Resident Theologian
About the Blog
Clarifying creatio ex nihilo
A follow-up to my article on the doctrine of creation for Christianity Today.
“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.
My latest: low-tech parenting (in CT) and a review of Burge (in FT)
Links to my two latest pieces.
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.
My latest: on pastors and biomedical ethics, in CT
A link to my latest column for Christianity Today.
My latest: Christmas (in CT) and Kingsnorth (in Commonweal)
Links to my final published pieces in 2025.
The C. S. Lewis Test
A little test I like to apply to non-evangelical and non-Christian writers.
Simon Leys
A little celebration of the great writer Simon Leys, whom I discovered this year.
My latest: del Toro’s Frankenstein, in CT
A link to my latest piece, a review for CT of Guillermo del Toro’s adaptation of Frankenstein for Netflix.
My latest (four): radicals, connectors, gods, and devils
Links to my four latest reviews and essays.
My latest (six): UFOs, leftists, Hitler, Scripture, doctrine, and PSA
Links to six new pieces published in the last month or so.
My latest: gentiles and the Torah, in CT
A link to my latest article for Christianity Today.