I recently had the opportunity to deliver a short talk to theological students on the writing of assignments. To risk giving away my age, it’s been over four years since...
A friend recently reached out to me and asked what theologians mean by the word ‘atonement.’ She’d come across it while reading Oswald Chambers classic, My Utmost for His Highest....
Around the turn of the year, J. K. Rowling was once again the object of ire on social media. This most recent backlash came after she took to X—formerly known...
The first article in this series considered a recent conversation I had about why theological students won’t write—apart from their academically enforced indulgences. They offered two reasons: firstly, someone more...
Early on in his Anti-Christ (§2), Friedrich Nietzsche has a series of questions and answers, akin to a catechism or creed. For all his railing against philosophical presuppositions the German...
In the previous and first instalment of this short series I attempted to make a case for writing, by appealing to its unforeseen blessings. In some ways, it was a...
Last week Gavin Ortlund released a superb video on how to become better readers, with five strategies for reading more. Crucially he starts by saying, “There’s no real shortcuts to...
Over the last two months I’ve had a few opportunities to teach on writing—one of which you can watch, here. In the past, my talks on writing have been instructional,...
As a younger Christian I used to frequent a second hand book store that was equal parts quality—in terms of titles—and cringe, in just about every other way. For example,...