Ordered Goodness and the Logos

From my recent book Rediscovering the Goodness of Creation: A Manual for Recovering Gnostics Clearly, as believers we cannot embrace the givenness of things if we do not perceive the world in…

Christ, Caesar, and John MacArthur

I have been sustaining a lot of flack (including hate mail) for my review of the movie The Essential Church. This movie tells the story of John MacArthur’s fight to keep his…

Response to Paul Kingsnorth Part 2: Why We Need to Christianize AI

Since my initial response to Paul Kingsnorth earlier this year, both of us have continued reflecting on the question of whether AI is demonic. In fact, are even publishing an article by…

The Life-Changing Magic of Reframing

When the Communists took over Romania in 1944, they began rounding up Christians and sending them to prison. George Calciu was one young Christian who found himself caught in the purge. George…

Thank You, Supporters

I want to offer thanks to everyone who offers financial support to this blog and its associated email newsletter. I remain incredibly grateful to those who have contributed throughout the years via…

David Bentley Hart on John Romanides

I know Orthodox people like to hate David Bentley Hart, but sometimes his bluntness is just what we need. Here is what he said about Fr. John Romanides: Neo-patristic Orthodox scholarship has…

Logic and Online Source Evaluation

Earlier this year I finished hammering out a second Master’s degree, this time from the University of Oklahoma. I specialized in Reference Librarianship (helping people find things) and Information Literacy (teaching skills…

Antisemitism and the Gospel

Almost five years ago, Robert Bowers went into a Jewish synagogue in Pittsburgh and opened fire on the congregants during their Sabbath morning service. The attack left eleven people dead and six…

My Book is On Sale

My book on creation (creation, not creationism) that came out earlier this year is now on sale at the Ancient Faith store for $17.21. At 400 pages (that includes front matter, index,…

Dr. Phillip Cary and Robin Phillips on Ancient Faith Today

Back when I used to do a podcast, one of the highlights was the two-part interview I did with Dr. Phillip Cary on Plato and Postmodernism/Virtue. I recently teamed up with Dr.…

Ken Myers, the Practicality of Metaphysics, and the Upcoming Touchstone Conference

For decades I have been spiritually strengthened from Ken Myers’s ministry at the Mars Hill Audio Journal, which offers interviews with a variety of scholars on the most pressing issues of our time.…

Christ not Caesar? Review of “The Essential Church”

In my previous article, I explored some of the questions raised by Grace Community Church’s controversial statement, “Christ, not Caesar, Is Head of the Church: A Biblical Case for the Church’s Duty…


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