Skip to main content Skip to footer
By Faith We Understand
  • About
  • C.V.
  • About
  • C.V.
  • Review: The Power Broker, by Robert Caro

    The Power Broker: Robert Moses and the Fall of New York by Robert A. Caro My rating: 5 of 5…
    April 11, 2022
  • Review: Finding the Right Hills to Die On by Gavin Ortlund

    Finding the Right Hills to Die On: The Case for Theological Triage by Gavin Ortlund My rating: 4 of 5…
    April 5, 2022
  • photo of head bust print artwork

    The Weakest Link in the Epistemological Blockchain is the Fallen Human Heart: Reflections on Jonathan Rauch’s The Constitution of Knowledge

    The Constitution of Knowledge: A Defense of Truth, by Jonathan Rauch (Washington, D.C.: Brookings Institution Press, 2021). I have such…
    December 29, 2021
  • Three More Ways to Love Your Neighbor through Social Media | BJU Chapel Sermon No. 2

    Turn to Matthew 22 please. We’re going to read Jesus’ love commands like we did yesterday: love God and neighbor.…
    December 25, 2021
  • Three Ways to Love Your Neighbor through Social Media | BJU Chapel Sermon No. 1

    Intro Turn to Matthew 22:34, and some of the most familiar but important words of the New Testament. In honor…
    December 25, 2021
  • Review of a New Book: Allen Guelzo on Robert E. Lee

    Robert E. Lee: A Life, by Allen C. Guelzo. Complicating current efforts to remove any monuments honoring Robert E. Lee,…
    November 30, 2021
  • Is the Textus Receptus Perfect in Every Jot and Tittle? Ambrose vs. Scrivener

    The following article is a slightly modified version of a lecture I delivered at BJU Seminary in Greenville, SC, on…
    November 23, 2021
  • Identity: A Biblical Worldview of Yourself (Part 2: Biblical Teaching)

    I delivered the following sermon at Tri-County Bible Church in Madison, Ohio, pastored by my longtime, respected friend Joe Tyrpak.…
    November 18, 2021
  • Why My Church Has Closed

    I am an extremely minor public figure, sort of semi-public. Sort of like the Richard Dean Anderson of redheaded Christian…
    November 11, 2021
  • Identity: A Biblical Worldview of Yourself (Part 1: Cultural Analysis)

    I delivered the following talk during the Sunday school hour at Tri-County Bible Church in Madison, Ohio, pastored by my…
    November 11, 2021
By Faith We Understand

© 2026