Back to chapter headings previous chapter next chapter I have already given some indication of the problems surrounding the old building at 19 Marylebone Road. No one supposed that the College would be housed in this inadequate building for twelve years. WE were grateful to have the use of it, but the lack of facilities [...]

Back to chapter headings previous chapter next chapter Before commencing the serious study of theology I had done enough theological reading to be aware of the debate raised by the historical critical method. I had already realised the tension which existed between the traditional view of the authority of the Bible and the quest of [...]

Back to chapter headings previous chapter next chapter In the academic climate of the 1940s there was a great need for co-operation among those who wished to challenge the current critical orthodoxy. It was for this purpose that Tyndale House in Cambridge was opened to form a base for biblical study groups and to provide [...]

Back to chapter headings previous chapter next chapter Anyone who attempts to predict the future course of events takes a great risk. But there may be some justification for drawing on the experience of more than forty years in theological study to attempt at least to size up the present scene. I do this with [...]

Back to chapter headings previous chapter next chapter In most jobs there is a cut off point where the career comes to an end and the person has to face the possibility of an entirely new order of existence. The transition for such people can be extremely difficult. More and more organisations are attempting to [...]

Back to chapter headings previous chapter next chapter Compared with some scholars who have spent much time roaming the world, I have been relatively static. On two occasions I have made lecture visits to the United States of America, on both occasions teaching at the Winona Lake Summer School of Theology. These occasions were valuable [...]

Back to chapter headings previous chapter There is always the danger of a dedicated academic becoming too bookish. I have known colleagues whom I have had to classify as workaholics. I have sympathy with them. The feeling that there are not enough hours in the day to accomplish everything one wants to do is powerful. [...]