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August 2015

August 21, 2015

To Josh Duggar, from a secular academic, on staying Christian

Dear Josh, We do not know each other, but as part of the reading and...

February 2015

February 09, 2015

Nobody expects Reinhold Niebuhr

It seems that there has been a bit of a Reinhold Niebuhr renaissance. It began...

December 2014

December 31, 2014

I really thought I didn’t do China studies until 2014

If New Year's Eve is a time to take stock of what went down in...

September 2014

September 30, 2014

If you are not informed about Vancouver solidarity, don’t comment. #HongKongProtests

Last night, I attended the solidarity protest at Vancouver's Chinese Consulate organized by the Vancouver...

August 2014

August 21, 2014

The black church taught our family the meaning of han. #Ferguson

This is a post about the private consensus. I'm finally going to say something about...

August 08, 2014

Because Seattle is not as ‘secular’ as Mark Driscoll thinks, help is available. #TPCIU

In 2006, Mark Driscoll became the subject of both national and local Seattle controversy. Responding...

July 2014

July 17, 2014

Should Asian Americans/Canadians care about Hong Kong? Part 4: The UK Question

This is the fourth installment of a series on whether Asian Americans and Asian Canadians...

June 2014

June 30, 2014

Chinglican Christianity: Sanctorum Communio

Roger Revell has hit the nail right on the head. There is nothing like full-bodied...

June 27, 2014

Chinglican Christianity: Christ Our Brother

I deeply appreciate how the conversation among Douglas Todd, the St. Peter's Fireside staff, and...

June 25, 2014

Chinglican Christianity: Race and the Knowledge of Good and Evil

The time has come. I wasn't quite sure when we were going to talk about...

June 20, 2014

Chinglican Christianity: Can a Catholic Modernity Be Classical?

When I first began hearing about St. Peter's Fireside a few years ago, I had...

June 10, 2014

The Road to Exegesis is Paved with Intentions

The recent news about the forced retirement of Doug Green from Westminster Theological Seminary (WTS)...

May 2014

May 11, 2014

Why Don’t You Want to Build a Snowman?

When I gave the lecture on the Christian Right in my American Religion class, I...

May 06, 2014

Considering and Contesting Calvin

Whenever I write about controversies, say, at Sovereign Grace Ministries or Mars Hill Church, I...

May 03, 2014

#SourcesoftheSelfie, or my students taught me how to run a secular classroom

It's a cliché to say that one's students will teach a teacher more than a...

April 2014

April 06, 2014

The Importance of Calvary Chapel

With the resignation of Bob Coy from Calvary Chapel Fort Lauderdale (reportedly the fourteenth largest...

March 2014

March 11, 2014

Who Cares About Megachurch Scandals? Or, a post about private sovereignties

With the recent spate of controversy surrounding megachurch pastors like Mark Driscoll, Steve Furtick, and...

March 08, 2014

Cosmos the in Lost: The Ecumenism of the Private Consensus

Greetings from Seattle. I'm happy to report that I've left Storybrooke and resettled at the...

December 2013

December 31, 2013

Breaking the Curse of Academic (Dis)enchantment

As I prepare to move to Seattle, I am also saying goodbye to a place...

December 24, 2013

A Liberal on an Evangelical on Christmas Eve

I cannot tell you how happy I am that the Vancouver Sun's spirituality and diversity...

December 06, 2013

Mark Driscoll has been forensically justified

We interrupt our series on how the private consensus is unraveling (#TPCIU) to make a...

September 2013

September 24, 2013

It would not be funny if I said that Rick Warren was the ‘Rick’ in ‘Rickshaw Rally’

UPDATE: The contents of the following post concerned a post by Pastor Rick Warren that...

July 2013

July 08, 2013

Organizational Chaos and Original Sin

I preached yesterday on the Sunday Gospel lectionary text, Luke 10:1-11, 16-20. The passage concerns...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

On ‘Taking Unpopular Positions’

I am taking another break from my Anglicanism posts. I can assure you that parts...

June 21, 2013

Apologizing for the culture wars, moving toward secular sexualities

The apology of Exodus International's Alan Chambers toward LGBTQ+ populations yesterday and the Exodus board's...

June 19, 2013

An Evangelical Theology of Secular Legality?

Recently, the Gospel Coalition has been commenting quite a bit on legal issues. With appreciation...

June 18, 2013

What’s So Good About Being Anglican? (Part 3)

If you haven't read part 1 yet, or the 'Is Anglicanism strategic' post, go catch...

June 10, 2013

Preaching Elijah

In the Revised Common Lectionary, today is the third Sunday after Pentecost, Proper 5. The...

May 2013

May 28, 2013

No, You Cannot Fence the Table with Orientalism

This morning, Reformed pastor Doug Wilson posted a response to a question from a friend...

May 27, 2013

Sovereign Clashes and the Obstruction of Justice

Trigger warning: abuse, sexual abuse, Sovereign Grace; obscenely verbose and lengthy post The blogosphere has...

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