Boersma’s Insights on Hierarchy & Modern Authoritarianism

Earlier this year I had the privilege of working at the 2024 Touchstone Conference. I always come away from these annual conferences inspired to take my faith more seriously, and to recover…

Why the New Bonhoeffer Movie is a Disappointment

One of the concerns I’ve often had with Christian filmmaking is the lack of subtlety. As I noted in an article for the Colson Center back in 2012, “Many Christian films take…

Joshua Pauling and Annie Crawford discuss “Are We All Cyborgs Now?” with Shanda Fulbright

Joshua Pauling, co-author of Are We All Cyborgs Now?, recently teamed up with Annie Crawford to go on Shanda Fulbright’s podcast to discuss digital technology from a Christian worldview. The questions explored include,…

Buy 2 Get 1 Free Offer for “Gratitude in Life’s Trenches”

I am delighted to announced that Target is currently running a buy 2, get 1 free offer on selected titles, and one of those titles is my book Gratitude in Life’s Trenches.…

Is Trump Worth the Cost?

After Trump’s recent victory, there were many stories we are telling ourselves about the election. For some, it was the story of a revolt against the establishment. For others, Trump’s victory is…

Interview on Kyle Whittington’s Podcast

Human beings were designed to live in harmony with other people, and that means dwelling in communities of shared dependence. Yet the culture of the Machine perpetuates the myth of self-sufficiency. Today…

Christian Triumphalism & the Glories of Hallowtide

Our church has just finished celebrating Hallowtide. We prepared for it with our All Saints bonfire night on Saturday the 26th, when we had fun dressing up as different saints. Here I…

Against Politics

During election cycles, when Americans are most concerned about politics, they are the least concerned about political theory. That is appropriate. In the Nicomachean Ethics, Aristotle distinguished between the two, drawing a sharp…

Panel Discussion on Role of Beauty in Worship

In my book Rediscovering the Goodness of Creation, I explored the importance of beauty in the Christian life, observing in chapter 15 that as modern man is caught in the pincer grip…

Is AI Magic?

During the recent Touchstone Conference, C.R. Wiley explained how the dream of Lewis’s Screwtape has finally been realized: we now live in a land of materialist magicians. As he put it, “The…

Digital Literacy Has Been Caught in the Pincer Movements of Techno-Utopianism and Techno-Rejectionism

Here I am with our publisher, Dr. Gary (Cyril) Jenkins, at the Touchstone conference. I’m so thankful Dr. Jenkins caught the vision for this book, because our message is much needed! Most…

Joshua Pauling on Social Terminal Velocity

If there is any word that characterizes the modern situation, it is rapidity. Not only do we live at a time when information can be sent at almost unimaginable speeds, but recent…



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