Articles I write about theology, politics, and place and how the three are interrelated. Contact Me Decadence, Joe Rogan, and Non-Anxious Authority Why authority functions differently in our gray zone moment Nine Months After Twitter Reflections on being (mostly) off Twitter for nine months. Stop Blaming COVID COVID isn't the reason our conferences and other large events are struggling. Where Did the College Aged Evangelicals Go? A short video reflection on declining evangelical conference attendance Political Religion A review of Joel Looper's excellent new book on Bonhoeffer in America Notes on the Orbanism Essay More reasons you shouldn't be a right wing revolutionary Orbanism and the Revolution On why you shouldn't be a right wing revolutionary Shame Shame is perhaps the driving factor behind a great deal of contemporary political discourse. The Three Ages of Christian American Exceptionalism An interaction with Aaron Renn's "three worlds of evangelicalism" thesis. The Self is a Problem This is the transcript of a paper I presented at a Davenant Institute event in Minnesota in 2022. Winsomeness, Evangelization, and Pastoral Theology An intervention in the interminable "Kellerism" debate. Christians in the Gray Zone: The Strong Gods are Back This is the transcript of a talk I gave at the Rochester L'Abri in 2022. The Violence We Can’t Live Without One of the reasons that ending abortion is so unimaginable to us is because we have become acclimated to all sorts of horrifying forms of violence. The Land is Bright My response to the Dobbs decision that overturned Roe v Wade Voting and Virtue What is the relationship between how we vote and how we behave within political society more generally? « Previous 1 2 3 4 Next » Read my blog at Mere Orthodoxy