Resident Theologian
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My latest: a review of Christian Wiman in Comment
A link to and excerpt from my essay review of Christian Wiman’s new book, Zero at the Bone.
My latest: a review of John Mark Comer in CT
A link to and excerpt from my review of John Mark Comer’s latest book in Christianity Today.
If Lewis wrote today
What would American evangelicals make of C. S. Lewis if he were alive and writing today?
My latest: on lights and liturgy, in CT
A link to my latest article for Christianity Today, on lights, liturgy, and American practices of worship in contemporary evangelicalism.
A tech-attitude taxonomy
A taxonomy of eleven different dispositions to technological development, especially in a digital age.
Four tiers, forty authors
Assigning forty authors to precise spots across the four tiers of Christian publishing.
My latest: a review of Matthew Thiessen on the Jewish Paul
A link to my review of Matthew Thiessen’s book A Jewish Paul: The Messiah’s Herald to the Gentiles.
The Church: cover, blurbs, pub date, and Amazon pre-order page!
Sharing the cover, blurbs, and publication date for my new book The Church: A Guide to the People of God.
2024: forthcoming
Coming attractions for the new year: two books, a sabbatical, and a passel of essays.
Jenson on catechesis for our time
Excerpts from a 1999 essay by Robert Jenson on catechesis for our time.
Coda: what is a CoC?
Further reflections on “family marks” that once distinguished Churches of Christ from American evangelicalism, but no longer do so.
What is a Church of Christ?
A reflection on the family of marks that distinguish Churches of Christ, past and present.
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.
Three podcasts and two reviews
Links to new podcast appearances, reviews of my books, and other assorted writing online.
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…