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Anthony Costello is a theologian and author. He has a BA in German from the University of Notre Dame, an MA in Christian Apologetics, and MA in Theology from Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, where he was awarded the 2018 Baker Book Award for Excellence in Theology. He has published in journals such as Luther Rice Journal of Christian Studies, the Journal of Christian Legal Thought and the Journal of Christian Higher Education. He co-authored two chapters in Josh and Sean McDowell's Evidence That Demands a Verdict (2016), and has published apologetics' resources for Ratio Christi Ministries and in magazines such as Touchstone. He has made online contributions to The Christian Post and Patheos. Anthony is a US Army Veteran, former 82D Airborne paratrooper and OEF veteran. Currently, he is the president of The Kirkwood Center for Theology and Ethics (kirkwoodcenter.org), a ministry dedicated to helping the local church navigate culture, and is the host of the Theology and Ethics Podcast of the Kirkwood Center.

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Beauty Must Be Saved before It Can Save...

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James Gunn's Not So Super "Superman"

I did not want to write this movie review. I had better... read more

Is USAID Necessary for Salvation?

Recently there has been another wave of what I can only call... read more

Did Jordan Peterson Just Get Exposed? Yes, And...

Somehow I knew this was coming. I had hinted at it in... read more

Pope Francis and The (Continued) Crisis of Modernity

Pope Francis, aka Cardinal Jorge Mario Bergoglio, has died. As to the... read more

Political "Gods": The Right-Wing God

In my previous post, The 'Gods' of Left and Right, I started... read more

The "Gods" of Left and Right: The Left-Wing...

Ever since Panaetius of Rhodes (185-110/109 BC) philosophers have recognized three modes... read more

The Many Sins of "Bishop" Mariann Budde

Recently Mariann Edgar Budde, an Episcopalian bishop who preached at Donald Trump... read more

What is the Soul? An Interview with Joshua...

This episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast takes a deep dive... read more

Reflecting On The Two Greatest Christmas Songs

I am not saying with this article that there are only two... read more

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