2.16.2026

The Misperception of Christ

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In light of my recent post describing the power of Satan as delusion and misperception, I pulled some posts together from a series I did a f...
2.13.2026

Psalm 141

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"make haste to me"  When we reflected on Psalm 59 I shared how, in  Hunting Magic Eels , I describe the  lorica  prayers from the ...
2.12.2026

Your Worth is Not Your Work: Reflections on Identity, Calling, and Vocation

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As a college professor working with young people who are choosing majors and career paths, you spend a lot of time talking about identity, c...
2.11.2026

Do Not Be Deceived: On Perception and the Demonic

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In my Psychology and Christianity class we were in a unit discussing faith and mental health. I was sharing insights from The Shape of Joy ....
2.10.2026

The Beatitudes and Human Flourishing: Part 5, "Because"

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As Jonathan Pennington describes in  The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commentary , if we translate makarios in ...
2.09.2026

The Beatitudes and Human Flourishing: Part 4, Jesus' Answer to the Great Human Question of Happiness

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Having made his argument for translating makarios as "flourishing" in the Beatitudes, Jonathan Pennington goes on in The Sermon o...
2.06.2026

Psalm 140

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“viper’s venom is under their lips” Psalm 140 blends many of the themes found throughout the Psalms. First, there is a plea for protection: ...
2.05.2026

The Beatitudes and Human Flourishing: Part 3, Asre versus Brk

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In the last post we described Jonathan Pennington's argument from  The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Commenta...
2.04.2026

The Beatitudes and Human Flourishing: Part 2, Makarios and Asre

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As introduced in the last post, Jonathan Pennington argues in his book  The Sermon on the Mount and Human Flourishing: A Theological Comment...
2.03.2026

The Beatitudes and Human Flourishing: Part 1, "Flourishing Are the..."

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Last year, after 18 years serving as the Chair for the Department of Psychology here at ACU, I stepped away from that role to take up a new ...
2.02.2026

"Low in the Grave He Lay": A Christus Victor Hymn

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Regular readers know that one of the spiritual highlights of my week is leading hymns at the start of the Bible study I lead on Monday eveni...
1.30.2026

Psalm 139

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"Where can I go to escape your Spirit? Where can I flee from your presence? If I go up to heaven, you are there; if I make my bed in ...
1.29.2026

God Is Not a Hot Mess: Wrath and Guilt as Anti-Relation to Love

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In yesterday’s post I described how classical theism contradicts (to my eye) penal substitutionary atonement. That is to say, if we describe...
1.28.2026

Classical Theism Contradicts Penal Substitutionary Atonement

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Over the last few years I have been describing Jesus’ death on the cross as a theophany of God’s love for us. I expound on this in my upcomi...