JOHN'S BLOG

“Knowledge puffs up but love builds up” I'm a bit of a geek for facts, especially Bible facts. When I was 6 or 7, my school teacher ...

A classic for this morning...

This is a book of essays about 30 of the classic writings on Christian Spirituality over the centuries. The Good I want to read more c...

I have a confession to make. I've just (re-)joined Twitter. Couldn't find my original password, so I'm now @john_allister. Some ...

Spiritual warfare doesn't seem to be talked about much these days outside Pentecostal circles. It's a dangerous shame. There...

I was thinking about the Wars of the Roses the other night (partly as a result of the BBC series The White Queen , based on the Philippa Gre...

I'm usually quite a fan of violent historical fiction, of which Simon Scarrow is one of the leading exponents. This book undoubtedly g...

There's a bit of a debate about preaching the Old Testament as Christian Scripture (which of course it is) - specifically whether we sh...

It's a difficult issue to avoid at the moment, largely because culture seems to be moving fast, and in a direction that is away from his...

Here are 10 quick tips on how to apply and understand the Old Testament Law as Christians. The Law isn't just commandments . The Jew...