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Twenty Twenty: Year-end reflections

I looked over my post at the end of last year and had to laugh at all the places I thought I would be going in 2020. We live a quiet life in Iowa, and so it is nice to balance routine with a change…

Justin BaileyDecember 29, 2020

Books Friday Five

Friday Five: Top Books of 2020

It's the time of year when book awards are being given out. Here are the ten books (two sets of five) published this year that have been the most generative for my thinking, scholarship, and formation. First, here are five recently books I have not…

Justin BaileyDecember 18, 2020

Articles & Essays Christian Witness & Apologetics Imagination

Reimagining “Pre-Apologetics”? Responding to Trevin Wax’s TGC Review

Being a first time author is a series of wonderful firsts. Signing a first book contract. Seeing the cover art for the first time. Holding the first physical copy in your hand. Finally, the novel surprise that people are actually buying, reading, and taking your work…

Justin BaileyDecember 11, 2020

Book Reviews In All Things

Exercising Hope: A Review of Reading While Black

This summer I found myself as disappointed with the church as I have ever been. I say this as a person who loves the church deeply, who is thoroughly embedded in the church, and who preaches most Sundays. But this summer it seemed to me…

Justin BaileyDecember 1, 2020

Confessional In All Things Short Articles

When Words Are Weapons: Inside a Crisis of Faith

Lately, I’ve been having a crisis of faith. But I am not doubting the presence or goodness of God—what I am doubting is the power and goodness of words. Let me explain: my work is words. Every day I wake up to pore over, prepare,…

Justin BaileySeptember 22, 2020

Book Excerpts Books Christian Witness & Apologetics

Apologetics: Culture War or Culture Care? (book excerpt)

Here is this week's excerpt from Reimagining Apologetics (which I have just heard is in the warehouse!) In this slightly modified selection from chapter seven, I draw a contrast between apologetics as a part of culture war and apologetics in the mode of culture care.…

Justin BaileySeptember 7, 2020

Book Excerpts Books Christian Witness & Apologetics

Is There a Protestant Imagination?(book excerpt)

This week's excerpt comes from chapter six of Reimagining Apologetics, a chapter titled, "Baptizing Imaginations." In this chapter I consider the theological projects of my conversation partners. I ask about the limits of imaginative hospitality and whether the approach is too open-ended, underestimating human depravity.…

Justin BaileyAugust 31, 2020

Teaching Reflections

Teaching Snapshot: Teaching the Bible

This week I've been sharing a glimpse of each of the four courses I'm teaching this semester. My fourth class is called Teaching the Bible. Here's the trailer I prepared for the course: https://youtu.be/Pl-pQ0b8ySo I find this class challenging to teach, at least in the…

Justin BaileyAugust 27, 2020

Teaching Reflections

Teaching Snapshot: Christian Ethics

The class I'm most excited to teach this semester is Christian Ethics. It's a new class for me, and I always enjoy teaching new classes because you sort of figure it out with the students as you go. Plus, preparing for the class has meant…

Justin BaileyAugust 26, 2020

Teaching Reflections

Teaching Snapshot: Biblical Study Methods

Another course I teach every year is called Biblical Study Methods. It is a class required for all theology majors and minors. Here are the textbooks for the class. We'll spend half the time talking about the Bible, and half the time knee deep in…

Justin BaileyAugust 25, 2020

Justin Bailey

Twenty Twenty: Year-end reflections

Friday Five: Top Books of 2020

Reimagining “Pre-Apologetics”? Responding to Trevin Wax’s TGC Review

Exercising Hope: A Review of Reading While Black

When Words Are Weapons: Inside a Crisis of Faith

Apologetics: Culture War or Culture Care? (book excerpt)

Is There a Protestant Imagination?(book excerpt)

Teaching Snapshot: Teaching the Bible

Teaching Snapshot: Christian Ethics

Teaching Snapshot: Biblical Study Methods

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