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September 2016

September 02, 2016

Kevin Vanhoozer to Give Inaugural Scudder Lectures on Public Theology

I'm excited to announce that Dr. Kevin Vanhoozer of Trinity Evangelical Divinity School will give...

June 2016

June 13, 2016

The Glorious Godhead and Proto-Arian Bulls

Recent posts by Carl Trueman and Liam Goligher on the nature of Trinitarian relations have...

December 2015

December 17, 2015

In Support of Wheaton College: Can Evangelical Schools Be Evangelical Anymore?

Wheaton College, a leading evangelical institution, finds itself in the headlines this week after placing...

September 2015

September 03, 2015

Finding God in Pronouns

The University of Tennessee just made national news by suggesting that faculty use "gender-neutral" pronouns in...

June 2015

June 22, 2015

On Joining the Faculty of Midwestern Seminary

As of July 1, 2015, I am joining the faculty of Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary....

January 2015

January 14, 2015

How Carl Henry Saved a Young Philosopher’s Life

A Christianity Today essay by King's College president Greg Thornbury entitled "How I Almost Lost My...

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...

May 24, 2014

When a Theology Post Is “Unsafe” for Facebook

I wrote a post on Monday entitled "Is Rachel Held Evans's Use of "God Herself" Biblically...

May 23, 2014

Rachel Held Evans and What “God Herself” Means

(This is a lengthy piece featuring a good bit of theological engagement. For ease of...

May 18, 2014

Is Rachel Held Evans’s Use of “God Herself” Biblically Faithful?

(This is a lengthy piece featuring a good bit of theological engagement. For ease of...

February 2014

February 07, 2014

The Pastor in the Public Square: An April 2014 T4G Course

On April 7-10, 2014, I'll be teaching the Together for the Gospel conference course entitled...

November 2013

November 18, 2013

The Evangelical Mind Is Alive: ETS 2013 & Inerrancy

It's that time of year again: the Evangelical Theological Society meets Tuesday-Thursday of this week....

September 2013

September 26, 2013

Christian Freedom May Not Mean What You’ve Been Told

“A Christian is a perfectly free lord of all, subject to none. A Christian is...

August 2013

August 13, 2013

Christ’s Cross and Kingdom: Are They Related or Unconnected?

The new issue of the international theological journal Themelios has just arrived. Andy Naselli has the...

June 2013

June 27, 2013

Great Upcoming Conference: “Remembering Carl Henry” by the Henry Center at TEDS

Are you, like me, a serious fan of Carl Ferdinand Howard Henry? Then you will...

June 06, 2013

I’m Broken and I Can’t Get Up: On Martin Luther and “Mild Antinomianism”

I just listened to this fun 9Marks interview on Christian freedom with Mark Dever, Carl...

February 2013

February 02, 2013

Can a Messiah College OT Professor Really Teach the Bible’s “Immoral”?

A Messiah College Old Testament professor named Eric Siebert just posted a shocking piece on...

January 2013

January 23, 2013

History Cage-Match: Did Carl Henry or Harold Ockenga “Invent” Evangelicalism?

In a new piece at Christianity Today, historian Timothy George writes of the significance of Baptist theologian...

December 2012

December 27, 2012

My Top 3 Top 10 Lists of 2012

The whole top 10 thing is officially a "thing." Such lists can be funny, but...

December 24, 2012

What the Virgin Birth Means & Why Rob Bell Is So Tragically Wrong

So tomorrow is Christmas. I won't be posting on Christmas day, so this counts double....

December 15, 2012

You Can Buy: 4 Gospel-Driven Books on Jonathan Edwards for $4 Total

This is a sobering day by any stretch. If you are like me processing the...

November 2012

November 30, 2012

How Can You Grow in Your Faith? Learn Theology! (Like at Gospel Coalition 2013)

Do you want to grow in your faith in Christ? Yes? I have a few...

November 29, 2012

Powerhouse Theology: The Inaugural LA Theology Conference on Christology

My Patheos colleague and leading Trinitarian scholar Fred Sanders of Biola University just announced the papers...

November 13, 2012

Can Christians Renew the Creation? A Paper for the Evangelical Theological Society

Tomorrow at 3pm I will give a paper at the Evangelical Theological Society in Milwaukee,...

November 08, 2012

Jonathan Edwards on the 2012 Presidential Election

Christians disconcerted by the 2012 election results have invincible comfort and hope. From his History...

October 2012

October 31, 2012

Who Am I Voting For? Justice and Life

He has told you, O man, what is good; and what does the LORD require of...

September 2012

September 18, 2012

Christianity Today Follows Up on “Second Coming Christ” Controversy

A couple of weeks ago I blogged on controversy surrounding a man named David Jang,...

September 12, 2012

How Theology Drives Spirituality (Thinking and Doing Are Inextricable!)

It's very common in evangelicalism to either be a "thinking Christian" or a "doing Christian."...

August 2012

August 22, 2012

Guard the Flock: David Jang & “Second Coming Christ” Theology

Christianity Today has just published a major piece on a mega-leader named David Jang, whose...

August 11, 2012

Hans Madueme on Peter Enns’s Hermeneutic and Theology

Hans Madueme was until recently the Managing Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center...