In my PhD thesis, An exploration of classical and emergent theologies of ordained / accredited Baptist ministry amongst Baptist ministers within the Baptist Union of Great Britain (BUGB) (Garland, 2022), I resolved to identify some key theological ideas surrounding the… Read More »A Ministry of Word?
Summary This article contains seven guidelines that will help us read the Bible well. We need to pay attention to the context, to God’s ongoing revelation, and to the genre of the text. We don’t expect to find new revelations… Read More »How to read the Bible well. Seven guidelines
and reflection on their significance for renewal in contemporary Baptist experience. Whilst the renewal of the Particular Baptists was indeed the ‘result of a complex matrix of factors’, this essay attempts to identify some of the more significant influences on… Read More »An Examination of renewal in Particular Baptist life during the period 1760-1815:
Chapter 4 of Sexuality & Holiness: Remaining Loving & Biblical in a Rapidly Shifting Culture Several years ago, I was asked to teach our youth on what the Bible says about homosexuality and same-sex relationships. This was at a time… Read More »A good thing the law counts for nothing, right?
‘What’s the point, they’ll do what they want anyway’ ‘Our church cannot see why we are even in the Baptist Union’ ‘There is a general drift towards liberalism’. These represent the three most common comments I have received over the… Read More »Why should I engage with the BU consultation?
Like many people in Baptist networks and beyond, I am concerned about the present state of the churches in the UK. This is not because they are not full of wonderful and committed people – many of them clearly are.… Read More »My Hopes for the Church as Future President of Baptists Together