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Published articles:

          (Biblical Archaeological Society)

Links to some of my more popular and noteworthy blog articles and essays:

(Another) List of Top Evangelicals You Should Know 
What's So Special about Christianity, Anyway? 
God Will Often Give You More than You Can Handle 
1 Corinthians 13 (A Modern Translation) 
How to Be Miserable in Your Christian Life (Series Page) 
Glimpses of Grace: Jesus in the Old Testament (Series Page)
Did Jesus Really Exist? (or, Why You Shouldn't Trust Theology on TV) 
Do Christians and Muslims Worship the Same God? 
How Evangelicals Ruined Marriage 
Theological Bestiary (A Field Guide to Birds as Symbols of the Faith)
My Church's Role in Martin Luther King's Formation
How to Be Human in a Cyborg Age
Thinking Critically about Critical Thinking 
Exploding the Myth of the Dynamic Church 
Is Christianity in Danger of Vanishing? (Series Introduction) 
     Isa Al-Masih and the Christian Revival in the Muslim World
     My Grace Is with You: Christ's Call to India Bears Fruit
     From Beyond the Rivers of Cush: Africa's Christian Explosion
     Proclaiming Good News to the Poor: Revival in Latin America
     Much Greater Riches: A New Wave of Christian Belief among Jews
     Many Will Come from the East: The Explosive Growth of the Church in China
     The Surprising Persistence of Christian Faith in the Secularizing West
The Fulfillment of Islam: The Messiah and the Muslim World
We Need More Agnostics in Church 
Should Boys Be Allowed to Pretend They're Shooting Guns at Each Other? 
Should We Say "Merry Christmas"? 
How to Subvert Societal Delusions by Saying "Merry Christmas!"
Should Christians Celebrate Halloween? 
How to Celebrate Halloween as an Act of Christian Discipleship 
Is It OK to Call Easter "Easter"? 
What Is "Faith"? A Response to Neil deGrasse Tyson 
Have You Been Over-Sexualized by Our Culture? 
The Sign of the Cross in the Old Testament 
What Do Those Funny Letters Mean? A Guide to Symbolic Abbreviations in Church  
My Theological Statement 
Jesus' Baptism as a Re-Enactment of Creation
Stand in Prayer: Claiming Your Identity 
Prayer as the Fulfillment of Human Identity 
Prayer as the Essential Expression of Christian Faith 
Prayer Is Always Communal 
The Power of Communal Prayer 
Choosing a Worldview: Should We Judge from the Worst, or the Best? 
Fractals and the Beauty of Denominationalism 
"Vision" and the Church 
A Relationship with God 
The Pastor as Image-Bearer 
Caring When You Just Don't Care: Pastoral Ministry and Compassion Fatigue 
Keep the Words of This Prophecy: What Should We Do with Revelation? 
On Atheists and Apologetics (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3) 
The Meaning of Salvation: A Perspective from the Early Church Fathers 
Awestruck Musings: The Incarnation 
The Mysteries: Why Did Jesus Have to Die? 
Nothing Is Small to Us  
Fatherhood (or, What It's Like to Be God)
Navigating the Rapids of Life 
Do Something Great 
Finding God in the Smell of Mud 
A Call to Soulful Rest
Living All-Out for God
You Can('t) Change the World  
You Can Become All Flame 
Stealing Muffins
The Good News of God's Forgiveness
Being Thankful for All Things
How to Vote 
Becoming Missional (and Apparently Very Worried) 
Adoniram Judson's Missionary Legacy (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3 / Part 4)
On Being a Pastor-Writer 
Life in the Slow Lane 
On Music, and How to Be Human 
The Wonder of It All: A Look at Christian Mysticism 
Who Wrote Shakespeare's Plays? 
Neo-Monasticism (Essay Series) 
Technology Is Not Neutral 
Meekness and Polemics 
Can Politics Save the World? 
Facebook, Friendship, and Self-Knowledge 
On New Year's Resolutions 
Thoughts on Sports (Part 1 / Part 2 / Part 3) 
On Aging 
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