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February 2016

February 25, 2016

David Brooks and Miroslav Volf Discuss Flourishing

I'm finding this discussion on "flourishing and the good life" between David Brooks of the New...

July 2015

July 28, 2015

Christians Are the True Progressives: On The Colson Way

I am excited to share that today marks the release of my brand-new book The Colson...

March 2015

March 04, 2015

Dear Rob Bell: The Church Isn’t Giving an Inch on Gay Marriage

Dear Rob Bell, I recently read your comments, made to Oprah, about the church being...

December 2014

December 05, 2014

Pastors Are Not Politicians (But They Are Convictional)

Pastors are not called to preach on local ordinances. Pastors are ordained by God, however,...

November 2014

November 05, 2014

On Ben Sasse and Daring to Hope in Public

Let's be honest. If you hold to Judeo-Christian ethics, the last few years have not...

June 2014

June 10, 2014

Eric Metaxas Has a New TV Show

An eagle-eyed cultural observer sent me this link; Eric Metaxas, the wittiest evangelical there is...

May 2014

May 27, 2014

On Leading the Carl F. H. Henry Institute for Evangelical Engagement

I'm very excited to begin working as the Director of the Carl F. H. Henry...

April 2014

April 19, 2014

Public Engagement Does Not Mean Sneering at Jerry Falwell

I just wrote an essay for Canon & Culture, the new project of the Ethics...

November 2013

November 28, 2013

On Thanksgiving and Death to Self

Note to readers: I posted this blog a year ago and decided to re-run it...

October 2013

October 16, 2013

Should You Watch “The Walking Dead”? 7 Quick Thoughts

Do you like to think about "culture" and cultural engagement? I do. Many young evangelicals...

September 2013

September 17, 2013

A Brief Essay on the New Narcissistic Creed: “I Will Win”

I will win. Why? I’ll tell you why—because I have faith, courage, and enthusiasm! Today,...

February 2013

February 05, 2013

2013 America: Paul Harvey Vs. Calvin Klein Underwear Guy

I just published an essay entitled "A Tale of Two Americas" over at the American...

November 2012

November 27, 2012

Back to Your Posts: A Response to Dalrymple on Marriage

My friend and Patheos colleague Tim Dalrymple released a humdinger of a post yesterday questioning...

November 22, 2012

In Praise of Thanksgiving & the Cultural Liturgy of “You’re Welcome”

It's been interesting to think about our culture in terms of its celebration of holidays....

November 16, 2012

Tommy Kidd: Christians Should Preserve Culture, Not Just Change it

This is a short but rich piece entitled "Culture-Changing Christians" from my Patheos colleague Tommy...

November 06, 2012

On Election Day, Brief Reflections on Young Evangelicals & Social Witness

Happy Election Day. I hope you've exercised a privilege known to precious few people in...

October 2012

October 29, 2012

The Sacrificial Witness of the Christian Moral Tradition (and Why Persecution Is Bad)

Last week I blogged that I was traveling to Family Research Council in Washington, DC...

October 24, 2012

Announcing The New Christian Conservatism

Today at 12:30pm I am giving a lecture at the Family Research Council on "The...

August 2012

August 09, 2012

Things You Should Read: Project TGM (Theology, Gospel, Mission)

I'm a contributor to a great new project called Project TGM, which features the writing...

July 2012

July 30, 2012

Who Knew Chicken Could Be So Controversial?

Have you been following the Chick-fil-A controversy? The mayors of Chicago and Boston want to...

July 25, 2012

Bad News for Planned Parenthood

A great piece of careful reporting from Baptist Press: WASHINGTON (BP) -- There's good news...

March 2012

March 06, 2012

Things You Should Read: Mike Cosper’s New Blog

Mike Cosper, contributing writer for the Gospel Coalition, recently began his own blog. It is...

January 2012

January 24, 2012

The West Doesn’t Want Children, It Wants Itself

This from a punishing article by Mark Steyn: The developed world, like Elisabeth, is barren....

January 19, 2012

Things You Should Be Reading: The City (Winter Edition)

If you're not reading Houston Baptist University's The City, you're missing out, period. This journal...

October 2011

October 27, 2011

No Savings? No Problem! The Millennials Are as Overconfident as Ever

New York magazine has just published a lengthy piece by Noreen Malone entitled "The Kids...

July 2010

July 23, 2010

The Endless Evangelical Quest for Ultimate Transformation

A few days back, CJ Mahaney posted on Kevin DeYoung's message from the "Next" conference...

January 2010

January 16, 2010

The Rank-Link Imbalance, Haiti, and Basketball

Have you picked up a copy of Counterfeit Gods by Tim Keller? You should. Early...

August 2009

August 10, 2009

“We’re Conservative Until it Costs Us”: Ross Douthat on Americans and Marriage

From Ross Douthat's most recent op-ed in the NYT (HT: Russ Moore): "More than most...

July 2009

July 27, 2009

People Worth Listening to: NYC’s Eric Metaxas

One does not come across too many bona fide evangelical members of the cultural intelligentsia. ...

August 2008

August 20, 2008

The Thoughtful Pastorate: Resources to Strengthen Ministry and Christian Life, Pt. 3

I've tried to give the evangelical pastor (and interested layperson) some good resources by which...