Baptist Bookworm

I'm happy to report that Steve Finamore's excellent PhD thesis is nearing publication with Paternoster in the Biblical Monographs se...

John Rackley is leading the prayer times here at RSC, and last night he quoted Margaret Magdalen (from her Grove booklet Vocation: Exploring...

Does the Kingdom of Heaven operate a points-based immigration system?

Spotted by my parents at a swimming pool in Reading... My Dad's comment was: 'Yeah, this would work. After all, I wouldn't go at...

This morning I'm off to the R.S.C., but sadly (on this occasion) I'm not going to Stratford-on-Avon. Rather, I'm heading a bit f...

This post has been substantially updated - May 2013. In the Spring 2013 issue of the Baptist Union Retreat Group (BURG)  The Journal ,...

Robyn has commented on the "English" Language ... In 'My Fair Lady', Colonel Pickering moans: 'Why can't the Engli...

Revelation in culture . The Smiths - ' Stretch out and wait ' Will the world end in the night time? I really don't know. Or will...

One of the things I'm very bad at is saying 'no' to things, especially when they're exciting new possibilities which feed ri...

I'm teaching later today on 1,2,3 John, which of course contain the only biblical references to 'antichrist'. Here they are: 1 J...