June 2025

Jun 16, 2025 Job 41, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Jun 16, 2025 Job 40, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

January 2023

Jan 19, 2023 Job 33, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

November 2021

Nov 14, 2021 Column: Count Your Blessings, Starting Now (11/12/21)
Nov 10, 2021 Job 32, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Nov 2, 2021 Job 31, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

October 2021

Oct 29, 2021 Job 30, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Oct 29, 2021 Column: The Ministry of Finance (10/29/21)
Oct 24, 2021 Column: To Those in Pain (10/22/21)
Oct 20, 2021 Job 29, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Oct 17, 2021 Column: Cultivating Communities, not Cults (10/15/21)
Oct 13, 2021 Job 28, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Oct 8, 2021 Job 27, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Oct 8, 2021 Column: Make a Beautiful Life (10/8/21)
Oct 3, 2021 Column: Let's Stay in the Sunlight (10/1/21)

September 2021

Sep 29, 2021 Job 26, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Sep 26, 2021 Column: Do it All for Joy (9/26/21)
Sep 22, 2021 Job 25, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Sep 19, 2021 Column: Beyond Faith Over Fear (9/18/21)
Sep 13, 2021 Column: An Ode to Being a Rubber Ducky (9/10/21)
Sep 6, 2021 Job 24, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Sep 4, 2021 Column: A Love Letter to Commerce (09/03/21)

August 2021

Aug 29, 2021 Column: Magic, What the Eyes Can't See (8/27/21)
Aug 26, 2021 Job 23, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Aug 23, 2021 Column: There is No Shame In It (8/20/21)
Aug 17, 2021 Job 22, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Aug 13, 2021 Column: 100 Weeks in the Mission for Vision (8/14/21)
Aug 10, 2021 Job 21, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Aug 8, 2021 Column: Murder Your Darlings (8/8/2021)
Aug 1, 2021 Column: Decisions, Decisions, Decisions (8/1/2021)

July 2021

Jul 25, 2021 Column: Sucking the Marrow Out of Life (7/25/2021)
Jul 19, 2021 Column: Matters of the Soul (7/18/2021)
Jul 11, 2021 Column: On Putting Our Wings to Good Use (7/11/2021)
Jul 3, 2021 Column: On Independence Day, Make Us Proud, Everyone! (7/4/2021)
Jul 3, 2021 Column: We are Meant to be Burdensome (6/27/2021)

June 2021

Jun 21, 2021 Column: For My Newborn Son, Whom I Love (6/20/2021)
Jun 15, 2021 Column: Helen Keller and the Power of Imagination (6/13/2021)
Jun 7, 2021 Column: Understanding Understanding, the Heart of Education (6/6/2021)

May 2021

May 31, 2021 Column: On Education, Finding the Cheat Codes to Life (5/30/2021)
May 24, 2021 Column: We Need Our Work as Much as Our Work Needs Us (5/23/2021)
May 17, 2021 Column: Interrupting Progress with Peace (5/16/2021)
May 10, 2021 Column: Enjoy Your Life (5/9/2021)
May 4, 2021 Column: Passion and Resistance, Part 3 (5/2/2021)

April 2021

Apr 26, 2021 Column: Passion and Resistance, Part 2 (4/24/2021)
Apr 19, 2021 Column: Passion and Resistance, Part 1 (4/18/2021)
Apr 6, 2021 Column: The Day God Was Impressed (4/4/2021)

March 2021

Mar 28, 2021 Column: Of Birds, Azaleas, and Money (3/28/2021)
Mar 22, 2021 Column: On Calming Seas and Making Lemonade (3/21/2021
Mar 15, 2021 Column: Of Fives Loaves and Two Fish (3/14/2021
Mar 8, 2021 Column: Good Enough to Move On (3/7/2021)
Mar 3, 2021 Column: Making the Difference (2/28/2021)

February 2021

Feb 22, 2021 Column: Listening to Your Own Stories (2/21/21)
Feb 15, 2021 Column: Success: A Byproduct of Meaning (2/15/2021)

January 2021

Jan 30, 2021 Column: To Live and To Love: A Tale (1/31/2021)
Jan 24, 2021 Column: Embracing Questions (1/24/2021)
Jan 17, 2021 Column: Getting Command of Life’s Stress (1/17/2021)
Jan 4, 2021 Column: Here's Hoping For 2021 (1/3/2021)

December 2020

Dec 27, 2020 Column: Carry Christmas With You (12/27/2020)
Dec 20, 2020 Column: On Finding Your Life's Work (12/20/2020)
Dec 13, 2020 Column: Hitting the Solution for Stiff-Necked Communicators (12/13/2020)
Dec 6, 2020 Column: Exulting in Monotony (12/6/2020)

November 2020

Nov 29, 2020 Column: Let's Go Fly a Kite (11/29/2020)
Nov 24, 2020 Column: Invite Difficulty To Experience Depth of Life (11/22/2020)
Nov 15, 2020 Column: We're Not Birds (11/15/2020)
Nov 8, 2020 Column: Keep on Grading, Teacher (11/8/2020)
Nov 1, 2020 Column: Doing Nothing Different (11/1/2020)

October 2020

Oct 25, 2020 Column: On Becoming Anything But Boring People (10/25/2020)
Oct 18, 2020 Column: Becoming What You Love (10/18/2020)
Oct 12, 2020 Column: On the Discernment of the Lizard (10/11/2020)
Oct 4, 2020 Column: On the Case of 'Mega-Fibbers' (10/4/2020)

September 2020

Sep 27, 2020 Column: Becoming Who You Were Born to Be (9/27/2020)
Sep 20, 2020 Column: Whatever You Sell Them On (9/20/2020)
Sep 13, 2020 Column: Refusing Mediocrity; Seeking Greatness (9/13/2020)
Sep 6, 2020 Column: Finding Trust Instead of Familiarity (9/6/2020)

August 2020

Aug 30, 2020 Column: Recovering the Art of the Essay (8/30/2020)
Aug 23, 2020 Column: Approaching One Year in the Business of Life (8/23/2020)
Aug 16, 2020 Column: Following the 'Rule of Life' (8/16/2020)
Aug 9, 2020 Column: Living on Purpose (8/9/2020)
Aug 2, 2020 Column: Managing Risk With Scarcity and Abundance (8/2/2020)

July 2020

Jul 26, 2020 Column: Finding Hemingway's Anchor (7/26/2020)
Jul 19, 2020 Column: How Much Is Enough? (7/19/2020)
Jul 12, 2020 Column: Home is Where the Heart Is (7/12/2020)
Jul 9, 2020 The Jujitsu Fight With Absolute Truth
Jul 5, 2020 Column: On Two Kinds of Investors (7/5/2020)

June 2020

Jun 21, 2020 Column: Truth is the Only Solution for Peace (6/21/2020)
Jun 14, 2020 Column: On Sympathy vs. Empathy (6/14/2020)
Jun 7, 2020 Column: Back to the Basics with John Adams (6/7/2020)

May 2020

May 31, 2020 Column: On the Lesser of Two Evils (May 31, 2020)
May 24, 2020 Column: Going with Cinderella (5/24/2020)
May 17, 2020 Column: Keeping Focus on "Circle of Concern" (5/17/2020)
May 10, 2020 Column: Brush with the Death Angel (5/10/2020)
May 3, 2020 Column: On the Road to Overly Happy (5/3/2020)

April 2020

Apr 26, 2020 Column: When to Flaunt It (4/26/2020)
Apr 19, 2020 Column: Opportunity to Press the Global Reset Button (4/19/2020)
Apr 12, 2020 Column: Stand Still or Take Flight (4/12/2020)
Apr 11, 2020 Column: Viewing the Biblical World Before Easter (4/11/2020)
Apr 5, 2020 Column: Is It Too Soon, Too Late? (4/5/2020)

March 2020

Mar 29, 2020 Column: It's Time to Hunker Down (3/29/2020)
Mar 15, 2020 Column: Choose Your Vision (3/15/2020)
Mar 8, 2020 Column: Choose Your Daydream (3/8/2020)
Mar 1, 2020 Column: Beauty Will Save the World (3/1/2020)

February 2020

Feb 24, 2020 Column: Choose Your Sacrifice (2/23/2020)
Feb 9, 2020 Column: Of the FIRE Movement, The Business of Life (2/9/2020)
Feb 2, 2020 Column: There is a Gift that Never Ends (2/2/2020)

January 2020

Jan 26, 2020 Column: Visiting the National Infantry Museum (1/26/2020)
Jan 20, 2020 Column: Retirement is About Funding and Timing (1/19/2020)
Jan 12, 2020 Column: The Evil Witch Who Stole Happiness (1/12/2020)
Jan 10, 2020 DIY: Installing Speakers on my Motorcycle (YouTube)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: The Roaring Twenties, On Perfect Imperfection (1/5/2020)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Christmas is Good News, Not Advice (12/29/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Christmas Story, Proof of Our Amnesia (12/22/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Joining the Rotary Club (12/15/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: What is Food without Flowers? (12/8/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: On the Miracle of Human Connection (12/1/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: On Thanksgiving Day: Day of Group Humility (11/24/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Don't Let Vegas on Wall Street (11/17/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Of Cost in the Absence of Value (11/10/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Overthinking the What-Ifs of Life (11/3/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: The Meaning of Life, Part 3 (10/27/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: The Meaning of Life, Part 2 (10/20/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: The Meaning of Life, Part 1 (10/13/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Risk and Reward (10/6/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Shalom, Of the Mission of Business as Wholeness (9/29/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: On Freedom: Wisdom as Required Reading (9/22/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: On Wealth: To Conserve or to Lavish? (9/15/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Retirement Can Mean Controlled Freedom (9/8/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: What is Success? (9/1/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Of the Value of Money (8/25/2019)
Jan 8, 2020 Column: Welcome to Finance Class (8/18/2019)
Jan 6, 2020 So About That Column in the Newspaper...

July 2019

Jul 18, 2019 Summer Vacations

January 2019

Jan 30, 2019 How to Start Writing Again

December 2018

Dec 12, 2018 The Day I Got Suckered into Buying a Book of Poetry at a Pushy Author’s Book Signing

November 2018

Nov 30, 2018 John Allen Chau: a Case Study of Dignity and Common Human Decency in Journalism

October 2018

Oct 30, 2018 I’m back! And married and healing...

April 2017

Apr 3, 2017 In Defense of Poetry

March 2017

Mar 22, 2017 On the Childishness of Cynicism

January 2017

Jan 31, 2017 Documenting 2016 in Mental Pictures
Jan 25, 2017 Elijah, Mt. Carmel, and the Still, Small Voice

December 2016

Dec 22, 2016 My Suffering Led Me to Question God, and That Led Me to Sin
Dec 15, 2016 Integrating Faith and Work for a Meaningful Life
Dec 14, 2016 Theodicy and the Problem of Evil: Toward a Christian Theodicy Which Explains all of Evil
Dec 9, 2016 Job 20, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Dec 6, 2016 Job 19, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

November 2016

Nov 25, 2016 Jonathan Edwards vs Charles Finney: On the Causes of Conversion and Revival

October 2016

Oct 28, 2016 My Personal Creed
Oct 1, 2016 Putting the Mental Monkey to Bed: A Case for Creeds

September 2016

Sep 17, 2016 Augustine vs. Cassian: On the Tension Between the Sovereignty of God and the Responsibility of Man

August 2016

Aug 27, 2016 The Black and White Fallacy, and the Christian Gospel
Aug 6, 2016 There Really is Only One Reason Why I Can't Listen to Most Music These Days

July 2016

Jul 16, 2016 The Light of the Moon in the Dark Night of My Soul
Jul 9, 2016 Israel, the Church, and the Spiritual Battle of Faith
Jul 1, 2016 The Dark Night of My Soul: The Philosophy of Suffering

June 2016

Jun 3, 2016 On Motivations: Why I've Decided to Keep on Writing

April 2016

Apr 28, 2016 Making Sense of the Proverbs, or, What it Means to be Wise
Apr 22, 2016 The Christian Manifesto, Or, What it Means to be a Christian
Apr 15, 2016 In Pursuit of Rest, Dreams Can Get in the Way

March 2016

Mar 31, 2016 Capitol Hill Baptist Church Weekender Conference (Debriefing)
Mar 12, 2016 Death, Grief, and a Firm Foundation: In Loving Memory of Haddie Hardeman

February 2016

Feb 27, 2016 What Skeptics, Bored Christians, Immigrants, and Church Kids Can Teach Us About Life
Feb 20, 2016 The Biblical Imagination: Turning Trees into Theological Reminders
Feb 12, 2016 Redemption: Finding True Healing from Sin
Feb 5, 2016 This is Our Story: An Overview of Redemptive History

January 2016

Jan 29, 2016 What Does it Mean to be Alive?
Jan 20, 2016 The Sullenness of The In-Between
Jan 14, 2016 Reviewing 2015 for AdamSetser.com and Exploring My Calling to Write
Jan 6, 2016 Documenting 2015 in Mental Pictures

December 2015

Dec 25, 2015 Who is the Jesus of our Christmas?
Dec 17, 2015 On Devotionals, or What it Means to be Devoted
Dec 3, 2015 The End of the American Dream
Dec 2, 2015 On Shooting the Messenger of Social Media

November 2015

Nov 23, 2015 Planes, Graves, and Art: How an Airshow Rocked My World
Nov 19, 2015 Less Sometimes is More: How Chronic Fatigue Saved Me From My Achievement Addiction
Nov 12, 2015 Christianity is for Losers...Sort of
Nov 11, 2015 Job 18, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Nov 10, 2015 What is the Gospel?
Nov 3, 2015 I Just Don't Feel Like That's Right, You Know?

October 2015

Oct 28, 2015 A Light for When All Other Lights Go Out, An Exposition of 2 Pet 1:19
Oct 27, 2015 A Theology of the Will of God
Oct 22, 2015 Evil is (Not) as Evil Does
Oct 20, 2015 What Has Jerusalem to Do With Athens?
Oct 19, 2015 By Which I'm Fascinated with Humanness
Oct 16, 2015 The Stranger by Albert Camus
Oct 13, 2015 Albert Camus and the Philosophy of the Absurd
Oct 9, 2015 Albert Camus
Oct 9, 2015 Job 17, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Oct 6, 2015 The Sovereignty of God on Display in Deuteronomy
Oct 1, 2015 What Does it Mean to Be Human?

September 2015

Sep 28, 2015 Job 16, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Sep 24, 2015 The Teddy Bear Called Lyle
Sep 23, 2015 What It Means to Be Educated
Sep 17, 2015 An Introduction to the Philosophy of Art, Or, Aesthetics
Sep 16, 2015 Job 15, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Sep 13, 2015 Total Truth by Nancy Pearcey
Sep 12, 2015 King David Wasn't Who You Think He Was
Sep 8, 2015 Strategies for Rescuing Your Mind from The Google
Sep 2, 2015 That Song With The Extra Beat
Sep 2, 2015 Stop Taking Yourself So Seriously

August 2015

Aug 26, 2015 What Am I Supposed to DO With This Pain?
Aug 25, 2015 Job 14, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Aug 21, 2015 I Have Lyme Disease, and That's OK
Aug 18, 2015 Job 13, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Aug 11, 2015 Job 12, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Aug 7, 2015 Job 11, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Aug 6, 2015 An Invitation to Academic Studies by Jay Green
Aug 4, 2015 Job 10, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

July 2015

Jul 30, 2015 Job 9, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Jul 29, 2015 QOTD: C. S. Lewis on Marriage
Jul 28, 2015 Job 8, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Jul 25, 2015 “The Big Picture of God’s Mission”, a Concise Overview of the Entire Bible by Dr. Abner Chou
Jul 22, 2015 C. S. Lewis
Jul 20, 2015 Job 7, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Jul 18, 2015 Michael Horton on Spirituality in America
Jul 16, 2015 QOTD: Frederick Buechner on God's Use of Story for Revelation
Jul 15, 2015 Job 6, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Jul 9, 2015 QOTD: Reading changes us
Jul 9, 2015 Job 5, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Jul 8, 2015 Job 4, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Jul 7, 2015 Job 3, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Jul 2, 2015 Job 2, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou

June 2015

Jun 30, 2015 Job 1, Exegetical Notes from Abner Chou
Jun 23, 2015 Job: Introduction to the Content and Function in the Canon
Jun 17, 2015 Job: Authorship and Dating
Jun 15, 2015 Job: 10 Common Misconceptions
Jun 12, 2015 Job Lecture Series from Dr. Abner Chou
Jun 11, 2015 All-the-Things-You-Can-Do Whilst Sitting Down
Jun 8, 2015 C. S. Lewis on Pride and the Self
Jun 3, 2015 Buckminster Fuller
Jun 2, 2015 The Freedom of Self-Forgetfulness by Tim Keller

May 2015

May 27, 2015 Maria Popova
May 26, 2015 Another Blog Update
May 25, 2015 Marcus Aurelius on Epistemology
May 22, 2015 Music is More Than Background Noise, So Start Being Intentional
May 20, 2015 New Weekly Series: Hump-Day Biographies
May 16, 2015 How Reading is Declining in America and What to Do About It
May 14, 2015 Humblebrag, meet Grumblebrag
May 13, 2015 Getting Things Done (GTD) by David Allen
May 12, 2015 What in the World is a Self, and Do I Have One, or Two?
May 9, 2015 "A Long Obedience in the Same Direction": The Meaning of Life from Friedrich Nietzsche and King Solomon
May 7, 2015 Harold Best on Art, Authenticity, and the Hometown Hero
May 6, 2015 Workflow: This is How We Get Things Done
May 5, 2015 Derailing the Great Books and Other Personal Updates
May 3, 2015 Avengers: Age of Ultron, A Thoughtful Review
May 1, 2015 The Iliad by Homer

April 2015

Apr 29, 2015 Stop Being Ok With Being Bored
Apr 27, 2015 The Metamorphosis of My Desks and How I Changed Along With Them
Apr 17, 2015 The Great Conversation by Robert Hutchins (Book 1 of The Great Books of the Western World)
Apr 14, 2015 Mental Models (An Introduction), the Matrix, and Worldly Wisdom
Apr 8, 2015 The Great Books of the Western World: Embarking on a Survey of Western Thought
Apr 7, 2015 The Purpose-Driven Journal: No, But Really
Apr 4, 2015 ∞ The Psychological Benefits of Slow Reading
Apr 1, 2015 Tim Cook and the New Ideal (the Anti-Ideal)

March 2015

Mar 31, 2015 The Nervous History of a Compulsive Journaler
Mar 27, 2015 C. S. Lewis, On the Reading of Old Books
Mar 26, 2015 ∞ In Defense of Difficulty
Mar 25, 2015 On Recovering the Art of Reading
Mar 24, 2015 ∞ John Calvin on Prayer
Mar 19, 2015 QOTD: John Piper on Mastering Your Bible
Mar 19, 2015 ∞ C. S. Lewis on Imagination and Discipleship
Mar 17, 2015 Get 2 Free Audiobooks or Lectures--No Joke
Mar 10, 2015 How Long, O Lord? by D. A. Carson
Mar 7, 2015 Learning to Think 2: 5 Steps to Thinking Your Way out of a Paper Bag

February 2015

Feb 27, 2015 Learning to Think 1: Reclaiming Your Mind from The Google
Feb 20, 2015 Lessons from Sherlock Holmes on How to Think, or The Mind Palace
Feb 14, 2015 Love that is Real
Feb 13, 2015 Unbroken by Laura Hillenbrand
Feb 11, 2015 On Disciplines: An Introduction
Feb 9, 2015 Shadow of the Almighty by Elisabeth Elliot
Feb 2, 2015 How Should We Then Live? by Francis Schaeffer

January 2015

Jan 30, 2015 Information Architecture: Organizing Chaos
Jan 28, 2015 You Have an Obligation: Hebrews 5:11-14