Three Phases of Spiritual Formation
I wrote this piece a few years ago and it still comes up from time to time. One of those times came last
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spiritual formation
How to Avoid Living a Fragmented Life
I write about the threat of fragmentation and the promise of wholeness in a post over at Ligonier’s Tabletalk blog (that…ahem…also serves as a
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Tolkien on Fairy-Stories
This, from the epilogue of J.R.R. Tolkien’s essay “On Fairy Stories,” was inscrutable to me when I first read it in junior high.
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Christian Remembering
I have a new post over at Ligonier’s Tabletalk magazine on the topic of Christian remembering. Memory of the past—whether corporate or individual—can wield
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Christian Liberty and Its Discontents
Here’s yours truly talking about Christian liberty and how to abuse it. This clip is a part of a series released by Reformed Theological
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Chesterton and the Kingdom of God
From his 1922 book, What I Saw in America (Hodder & Stoughton), The devil can quote Scripture for his purpose; and the text of
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Three Modes of Christian Formation: Experience, Doctrine, and Liturgy
A year ago I attended a conference at Georgetown University in honor of the fiftieth anniversary of the Vatican II council. The conference, entitled
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Why Study Theology in Washington, D.C.
As many sunergoi readers know, I am an associate professor of Old Testament and the president of the Reformed Theological Seminary campus that serves
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Public Expressions of the Gospel
Explicit public expressions of the gospel in popular culture are few and far between. We just do not see many public examples of the
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Meaning and Biblical Faith
Above: Rembrandt, “The Artist in His Studio” (c. 1628) Those who profess the Christian faith cannot rely on a general cultural literacy about
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