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Bailey’s Book Awards: Favorite Reads from 2023

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By Justin Bailey In Articles & Essays

In gratitude for Tim Keller (1950-2023)

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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

Book Excerpts Books Christian Witness & Apologetics

A Tale of Two Princesses (book excerpt)

As the release date of my book nears, I thought it would be worthwhile to share selected excerpts, to give readers an early taste of the argument. (Free smells, as Jimmy John's puts it). So, here is a (slightly modified) excerpt from ch. 1, which…

Justin BaileyJuly 19, 2020

Jonah Old Testament OT Narrative Sermons

Questioning our Convictions: Jonah 4

If there is a master theme for in our country right now, it might be anger. Anger at racial injustice, anger at the disruption caused by the coronavirus, anger at the spin and sensationalism of various media outlets, anger at our elected officials, anger at…

Justin BaileyJuly 14, 2020

Tolkien Tuesdays

Tolkien Tuesdays: Season 1 – Hope and Despair (All Posts)

Here is the full seven-part video essay on the theme of hope and despair in Tolkien's works, on a single page. Enjoy! https://youtu.be/MTMM1cD3QDc https://youtu.be/WJ3zsNW1LE0 https://youtu.be/gR-N1l8nL1M https://youtu.be/BrJgMJeuDXQ https://youtu.be/qJkP-BOOP88 https://youtu.be/WFlafAfLifM https://youtu.be/ygNzHqWPy3g And just in case you have no idea what I'm talking about, this 38 minute video…

Justin BaileyJune 29, 2020

Commencement Addresses Talks & Lectures

Learning to Rest: Unity Christian High School

https://youtu.be/HB55-wHoOYI Given June 25, 2020 at Orange City, IA - a delayed and distanced graduation Graduates of the class of 2020: what a privilege it is to offer some words, on behalf of those who have loved, nurtured, and discipled you, on the occasion of…

Justin BaileyJune 25, 2020

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Twenty Twenty Three: Year-end review & reflections