Viewing 39 posts by Andrew Wilson

  • Did Mark 16 Originally End With Verses 9-20?

    Andrew Wilson  |  Wed 3 December 2025   We've been doing a series of devotional videos out of Mark's Gospel this term, and the other day it finished unexpectedly: with me explaining why I don't think Mark... Read more

  • Two Truths and an Opportunity to Disciple Young People in...

    Andrew Wilson  |  Mon 1 December 2025   Jean Twenge’s new book 10 Rules for Raising Kids in a High-Tech World came out last month and is the latest in a recent stream of titles calling out the threat of... Read more

  • A Plea for Trinitarian Worship

    Andrew Wilson  |  Mon 24 November 2025   There is something about Revelation 4-5 that seems to bamboozle certain songwriters. Preachers and commentators on this passage, and most readers in my experience, can... Read more

  • Stop Brainstorming

    Andrew Wilson  |  Wed 19 November 2025   Matthew Syed's book Black Box Thinking is a fascinating exploration of why failure is your friend. In this passage he considers the common practice of brainstorming,... Read more

  • Authenteo and Mastery

    Andrew Wilson  |  Mon 17 November 2025   Ideally, a good translation of the word authenteō in 1 Timothy 2:12 – “I do not permit a woman to teach or have/exercise/assume/take/usurp authority over a man” -... Read more

  • Blinkers, Bias and the BBC

    Andrew Wilson  |  Wed 12 November 2025   I have always regarded (and defended) the BBC as impressively neutral. My general rule of thumb is that when you hear people complaining about the national broadcaster... Read more

  • Disentangling Christian Nationalism

    Andrew Wilson  |  Mon 10 November 2025   Tim Suffield thinks that the modern version of Christian Nationalism is coming to the UK, and I think he's right. Until recently it could be understood as an essentially... Read more

  • Did Nehemiah Become Self-Righteous?

    Andrew Wilson  |  Mon 3 November 2025   Does Nehemiah become self-righteous towards the end of the book that bears his name? When we are introduced to him in chapter 1, he is repenting thoroughly for his own... Read more

  • Did We Go Too Far in 2020? Or Not Far Enough?

    Andrew Wilson  |  Mon 27 October 2025   “The owl of Minerva flies at dusk.” That was Hegel’s way of saying that wisdom, especially when it comes to the interpretation of history, is only possible at the... Read more

  • The Foundational Fear

    Andrew Wilson  |  Thu 23 October 2025   This is a wonderful illustration from Paige Brown. It is all very well knowing a lot and being able to do a lot, she says, but if the fear of God is not foundational... Read more