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July 2021

July 07, 2021

God’s “Yes” and Long Flights

Some of my most revealing discussions happen on airplanes, during long flights. They usually begin...

July 07, 2021

Dunning-Kruger, Cultural Amnesia, and Tyrannosaurus rex

The Dunning-Kruger effect (famously described by social psychologists David Dunning and Justin Kruger) is the...

April 2020

April 13, 2020

In Praise of Moms-In-Quarantine

Our gym has closed during the coronavirus quarantine. That means more than me having to...

January 2020

January 15, 2020

Screwtape Loves Your Imaginary Community

Contrary to some Christian pundits since the days of the Moral Majority, cultures seldom give up on having moral values....

October 2019

October 25, 2019

In Defense of the Spooky

Divested of its apocryphal Pagan origins, Halloween isn’t the beast our fundamentalist Sunday school teachers...

December 2018

December 12, 2018

The Misguided Backlash Against ‘Purity Culture’

I never tire of citing one of C. S. Lewis’ most insightful passages in “The...

December 04, 2018

Is Santa Claus a Lie?

In the time-honored spirit of judging other parents, many Christians this time of year inform...

October 2018

October 29, 2018

Jordan Peterson, Puddleglum, and What’s Too Good Not to Be True

This piece was originally published at BreakPoint.org. Would you believe in Christianity even if you...

August 2018

August 23, 2018

The Idolatry-of-Children Fire Brigade

Writing at Christ and Pop Culture, Allison Barron makes the case that Christian couples who...

March 2018

March 13, 2018

The Deep-Heavenly Symbolism of Sex

Christianity really is the answer key to the human experience. This is nowhere truer than...

March 07, 2018

Why Every Villain Speech Is a Paraphrase of Nietzsche

I'm reading (and thoroughly enjoying) Benjamin Wiker's "10 Books that Screwed Up the World (And...

January 2018

January 24, 2018

No, C. S. Lewis Didn’t Teach a Ransom Atonement

One of the less astute canards in Reformed circles is the idea that C. S....

December 2017

December 19, 2017

R. C. Sproul: The Man Who Taught Me to Fear God

I first remember encountering R. C. Sproul while a student at “The Truth Project.” The...

November 2017

November 02, 2017

‘It’s the Current Year!’ Is Not a Good Argument

You'll frequently hear people these days say, "It's 2017!" as an argument for abandoning some...

September 2017

September 14, 2017

On Living As if God Is Real

Martin Luther, the tortured and guilty soul that he was, took God seriously in a...

April 2017

April 21, 2017

There Will Be Child Murderers in Heaven

Today a Facebook friend of mine shared a snarky meme from an atheist page. It...

March 2017

March 19, 2017

Conservatives: Beware Reverse-Chronological Snobbery

We've all seen it. A progressive and a conservative are crossing swords on some subject...

January 2017

January 11, 2017

Head Scratcher: Could Jesus Have Sinned?

This is one of those theological dilemmas that floats around the pews and causes a...

December 2016

December 05, 2016

How Narnia Should Have Ended: Why ‘The Last Battle’ is My Least Favorite Chronicle

I am a lifelong Narnia fan. I treasure these books, constantly refer to them, and...