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For the past four years, the leader of the United Kingdom’s Evangelical Alliance faced several major national challenges: Brexit divides, religious liberty concerns, dramatic demographic shifts, a pandemic, and political baggage that made its way across the pond. Since white American evangelicals became known as some of former US President Donald Trump’s biggest supporters, Gavin Calver saw media in his own country conflate them with the Christians his organization represents. Calver had to work even harder to educate others about the broad array of evangelicals in the UK, who don’t ful...

32.59 Who is Herman Bavinck, and why should contemporary Christians care about him? James Eglinton’s penetrating new study, Bavinck: A Critical Biography, goes a long way toward answering these questions. Eglinton, who teaches Reformed theology at the University of Edinburgh, has produced a magisterial work that figures to become the leading biography of the great Dutch Reformed theologian (1854–1921). Along with Abraham Kuyper, Bavinck was an important figure in the neo-Calvinist movement in the Netherlands in the late-19th and early-20th centuries. A theological giant in his own right, ...

Emma by Jane Austen and While he isn’t a fiction writer, Erik Larson writes narrative history like it’s a story; his writing is that compelling. I love all of his books and often recommend them to people. What biographies or autobiographies have most influenced you and why? Last summer, I read Ray Rhodes Jr.’s biography of Susannah Spurgeon, titled Susie, and was moved by her endurance as a chronic sufferer and pastor’s wife. Years ago, I read A Passion for the Impossible about missionary Lilias Trotter, who was a gifted artist and called to ministry in Algeria; I couldn’t put t...

Dr Mark Tronson 2000 in Hamilton NZ A Minister of Religion gets asked many questions. He is supposed to be modest in response and not be outrageous or volatile, and so when asked a question, the answer should seemingly be sensible and even galvanising. However, that was somewhat an implausible situation, when as my youngest daughter some years ago now, came home from school, telling us that her friend said that all ministers are 'fuddy duddies'. I have thought about that image a great deal, so when writing this article all these years later, I thought it provident to check what 'fuddy duddy' ...

A Look at Notable 2020 Publications Continuing the tradition of reflecting on some of the year's noteworthy publications. David S. Dockery Image: Nick Fewings/Unsplash Each year, my friend David Dockery releases an end-of-year list of noteworthy books. I am happy to share them with you. I trust that the forthcoming holiday period will provide moments for rest and renewal for many from what has been an exhausting 2020. Perhaps these days will even provide an opportunity for some of us to catch up on some of the important publications that have been released since last year’s holida...