When God Spoke English charts the historical context to the making of the King James Bible. However, Ali Gledhill argues that its focus on the literary majesty of the text itself ignores its real significance as a clear and simple copy of the Bible in a language the people could understand.

Review by Ali Gledhill on 26th February 2011

If you would like to read theologians with long names (and even longer books!) but are too intimidated to begin, this is the book for you. Ali Gledhill reviews Mike Reeves' companion volume to The Breeze of the Centuries, bringing his introduction to theologians and their works up to the last century.

Review by Ali Gledhill on 30th January 2011

Love Divine is a modern take on some classic Charles Wesley hymns. Ali Gledhill reviews the album and suggests that these new tunes should compliment, not replace, the originals.

Review by Ali Gledhill on 2nd January 2011

4 million people have been watching The Nativity on BBC1, and Ali Gledhill was one of them. He found the series both provocative and profoundly touching.

Review by Ali Gledhill on 24th December 2010

Generous Justice is a very important book, and one I would recommend to almost everyone. Tim Keller addresses the minefield of the Bible's teaching on justice - what does it mean to do justice, and how do we act justly in 21st Century society? The book is subtitled "How God's grace makes us just", which pithily demonstrates Keller's attitude to Christian justice: it is the inevitable consequence of understanding God's saving grace.

Review by Ali Gledhill on 7th November 2010

Thomas Dixon's recent documentary made a good effort of addressing the conflict between religion and science. But, asks Ali Gledhill, why do programmes on this topic have to be so antagonistic? He argues that although the programme misses the wood for the trees, it is one of the better films on the huge issues of where science meet Christianity.

Review by Ali Gledhill on 22nd September 2010

Chris Wright's book is a very readable overview of God's work of salvation, which is the major theme of the Bible and the life of the Christian. It is not all theorizing: Wright addresses issues such as ethics and living as people saved by the blood of the Lamb. Ali Gledhill recommends that you take half and hour a day for a week to read this book, reflecting on the God who saves.

Review by Ali Gledhill on 14th August 2010

In case you missed it, ‘Rev’ is a recently-aired comedy about a vicar in a London parish. It received much coverage from the Christian media at the start of the series, as the show promised to examine being a vicar today in a much more realistic, sympathetic light than shows such as The Vicar of Dibley and Father Ted. The show was brimming with promise - but, Phill Sacre asks, would it deliver?

Review by Phill Sacre on 7th August 2010

Richard Bewes' book is packed full of helpful wisdom regarding prayer. He covers the basics, such as who we pray to, and why, as well as more specific examples of prayer in the life of the church and the believer. All the while, he points to what the Bible says about prayer and how we should go about praying.

Review by Ali Gledhill on 1st August 2010

Tim Keller’s The Prodigal God an unusually good book. I think I could recommend it to almost anyone I know and be sure they would find gold on its pages. Keller essentially takes the parable of the prodigal son from Luke 15 and explains its implications for the world while walking the reader through the story. The parable is Jesus’ most famous, and is arguably the best short story ever told. So a book purely about this parable is risky, but Keller rises admirably to the challenge, producing a book which neither cheapens the parable nor reads more into it than is actually present.

Review by Ali Gledhill on 25th July 2010