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January 2026

January 24, 2026

Moral Combat: Critical Theory versus Christianity

Okay, let's clarify a few things about Critical Theory, a topic I have written on...

January 16, 2026

Peter Thiel and Antichrist: Lectures on the End of the World

In this interview with author, theologian and pastor, C.R. Wiley, I had the pleasure of...

January 02, 2026

Fifty Books Later: My Top Five Reads of 2025

My Top 5 Books of 2025 Well, I only managed to read 50 books this...

January 08, 2025

What is the Soul? An Interview with Joshua Farris

This episode of the Theology and Ethics podcast takes a deep dive into theology and...

July 2024

July 31, 2024

Olympics 2024: Celebrating Dionysius at The Lord’s Table?

Editors Note: This is a guest post by Christian author and speaker Kaon Serjani. Immediately...

May 2024

May 20, 2024

Natural Theology vs. Ancient Idolatry

Natural theology can mean two things. It can mean the affirmation that God (Yahweh) is...

September 2023

September 05, 2023

The Founding Fathers of Progressive Christianity: Pt. 3 – Von Harnack

This is the third of a four part series in which I explore theologians of...

August 2023

August 28, 2023

Postmodern Literature | A Writer’s Perspective

My first run-in with postmodern literature was back in college.  During my writing undergrad, I'd...

August 23, 2023

3 Views of History And Why They Matter: (Part 1) – Eternal Recurrence

What is history? In one sense, history could just be the accumulated facts of natural...

August 18, 2023

The Founding Fathers of Progressive Christianity: Part 1 – Schleiermacher

This is the first of a four part series in which I will explore theologians...

April 2023

April 30, 2023

3 Reasons NOT To Celebrate Beltane

Read Time: 10 minutes Beltane is a pagan, Gaelic feast day that originated among the...

January 2023

January 05, 2023

Year in Review 2022: What Did It Mean for Evangelicals?

I am not accustomed to writing "year in review" type articles. The closest I've come...

December 2022

December 23, 2022

What Christmas Is Really About: Part 3(a) – The Philosophy of Christmas

In the first article in this Christmas series, I argued that Christmas is the Incarnation...

December 19, 2022

What Christmas Is Really About: Part 2 – The Historicity Of Christmas

In the last post, I argued that the true meaning of Christmas is often obscured...

August 2022

August 29, 2022

What Should Christians Study?: Part 2(a) – Philosophical Apologetics

In this series, I am stepping back to look at the discipline of attaining Christian...

May 2022

May 19, 2022

“Whiteness” and The Splitting of the Evangelical Mind

I am digressing from a series of posts to discuss something I think is rather obvious about...

April 2022

April 18, 2022

Critical Freedom: Critical Theory and The Messianic Light

Karl Marx, the great prophet of liberation for modern man, considered man's alienation inextricably connected...

October 2021

October 15, 2021

Reconstructing Humanity – Part 1: What are Deconstruction Stories?

There is a lot of talk today in the popular culture and the culture's popular...

October 08, 2021

Denzel’s “Indelible Mark” and The Spirit of God

I recently came across this short video of the greatest actor alive today, Denzel Washington...

October 04, 2021

The Beautiful Law Of God

“The law of your mouth is better to me than thousands of gold and silver...

September 2021

September 27, 2021

Crossing Lessing’s “Ugly Broad Ditch”: The Historical Testimony to Miracles

One of the great skeptics of the 18th century, Gotthold Lessing, coined a phrase to...

September 20, 2021

Why We Cannot Prove God Exists and That’s Okay

In his masterful introduction to Metaphysics, Peter van Inwagen points out why the cosmic fine-tuning...

August 2021

August 16, 2021

Losing Orthodox Christianity in America – Losing the Senses

Cardinal Francis George, the former arch-bishop of Chicago, said the following just few years before...

August 09, 2021

The Tempting Power of Human Creativity

One of the most powerful forms of idolatry is the tempting power of humanity's own...

July 2021

July 30, 2021

CRT and The Return to the Old Gods: Part II – A New (Old) Religion?

Recently, Cameron Hilditch wrote an article in National Review highlighting the work of Christoper Rufo. Rufo's...

July 26, 2021

CRT and The Return to the Old Gods: Part I – Rejecting Reason

In a previous post, I discussed three features of Critical Race Theory that should encourage...

June 2021

June 21, 2021

2 Books Every Pastor Really, Really Should Read

Broadly speaking, reflection on the human condition can take one of two tracks: a logical,...

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