Assorted Lukewarm Odyssey Takes
These takes are about as bold as Nolan's color palette
The Nicene Nerd
In which a silly Christian nerd rambles on a usual assortment of things like theology, politics, computers, Tolkien, Owl City, ethics, etc.
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Speculations: 1000 Ways Not to Die
A thought exercise about a world without the Fall
Accidentally Alive in an Age of AI
Shin scars, Dr. Elmo, and individuation
Like Father, Like Son?
Comparing E. R. Smith and his firstborn
Sola Scriptura and Shapeshifting Strawmen
A response to David Reece
Tweeting Scholastically against Abortion
A man can get carried away
Are There More Gods Than One?
Michael Heiser, Larry Sanger, and the Twitter Battle Lines
The CREC Scholastic? Part VII-I: “FV 2K” Ecclesiology
The first half of the post in which I trigger as many people as possible
Sixth Grade Easter
A couple reflections on this Grand Sunday, courtesy of my students
“Who Will I Be?”
Continuing my 16 year feud with a Disney movie
Apologetics in Many Modes
Well, basically just two-ish
“According to My Righteousness”
On the prayers of David
High of 75
C. S. Lewis, Thomas Aquinas, and Matt Thiessen on feelings
Useful Maxims
Stock sayings, formulae, and definitions from ye olden days that slowly changed my life
Lecta 2025
A quick line about each book I read in 2025
Whether Jesus Is Literally a Door
A serious response to a, uh, “serious” argument
Three Kinds of Righteousness
Elegant and satisfying distinctions from old Reformed thought
Natural and Squishy?
Twitter-prompted reflections on “wax nose” uses of natural law
The CREC Scholastic? Part VI: “Sounds FV”
An oversimplified account of my position vis-a-vis the “Federal Vision”
A Future for Fellowship
Eschatological hope for the unsociable social animal