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Owen Strachan
Owen Strachan (Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School) is Assistant Professor of Christian Theology and Church History at Boyce College. Previously, Strachan served as Managing Director of the Carl F. H. Henry Center for Theological Understanding at TEDS and was the founding Associate Director of the Jonathan Edwards Center at TEDS. He previously served as Editorial Assistant and Teaching Assistant to the President at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. He is married to Bethany and is the father of Ella and Gavin.
Latest Posts
Darkening of the Light: Hawthorne and the Post-Puritan Conscience
Owen Strachan | March 27, 2013 | 5:01 AMHawthorne and his ilk may have lost their way in the woods, but the old paths are still good, and still lead to eternal rest.
See Life in the Eyes of a Skilled, Faithful Journalist
Owen Strachan | October 04, 2012 | 3:00 AMJust because dead-tree publications are in trouble doesn't mean people have stopped wanting to read complex stories.
The Finest Young Sportswriter in America
Owen Strachan | October 03, 2012 | 3:00 AMBe prepared to shed tears as you read these stem-winding articles.
Lecrae's Gravity: An Album That Soars
Owen Strachan | September 07, 2012 | 3:00 AMGospel hip-hop is here. It has broken through. It's edifying the church, it's influencing the culture, and, wow, it's moving units.
The Page That Changed My Life: Owen Strachan
Owen Strachan | June 29, 2012 | 3:00 AMThis page animates how I try to think and work in Christian ministry, how I teach systematic theology and church history, how I play with my kids, how I butter my toast.
Eugene Peterson on the Reading and Writing Life of the Pastor
Owen Strachan | April 20, 2012 | 3:00 AMPastors don't realize how much we owe to our congregations, to the public, to learn how to use words rightly and skillfully and truthfully.
The Spirituality of Pleasure in The Good Life
Owen Strachan | April 10, 2012 | 3:32 AMTrip Lee's fourth album offers a rich rich presentation of Godward pleasure, one grounded in a great and saving God.
Gabe Lyons Calls the Church to Integrate Faith and Work
Owen Strachan | April 09, 2012 | 2:00 AMWhat does the gospel look like applied to every specific area of the world?
The Basketball Star No One Wanted: Jeremy Lin's Unlikely Triumph
Owen Strachan | February 13, 2012 | 7:23 PMIf you've encountered prejudice, hardship, and injustice in some form, you can find some joy in this unlikely tale of unappreciated talent overcoming unjustly stacked odds. God seems to love pinning it all on an unknown, an upstart, the competitor who does not draw praise for its "ridiculous upside."
Tebow, Calvin, and the Hand of God in Sports
Owen Strachan | December 13, 2011 | 6:01 AMAll of life matters to God; all of life, for the Christian, is God's.