Shane O’Neill of Proven Men Ministries recently invited me onto their podcast to discuss a Christian theology of the body. Watch it below, or listen here.
Tag: Ethics
Christians and Coronavirus: Seeking Wisdom in Time of Confusion, #6: How Should the Church Respond?
Brad Littlejohn and I recently recorded a series of videos in which we discuss issues of wisdom that surround our response to the coronavirus crisis as Christians. In this sixth video and final video, we consider how the Church should respond.
Christians and Coronavirus: Seeking Wisdom in Time of Confusion, #5: Whom Do We Trust?
Brad Littlejohn and I recently recorded a series of videos in which we discuss issues of wisdom that surround our response to the coronavirus crisis as Christians. In this fifth video, we consider the crisis of trust that influences people’s responses to the coronavirus.
Christians and Coronavirus: Seeking Wisdom in Time of Confusion, #4: Tradeoffs—Lives, Livelihoods, and Freedoms
Brad Littlejohn and I recently recorded a series of videos in which we discuss issues of wisdom that surround our response to the coronavirus crisis as Christians. In this fourth video, we consider how best to consider some of the tradeoffs that we are currently facing.
Science and the Good (with Dr Paul Nedelisky)
On this week’s Mere Fidelity, Derek, Matt, and I are joined by Dr Paul Nedelisky to discuss his co-authored book, Science and the Good: The Tragic Quest for the Foundations of Morality.
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John 7—Is It Ever OK To Lie?
In John 7, Jesus’ brothers urge him to go to the feast in Judaea. He declines, stating he will not go. His brothers set off without him. But then Jesus *does* go. Secretly. Halfway through the feast, he makes himself quite public by teaching in the temple.
What’s up with this? Why did he lie to his brothers? He’s Jesus, so he must have known he was going to attend the feast, and that what he was saying to his brothers wasn’t true. And why did he keep a low profile there, around everyone, if he was just going to end up teaching in the temple anyway?
Theopolis Podcast: Rituals and Epistemology with Dr Dru Johnson

Peter Leithart and I are joined by Dr Dru Johnson, with whom we discuss the connection between ritual and epistemology.
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What’s the Pastoral Use of Typology?
I very much appreciate your keen eye for typology and the like. As a pastor, I continually find myself thinking “That’s cool. So what?” I know that’s what many of my parishioners are thinking, so I try to show the importance and application of intertextual connections. I’d very much like to hear your reflections on the pastoral value of typology.
Living as People of the Light
Why Doesn’t Paul Say More About Evangelism?
Given that Paul is the most prominent evangelist / church planter in the Bible, why are exhortations to evangelize seemingly so rare in his work? In many parts of the evangelical church we seem to foreground the need for evangelism and background discussion of ethics, should we reverse this?
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