Civilian Theologians are Killing Public Theology Three weeks ago, I gave Mac Loftin an open invitation to reply to my public response to his column at The Christian Century; Who Wills the Collapse? ...

Fourteen saints, one epilogue, and a question I still can't answer cleanly. Every Friday, before grunts get cut loose for liberty, somebody with rank has to stand up and give the safety brief. Don't ...

Thanks to decades of civil rights advocacy, federal law now protects Americans from discrimination on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, sexual orientation, gender expressi...

In his first statement since the news broke, Sheeran also defended his apolitical public stance.

Russell Moore, in "Culture War Is Not Spiritual Warfare," wants to rescue spiritual warfare from culture war. He's right that Ephesians 6 doesn't authorize treating a political opponent as a demon. A ...

This post recovers the fuller newspaper history cut from Chapter 2.14, where I trimmed a decade and a half of press coverage down to a single anchor story. The full record is worth having in one place...

In 2009, Congress passed the Matthew Shepard and James Byrd Jr. Hate Crimes Prevention Act (HCPA) , best known for extending federal hate-crimes protection based on sexual orientation and gender iden...

*Honest caveat up front: the exact size of the racial disparity discussed below is something I'm still reconciling against my own earlier research, and I'll update this post once that's settled. The d...

This is drawn from the revision of the Ralph chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

From Irene Morgan to Brown v. Board This is drawn from the revision of the Ralph chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

Writing the Wake of War

This is drawn from the revision of the Ralph chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

“Let My Right Hand Forget Its Cunning” This is drawn from the revision of the Ralph chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

This is drawn from the revision of the Ralph chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

Use it or lose it 🤷 This is drawn from the revision of the Ralph chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

The following was shared recently with a nonprofit board of directors in response to a request for a vision for a retail space I started building. The Chapter House was born from refusing to give up....

What 2 Timothy 2:4 Actually Says This is drawn from the revision of the Ignatius chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

Writing the Wake of War

This is drawn from the revision of the Ignatius chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

This is drawn from the revision of the Ignatius chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

On Leitourgia This is drawn from the revision of the Ignatius chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

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The Lost Jewish Rhythm Behind Christian Prayer I'm knee-deep in revisions on the Ignatius chapter for the second edition of God Is a Grunt right now, and I had to cut something I didn't want to cut....

A 500-Year-Old Prophecy Finds Joan of Arc This is drawn from the revision of the Joan chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

…Not a Casserole Committee This is drawn from the revision of the Joan chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.

…and Got Written Out of the Org Chart This is drawn from the revision of the Joan chapter in the second edition of God Is a Grunt.