Experimental Theology

...trudging into the distance in the bleeding stinking mad shadow of Jesus...the Lord out of dust had created him, had made him blood and nerve and mind, had made him to bleed and weep and think, and set him in a world of loss and fire... --Flannery O'Connor

4.07.2026

Willing to Die for an Especially Good Alien: A Reflection on "Project Hail Mary"

Jana and I followed the crowds to see Project Hail Mary this weekend. The movie was great, and we've been told the book is even better....

4.06.2026

An Incarnational Politics: Revisiting Trinity, Perichoresis, and Projection

In 2021 I shared a series of reflections on Karen Kilby’s essay, “Perichoresis and Projection: Problems with Social Doctrines of the Trinity...

4.05.2026

To Run Wild With the Hope

Jana and I have long loved the music of Rich Mullins. In college we got to see him in concert, which he preformed in a white t-shirt, torn j...

4.03.2026

Psalm 148

"Praise him, sun and moon; praise him, all you shining stars." Psalm 148 is a song of cosmic praise. Structurally, we behold a lay...

4.02.2026

The Good News of God’s Impassibility: Part 3, You Don't Want an Emotional God

Last post in this quixotic series trying to get people to cozy up to the word “impassibility.” To start, let me just say this by way of clar...

4.01.2026

The Good News of God’s Impassibility: Part 2, An Analogy of Relation

In the last post I argued that God’s impassibility is good news. God is love, and God’s love never changes no matter what humans might do. T...

3.31.2026

The Good News of God’s Impassibility: Part 1, God's Love Doesn't Change

I have regularly defended the classical theist claim that God is impassible. This can be jarring for readers who come to this conversation f...

3.30.2026

On Calvinism and Arminianism: Part 3, Myself and Grace

Let me summarize the last two posts. First, both Calvinists and Arminians are striving to defend something good. Calvinists want to defend t...

3.27.2026

Psalm 147

"Hallelujah!" Psalm 147 is the last in the series of what scholars call the "Final Hallel" psalms. The Final Hallel psal...

3.26.2026

On Calvinism and Arminianism: Part 2, Imposing Explanations on Mysteries

Before I get to my conciliatory reflections regarding the Calvinism–Arminianism debate, let me say something in this post about why this deb...

3.25.2026

On Calvinism and Arminianism: Part 1, Grace and God's Moral Reputation

I’d like to make some conciliatory comments about the perennial debate between Calvinism and Arminianism. But before I do that, we need a qu...

3.24.2026

There are Two Ways to Die: The Green Martyrdom of the Celtic Saints

I shared this reflection from Hunting Magic Eels during Lent three years ago, making a connection between Celtic Christianity and ascetica...

3.23.2026

The Logos Bleeds

There is what is known as a “cosmic Christology.” Taking cues from John 1 and Colossians 1, a cosmic Christology describes Christ, as Logos,...

3.20.2026

Psalm 146

"Put not your trust in princes, in a son of man, in whom there is no salvation." Welp, that's my political theology in a n...

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