christian worldview.

    Highly readable, practical and engaging. What more could you want? Check it out!

  • New Book: Confused by Grace

    New Book: Confused by Grace

    I’ve written a book! It’s a Christian book – here’s the blurb:

    Many people are confused by grace.

    For example, have you ever considered questions like these:

    • Why should we obey God if he forgives us anyway?
    • Do Christians need to obey the Ten Commandments?
    • What does it mean to have freedom as a Christian?

    This book will help you to answer these questions and put the pieces of the Christian life together. You will discover how God wants us to obey him. It’s not a matter of obeying the law in our own strength. Instead, we need to love through the power of the Holy Spirit.

    I’m going to be doing a video about it in the next few days, which you will be able to see on Understand the Bible, but you can buy it now from Amazon (Kindle or paperback editions available).

  • Thoughts on ‘A State of Fear’

    Thoughts on ‘A State of Fear’

    Laura Dodsworth’s new book “A State of Fear” is an absolute must-read. Everyone in the country needs to know how the government have intentionally created fear during the pandemic. It needs a response. Here I share a few thoughts and quotes from the book.

    Links

    Find the book itself here.

    This is the document with minutes of the SPI-B meeting on 22nd March 2020 “Options for increasing adherence to social distancing measures”.

  • Am I just my brain?

    A wise and learned philosopher once said, “We are living in a material world, and I am a material girl”. OK, those were the lyrics to Material Girl by Madonna – but, whether she realised it or not, I think she was onto something: many people today, especially within science, do think we are quite literally living in a material world. Many scientists (and, indeed, people from other fields such as history) presume methodological naturalism – the idea that the best explanation for anything is always a naturalistic one. ‘Supernatural’ explanations are discounted a priori.

    This kind of attitude seems to have become standard fare in many scientific circles. Although I don’t usually read the magazine, back in 2012 my wife kindly bought me a copy of the New Scientist special edition “The God Issue”. The editorial on the front page talked scornfully about religion: “Religious claims still wither under rational scrutiny and deserve no special place in public life.” Ouch! This kind of attitude was evident most of the way through the magazine.

    I’ve written a review of Sharon Dirckx’s book “Am I just my brain?” for Ian Paul’s blog Psephizo.

    Read the rest of the review on his blog.