Resident Theologian
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The Buffalo Hunter Hunter
Some reflections on Stephen Graham Jones’s great vampire novel of how the west was lost.
Clarifying creatio ex nihilo
A follow-up to my article on the doctrine of creation for Christianity Today.
Subtweets, backshadowing, and Saint Barnabas
A follow-up to the previous post on a style of punditry that denies contingency.
“It was always obvious (or should have been)”
On a certain style of punditry and scholarship.
Cover! Title! Blurbs! Pub date! All the details for my next book…
Read on for all the details about my next book!
The future tense of the AI-pilled
Tyler Cowen visits the future and returns with prophetic knowledge.
Nolan’s Odyssey
Some twenty-four thoughts on Christopher Nolan’s adaptation of Homer’s epic.
My latest: low-tech parenting (in CT) and a review of Burge (in FT)
Links to my two latest pieces.
How many American churches are screen-free?
A brief little wondering out-loud about church buildings and their sanctuaries in America.
My (two) latest: on communion wine and a new epistolary novel, in CT
Links to my two latest articles.
A literary culture left to hermits
Wisdom from Hugh Kenner about reviewing the work of people you know.
Intentionality
Some thoughts on the role of “intentionality discourse” in the Christian life.
Narnia and the seven deadly sins
My brother has a theory about sin in the seven Narnia books.
My latest: on pastors and biomedical ethics, in CT
A link to my latest column for Christianity Today.