I bet that you and I do the following at times. We confuse the familiar, the self-beneficial, the surprising for the good, the true, and …
There are three ways to look at objectivity; one impersonal the other personal, the third interpersonal. In this post I am thinking of objectivity especially …
For years now I have been using a few aphorisms again and again. I think there is often more going on beneath the surface in …
Some of my blogposts are simply places where I can keep copies of links and content, so as to point others to them. I am …
I don’t mean to be preachy. I wanted to put into words something I find myself frequently aware of. I’ll present this awareness in terms …
People mistakenly think they are committed to things that they are in fact not committed to. In reality they only desire those things. More often …
So you need a philosophy of education? How do you craft a philosophy of education that is more that word soup, hastily typed out …
I woke up this morning at 4am. I got up at 4:30am. I’ve gotten out of bed every day this month well before 6am. Furthermore, …
Published: January 12, 2021
Some friends have asked whether I think Trump fairly won or lost the 2020 election. Yes I do think Trump lost fairly …
Over the last few days I’ve come across a piece of research, more than once, suggesting that a high IQ doesn’t protect you from …
I am writing my dissertation on critical realism. More specifically I am putting critical realism in conversation with analytic theology. Critical realism feels something like …
There are times during philosophical conversations, or everyday life, when one is asked to define the “simple” words and concepts we use. These are in …
One thing that I completely missed in my past theological education prior to attending Fuller Seminary was essence/existence distinctions. … and from here… considering God’s …
I copied the above image from a Facebook post someone put up in a reformed group. People responded to it with various answers. Most said …
The purpose of this post is primarily to give me a place to add resources as I find them from time to time. Dictionaries & …
A Model for Theological Method: Balancing the Sources and Norms of Theology
(by Jesse Gentile)
Clarifying one’s theological methodology instead of doing theology is like sharpening a …
[ As I prepare for comps, I am generating a few pages of notes on various topics. Here is one set of notes covering George …
At the core of these theological works, are the “hard core” the real gem to be gotten at. The driving engine. This core may be …
Recently I post, on social media, what I thought was a clever quip by Karl Barth.
“There is a story of the astronomer who, after …
Its seems that every week I come across an article about how unhealthy pursuing a PhD can be. I’m not talking about how “sitting is …
(“Peter and John running to the tomb on the morning of the Resurrection”, by Eugene Bernand 1898)
It is not uncommon to hear people say – …
Last week I wrote a short piece the for the Fuller Analytic Theology blog. These are my thoughts on a recent talk that Dr. Hud …
The Sacrifice of Isaac (1966), by Marc Chagall
There are likely several reasons, but let me share a Facebook post I wrote up today that may give …
The point of this post, in a nutshell, is to draw a link between an bit of church terminology from a past generation (i.e. legalism) …
For the last year, I have been participating in a group of 6 or 7 people (three postdocs, my supervisor, and a fellow Ph.D. student) …
(This is one of two posts moved from a separate site that I began blogging on before choosing to set up my own site).
I am …
A few of the many websites I’ve built .
Theology.News is a site that aggregates theological journal publications into one place. Two of us manually …
I love creating visualizations and diagrams to explain complex concepts in visual formats. Below are a few of my attempts!
This is a visualization of my …
Here are a few logos that I’ve created.
Distance Bible Institute is a project designed to provide a platform for teachers in the international Plymouth …