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November 2026

November 10, 2026

Bear One Another’s Burdens, But Carry Your Own Load

At first glance, Paul seems to contradict himself within the span of three verses. In...

November 03, 2026

Coming to ETS? Don’t Miss This Session

Coming to Denver for ETS in two weeks? Come check out the session I'll be...

October 2026

October 27, 2026

When Love Sounds Like a Roar

Birds do not run toward a roaring lion. They scatter… obviously. Yet, Hosea gives us...

October 13, 2026

No King forgets his crown. Why do we?

No king forgets his position or crown. He could lose it. Someone may seize it,...

September 2026

September 29, 2026

Recovering Moral Vision Between Shame and Shamelessness

We tend to imagine moral growth as a kind of escape: getting out from under...

September 15, 2026

The Real Crisis Beneath America’s Social Crises (Part 2)

In the previous post, I argued that America’s deepest crisis is not merely political. It...

September 01, 2026

America’s Crisis Is Deeper Than Politics

When Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn gave his Harvard commencement address in 1978, many expected a survivor of...

August 2026

August 18, 2026

Refuge, Confession, and the End of Shame

Previously, in part 1, we considered how Psalm 25 is especially meaningful for people who...

August 04, 2026

Psalm 25 and the Fear of Being Put to Shame (Part 1)

Psalm 25 is a poignant prayer for people who live with the fear of shame....

July 2026

July 21, 2026

Independent Thinking Isn’t What You Think

Few phrases carry as much cultural prestige as “independent thinking.” It is widely treated as...

July 07, 2026

How Technique Undermines Mission

Contemporary missiology is increasingly shaped by pragmatic strategies that emphasize measurable outcomes—numerical church growth, evangelistic...

June 2026

June 23, 2026

How Biblical Sacrifices Vindicate God’s Glory

What if we’ve fundamentally misunderstood the purpose of biblical sacrifice? While popular theology focuses on...

June 09, 2026

What Exactly Does Christ Purify?

The connection between morality and cleanness runs deep in human psychology. We instinctively associate wrongdoing...

May 2026

May 26, 2026

The Sin of Most Political Debates Isn’t What You Think

A pastor friend recently made an observation about political discussions that deserves careful reflection. In...

May 12, 2026

How Western Individualism Quietly Undermines the Solas

Evangelicals love the solas. They’re short, sturdy, and hard to wiggle out of. Scripture alone....

April 2026

April 28, 2026

Why Do I Wear a Guillotine Around My Neck?

“Why do you wear a guillotine around you neck?,” someone asked me. Just recently, a...

April 14, 2026

Why Christianity Needs Individuals but Rejects Individualism

One of the great confusions of modern Western culture is that we've learned to use...

March 2026

March 31, 2026

The Gulag Theology of One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich

Some books wear their theology on the surface. Others do not say much about God...

March 17, 2026

We Don’t Believe What’s True. We Believe What’s Entertaining

A strange thing happened in one of my classes recently. It was one of those...

March 03, 2026

What are Essential Elements of Atonement?

What exactly is atonement? Despite its importance, this question receives oversimplified answers that miss the...

February 2026

February 17, 2026

Seeking Pleasure and Joy Via Dopamine and Oxytocin

What if pleasure is associated with dopamine and joy with oxytocin? How might that help...

February 04, 2026

How Fear of AI Makes Us Worse Teachers

We're in a quiet crisis in education, and it's not primarily a technological one. It's...

January 2026

January 20, 2026

Do We Have Guilt Before All and For All?

Few figures in literature express a more striking theology of repentance and responsibility than Elder...

January 06, 2026

Can Ethnic Pride Be Rational?

In a recent conversation, someone in our group posed the question, “Is it rational to...

December 2025

December 09, 2025

Honor and Shame in Mary’s Magnificat

Mary’s Magnificat bursts with themes of honor and shame that resonate deeply with the cultural...

November 2025

November 25, 2025

You’re Either a Louse or a Legend?

In Crime and Punishment, Dostoevsky’s protagonist, Raskolnikov, offers a chilling simplification of the human condition:...

November 11, 2025

The Heart of Biblical Sacrifice Is Not Blood and Death

Popular evangelical theology often reduces Israel’s sacrificial system to a simple blood transaction: God punishes...

October 2025

October 28, 2025

Self-Ambition Is a Cancer

Self-ambition is a cancer. It'd rather be famous than faithful. Modern self-ambition is a theological...

October 14, 2025

Should We Emphasize Jesus as King to People Without Kings?

Should we emphasize Jesus as King to people who don't have kings? Ought we still...

September 2025

September 30, 2025

The Temple as Sacred Space for Divine Honor

Israel’s temple functioned as theological statements about God’s design for creation and the nature of...

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