Q Scribbles/Spiels

Bible Diagrams

 

Downloadable Talks

Radio Documentaries

This is new departure and a genuine experiment! So who knows where it all might lead. But a few mates and I have got together to start writing some documentaries, with a view to getting a portfolio of broadcast-able material. Anyway, the pilot programme is a 30 minute documentary on the theological significance of superheroes, called Why We Love Men In Capes. It is downloadable from iTunes for £1.29.

From the All Souls Archive

NB you will need to register with just an email and password – it is FREE and simply the way we put a ceiling on monthly downloads. You can also click on the images to the right to subscribe to the weekly podcasts from All Souls.

• REGULAR PREACHING
• JESUS THE BE ALL & END ALL – 3 talk-overview of Colossians (April 2007)
• ASK AN HONEST QUESTION, GET AN HONEST ANSWER! 3 talks from Habakkuk (July 2009)

Some Apologetics

• What gives you a monopoly on truth? (from the series In the Hotseat, Sept 08)
• What is Real Tolerance?(March 08)
• Why Easter Matters (2 sermons on 1 Corinthians 15 – April 08)
• Has God failed? 1 – Why is religion oppressive? (Jan 08)
• Has God failed? 2 – Where is the ‘peace on earth’?(Jan 08)
• I’d like to believe that there’s too much suffering in the world – a short lunch-time talk (Sept 07)
• Can you trust the Bible? – a short lunch-time talk (Oct 09)

Some Bible Book Overviews

• Introduction to the Psalms – All Souls Fellowship Group Leaders
• Introduction to 1 Thessalonians – All Souls Fellowship Group Leaders
• Introduction to Galatians – All Souls Fellowship Group Leaders
• Introduction to the WHOLE BIBLE in 1 hour (on video, or as an article)
• Introduction to 2 Timothy – All Souls Fellowship Group Leaders.

Free iTunes podcasts

• EVEN BETTER THAN THE REAL THING – a day seminar seeking to understand Postmodernism and how it affects Christians (recorded 30th September 2006)
• THE GREATEST STORY not usually EVER TOLD in one day – a one-day whistle-stop tour of the whole Bible (Also on All Souls site)
• REVELATION unWRAPPED – an introduction and overview of that much debated, feared and obsessed over book, the Book of Revelation.
• HOW GOD’S GOSPEL WENT GLOBAL – an introduction to Luke’s epic volume, the Book of Acts.
• LIFE, LIGHT & THE GOSPEL – an introduction to the epic symphony of John’s Gospel
• GOD, THE REFUGEES AND THE DYNASTY – an introduction and overview of that hidden OT gem, the Book of Ruth

 

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Writing

• CROSS-EXAMINED (with Study Guide)

Written in 2001 and revised in 2005 – aimed primarily at university students but hopefully useful for anyone wanting to understand the significance of Jesus’ death on the Cross. Was also hoping for it to be a book that one could lend to a thinking inquirer. But the proof of the pudding is in the reading of course. If you have comments or questions, please do email.

You can see how the cover has evolved over the last ten years or so with the latest version on the right…

• THE NEW TESTAMENT & SLAVERY - Approaches & Implications

A Latimer Study out in August 2007 and based on my Masters Thesis – done ages ago and recently revisited to coincide somewhat belatedly with the 200th anniversary of the Abolition of the Slave Trade bill of 1807 (see below). Christians disagreed very strongly about what the Bible actually says about slavery (with vehemence from proponents as well as abolitionists). The issue today though is not so much what that says about slavery per se, but what difference abolition makes for other more controversial contemporary debates.

• The Good Book Guide to COLOSSIANS

published in Oct 2008, a little contribution to the Good Book Company’s great little series of introductory bible studies from different books and topics. Comes with a leader’s guide for group use, as well as formatted for easy personal use. A billy bargain at only £3!

• An Historical Guide to All Souls Langham Place

This has been a little project I’ve been working on for the last 6 months. The aim has been to provide something that the many tourists who visit the building would like to have (full colour, glossy, tourist guide) to explain aspects of the building – as well as to introduce the life and ministry of the church. It’s been a lot of fun digging up interesting things from the archives!

It will be available at the All Souls Resources Centre and Welcome Desk and in time, we hope it will be available from the All Souls website. Watch this space…

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Articles & Reviews

Here are various bits and bobs

• THE SHOCK OF THE OLD: Reading the Bible in a culture that’s suspicious of anything old (from EA’s BibleFresh day, March 2010) – a video of the talk is available on their site
• OUR DIGITAL LIFE: towards an ethos for church websites… (written originally for All Souls Langham Place, but with potential relevance for others going through similar processes).

• VERBAL REALITY IN RETAIL PARK PURGATORY - A review of Douglas Coupland’s recent novel, The Gum Thief.
• THEY WILL BELIEVE YOU: YOU ARE A WHITE MAN – A review of Kevin Macdonald’s film, The Last King of Scotland starring James McAvoy and Forest Whitaker.
• THE FOLLY & FATALITY OF USURPING GOD – A review of Robert De Niro’s film, The Good Shepherd, starring Matt Damon.
• THE SLAVE TRADE TURNED UPSIDE DOWN – A review of Bernardine Evaristo’s book, Blonde Roots.
• GRACE BREAKS INTO A SOUND – Review of U2′s No Line on the Horizon

• AN INTRODUCTION TO THE CROSS – helping students to get into the issues surrounding the Bible’s doctrine of the Atonement (alternatively download pdf here)
• U2: Stadium Psalmists & Prophets – started life as a talk at the ELF, and now written up properly for Theology Network.
• FIRST THINGS FIRST … AND LAST – a re-articulation of the authority of Scripture. Originally written for the ELF, now available thru Theology Network.

• PREACHING TO IMPRESS OR TO SAVE? (1Corinthians 1-2) – first given at a preaching conference in Uganda in 2004 – now posted on the Beginning With Moses website
• THE SHEDDING OF BLOOD FOR A SIN-RAVAGED WORLD – some personal (and fairly random) reflections on some of the big debates that have been going on in the UK & USA over the last few years. Again posted on Beginning With Moses

• THE PROPHETIC POWER of Alexa Meade’s living portraits – a first stab at some art criticism for Transpositions (a site dedicated to Theology, Imagination and the Arts)

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Multimedia:

• KJV 400th Anniversary: This reflection was put together for BibleFresh Sunday on 6th March 2011.

• Slavery Abolition anniversary: we put together this video montage for our church service on 25th March 2007 (200th anniversary).