Jul 14, 20204 minLoving God and Studying TheologyOne of the questions I face as a professor of systematic theology at the undergraduate level is whether theology is compatible with a...
Jul 6, 20205 minWhat Hatred Was Made ForWhen my students discovered last year that I had never completed The Chronicles of Narnia, there was some consternation. They all know I...
Jul 2, 20202 minSo We Lay Down the PenSo we lay down the pen, So we forbear the building of the rime, And bid our hearts be steel for times and a time Till ends the strife,...
Jul 1, 20203 minThe Ghost of Thomas Aquinas“I ain’t afraid of no ghost!” That was the refrain in the 1984 hit song “Ghostbusters,” which was part of the soundtrack to the comedy...
Jun 30, 20204 minA Social Media Jekyll & Hyde Effect About a month ago, I decided to permanently delete my Facebook account and reduce my personal "social media presence" (what an odd...
Jun 29, 20208 minLight in the Darkness of DepressionDepression is not something many Christians are comfortable talking about, but it is something I believe the Church needs to talk and...
Jun 26, 20205 minDarwinism & the Value of Human LifeMany years ago, I watched a video of a debate between Phillip Johnson (1940–2019) and William Provine (1942–2015). Johnson was a...
Jun 25, 202019 minThe Silmarillion: A Tale of Two EndingsIn Tolkien’s Legendarium, Arda is the name of the world in which we still live and in which the major events concerning elves and men are...
Jun 22, 20206 minIt's the End of the World as We Know It. . . and I feel fine. Anyone reading this who, like me, was in high school or college in the 1980s will likely know that these are some...
Jun 17, 20207 minChristianity in a World of "Newspeak"In his book 1984, George Orwell introduced the fictional language he called “Newspeak.” The totalitarian party that ruled Oceania created...