Is Tolkien’s legendarium, like the Norse legends, driven more by despair than by hope? If all things seem to come to ruin, what is the place of hope in Middle-Earth? And if his mythology is meant to shed light on the Primary World - our…
Justin BaileyMay 12, 2020
https://www.facebook.com/drjustinbailey/posts/127644232240974 Graduates of Dordt University, President Hoekstra and members of the board, faculty, staff, parents, alumni, friends, and family: What a pleasure it is to deliver this commencement address, especially to you the graduates of Dordt University. What a tremendous accomplishment it is to make…
Justin BaileyMay 11, 2020
What makes a cliché a cliché? Is it the sheer fact of overuse, like a pop hit that has been overplayed? Or is it the brevity, boiling down complexity to fit on a bumper sticker? Or is it the sugary comfort that dissolves like cotton…
Justin BaileyMay 4, 2020
My posting plan: my goal each week is 1) to post a piece of fresh content (an blog post, article, sermon, or lecture), 2) to highlight or refresh something I've written in the past, and 3) to highlight other noteworthy pieces of content from others,…
Justin BaileyMay 1, 2020
I was invited by a colleague (Dr. Carrie Groenewold) to bring a lecture on the theology of beauty for worship leaders. Since the lecture fell during the period of quarantine, I was obliged to record it for the class. My first three points follow Aquinas,…
Justin BaileyApril 27, 2020
Every semester, I teach a Bible survey course, mostly to freshmen undergraduates. Early in the semester we arrive at Genesis 6, and I show them the first part of Darren Aronofsky’s 2014 film Noah. Students are excited to be watching a movie during class, and there…
Justin BaileyApril 15, 2020
Who gets to say how things really are? This is an important question, particularly in a world of spin rooms, fake news, and alternative facts. There is no shortage of people who claim that they can truly see, who want to wake us up to…
Justin BaileyMarch 8, 2020
We are called to walk through the wilderness of this world, kissed by the baptismal blessing. But there are times when we wish we could wash away the baptismal claim on our life. Times when we want life on our own terms. Times when we…
Justin BaileyMarch 1, 2020
