Planted by Water

I am doing some reading at the moment about the Kingdom and how its influence is to be extended in the world, so I got round to reading a book I have been meaning to get round to for a number of years. It was written nearly 20 years ago but many of its themes are still relevant. It is Kingdoms in Conflict, by Charles Colson, the aide to President Nixon, who got caught up in …

Apologies for not posting them when I had originally planned, but here are the remainder of the gems from Rivers of Living Water by T.Austin-Sparks. I love his emphasis on ’spirit and life’ and the work of the Cross as the means of bringing life - resurrection life!

The test of the value of everything - the test of our Bible knowledge, the test of all the wealth that we have derived from Bible study, the test of all our association with Christian things, the test of all the work that we …

I referred in an earlier posting to a writer who is not well-known across the Christian mainstream but who has been a big influence on what many of us have come into in the so-called ‘restorationist movement’ - T.Austin-Sparks. I feel that he is an amazing prophetic and teaching ministry and that he has awesome insights into the Bible and the things of God. It is true that his writing is rather awkward and old-fashioned and it …

I’ve just finished reading The Contemporary Christian by John Stott, and thought I’d share some of the thoughts it provoked in me.

In fact, the book is no longer very contemporary as it was written in the early nineties. I had hoped to get more out of it for my own writing on issues in our world, but actually there’s not much on specific world issues. It is Stott’s attempt to say what he considers the most important things about …

Here’s the second of my reviews on books recently read.

Richard Foster, Money, Sex and Power

I have intended reading this book for quite some time as I recognise that it is about the three main idols that have always affected humanity - the diabolical distortions of money, sex and power (the lust of the eyes, the lust of the flesh and the pride of life). They’ve been around since Eve …

Today, I’m attempting some reviews on a couple of books I have read recently. Neither of them will reach my Top Ten Best Books List, but they’ve been helpful. The first is about a subject that I lecture on at School of the Word in Cardiff - Religions and Worldviews. It isn’t for everyone, but some out there may be interested:

David Burnett, Clash of Worlds

Burnett examines the concept of ‘worldview’ more from …