What is marriage?
What Is Marriage? can be credited for reviving natural law arguments about the nature of marriage within the public square as well as the evangelical world.
Can Christians be gay? An inquiry
The gay Christian might remind other Christians of certain aspects or possibilities of non-sexual relationships that we may be prone to forget otherwise.
Prudence > Courage
The language of prudence has an archaic, outmoded quality that reminds us more of Puritan naming practices than a virtue that is indispensable for our lives together.
The media, evangelicals, and me: on being a pessimist in a progressive age
Christians shouldn’t assume that the ‘journey’ on sexual ethics only goes from orthodoxy to progressivism.
A tale of two deaths
Whatever theological claim we might make about death, many of us are gripped by an inescapable instinct that it poses a challenge to us, that it raises a question about the meaning of our lives to which we must provide an answer.
The Fatal Tensions of the Fight Churches
What should we make of so-called ‘fight churches’?
The lavishness of friendship and a world beyond vows
What should we make of the idea of ‘covenented friendships’?
Which generous spaciousness for gay Christians?
The book is written for those for whom “simplistic, black and white answers on these questions will not suffice.”
On disrespectable Christianity
Many of the most hopeful and best parts of evangelicalism the past fifteen years have been encompassed by an incipient desire for respectability.
In Defence of War: A reflection
Nigel Biggar’s masterful book on war does not quite win the argument against the pacifists.
Further thoughts on World Vision
It was not clear that the decision to withdraw funding from World Vision entails that there is *more* concern for opposing homosexuality than for helping children.
On whether Christians should keep supporting World Vision
World Vision tried to change its policies surrounding gay marriage. This is how I responded.
On the meaning of “Heterosexuality”
‘Orientation’ and ‘identity’ are both concepts that should be jettisoned for theological ethics.
The Politics of Silence: Questions for Peter Leithart
Conservatives might want to think more seriously about the value of silence in the culture war.
On the number of zygote deaths and the meaning of pro-life
Does the number of embryo deaths imperil the pro-life position?
4 ways to tell if your spiritual questions are good ones
There is such a thing as stupid questions. Here’s how to avoid them.
