Shield Of Faith: Notes and Essays

This collection of essays brings together recent work by Bernard Thorogood on a variety of theological themes. My Quiet Time is a monthly cycle of private prayer and readings. From the Beginning offers interpretations for today from Genesis and Exodus. Your Kingdom Come here and now reflects current longings for action that serves the prayer. A short piece, We Believe suggests how we need to rethink some of the phrases in the Nicene Creed. The Always God looks at the Gospel event as revelation of what is always the reality. In 25 Significant Events the author notes in a lighter vein the historical highlights in a long life; and in My Top Fifty he tells us of his favourite books.

Born in Sussex, and prepared for the ministry in Scotland, Bernard Thorogood served for 18 years as a missionary in the islands of the South Pacific, responsible for training local pastors. In 1970 he became General Secretary of the London Missionary Society, and in 1980 was appointed General Secretary of the United Reformed Church in the UK. On retirement in 1992 he moved to Australia, living with his wife Joan in a suburb of Sydney and becoming an Australian citizen. He is a retired minister in the Uniting Church. He was awarded O.B.E. and D.D. (Lambeth) in 1992.