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Chris is a husband and dad; theologian, composer, poet, and essayist; software developer; runner and triathlete; podcaster; and all-around nerd.
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Chris is a husband and dad; theologian, composer, poet, and essayist; software developer; runner and triathlete; podcaster; and all-around nerd.
Chris KrychoFeaturedEconomics and BusinessFormationJournalJournal 3
Richard Sennett. The Corrosion of Character: The Personal Consequences of Work in the New Capitalism. New York: WW Norton, 2000. 176pp, $15.99. Anne Helen Petersen and Charlie Warzel. Out of Office: The Big Problem and Bigger Promise of Working from […]
Chris KrychoFeaturedEpistemologyAnthropology
The questions the church confronts most severely at present are questions of theological anthropology—so human origins and the doctrine of the Fall matter.
Chris KrychoDevotional
Any program for recovering the vitality of the Church—whether the Benedict Option or some other—must have as one of its goals that ministers work “to equip his people for works of service, so that the body of Christ may be […]
Chris KrychoTechnologyWriting
This American Life is a great podcast. But it's an example of good podcasting, not the standard for judging all podcasts.
Chris Krycho
O'Keefe & Reno's "Sanctified Vision" fails precisely because it exemplifies many of the errors most often cited by allegory's critics.
Chris KrychoJerram BarrsBook Reviews
Jerram Barrs' 'Echoes of Eden' aims to provide both that clear aesthetic and a pattern to follow.
Chris KrychoArtEvangelicalsFilm Reviews/Hollywoodnoah
For evangelicals, Noah works as a sort of theological-artistic Rorschach test. We seem to find it in what we expect given its origins and our disposition.
Chris KrychoembodimentAnthropologyHermeneutics
Though the idea we ought to "incarnate" Christ to the world as Christ "incarnated" the Godhead to us is attractive, it misses something much better.
Chris KrychoLiteratureLord of the RingsJ. R. R. TolkienallegoryThe Chronicles of Narniatypology
Christian readers have insisted on finding allegories to Christian theology throughout Tolkien's works. What they have found is typology instead.
Chris KrychoFilm Reviews/HollywoodLiteratureJ. R. R. TolkienHollywoodPeter Jacksonheroism
Yes, inner conflict is real, and tormented struggle is a major part of our lives. But so is the valiant hero.
Chris KrychoCulturevictimizationCulture Warconfidenceressentimentculture warsGod's sovereigntyEvangelicalism
The attitude of the permanent victim is toxic; Christians must reject it if we are to have the kinds of impact we desire.
Chris KrychoEvangelicalism
The gospel is the way to the center, but it is not the center. Having put it there, we have misplaced many other genuine goods.