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‘These are my people’
I have a lot of deadlines and am a bit under the weather this week, and between the two, I’ve just not had time to sit down to write a post as usual. As it happens, however, today is the day my conversation with for goes live, so I though...
I am not lured into voting by the color pink
A decade ago, while the 2016 primaries were still underway, the late feminist writer Gloria Steinem went on Real Time With Bill Maher. She was officially there to promote a book, but—inevitably, in early February of an election year—talk tu...
‘This kind, generous work reminds readers of the good that so many evangelicals represent’
Well, folks, today’s the day! In Defense of Evangelicalism has officially published.
If you pre-ordered a copy—thank you, thank you, thank you—it should land in your mailbox by this evening. If you went with an ebook or audiobook (my own v...
You don’t have to be embarrassed of being an evangelical
A few weeks back, I was messaging here on Substack with , whose work I’ve edited for . We were talking about some then-recent confusion about my role at CT, and Sherene observed that I “don’t share too much of [my]self” in my writing, “whic...
Tackiness is not a sin
Football Jesus
Last week, was kind enough to interview me on his Substack about In Defense of Evangelicalism. And in both that conversation and a note he posted while ahead of time, Griffin shared a quote from my book that he really liked...
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Author of “In Defense of Evangelicalism” (forthcoming 2026), “Untrustworthy,” and “A Flexible Faith.” Deputy editor at Christianity Today and fellow at Defense Priorities. Opinions here are mine.
What’s the moral life about? Let’s find out. Author/editor of ten books in theology/ethics. Words in Christianity Today, Christian Century, Comment, and on and on.
Pentecostal pastor theologian (with vibes). I’m the first ever theologian in residence at the Geneva Christian Study Center at U Iowa. I teach at Northern Seminary. And I’m the Pastor of Preaching and Theology at Resurrection Assembly of God
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