4.21.2026

Speculative Reflections on Atonement, Punishment, and Guilt: Part 4, The Suffering Servant

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Okay, so I want to start making a turn toward Christology in this serial speculation. We'll start with Isaiah 53. In the last post, I de...
4.20.2026

Speculative Reflections on Atonement, Punishment, and Guilt: Part 3, Paying the Penalty and Serving the Term

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The other place where we see high-handed sin forgiven in Scripture concerns the people of Israel. There are many places where we can see thi...
4.17.2026

Psalm 150

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"Let everything that breathes praise the Lord" The Psalms end with a final call to praise. There is no narrative. No petition. No ...
4.16.2026

Speculative Reflections on Atonement, Punishment, and Guilt: Part 2, David and Psalm 51

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Recall the description of high-handed sin from Numbers 15:30–31: But whoever acts high-handedly [i.e., "defiantly" (NET), "br...
4.15.2026

Speculative Reflections on Atonement, Punishment, and Guilt: Part 1, The Cultic Function of Atonement

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Since my recent reflection on "falling from grace," bringing Numbers 15 into that conversation, I've been ruminating and messi...
4.14.2026

War with the Dragon Who is Wasting Fairyland

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I've been reading Wisdom and Innocence: A Life of G.K. Chesterton . The book pointed me toward some of Chesterton's reflections abou...
4.13.2026

Against the Dark Christians: The Selfless Way of Christ

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The late Henri Nouwen wrote a lovely book entitled  The Selfless Way of Christ . The book seems timely and prophetic to me given how, on the...
4.10.2026

Psalm 149

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"a double-edged sword in their hands, inflicting vengeance on the nations" We're coming to the end of this series! One more d...
4.09.2026

The Shape of Joy: Findings from Waves 1 and 2 of the Global Flourishing Study

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Yesterday, the  Global Flourishing Study made the data from Wave 1 and Wave 2 from their project available to the public . The dataset incl...
4.08.2026

The Engine and the Paint Job: Warrant Theology and the Crisis of Christian Distinctiveness in Higher Education

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In 2022 I shared a lecture at a conference hosted by my school, reflections I shared online shortly after. A recent conversation with some o...