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I am a Dilly-wallah – or, a person from Delhi. [NB: ‘Dilly’ is the way the name sounds in Hindi]. Delhi was my home from the age of 10 right through until I was 17 – first over in Old Delhi (near Kashmere Gate) and then in New Delhi (in Jangpura Extension). I love the city.…
READ MOREOur first two children, Stephen and Alyssa (1987) Our first two grandchildren, Micah and Amaliya (2014) good looking Paul
READ MOREIt was another disappointing Sunday, as far as the singing goes. In the morning we were treated to lyrics written by Sunday School theologians, mired in mild heresy, sung to awkward tunes which the worship band, so desperate to sing a new song, loved – but which kept the congregation silent. In the evening we…
READ MOREThey say I look like Paul Walker. Well, that may be stretching it a bit. The ‘they’ is really only me. I think I look like Paul Walker – and I could be wrong. Probably the only thing that Paul Walker and Paul Windsor share in common are the initials of our names. He is kinda…
READ MOREWith the power China has – and the global attention it receives – maybe it is time to label Europe the ‘Far West’ and the USA the ‘Far East’…Our labels become dated so quickly, don’t they? East and West? Developed and Developing? First World and Third World? Not many are helpful – and too many…
READ MOREThis book is a horror show. How is it possible that so few years can contain so much horror? Let’s name a few of the ones which Philip Jenkins discusses in The Great and Holy War (OUP, 2014). Horror #1 Not just the Great War, World War 1 was a holy war. Christendom reigned…
READ MOREWith the SAIACS MTh class in 2013 Requiring MTh students to take a course in homiletics/preaching? It is most unusual. But that is what happens here at SAIACS (Bangalore). Twenty five students. Their theses go in on the Friday (yesterday). Then this module starts on the Monday. A bit of a challenge for the instructor…
READ MOREYes – another book on preaching, pitched primarily for people making a start. (I’ve tried to surf this recent wave for readers – here, here, here, and here!). Jonathan Lamb’s Preaching Matters (IVP, 2014) has arrived. I read the book in one sitting – or, one lying, to be accurate – early one jet-lagged morning in…
READ MOREIt’s one month ago now. Two conversations. One in which I participated. One which I heard about second-hand a couple of hours later. But there they are – both running around my mind ever since … and annoying me. So it is back to the purge-by-posting strategy. The first conversation was with a bunch of…
READ MOREUsing a tap to turn off a waterfall in the monsoon. That is how these twin books felt like to me. The authors are trying to contain trends that have swept through society and church and already taken control. It is too late – surely?! Maybe. But I am happy to help them turn off…
READ MOREAbout Me
the art of unpacking
After a childhood in India, a theological training in the USA and a pastoral ministry in Southland (New Zealand), I spent twenty years in theological education in New Zealand — first at Laidlaw College and then at Carey Baptist College, where I served as principal. In 2009 I began working with Langham Partnership and since 2013 I have been the Programme Director (Langham Preaching). Through it all I've cherished the experience of the 'gracious hand of God upon me' and I've relished the opportunity to 'unpack', or exegete, all that I encounter in my walk through life with Jesus.