It was a great honor to present my first academic paper at the ETS conference last week in San Antonio (Nov. 14-16, 2023). ETS is a professional academic society of biblical and theological scholars. Academic papers are submitted throughout the year and the authors of selected papers are invited to […]
Church and Culture
IDENTITY at Liverpool Cathedral
Peter Walker’s Identity exhibit is currently on view at Liverpool Cathedral. Here’s what Liverpool Cathedral has to say about it: “IDENTITY introduces seven illuminated columns, suspended over the Well. Each column is lit, with individual strips of light representing the double helix of DNA and demonstrating the unique make up […]
The Freedom Not to See “The Sound of Freedom”
The Christian filmmaking industry faces a dilemma. They want to compete with Hollywood, but they want to create content that glorifies God. To do that, the pull of making gritty, adult-themed movies is a strong temptation. Are PG-13 and R rated type films the future of Christian filmmaking? Time will […]
“He Gets Us”: A Failed Christology
The eternal Son assumed a human nature. This is a profound component of the doctrine of Christ. Who was Jesus Christ? God, man, or both? The branch of theology which studies Christ is called Christology, and the position of the historic, orthodox Christian faith comes from the Council of Chalcedon […]
A Lewisian Education: Fully Human at Home
Young C.S. Lewis pled with his father, ‘Please take me out of this as soon as possible…’[1] It was March 1914 and Lewis was referring to the public school he was attending, and at this early stage, we see seeds of kinship between Lewis’ views of education and modern Christian […]
Jesus as Imago Hominis (Image of the Man)
In the early pages of the Bible, we read an ineffable profundity: “So God created man in his own image, in the image of God he created him; male and female he created them.” (Genesis 1:27) It’s difficult to say how much effort and ink has gone into traversing this […]
A Christian Review of Disney’s “Soul”
What’s all this Jazz about souls? We know Jazz musicians have soul, but Disney takes the idea to the extreme using a pianist’s death to tackle two of the most important questions in human history: Do we have souls? What happens after we die? Here’s a brief summary of the […]
Childbirth: A Genesis Memorial
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King Solomon and the Rapper
The rapper known as NF caught my attention a few years ago because his lyrics didn’t contain the profanity typically heard in his category. As I listened to his music, I noticed he was communicating ideas about the human struggle and the key questions of human existence. On his fourth […]