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August 2021

August 13, 2021

timed writing | are you a writer?

Oh, again with a free writing, perhaps timed. I went for a jog today and...

January 2021

January 21, 2021

on the one-page concept

Do you have a one-page? A chapter has come to an end. I'm not a...

August 2020

August 12, 2020

Look to the Cross.iv

Do we look for a way to start the evangelistic conversation, or do we start...

October 2019

October 31, 2019

Happy Reformation Day | Halloween for Reformers

Long before there were scads of costumed kids trick-or-treating, there was a Great Reformation. Our...

August 2019

August 15, 2019

Book Review: Visions of Vocation

I've considered a couple other options for the writings this week, revolving around Theology and...

July 2019

July 11, 2019

Ephesians 4 on community renewal

Ephesians 4.20-21: But that is not the way you learned Christ! - assuming that you have heard about...

July 04, 2019

Ephesians 4 in light of shame-based culture

Ephesians 4.17: Now this I affirm and insist on in the Lord: you must no...

June 2019

June 20, 2019

In Dialogue with Phil Ellis, Ph.D.

When I was young it was common for people to commit and make a life...

June 07, 2019

imago Dei: on Dominion, Creativity, and Cyborgs?!

Every good scholar, a Theologian being no exception, takes time to engage a topic thoroughly. ...

May 2019

May 30, 2019

imago Dei: The Same Yet Different

The central question of this essay has plagued man ever since the fall.[1] What does...

May 10, 2019

imago Dei: Relationship with Others

The Hebrew Bible as a whole defines the human person in relational rather than essentialist...

May 04, 2019

imago Dei: Relationship with God

What do you think of when you hear the phrases image of God or imago...

April 2019

April 26, 2019

imago Dei: Qualities and Nature

Last autumn, I began to share some writings on a view of persons from a...

December 2018

December 21, 2018

at the intersection of Creationism and Theistic Evolution

We now turn slightly away from the discussions about a view of persons and the...

December 15, 2018

The Human Person: the imago Dei and biotechnology

This autumn, I took time to explore a view of persons from a psychological standpoint. ...

November 2018

November 23, 2018

Developing a Biblical View of Persons

The world is bustling. The economy is probably getting something like a shot of vitamin...

November 16, 2018

External Factors of Personality

There are only a few central questions to classical personality theory. They are set in...

November 08, 2018

Motivation and the Will

Although the question of motive is a popular one, especially in all all of our...

October 2018

October 27, 2018

The Regeneration of the Soul

I always feel that it is too artificial to try to dissect the human person,...

October 18, 2018

On the Mystery of Spirit and Salvation

I tentatively continue on the makeup of man, from some previous seminary research.[1] Ancient Israel...

October 12, 2018

The Image, the Body, and Renewal

What can we glean from the Creation accounts about the body? Does the Word of...

October 04, 2018

On Holism, Holiness, and Wholeness

Have you ever wondered about what the Bible says about humanity? What did God create...

September 2018

September 27, 2018

Toward a Biblical Concept of Personality

i. Forward For quite some time, I've been considering what topics or themes to chase...

July 2018

July 27, 2018

Ethics & the GT Region, pt. 3: Real Networking vs. My Business Department

This networking post is part of an ethics and values series of writings, a talk for...

July 20, 2018

Ethics & the GT Region, pt. 2: on Agriculture, Commercialization & Discretionary Income

This was a seminary assignment written for the Grand Traverse Bay Area in Theology and Ethics...