Remember blogrolls? So do I. They were a great way of finding other blogs to follow. Today I think of it more as the voices I tune into, because they are so dispersed through different mediums: blogs, newspaper columns, newletters, podcasts, Youtube (though I don’t often tune in that way), etc.
Alastair Roberts – British theologian, incredibly articulate and deeply knowledgable. Has really impacted my thinking in thinking about the Bible typologically. If I have a Biblical question, he is one of the first places I turn to see if he has written about it. He has his own blog, his own podcast, and also is part of the excellent Mere Fidelity podcast. His podcast is currently in the middle of a year-long project in which he reads and comments on the whole Bible. Among other topics, he’s extremely thorough and articulate in defending the Biblical significance of complimentarianism, as well as other issues of a Biblical understanding of gender.
Matthew Lee Anderson – Ethicist. Very cogent and thoughtful speaker and writer. He is the host of the Mere Fidelity podcast, and also has a very good newsletter, primarily concerned with the implications of scripture on the decisions we make day-to-day in our lives.
The Dispatch – What I would consider to be the best single news source for political/social conservatives today. It’s a smaller outfit, so it does not pose as a comprehensive news source, but it has been especially notable these last few years for being both critical of Trump, and resisting Trump Derangement Syndrome. It hosts two excellent podcasts, The Dispatch Podcast, in which its four lead editors discuss recent events, and Advisory Opinions, which I have written about here. A good deal of their content is paywalled, but there is also plenty that is free. There is enough free content that I consider one of the most important perks of paying is to be able to participate in the site comments, where people actually have civil conversations and reasonable disagreements!
Alan Jacobs – Prof. Jacobs is a Professor of Humanities at Baylor University and is who I would consider to be one of the most essential voices for thoughtful Christians today in engaging with our culture. He is deeply learned, deeply humane, committed to precise thinking and communication (and drawing distinctions), and to Christian worship. He has a number of excellent books, my favorite being The Year of Our Lord 1943, in which he analyzes the commonalities between Simone Wiel, W.H. Auden, T.S. Eliot, and C.S. Lewis (apart from their proclivity to begin their names with their initials.) I follow him whereever I can find him, but that is most often on his blog. His writings also show up on The Hedgehog Review and The New Atlantis with some frequency.
More to come!