Our focus is the life of the Christian mind

We aim to bridge the gap between the traditional seminary and the local church

The Kirkwood Center for Theology and Ethics

Overview

The Kirkwood Center for Theology and Ethics is a non-profit Christian ministry dedicated to helping local churches educate and equip their leadership, staff and members in the disciplines of biblical and systematic theology, philosophy, church history, law, politics and cultural apologetics.

  • We are made up of scholars and ministers who have been working in the Church and the academy for decades

  • We are committed to a historic, orthodox Protestant Christianity

  • Our aim is to resource God’s people through sound, biblically faithful teaching and training.

For more about our core beliefs, click here.

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Covering topics from classes to politics and student organization events.

  • Of Prophets and Pedants: A “New” Split Among Evangelicals?
    by Anthony Costello on October 11, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    In a recent post, Michael Clary, a pastor in Kentucky, made an incisive statement about the nature of Christian academics in light of the ministry and recent killing of Charlie Kirk. Clary’s claim highlights a seemingly new divide within Evangelical Christianity. However, as I will argue, it is actually an age-old battle within the Church,

  • The Final Turning Point: On The Martyrdom of Charlie Kirk
    by Anthony Costello on September 11, 2025 at 2:15 am

    Update (9/15/2025 1:55 pm PST): This will be the final update to this post. According to recent reports, including a statement by Utah governor, Spencer Cox, it does look like the shooter, Tyler Robinson, had become radicalized online. In addition, Robinson was living with a boyfriend who identified as Transgender. This evidence supports my overall

  • The Two Faces of Evil: On Magical and Mechanical Power
    by Anthony Costello on September 10, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    One of the most memorable scenes in the Star Wars mythology occurs between Admiral Motti (Richard LeParmentier) and Darth Vader (David Prowse) in a Death Star conference room in Episode IV: A New Hope. The scene introduces us to both the power of the Death Star and of the Dark Side of the Force. This

  • Beauty Must Be Saved before It Can Save the World
    by Anthony Costello on July 25, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    This is a guest post by colleague and FB friend, Chester Delagneau. Chester is a Christian, a creative writer, poet and author of the All Things Flourishing blog. You can find out more about Chester and his work here.   Prince Myshkin’s phrase “Beauty will save the world” (Dostoyevsky, The Idiot, III.5) needs to be

  • James Gunn’s Not So Super “Superman”
    by Anthony Costello on July 18, 2025 at 12:00 pm

    I did not want to write this movie review. I had better things to do, at least, I thought I did, than to address one of the worst movies I have seen in a long time. That movie is James Gunn’s reboot of the Superman mythology, simply titled Superman. Instead, I could have made progress

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