The Bard Owl
Nicholas McDonaldBooks. Culture. Jesus.
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A Good Review and a Bad Review
I’ve been really fortunate to have lots of kind, generous reviews of my book, “The Light in Our Eyes”. But occasionally, there’s a bad one. By “bad” I don’t mean “they didn’t like it,”, but, “this reviewer revealed far more about themselves...
Fixing Inerrancy: A 7 Step Guide to Dealing with Gospel Contradictions
A few weeks ago, I posted a response to Bart Ehrman’s interview with Ross Douthat, in which Ehrman argues against the historicity of the miraculous events in the Gospel accounts. I followed that up a couple of weeks ago with a deeper dive i...
notes for the weekend: project hail mary
I know I’m a beat late on the Project Hail Mary hype train, but I wanted to both watch the film and read the book before I wrote anything about it. Plenty has been written, so not much more needs to be said. The book is great. The film is g...
My Book on Deconstruction, Doubt and Finding Renewal is $1.99 Today!
Hey All,
I’m excited to let you know that you can buy my book, “The Light in Our Eyes”, for $1.99 today! It’s partially a memoir about my own deconstruction and renewal journey, partially a deep dive into Zechariah’s prayer of renewal in...
A Scholar and Pastor Talk Bart Ehrman's NY Times Interview
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I promised a couple of weeks ago, after publishing my article on Bart Ehrman’s interview with Ross Douthat, that I’d have a more in-depth follow up. I knew just the person to ask, too: my friend Tim Lecroy has his doctorate in hi...
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Post-deconstruction PCA Pastor, author (“The Light in Our Eyes”, Penguin/Random House 2025), culture vulture. Studied creative writing at Oxford University, M.Div from Gordon Conwell. Published @ Christianity Today, Mere Orthodoxy, Gospel Coalition.
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