In Depth:  Dave Williams

Dave Williams

Reports suggest that plans for a TGC-UK (The Gospel Coalition-UK) are moving forward at pace.

I’ve appreciated much about The Gospel Coalition, including the content provided online and the Themelios journal. I owe much to its founders, Don Carson and Tim Keller, in terms of my pastoral and theological formation. However, I have reservations and questions about the new venture.

Dave Williams

If you’ve heard of Bethel, Redding, California then chances are that you associate them first with their music - a lot of churches sing worship songs composed and produced by Bethel or associated organisations like Jesus Culture.

Secondly, you may think of their reputation as a hyper-charismatic church with a commitment to revivalism.

Dave Williams

Do you remember six years ago, when we were becoming aware of a new coronavirus? Novel because this particular strain of virus had not been seen before. It spread around the world like wildfire, resulting in many deaths.

Over time, that virus mutated into different strains. The mutations were all slightly different, sometimes with different symptoms and different levels of virulence and resistance to vaccines but were related closely enough to still be considered the same virus.

Dave Williams

On Friday 3 October, the Church of England announced that the Bishop of London, Sarah Mullally would succeed Justin Welby as Archbishop of Canterbury.

There has been a substantial response from all quarters - not surprising given how big the news is. I’ve seen some responses along the lines of arguing that the new appointment offers the best of a poor set of options, and some bemoaning the terrible disaster that they consider this to be. Those responses from within the CofE have a uniting theme: evangelicals can and must stay and fight in the Church; they must not desert their flocks and must continue to care for them.