Resident Theologian
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My latest (six): UFOs, leftists, Hitler, Scripture, doctrine, and PSA
Links to six new pieces published in the last month or so.
My latest: gentiles and the Torah, in CT
A link to my latest article for Christianity Today.
Carr, Sacasas, and eloquent reality
A long reflection on an essay by Nicholas Carr engaging L. M. Sacasas about enchantment, reality, and contemplation.
Biblicist churches that don’t read the Bible
One more reflection on literacy, biblicism, and lay reading of Scripture.
My latest: on Jordan Peterson, in CT
A link to my review of Jordan Peterson’s allegorical commentary on the Torah in Christianity Today.
Links: three reviews, three podcasts
Links to recent podcasts I joined as a guest and new reviews of one of my books.
The unspoken Name
Kendall Soulen on the New Testament’s conspicuous silence surrounding, yet ubiquitous allusions to, the holy Name of Israel’s God.
Second naivete
A personal scholarly trajectory regarding the historicity of ancient scriptural narrative.
My latest: the rise of digital lectors, in CT
A link to my latest column for Christianity Today, a sequel to my piece on biblical literacy and the postliterate church.
My latest: biblical literacy in a postliterate age, for CT
A link to my latest column for Christianity Today.
My latest: on Marilynne Robinson’s Reading Genesis in LARB
A link to my review of Marilynne Robinson’s new book, Reading Genesis, in The Los Angeles Review of Books.
My latest: a review of Mark Noll in The Christian Century
A link to my review of Mark Noll’s new book in the latest issue of The Christian Century.
Biblical critical theory
A link to my review essay of Christopher Watkin’s new book Biblical Critical Theory.
You can’t die for a question
A follow-up reflection on biblicism, catholicity, martyrdom, and perspicuity.
The great Christian divide
Hashing out the differences between a biblicist and a catholic approach to Scripture, tradition, and the Christian faith.
A double review of my books in The Christian Century
A link to and excerpt from a review in the Christian Century of my two books on the Bible.
A test for exegesis
Is God merely a character within the text? Or also an author of the text? The difference matters for scriptural interpretation.
New article published: “Is Scripture a Gift?”
As of this morning, I have a new article published in the journal Religions. It’s called “Is Scripture a Gift? Reflections on the Divine-Ecclesial Provision of the Canon.”
Trusting the Bible
I have a dear friend I’ve known most of my life who came to me recently with a question. The friend in question is a lifelong Christian; he loves Jesus, attends church, is a faithful person. He doesn’t struggle with “doubt” per se. He struggles instead with the Bible.