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January 2014

January 12, 2014

Multitasking, Anxiety, and Jesus

We’re always multitasking. As I write this, I’ve got seven things on my mental backburner....

November 2013

November 12, 2013

“Sargon of Akkad” and Christian Blogging

It’s difficult for me to read Christian-life-type blogs from the middle-runners in Christianity today. I...

November 07, 2013

Review of “Constructing the Self” in the WTJ

The Westminster Theological Journal has published my review of Valérie Nicolet-Anderson's monograph Constructing the Self: Thinking...

October 2013

October 31, 2013

Formulating God’s Presence and Consciousness

(Summary: Read my new article here). I wrote a paper in the Fall of 2010...

October 26, 2013

Analyzing Paul’s Conscience: An Interview on Scripture and Psychology

Recently, Camden Bucey, Jonathan Brack, and I sat down on Reformed Forum to discuss my...

October 25, 2013

Emotions, Self-Control, and Your Brain

Over a century ago, Ivan Pavlov published his infamous volume, which we are all familiar...

October 18, 2013

Thanksgiving for Our Earthly Home

"In fact, it has been remarked by some that Hobbits only real passion is for...

October 10, 2013

Review of Nagel in the Journal of Psychology & Theology

The Journal of Psychology & Theology was gracious enough to publish my review of Thomas...

October 04, 2013

Why and How Traumatic Amnesia Occurs

The question of “recovered memories” often carries with it a (often harmful and misguided) stigma...

September 2013

September 25, 2013

Imprecatory Psalms, Integrationism, and Biblical Counseling

Helpful distinctions between different views about theology and psychology often become battle lines that impede...

September 04, 2013

Metaphor and Self, Part 2: The Emotional World of Romantic Love

Our emotional life is not constituted by crass literalism, but is strewn with – composed...

September 04, 2013

Metaphor and Self, Part 1: The External World

How do you understand the world around you? Some philosophers argue that it is in...

August 2013

August 27, 2013

Powlison on Discerning God’s Calling

Last night, a friend and I were discussing calling – what is it? Of course,...

August 26, 2013

Powlison on Burning Out and Self-Medicating

I wildly vacillate from working like crazy to crashing. I cram, I take a break....

August 25, 2013

Feminists on the Trauma of Abuse Research

For the past month and a half, I have been writing a review essay on...

August 24, 2013

Thiselton on Embodied Sexuality and Personhood

Anthony C. Thiselton gives a helpful picture of the relationship of “spiritual” actions and the...

August 23, 2013

The Science of Emotions and Embarrassment

"Emotions are a primary idiom for defining and negotiating social relations of the self in...

August 22, 2013

Calvin on Rest and Self-Justification

In his commentary on Habakkuk, Calvin comments that the difference between justification on the basis...

August 20, 2013

Anderson on Intelligence and Religious Belief

James Anderson, responding to recent studies that attempt to prove a correlation between religious beliefs...

August 19, 2013

Powlison on Theology and the Christian Life

David Powlison comments on the relationship between the Christian life, systematic theology, biblical theology, and practical...