Outstanding episode from @trevinwax.bsky.social looking at how digital life is shaping us, our perceptions, expectations, and relationships, featuring @lmsacasas.bsky.social, Christine Rosen, and @samueldjames.bsky.social. podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/r...

I’d appreciate your prayers as I’m away for the weekend working on a kids version of the counter-catechism project Thomas West and I have coming out this summer. We pray this will be a great tool for discipleship for churches and families.

“When I consider why uneasiness, concerns, and quarrels have been on the rise in multiple denominations and traditions…I can’t help but wonder if, in many cases, the issue isn’t a lack of visibility into church life but rather overexposure.” @trevinwax.bsky.social mereorthodoxy.com/denomination...

Looking forward to preaching at this event at Beeson, as well as interacting with several lectures from Alister McGrath. Brave the heat of Birmingham this July and join us!

The most joyous part of any book project is writing the acknowledgments. Make it a habit to read the acknowledgments in books - you will find that behind each work is a village of people’s support, insight, and help.

“We think our phone habits are personal, but when millions of people prioritize their screens over the world around them, the consequences ripple outward.” @trevinwax.bsky.social www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

I'm over at @mereorthodoxy.bsky.social today revisiting the variety of course-types I experienced in seminary, and offering a proposal for what theological education could look like in a world with fewer residential students. mereorthodoxy.com/reimagining-...

Prayerlessness is our declaration of independence from God. - Daniel Henderson

What seems like an individual choice—taking selfies or curating an image—changes the experience for everyone else. We think our phone habits are personal, but the consequences ripple outward. www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

The enemy of your enemy might actually be another enemy.

Season 3 has launched! First two episodes released today: 1. What If We Can't Rebuild (feat. Mark Sayers) 2. Three Waves That Have Shaped Your Church Listen wherever you get your podcasts.

Then came across this from @trevinwax.bsky.social in which he, sounding a similar note to Ian, observes, “Honesty about our doubt is a virtue, but it’s the 𝘩𝘰𝘯𝘦𝘴𝘵𝘺 that’s commendable, not the doubt itself.” (2/2) www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

Over the holidays, I watched the new film Conclave, a look at the secretive world of Vatican traditions and the political maneuvering of cardinals as they gather to elect a pope. I didn't appreciate the film's take on faith, doubt, and certainty. www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

The cover story for @theatlantic.bsky.social this month is a somber look at the increasingly isolating tendencies of Americans today. But Derek Thompson is admirable in that he doesn't interpret the trends in a pessimistic fatalist fashion. www.theatlantic.com/magazine/arc...

In pondering the many lessons from Theo of Golden, I’ve been thinking about how compelling holiness can be in a world that has forgotten the sacred dignity of humanity and the high calling God has for us. Here's a puzzle I’ve wrestled with for some time. www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

My kind of diet.

Good insight here from Taylor Combs -- contrasting moral vs. doctrinal preaching, and advocating affectional preaching, aimed at the transformation of the heart. www.christianitytoday.com/2025/01/lost...

New post -- For someone just beginning their faith journey, a “verse of the day” practice may do more harm than good. www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

Typing up my old prayer journals and today I came across this note from 25 years ago this month. The first time I read Confessions. Tonight I finished my 2025 read-through. This year, from Anthony Esolen, whose translation is remarkable.

We in the contemporary Western world are citizens of malaise. We are more likely than any generation prior to throw off religious or moral restraints, yet we are less likely than any generation prior to actually enjoy the fruit of that freedom. www.digitalliturgies.net/p/the-worst-...

Tim Challies provides a Canadian Christian perspective on recent challenges there, the relationship with the United States, and ways of praying for our neighbors to the north. www.challies.com/articles/the...

Paul Kingsnorth's lecture "Against Christian Civilization" is the best kind of audacious. But his sweeping arguments are hindered by significant gaps. I offer some pushback here. www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

Here's @ronniemartin.bsky.social with some good suggestions on reimagining prayer (through the psalms) this year @newchurches.bsky.social www.newchurches.com/article/reim...

"It’s also so much easier to destroy and debunk than to build. Whether it’s a complex institution or a tower of blocks, knocking things over is so much quicker than construction." currentpub.com/2024/12/05/w...

A good challenge from Wyatt Graham ca.thegospelcoalition.org/columns/detr...

When we long for God to be the GPS of our soul, what we are really longing for is to avoid the messy dynamics of maturation. We don’t want to struggle through the reality of transformation, so we seek paths where we won’t have to transform. kylestrobel.substack.com/p/god-as-gps...

New post - Is Eastern Orthodoxy the Next Big Thing for Young Men? What we see in the stats... What we can learn from the stories... www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

Today is a new opportunity to repent of log-jammed eyes rather than act as chair of a speck removal company.

"One of the reasons we don’t temper our use of social media and smartphones is that during moments of physical and mental exhaustion we cope by turning to technology of distraction to entertain us." @oalannoble.bsky.social newsletter.oalannoble.com/p/if-we-know...

It is vain to learn to enjoy sport, or to enjoy art, or to enjoy festivity, if we have not learned the fundamental function—how to enjoy enjoyment.

"Recently, an aged house-church pastor died in one of China’s global cities. Unlike the many famous Christians whose obituaries you read, you’ve never heard this pastor’s name." www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/chin...

We can work toward appreciating and striving for excellence in art from Christians in the next generation, while still showing appreciation for the work of Christians in the past. www.thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/trevin...

I’ve enjoyed a couple conversations already with Brazilian believers digging into The Thrill of Orthodoxy, now in Portuguese. Will you pray with me for this book to assist in the good work of faithful churches in countries where Portuguese is spoken?

"This theological history takes the yoke of the human condition off the shoulders of parents. It gives us the philosophical anchor, the confidence, not to shy away from the full reality of human nature as we find it in ourselves and our children." thedispatch.com/newsletter/d...

If pride (making much of self) is the root of all sin, then worship (making much of God) is the root of all holiness.

Kudos to Chad Spellman @cedarville.bsky.social and Fontes Press for providing a terrific introduction to one of the most important church fathers. A perfect blend of excerpts with just the right amount of commentary — all in understandable English.

New Year’s morning. Every new year begins with this classic. Looking forward to Anthony Esolen’s translation this year.

Merry Christmas!

The greatest hindrance to understanding the Bible is not historical but spiritual distance. - Kevin Vanhoozer

In the world today, we are not in a crisis of experience; we are in a crisis of perception. Life is ablaze, yet we are often blind to the flames. - @jontyson.bsky.social

Being a fellow for the Keller Center for Cultural Apologetics has been intellectually stimulating and spiritually refreshing for me personally. Honored to join these fellow fellows for a conversation about apologetics, evangelism, and the future of the church. Join us! #tgc25

In the studio today recording narration for season 3 of Reconstructing Faith. Coming in January!

The writer in me is always annoyed when I see emails or advertisements that say "free gift." Isn't that redundant?

A terrific overview of Byung-Chul Han, one of today's most perceptive philosophers -- with strong contemporary relevance www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/mode...

I am fine with dramatization of Bible stories in film... however... The virgin Mary throwing Baby Jesus (in a basket) to Joseph from a thatched roof that's on fire, as Herod's soldiers massacre the people inside... Well, that's a little much, Netflix.

All this indescribable thing that we call the Christmas atmosphere only hangs in the air as something like a lingering fragrance or fading vapor from the exultant explosion of that one hour in the Judean hills nearly two thousand years ago.

Brad East making the case we should lean into and not away from what seems weird in a secular age. Angels!

Man, I love this. www.youtube.com/watch?v=o4Ol...

I feel like I’ve leveled up in life. I got deputized to tend to the fire in Tolkien’s fireplace at North Wind Manor this morning.