Resources from 2026
Of all the fruit of the Spirit, gentleness has been the most difficult for me to understand. Through study, I’ve discovered that gentleness isn’t feminine, passive, or introverted. But even with these clarifications, gentleness remained a conceptually vague “vibe” that felt like a call to combine [...]
For most people today, AI is just a tool—like other tech inventions throughout history. But, as John Culkin observed, “We shape our tools and thereafter our tools shape us.” It is beyond my competence to opine on the transformative impacts of AI. However, there is a profoundly influential movement among [...]
This is a tough time to be a professor of classics, the study of ancient Greek and Roman literature and culture. Howard University has joined the ranks of those scrapping classics degrees, Princeton no longer requires classics majors to take Latin or Greek, and some are complaining that the whole discipline [...]
Imagine a robber breaking into your house in the middle of the night. To distract your only line of defense—your dog—the robber throws a package of bologna on the ground. While your guard dog gnaws away at that tasty treat, the robber quietly goes about ransacking your home and stealing the things you hold most dear. [...]
In 2022, Ligonier and Lifeway published “The State of Theology,” where Evangelicals were surveyed about various theological claims. The results were startling to say the least. For example, 55% of surveyed Evangelicals agreed that “Jesus is the first and greatest being created by God.” [...]
It turns out that HAL 9000 (Heuristically programmed ALgorithmic Computer), in Stanley Kubrick’s classic, 2001: A Space Odyssey, is not just a digital slave. With HAL’s hauntingly stoic pleas for astronaut Dave Bowman to stop trying to dismantle it ignored, the machine takes over. It’s remarkable that a 1968 film [...]
How can we follow Jesus’ and Paul’s examples of “answering each person” with wisdom and grace? What might it look like to become more fluent in speaking the gospel into peoples’ lives? Let’s consider five key gospel metaphors and how we can use them in evangelism. [...]
With the growing popularity of the “Make America Healthy Again” (MAHA) movement alongside a growing distrust of standard Western fare and medical advice, many Christians are rethinking their approach to food. For a Western church long known for pre-service donuts and cookies, the shift toward [...]
