Resident Theologian
About the Blog
“It was always obvious (or should have been)”
On a certain style of punditry and scholarship.
A literary culture left to hermits
Wisdom from Hugh Kenner about reviewing the work of people you know.
My latest: Luddite pedagogy, in the CHE
A link to my essay in the Chronicle of Higher Education.
Three types of Christian higher ed
A mini-typology of different approaches to Christian higher education.
My latest: a plea to teach college students about God, in The Raised Hand
A link to my essay answering the question: “What does every university and college student need to learn?”
Second naivete
A personal scholarly trajectory regarding the historicity of ancient scriptural narrative.
The metaphysics of historical criticism
Fifty metaphysical propositions that underwrite the practice of “historical-critical” biblical scholarship.
My latest: the ends of theological education
A link to my essay in Sapientia on the ends of theological education.
Conversions, Protestantism, and a new mainline
Reflections on the appeal of Catholicism rather than Protestantism to public intellectuals as well as the possibility of a new conservative Protestant mainline in America.
So you want to get a PhD in theology
At long last, a primer on pursuing a PhD in theology—whether, how, why, where, and what it looks like. All in a breezy 5,000 words…
How do you spend your time in the office?
Counting hours and organizing time in the office as a professor.
Writing for a Tier 2 audience
Reflections on how to write accessibly for a lay Christian audience.
Four tiers in preaching, denominations, other…
Thinking about applying the “four tiers/levels” of Christian publishing to preaching and church division.
The smartest people I’ve ever known
A little rant about well-educated secular folks who look down on religious people.
Three more reviews
Three more reviews of my book The Doctrine of Scripture have recently been published.
Four tiers of Christian/theological publishing
A long reflection on four tiers or levels of Christian/theological writing in terms of style, accessibility, sales, and audience.
A decision tree for dealing with digital tech
Is the digital status quo good? If not, our actions (both personal and institutional) should show it.
My latest: how to keep faith as a college student
My latest essay, published in Christianity Today, is about how young believers entering college can keep the faith over the next four years.