Justin Bailey, Author at Justin Ariel Bailey

Articles & Essays Confessional Short Articles

In gratitude for Tim Keller (1950-2023)

From Christianity Today: https://www.christianitytoday.com/news/2023/may/tim-keller-dead-redeemer-new-york-pastor-cancer.html Tim Keller passed away on Friday, May 19, 2023. I cried when I learned about it. This is my tribute, in gratitude for his ministry. I first heard about Tim Keller about 20 years ago, during my first year in seminary.…

Justin BaileyMay 20, 2023

Confessional

Twenty Twenty Two: Year-end review & reflections

And just like that we come to the end of another calendar year. Here are some snapshots, highlights, and reflections from the year of teaching, scholarship, ministry, and family life. Teaching at Dordt I taught five courses this year: Biblical Foundations, Aesthetics, Ethics, Leadership &…

Justin BaileyDecember 16, 2022

Books Lists

Bailey’s Book Awards: Favorite Reads from 2022

This is the week where people and places publish their list of the best books, "the books most likely to shape life, thought, and culture," as one list puts it. Despite having no reasonable expectation to be considered, it still bothers me way more than…

Justin BaileyDecember 14, 2022

Uncategorized

Summer Report: Where I’ve been…

A baseball game (White Sox vs Twins) with my friend Matt - great seats! One of the very best things about working in higher education is getting to follow the rhythms of the academic calendar. In between the spring and fall semester is this three…

Justin BaileyAugust 12, 2022

Confessional

Twenty Twenty One: Year-end reflections

I've decided to try to take the last two weeks of the year off from my to do lists – and hopefully away from the Internet as much as possible – so I'm writing my year end reflections a bit early. Here are some snapshots,…

Justin BaileyDecember 17, 2021

Books Lists

Bailey’s Book Awards: My Favorite Reads from 2021

Every year I set a goal to read 60 books (for class, for research, and for pleasure). Having just crossed the finish line, I’ve been reflecting on my year of reading. This means lamenting the lack of fiction (only 10) and poetry (0!) and making…

Justin BaileyDecember 15, 2021

Books Confessional

“Maybe It’s Enough”: Reimagining Apologetics Turns One

I finally got to see Reimagining Apologetics at the American Academy of Religion conference! I had planned to write this two months ago, when Reimagining Apologetics turned a year old (e.g., one year after its release date). I felt that inner call to write, along…

Justin BaileyDecember 2, 2021

Uncategorized

A Breakthrough Case: “Virality, Vitality, and Vulnerability”

Yesterday, I was planning to drive to Ames, Iowa, to give the Fall Areopagus lecture for a campus ministry at Iowa State. The lecture, which explores the relationship between theology and culture, is titled "Virality, Vitality, and Vulnerability." In the opening paragraph I talk about how…

Justin BaileySeptember 10, 2021

Uncategorized

And so the summer ends: 2021 life update

The Fall semester begins tomorrow, and I feel that nervous energy that always attends welcoming a new school year. Given everything going on in the world at the moment, and all that has happened over the last couple of years, I feel gravity and gratitude.…

Justin BaileyAugust 24, 2021

Confessional Lists

Reflections on Turning 40: 10 (More) Important Things I’ve Learned

I turned 40 today. Life has been too frenetic for me to give this milestone the reflection it deserves. But I did set aside one afternoon to give turning 40 some concentrated attention. When I turned 30, I wrote a series of posts on the…

Justin BaileyApril 15, 2021

Justin Bailey

In gratitude for Tim Keller (1950-2023)

Twenty Twenty Two: Year-end review & reflections

Bailey’s Book Awards: Favorite Reads from 2022

Summer Report: Where I’ve been…

Twenty Twenty One: Year-end reflections

Bailey’s Book Awards: My Favorite Reads from 2021

“Maybe It’s Enough”: Reimagining Apologetics Turns One

A Breakthrough Case: “Virality, Vitality, and Vulnerability”

And so the summer ends: 2021 life update

Reflections on Turning 40: 10 (More) Important Things I’ve Learned

Popular Posts

Recent Posts

Links

Contact

Meta