I teach Christian ethics, among other subjects, and I have found that trying to properly introduce the virtues is always an unsatisfying...

Did Jesus really die on a cross merely to inspire honorable, but otherwise unremarkable, lives?

I missed writing about Timothy and Titus (26 January), John Chrysostom (27 January), and Thomas Aquinas (28 January). So let me just say...

In the recent Marvel series “Loki,” a character refers to the master of the universe as “He Who Remains.” That is all: the one who...

Today is the Feast of St. Stephen, one of the two sad days during the Twelve Days of Christmas. Unlike the other sad day, the Feast of...

With the omicron variant stirring things up in new ways, we face the discouraging prospect of moving back into more restrictions as Year...

In Mark 9:33-37, Jesus asks his disciples what they were talking about on the road. What they should have been talking about was what he...

Here and here are two recent posts, for Christian Scholar’s Review, on my recent reading of an essay by Christian philosopher Nicholas...

The stereotype of the schizophrenic is a poor soul beleaguered by a cacophony of voices telling him what to do. But we all now are...

Reading I Corinthians 12 this morning, under the tutelage of John Barclay’s excellent Paul and the Power of Grace, I’m reminded of my...

Faith is often defined as a posture, an attitude, especially a posture or attitude of trust. I have gladly defined it that way myself....

My friend Tom Morris recently reminisced on Facebook about teachers who had blessed him in special ways over his life. His poignant...

New York Times columnist Nicholas Kristof has gotten a lot of attention recently for declaring that “This Has Been the Best Year Ever.”...

This week we confront the appalling suffering of the Rohingya people at the hands of their fierce former neighbours in Myanmar/Burma....

Evangelicals—at least, we white ones—are having a hard time in the public eye these days. Perhaps you’ve noticed. Jerry Falwell, Jr.,...

Alas, Christians are denounced still today by people who are confident they know what Christians believe and practice, but who clearly don’t

[The following is my address to the academic chapel of Crandall University this past September.] “The lyf so short, the craft so long to...

When I moved to Vancouver in 1998, once people found out I had been a guest of various radio hosts in Winnipeg and elsewhere, the...

[NOTE: This originally appeared in Geez (Winter 2012): 38-39. I sent a copy to a friend recently, and it made me think others might like...