Anthony Phillips

After a lot of saving up, combined with a year of Japanese language evening classes, Anthony finally feels prepared to visit a country that had always seemed too far away and too daunting to ever experience for real. Join him on an amusing amble through the streets of Tokyo, where you can take a swim in Shinjuku, go on a hunt for breakfast swords, discover English literate ducks, throw cat food at fish, pretend to be a rock star, experience a bottom full of pins, participate in a spot of kiosking , travel on trains with crustaceans, marvel at a golden tadpole, commute like a local, travel up the moving stairs of job oblivion, sympathise with a bullied skyscraper, nearly get attacked by zombies and learn how to make a stairwell interesting. Although it's a must for all armchair travellers everywhere, it's also a thoroughly enjoyable and entertaining read.

The Passion of God provides a timely reminder in Lent that it is only by dying that we can live — only through death that resurrection lies. As the author says in the Preface 'Never has St Paul's commitment to the preaching of Christ Crucified been more urgent'. This collection of sermons given on special occasions is brought together to celebrate the complementary truths of the gospel — the joy in God's unimaginable love and the response that such love must evoke. May they give encouragement to all during the season of Lent, but at other times too.

These studies by an academic who is also a former practising lawyer seek to establish the principles of biblical law as represented in the Sinai traditions. Specific topics covered include adultery, family law, slavery, animals and wealth; respect for life and the general biblical moral tradition are also discussed. The collection also deals with wider issues of prophecy and law, the relationship of torah and mishpat (especially in relation to Second Isaiah), and laws in the book of Ruth, and includes a discussion of the place of biblical law in contemporary society.

These studies by an academic who is also a former practising lawyer seek to establish the principles of biblical law as represented in the Sinai traditions. Specific topics covered include adultery, family law, slavery, animals and wealth; respect for life and the general biblical moral tradition are also discussed. The collection also deals with wider issues of prophecy and law, the relationship of torah and mishpat (especially in relation to Second Isaiah), and laws in the book of Ruth, and includes a discussion of the place of biblical law in contemporary society.