Confronting the Wrong in the World
Uses the examples of Socrates and Jesus to discuss how individuals should confront wrong in the world.
The Grand Inquisitor: A Review
Reviews "The Grand Inquisitor" scene from Dostoyevsky's "The Brothers Karamazov."
2025 Commencement Address
Addresses the Gutenberg College graduating class of 2025.
The Art of Discussion Leading
Discusses the benefits and obstacles of leading discussions and offers aids to good discussion.
An Education in the Things That Last
Describes the impact of a Gutenberg College education.
The Independent Mind in Pursuit of Truth
Discusses the importance of an independent mind when pursuing truth.
Skilled Reading and the Art of Interpretation
Discusses the skill of reading well as it relates to learning to interpret well.
Visible Roots
Reflects on many years' experience with Gutenberg and the importance of "roots."
Exegesis, Love, and Suffering
Addresses the 2024 Gutenberg graduating class.
Independence of Mind
Explores the American value of independence of mind.
Taking Off and Putting On
Explores the idea of authenticity, as used by both contemporary culture and the Bible.
A Meditation on Trees
Uses one person's story to explore our relationship to nature and to its Creator.
Interpreting the Parable of the Prodigal Son
Focuses on the Parable of the Prodigal Son to discuss two common difficulties interpreters face when interpreting the parables.
Truth Is Faith’s Greatest Ally
Examines three ways that pursuing truth is an ally to faith.
2023 Gutenberg College Commencement Address
Addresses Gutenberg's 2023 graduating class and encourages them to continue the process of "becoming."
The Inadequacy of Virtue
Explores "virtue" and whether it should be the goal of life for Christians.
ChatGPT
Examines a recent addition to artificial intelligence technology.
Humbly Offered Hazards of Historical Study
Discusses the study of history and how it is much more than "just the facts."
Textbooks Always Lie
Proposes that textbooks lie--not in what they say but in the way they say it.
Is Suffering Meaningless?
Examines the biblical view of the meaning of suffering.