John Pritchard on Five Events that Made Christianity

This week, Ed Thornton talks to John Pritchard, the former Bishop of Oxford and a popular writer of books such as The Life and Work of a Priest, Why go to Church?, and God Lost and Found. His latest book is called Five Events that Made Christianity, published by SPCK. In the book, he takes readers on a pilgrimage of the Holy Land, as he unpacks the five great events that made Christianity: Christmas, Good Friday, Easter, Ascension, and Pentecost. For each event, he explores what happened, what does it mean, and what does it mean for us now. The book is available to buy from the Church Times Bookshop for £9. You can read an extract, on what the incarnation means for us now, in our Christmas double issue, out next Friday. There’s still time to buy a Christmas gift subscription of the Church Times for £85, a 30% saving on the paper’s cover price. It also includes a Christmas card announcing the gift, a bar of Fairtrade chocolate, and one of three great books. The offer is available until the end of the year, but if you order today (Friday) and we will endeavour to send the book in time for Christmas. Go to Churchtimes.co.uk/christmas. Image credit: KT BRUCE