Bible in Brief

05/09/2026

Newsletter June/July - Writing on the Council of Nicaea - Surprising and scandalous! See revandybooks.org

04/09/2026

Had a wonderful Greenbelt festival near
Kettering. Great talks and worship. Taize is always a highlight.

16/08/2026

Word from today:
"Don't confuse a tidy life with a clean heart."
A summary of Jesus' teaching in Matthew 15.10-20, heard in HTB Queensgate this morning. Do share it.

11/08/2026

I was in Waterstones in Cambridge at the weekend and talked to Dave on the religions section. He was definitely curious about my forthcoming book.'The Surprising Story of the Nicene Creed'. It includes murder, banished bishops, civil wars and disappearing documents. See revandybooks.org

01/07/2026

The exiled bishop. Not once or twice but five times! I've been writing about Athanasius (297 - 373) for 'Was Nicaea a mistake?' Exiled by Roman emperors Constantine I, Constantine II, Constantius, Julian and Valens. Spent a lot of his time with the monks inn Upper Egypt. A great champion fo the Nicene Creed. But was he always right? I aim to publish in October. See my blog on revandybooks/org

23/06/2026

Köln 75. A wonderful, joyful film. How a teenager Vera Brandeis organised a classic jazz concert and it almost never happened. Vera herself was there at the premiere. I asked the director Ido Fluk about the camerawork. It was really improvised. And it worked! 😃

23/06/2026

Going on retreat today at the lovely St Michael's Convent. I will see my good friend Hilda Mary. 😀 And then do some serious reading and writing my next book, 'What was wrong with Nicaea?' 🤫

19/06/2026

From Constantine to Bollywood. In the morning I wrote some of my forthcoming book on the Council of Nicaea in the British LIbray. In the afternoon I learned some Bollywood with my wife in the Festival Hall. London is extraordinary!

04/06/2026

I was at a garden party yesterday. I met a young person who hates religious studies. But loves my book 'The Church has a Past - has it got a Future?' I ask all the right questions. 😃 Check it out on amazon or

The website that does what it say on the tin. It is by Rev Andy, a retired vicar in Earls Court, London, who writes books.

29/05/2026

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