One reason that C.S. Lewis is such an important thinker for today is his understanding of science. Lewis’ views on the human pursuit of scientia, especially through the physical sciences, is a key theme in many of his works: in essays like The Humanitarian Theory of Punishment and Is Progress Possible?; it lies at the heart, as Michael Ward has…

Liberty has not had a good year. I don’t just mean that government legislation has recently prohibited, inter alia, family gatherings, singing, Christian worship and going to the pub, though that is bad. I mean that the concept of liberty itself is increasingly unpopular. The term ‘libertarian’ has become a term of political abuse. Liberty has become…

This is the second in a two-part post on the modern roots of the Coronavirus crisis. You can find the first part here. A Very Modern Knowledge So how did the Government know how to act? On what basis did it know that locking down, not just for weeks but months, was necessary? We were…

This is the first of a two-part post looking at the modern elements of the coronavirus crisis. You can find Part II here. Back in those strange mid-March days it felt as if the calendar was turning backward. Being confined in our homes because of a plague seemed a resuscitation of history. As the word…

There’s been a debate on Twitter today about how Gospel unity, Gospel clarity and the freedom of the conscience should interact. At one point I was asked how I fitted these together as an Independent and I thought about the essay below, written four years ago, about the famous disagreement between Martyn Lloyd-Jones and John…

In light of the horrific death of George Floyd and the recent protests, I wrote a letter to our church, East London Tabernacle Baptist Church. There’s a lot more that needs to be said and heard, I’m sure, but hopefully this is a good start. Dear Brothers and Sisters, I imagine that we will have all…

I recently had an interaction on Twitter with another evangelical Christian about whether human life begins at conception. My interlocutor argued that since the Bible did not explicitly state that it does, the question should be left to individual Christian consciences. What struck me was not so much the issue at hand, important though it is, but…

  Last month, I published Craig Carter’s response to Gwilym Davies’ critique of his book Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition. Dr Carter has now written a follow-up piece giving a worked example of how the theological interpretation of Scripture actually works. As before, it is an honour to publish Dr Carter’s thoughts and I hope that…

A few days ago, St Helen’s Bishopsgate posted a talk by Gwilym Davies entitled ‘Reflections on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture’ which was primarily an engagement with two books, Craig Carter’s Interpreting Scripture with the Great Tradition: Recovering the Genius of Premodern Exegesis and Keith Stanglin’s The Letter and Spirit of Biblical Interpretation: From the Early…