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A chronological record of essays, thinking tools, and interventions.
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VIDEO: Paul’s “Foolish Wisdom” as a Model of Christian Cultural Critique
This is a recording of a talk I gave for the Synod of the Evangelical Church of Greece in March 2022. I draw a model for cultural critique out of Paul’s treatment of Greek wisdom and Jewish signs in 1 Corinthians 1, and then reflect on our own culture’s deepest values, which I argue are
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Thinking Through Creation Q&A, and Tim Keller on Diagonalization
I recently had the honour of taking in part in a Q&A session on my book Thinking Through Creation, organised by the Crosslands Forum and Dr. Dan Strange. Here is a clip in which I respond to a question about diagonalization: Tim Keller also recently discussed “diagonalization” in an episode of the Mere Fidelity podcast
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Grove book on Christianity and the Social Contract
The Grove Ethics booklet I wrote on Christianity and the Social Contract is now available on the Grove website. Here is the table of contents:
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Video: Thinking about your academic discipline through the New Testament
This is a recording of a seminar given to a group of doctoral students participating in the the Cambridge ‘Forming a Christian Mind’ programme in January 2022. The second in a two-part mini-series, this session explores how themes from the Old Testament can help Christian scholars to conceptualise their studies. It focuses particularly on the
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Video: Thinking about your academic discipline through the Old Testament
This is a recording of a seminar given to a group of doctoral students participating in the the Cambridge ‘Forming a Christian Mind’ programme in January 2022. The first in a two-part mini-series, this session explores how themes from the Old Testament can help Christian scholars to conceptualise their studies. It focuses particularly on the
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Video and podcast: What Did Derrida Really Mean? with Parker Settecase
I recently had the great pleasure of discussing Derrida and theology with Parker Settecase on his podcast Parker’s Pensées. We covered some key Derridean terms such as deconstruction, iterability, violence and incommensurability, and we considered how Derrida’s thought relates to biblical concepts in genreal and the ideas of Cornelius Van Til in particular.
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Video: Social and Cultural Implications of the Creator-Creature Distinction
This is a recording of a seminar given to a group of doctoral students participating in the the Cambridge ‘Forming a Christian Mind’ programme in December 2021. The second in a two-part mini-series, this session develops the idea of biblical “figures” introduced in the previous session. We focus on one biblical figure in particular, the
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Video: An introduction to biblical figures
This is a recording of a seminar given to a group of doctoral students participating in the the Cambridge ‘Forming a Christian Mind’ programme in December 2021. The first in a two-part mini-series, this session introduces the notion of biblical “figures”: repeated patterns and rhythms that become the Bible’s “signature moves” and inform Christian social
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Video on God, Culture and Society–Paradigm Shift Episode 2 Pilot Video
This is a pilot episode for a video series about how the Bible shapes a Christian’s understanding of the world, culture, identity and society. In this episode I discuss how the Bible’s particular understanding of God gives Christians a distinctive way of engaging with social and cultural issues. I discuss foundational biblical ideas such as
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Review of William Lane Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam
I was recently sent a pile of books to review for the 2022 Christianity Today book awards, including William Lane Craig’s In Quest of the Historical Adam. I’ve seen the controversy bubbling up around Craig’s book in recent days, especially in relation to his category of “mytho-history” and what it means for our interpretation of
