Andy Byers was fantastic, do check out his TheoMedia book . Now we’ve moved on to the Digital Revolution with Tallie Proud — the digital media officer for the Church of England. Currently hearing an array of interesting stats and figures surrounding social media. Everything ranging from the 93 million selfies taken a day (my contributions can be […]
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#MediaLit17 Chronicles 2: Theomedia
Andy Byers has been giving a passionate presentation on the idea of Media and the role it plays in influencing us (with some interesting diagrammatic presentations of the weight of influences across different christian traditions). He’s written a book, Theomedia, which seems to be the basis of this session. Theomedia on Amazon This has been shaped […]
#MediaLit17 Chronicles 1: Introduction
This week, as an Ordinand at Cranmer Hall in Durham, I have the privilege of being able to attend this years CODEC conference ‘MediaLit’. This looks to be a full on week of lectures, seminars, and presentations looking at how we can engage with theology and digital culture. Some of the themes include: Digital Theology; […]
Measurement Problems in Ancient Greece – IAS Fellows Public Lecture
#FreeSpeech Under Attack?
A friend and I went took the opportunity to attend the Durham Castle Lecture about Free Speech on Wednesday. The speaker was political historian and free-speech advocate Professor Timothy Garton Ash from Oxford. It was an interesting presentation of two main halves; systems of speech in our interconnected world, and principles for speaking freely with […]
Book Review – Come Lord Jesus!
A review of Come Lord Jesus! by Stephen Motyer.
Evangelical Leadership, by Ian Paul – A Review
I recently had the opportunity to read Ian Paul’s Evangelical Leadership: Challenges and Opportunities, a grove booklet in the Leadership Series. I have reviewed it for Illuminate Magazine, the student publication for the London School of Theology – where I live, work and study. Check it out: The London School of Theology’s mission statement declares that […]
Theocracy – I AM: Probably My Favourite Christian Song of All Time.
Hands down my favourite Christian Song. Check it out.
Thinking about Sin: Cernovich and Biblical Metaphors to Improve Your Life
CS Lewis famously once said: There are two equal and opposite errors into which our race can fall about the devils. One is to disbelieve in their existence. The other is to believe, and to feel an excessive and unhealthy interest in them. I personally know many people, Christians and non-Christians alike, who fall all […]
John 17, the Larnaca Statement and hopes of Christian Unity
John 17 “May they experience such perfect unity that the world will know that you sent me and that you love them as much as you love me.” In the Larnaca Statement




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