Had the privilege of sitting down with Doug & Mickey to chat about coming on board with Pro Ecclesia. We talked about the history of the journal, some of what's in the pipeline now, and where we hope to see it going. Have a listen! youtube.com/watch?v=Oj7V7Q…

Arrived in Iznik yesterday, where—1700 years ago that day—the first council of Nicaea was convened. Delighted to be here with a wonderful group of Wesleyan scholars.

This was a lot of fun; was the first of quarterly conversations with us three and Joshua Lee Harris (at Kings U in Edmonton).

It’s true. I moved traditions while a teenager and I’m sure that my departure didn’t fully exhibit these virtues. But I’ve seen it done by others—even some friends and professional theologians!—and it’s entirely possible.

Definitely in my top 5 SBL book hall purchases.

The division in education is going to be between those who see cognitive offloading in AI as licit and those who rightly see it as a fundamental betrayal of the ends of education.

Requiescat in pace to an absolute legend and master of St. Thomas.

Quarterly pod with Daniel Houck, Jordan Steffaniak, and Joshua Lee Harris, in which we weigh in on Richard Muller’s recent article on compatibilism & Reformed accounts of free choice. (HT Jordan for the accidental renaissance screengrab) podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/the…

Thrilled to share this news! Thanks to the incredible generosity of the Amos Family Foundation, Asbury is launching a PhD in Theology program. Start date of fall of 2027. More details to come.

Tim O’Connor kicking off the Midwest SCP conference on eschatology at Asbury Theological Seminary.

Midwest SCP day two: keynote by Eleonore Stump and banquet talk by Tim Pawl.

But Descartes at least still attributed passions to the body. The movements of blood and vital spirits in the brain causes, e.g., fear, and such movements imprint and leave traces on the brain. Think “hyper-Cartesian” is the term to go with if one wants to avoid using “gnostic.”

Dan Treier: faithful husband, father, teacher, theologian, friend.