Yesterday, I was delighted to participate in the New Testament Symposium organised by my old friend and colleague, Professor (Ja)Kobus Kok from ETF at Leuven. Kobus is also a Professor Extraordinarius at his former university, Pretoria, where I am privileged to be a Research Associate in the Department of New Testament and Related Literature as
I was delighted to be invited to preach last Sunday, February 4th, 2024, by the Rev’d Sheila Swarbrick, the Rector of the Central Parish, and the sermon has now been posted on the sermons section of this website. The Central Parish now comprises the historic churches of Exeter’s city centre, dedicated to St Stephen, St
A recent post in the Facebook group ‘Inclusive Evangelicals’ (which offers an inclusive and accepting approach to homosexuality on contradistinction to the exclusive rejection by many conservative evangelicals) discussed the book written in 1995 by the Rev’d Dr Michael Vasey, Strangers and Friends: A new explanation of homosexuality and the Bible and published by Hodder
One of the most crucial topics debated among New Testament scholars these days is the relationship of the four canonical gospels – Matthew, Mark, Luke, and John – to all the other various and varied texts from the first few centuries of the Jesus movement which were also called, or became known as ‘gospels’. How
Following the recent death of Joseph Ratzinger / Benedict XVI, here is my tribute and assessment of him, originally published in a shorter version in The Tablet, https://www.thetablet.co.uk/blogs/1/2301/-doing-theology-on-his-knees-benedict-xvi-s-biblical-scholarship The music swelled to a crescendo as the clouds of incense drifted up into the golden dome of St Peter’s Basilica, threatening to obscure the huge lettering,
I am delighted to announce that the video of the premiere performance of my translation of the Rough Mark is now available here on my website and my YouTube channel. Full details of the performance and the translation are given on those pages. I am grateful to all those who participated in making it possible,
