Writing
Popular Work
The Divine Comedy of Epic Fantasy
The Christian Century | Fall 2024
Mother of God, Mother of Life
Commonweal | April 2024
Response to The Home of God
Syndicate | 18 April 2024
How (Not) to Talk About Christian Nationalism
Christianity Today | 13 March 2024
The Genesis of Grace
The Los Angeles Review of Books | 12 March 2024
Beating Slow Horses
The Hedgehog Review | 1 March 2024
Doubt is a Ladder, Not a Home
Christianity Today | 20 February 2024
A Poet’s Faith Against Despair
Comment | 15 February 2024
My Students Are Reading John Mark Comer, and Now I Know Why
Christianity Today | 14 February 2024
All Hail the Power of … Stage Lighting?
Christianity Today | 6 February 2024
How to Read Paul
Commonweal | 31 January 2024
The Ends of Theological Education
Sapientia | 29 November 2023
The Brand Called You
Commonweal | 30 October 2023
Living in a WEIRDER World
The Hedgehog Review | 12 October 2023
AI Has No Place in the Pulpit
Christianity Today | 27 September 2023
Stay the Course
Christianity Today | 21 August 2023
America the Biblical
The Christian Century | 1 August 2023
What Makes Critical Theory Christian?
Comment | 28 June 2023
Theology in Division
First Things | April 2023
Once More, Church and Culture
Mere Orthodoxy | Winter 2023
Response to Alastair Roberts
Theopolis | 11 August 2022
The Church in the Immanent Frame
First Things | 14 July 2022
The Ruins of Christendom
Los Angeles Review of Books | 10 July 2022
Another Option for Christian Politics
Front Porch Republic | 4 July 2022
Can We Be Human in Meatspace?
The New Atlantis | 2 May 2022
Unlearning Machines
Comment | 24 March 2022
The Question of the Conquest
Christianity Today | 21 March 2022
Marked by Death
First Things | 2 March 2022
Jewish Jesus, Black Christ
The Christian Century | 25 January 2022
Grace upon Grace
Comment | 13 January 2022
Still Supersessionist?
Commonweal | 29 October 2021
Power in the Blood
The Hedgehog Review | 29 October 2021
Dragons in the Deep Places
Mere Orthodoxy | 26 October 2021
Statistics as Storytelling
The New Atlantis | 1 October 2021
Market Apocalypse
Mere Orthodoxy | 25 August 2021
When Losing Is Likely
The Point | 18 June 2021
Covidtide Triduum
First Things | 2 April 2021
To See God in the Darkness
Mere Orthodoxy | 24 March 2021
The Circumcision of Abraham’s God
First Things | 1 January 2021
Advent I: The Face of God
Mere Orthodoxy | 30 November 2020
Befriending Books
Mere Orthodoxy | 23 November 2020
The Jesus of History and the Gods of Natural Theology
Los Angeles Review of Books | 19 November 2020
Be Fearful as Christ Was Fearful
Mere Orthodoxy | 30 June 2020
Sacraments, Technology, and Streaming Worship in a Pandemic
Mere Orthodoxy | 2 April 2020
Interview with Matthew Emerson on Christ’s Descent to the Dead
Christianity Today | 9 April 2020
Are We Idol Worshipers?
The Christian Century | 24 February 2020
Birth on a Cross
The Christian Century | 22 August 2019
A Better Country
Plough | 4 August 2019
Briefly Noted
First Things | August 2019
Against Pop Culture
Mere Orthodoxy | 9 July 2019
Enter Paul
Los Angeles Review of Books | 23 June 2019
Five Theses on Preaching
Mere Orthodoxy | 7 June 2019
The Specter of Marcion
Commonweal | 13 February 2019
An Anti-Enlightenment Ax to Grind
The Christian Century | 4 February 2019
The Church and the Common Good
Comment | 17 January 2019
First Things and Last Things in Christian Theology
Marginalia Review of Books | 28 December 2018
God and All Things in God: The Theology of John Webster
Mere Orthodoxy | 20 August 2018
In Captivity to the Zeitgeist
Living Church | 11 March 2018
Holy Ambivalence
Los Angeles Review of Books | 1 March 2018
Public Theology in Retreat
Los Angeles Review of Books | 20 September 2017
Systematic Theology and Biblical Criticism
Marginalia Review of Books | 22 June 2017
Theologians Were Arguing About the Benedict Option 35 Years Ago
Mere Orthodoxy | 13 March 2017
Renewing the Heart of Systematic Theology
Marginalia Review of Books | 1 August 2016
Discerning the (Holiday) Spirits: On Prophecy in the Negative Mode Only
Tokens Blog | 19 December 2013
An Interview with Miroslav Volf
Missio Dei | August 2013
Why Theology Matters
New Wineskins | July–August 2010
Battlestar Galactica: Frakking Feminist—So Say We All!
Slant Magazine | 20 March 2009
Journal Articles
Churches of Christ: Once Catholic, Now Evangelical
Restoration Quarterly | Winter 2024
The Fittingness of Holy Orders
Journal of Christian Studies | Vol. 2, No. 3, 2023
Is Scripture a Gift? Reflections on the Divine-Ecclesial Provision of the Canon
Religions | Fall 2022
Theology in the Dark
Political Theology | Vol. 22, No. 5, 2021
What Are the Standards of Excellence for Theological Interpretation of Scripture?
Journal of Theological Interpretation | Vol. 14, No. 2, 2020
The Church and the Spirit in Robert Jenson’s Theology of Scripture
Pro Ecclesia | Vol. 28, No. 3, 2019
A Brief Introduction to John Webster
Anglican Theological Review | Vol. 100, No. 3, 2018
What is the Doctrine of the Trinity For? Practicality and Projection in Robert Jenson’s Theology
Modern Theology | Vol. 33, No. 3, 2017
John Webster, Theologian Proper
Anglican Theological Review | Vol. 99, No. 2, 2017
The Hermeneutics of Theological Interpretation: Holy Scripture, Biblical Scholarship, and Historical Criticism
International Journal of Systematic Theology | Vol. 19, No. 1, 2017
Reading the Trinity in the Bible: Assumptions, Warrants, Ends
Pro Ecclesia | Vol. 25, No. 4, 2016
An Undefensive Presence: The Mission and Identity of the Church in Kathryn Tanner and John Howard Yoder
Scottish Journal of Theology | Vol. 68, No. 3, 2015
Hooking In, Sitting Loose: A Call for Theology in the Churches of Christ
Restoration Quarterly | Vol. 54, No. 4, 2012
Turn, Turn, Turn, Turning No More: An Eschatological Reflection on Ecclesiastes 3:1–11
The Princeton Theological Review | Vol. 17, No. 1, 2011
Though the Earth Give Way: Haiti, Suffering, and the Crucified God
The Other Journal | 7 July 2010
Book Chapters
Teaching Christ
On Teaching Theology: Essays | Baylor UP, 2024
Liberating the Least of These
Who’s Afraid of the Liberal Arts? | Plough, 2023
On Knowing
Cornerstone | ACU Learning Studio, 2018–23
Preaching Peace in Violent Times: Faithful Approaches for Pacifist Pastors to Speak the Truth in Love
Preaching and the Theological Imagination | Peter Lang, 2015
A Response to Jon Coutts on Barth and the Coen Brothers
Karl Barth in Conversation | Wipf & Stock, 2014
Reviews
Konrad Schmid and Jens Schröter, The Making of the Bible: From the First Fragments to Sacred Scripture
Interpretation | Vol. 78, No. 1, 2024
Fred Sanders, Fountain of Salvation: Trinity and Soteriology
Pro Ecclesia | Vol. 32, No. 1-2, 2023
R. B. Jamieson and Tyler R. Wittman, Biblical Reasoning: Christological and Trinitarian Rules for Exegesis
International Journal of Systematic Theology | Vol. 25, No. 3, 2023
Jordan Senner, John Webster: The Shape and Development of His Theology
Scottish Journal of Theology | Vol. 76, No. 1, 2023
Edwin Chr. van Driel, Rethinking Paul: Protestant Theology and Pauline Exegesis
Modern Theology | Vol. 39, No. 1, 2023
David H. Kelsey, Human Anguish and God’s Power
Stone-Campbell Journal | Vol. 25, No. 2, 2022
Oliver D. Crisp, Analyzing Doctrine: Toward a Systematic Theology
Stone-Campbell Journal | Vol. 24, No. 1, 2021
Steven J. Duby, God in Himself: Scripture, Metaphysics, and the Task of Christian Theology
International Journal of Systematic Theology | Vol. 22, No. 3, 2020
Anglican Theological Review | Vol. 102, No. 2, 2020
Interpretation | Vol. 74, No. 2, 2020
Hans Boersma, Scripture as Real Presence: Sacramental Exegesis in the Early Church
Interpretation | Vol. 73, No. 1, 2019
Interpretation | Vol. 73, No. 1, 2019
Gary Anderson, Christian Doctrine and the Old Testament: Theology in the Service of Exegesis
International Journal of Systematic Theology | Vol. 19, No. 4, 2017
Scottish Journal of Theology | Vol. 69, No. 3, 2016
Nicholas M. Healy, Hauerwas: A (Very) Critical Introduction
International Journal of Systematic Theology | Vol. 18, No. 2, 2016
Scott R. Swain, The God of the Gospel: Robert Jenson’s Trinitarian Theology
Pro Ecclesia | Vol. 23, No. 4, 2014
Kevin Giles, The Eternal Generation of the Son: Maintaining Orthodoxy in Trinitarian Theology
Restoration Quarterly | Vol. 56, No. 3, 2014
Duane Olson, Issues in Contemporary Christian Thought: A Fortress Introduction
Restoration Quarterly | Vol. 55, No. 4, 2013
Lee Camp, Who Is My Enemy? Questions American Christians Must Face About Islam—and Themselves
Restoration Quarterly | Vol. 55, No. 2, 2013