How to be Biblical Without Being a Biblicist

I’m not even going to try to move all the archives from my old blog to this new and better platform. Maybe if I get rich I can pay a friend to…

The Jihad Against Free Speech

I have been accused by a man from Pakistan, commenting on one of my articles, of being “Islamophobic.’ The offending article was Part 1 in my series on the Islamisation of Britain.…

Cameron’s Deradicalisation Programs

Prime Minister David Cameron has announced that if British jihadists want to return they should be forced to attend de-radicalisation sessions which seek to better educate terrorists about Islam. Here’s what I…

Britain’s Home-Grown Jihad

I just published an article at Christian Voice about Britain’s problem of home-grown terrorism. Building on my earlier series on the Islamisation of Britain, I have warned that British-born Muslims are flocking…

Realism and Moral Communication

From ‘Gay Marriage and Creational Realism‘ (part 5 in my 6 part series on nominalism vs. realism) For the nominalist, in order for God to be truly free and all-powerful, the categories…

Moral Order, and Wisdom (Nominalism 6)

This article was originally published in my column at the Colson Center. It is republished here with permission. For a complete directory of all my Colson Center articles, click here. Could God…

Shakespeare Interview with Peter Leithart

One of my joys earlier this year was being able to interview Peter Leithart about Shakespeare for the July/August 2014 issue of Touchstone. You don’t have to be a subscriber to Touchstone…

The Abstraction of God and the Culture Wars (Nominalism 7)

This article was originally published in my column at the Colson Center. It is republished here with permission. For a complete directory of all my Colson Center articles, click here. Last week…

Culture and Neuroplasticity

One of the themes I’ve been exploring in some of my Salvo articles is how our brains change based on interactions with our social environment. In my Salvo article ‘The Neuro Transformers’…

Our Disembodied Selves

Having written about the decline in social attentiveness and empathy that seems to be encouraged by our digital preoccupations, I was fascinated to read an article today by Brett and Kate McKay…

Sherry Turkle on Being Alone Together

One of the books I’m reading right now is Sherry Turkle’s 2012 book Alone Together: Why We Expect More from Technology and Less from Each Other. I wanted to read this book to…

Why Household Appliances Haven’t Made Life Easier For Women

One of the things I said I would do with this new blog is to give my readers regular updates on what I’m reading. I’ll start the ball rolling by sharing something…


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