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Is Your Theology Pastoral or Pilpul?
When you walk through the front door of our home you’ll be confronted by my theological library. There you’ll find—if I do say so myself—some outstanding works: Herman Bavinck’s Reformed...
How Knowing Greek Guards Against Prejudice and Partiality
Starting last year—off the back of beginning to lecture at a theological college—I wrote a series of articles exploring the value of studying New Testament Greek. In them I argued...
Doodle: Was J. R. R. Tolkien an Anti-Semite?
Towards the close of The Watchmen, a newspaper editor suggests to his senior that they should run a story about Ronald Reagan running for president in ‘88. The senior replies,...
A Word from Jesus on T. B. Joshua
I woke up this morning to a handful of messages from various people, all about the same person: T. B. Joshua. If you know the name, then you might be...
Stories Are for So Much More Than Escapism
If anyone is willing to sponsor it, I’ll embark on a PhD in literature tomorrow. My question: when did we start treating literature as escapism? This question obviously applies to...
Doodle: If Anyone Aspires to the Office of Bishop
In Prince Caspian, Aslan asks the eponymous prince if he feels that he’s ready to become the king of Narnia. Caspian’s reply is marked by hesitation. “I don’t think I...
Fridays with Fred: Cancel Culture
What frightens you? In general, children have readier answers to that question than adults. They’re able to list the things that cause them dread. Adults, on the other hand, not...
How Persevering in Greek Equips You for the Christian Life
At the outset of this year I started lecturing at a theological college. This was something I’ve longed to do since completing my own studies, many moons ago. Considering my...
