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- Publisher: Alpha International (12 May 2009)
- ISBN-10: 1905887353
- ISBN-13: 978-1905887354
- Product Dimensions: 19.4 x 13 x 3 cm
- Average Customer Review: 4.5 out of 5 stars See all reviews (8 customer reviews)
- Amazon Bestsellers Rank: 168,155 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
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An accessible introduction to theology
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Michael Lloyd has taught theology at Cambridge and Oxford Universities and now teaches doctrine at St Paul's Theological Centre in London
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33 of 36 people found the following review helpful
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First- This is an enjoyable book to read. It is packed with interesting (and often amusing) illustrations and anecdotes. They don't simply entertain, they really do serve to illustrate the subjects covered in this book.
Second - Mike tackles the vital areas of the Christian faith with boldness and integrity, never flinching from difficult issues or hesitating to give bold answers.
Second - Mike tackles the vital areas of the Christian faith with boldness and integrity, never flinching from difficult issues or hesitating to give bold answers.
In this book Mike works from the big picture (Creation), and explains how a Christian perspective can make sense of the perplexing world we see around us. This leads him through tough territory (suffering, providence) and to look afresh at more familiar ground too ... (The incarnation, atonement, the Spirit etc.)
I would recommend this book to
- people who have been following Christ for a while and want to freshen up their faith and are prepared to think about what they believe. (It would surprise me if Mike doesn't succeed in making most of us rethink issues along the way.)
- Church Pastors who are looking for a book to recommend to their small groups to study.
- people who are enquiring about Christianity who want something both enjoyable to read and substantial in content. This book could play the part in our generation that C.S. Lewis' Mere Christianity did when it first came out. It could sit alongside Lee Strobel's the Case for Christ and be given to people who have alread read Nicky Gumbel's Questions of Life.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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...clever, funny, poignant, personal, brave and page-turningly readable. You'll read it to the sound of pennies dropping. It's almost enough to cure me of my suspicion of the whole idea of a systematic theology.
3 of 3 people found the following review helpful
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A survey of the major elements of Christian mainstream theology, entertainingly, and sometimes movingly written. The author is not afraid to stand up for his own beliefs, neither is he afraid of presenting alternatives, and authoritative sources,if such are available. If you have enjoyed Mike Lloyd as the most soft-spoken member of the "God-Pod" program panel, you won't be disapointed in his book. I'd like to sit down and drink coffee with the author for a couple of hours.
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A must read for any closet theologian
A great read. My only sadness is that somehow it ended up in the washing machine and was never the same again! Read more
Published 8 months ago by Melody
A thoroughly warm and approachable introduction to Christian theology
There are some books that we read that have us tingling inside because the prose so closely presents our "lived reality". This is just such a book. Read more
Published 11 months ago by A. P. Wilson
Tasty as a cheesecake
This is a thick, dense book but full of flavour. You cannot consume it all at one sitting, but it is, like a good desert, moreish. Read more
Published on 17 Mar 2008 by Stuart C. Palmer
I'm not sure what this book is for . . .
Not rigorous enough to be proper theology,
not biblical enough to be a study guide.
not readable enough to be a general read. Read more
not biblical enough to be a study guide.
not readable enough to be a general read. Read more
Published on 30 Oct 2007 by P. Graves
Thoughtful, entertaining, amusing, profound!
No, this isn't a Christian analysis of the rise of Starbucks. It's a book about Christianity that Michael Lloyd has written at the level of an everyday chat or discussion that you... Read more
Published on 22 July 2006 by Bernard Davis
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