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Panel Discussion at Bethlehem
I came to this conference to speak about the doctrine of the Holy Spirit, which I did. But it also turned out that I was pretty conspicuously the most unCalvinist theologian at the event, so my…
The Holy Spirit (Bethlehem Conference)Theology for Everyone Conference, Bethlehem College and Seminary
Bethlehem College and Seminary had a good idea for a theology conference: they invited authors from Crossway’s Short Studies in Systematic Theology series to come together and present the big ideas from their little books. I…
What Not to Read: Bad Theology
On April 1 (no joke) 2025, I spoke at Lewis House, a Christian study center in Lexington, KY. Derek King invited me to talk about bad books and harmful reading. It’s an important topic, and I…
The Doctrine of God: Fullness and Work
For a symposium on faith and work, I wrote an article about the doctrine of God. The central idea is that Christians confess God to be infinitely abundant and full, and that this view of God…
Foreword to Hames’ Cyril of Alexandria: His Life & Impact
Daniel Hames, Cyril of Alexandria: His Life and Impact (Christian Focus, 2024). In the Early Church Fathers series, edited by Michael A.G. Haykin and Shawn J. Wilhite. Foreword by Fred Sanders Reputations rise and fall, but…
The Eternal Love of Godfrom Thaddeus Williams' Revering God
My Biola colleague Thaddeus Williams invited me to write a short, personal account of how the truth of the Trinity had affected my life. The brief report (less than a thousand words) was one of a…
Podcast-ioque with Gavin Ortlund
I love the doctrine of the Holy Spirit’s eternal procession, and furthermore I think the question of the Son’s involvement in that procession is important. But I also think it’s important not to fuss about it…
“Only Begotten Son: The Doctrinal Functions of Eternal Generation”
Matthew Barrett has edited a large set of essays On Classical Trinitarianism: Retrieving the Nicene Doctrine of the Triune God (IVP Academic, 2024). My contribution to the volume is chapter 24, on the doctrine of eternal…
Think Biblically on the Holy Spirit
Here’s my appearance on Sean McDowell and Scott Rae’s Think Biblically podcast. Actually I think this is the cooler edit for Sean’s YouTube channel.
The Doctrine of the Son: Trinitarian Christology for the Sake of the Gospel2024 Deere-Hester Lecture at Gateway Seminary
I was invited to give the 2024 Deere-Hester lecture at Gateway Seminary in Ontario, California. I’ve collaborated with Gateway faculty and friends on several projects over the years, and was honored to make the trip and…
10 Things You Should Know About the Holy Spirit
1. If you know the doctrine of the Trinity, you already know the most important things about the Holy Spirit. Christians confess that the one God eternally exists as Father, Son, and Holy Spirit. This is…
Polar Opposite Misunderstandings of the Holy SpiritSub-personal or Hyper-personalized
A three-minute video about two ways of misunderstanding the Spirit’s personhood.
Foreword to Anderson’s Called into Questions
Matthew Lee Anderson has written a book on the nature of questions in the life of faith, and I commend it to you. In fact, I commend it so much that I wrote a couple pages…
Pauline Trinitarianism from The Trinity in the Canon
Brandon Smith has edited an impressive set of essays on the Biblical doctrine of the Trinity, entitled The Trinity in the Canon (B&H, 2023). Weighing in at 15 chapters in 483 pages, the volume is a…
The Trinity is Not a Problem!
I went on Sean McDowell’s podcast to field apologetics-oriented questions about the Trinity.
Why Christmas is Bigger than EasterThe Incarnation exists for the Atonement, but it is also so much more.
Wait … is this actually on the Incarnation? If you take up Athanasius’s fourth-century classic On the Incarnation for your Advent or Christmas reading, you’ll likely find yourself asking this very question. For you’ll soon make the discovery that…
To Be God is to Be HappyEnjoying Divine Blessedness
When Paul says, “Blessed be the God and Father of our Lord Jesus Christ, who has blessed us,” he uses the same word twice: blessed (Ephesians 1:3). A moment’s thought, however, shows that God blesses us altogether differently…
Review of Roger Olson’s Against Liberal TheologyA Nonconservative’s Plea to Those Leaving Conservative Churches
In the preface of Roger Olson’s new book, Against Liberal Theology, we meet a particular type of exvangelical all too familiar in this age of disillusionment and deconstruction. As Olson describes this tribe, “They grew up in…
