Tommy Keene
@tommykeene.bsky.social
Prof. Of NT, academic dean @ RTS Washington and NYC. I post at least monthly.
Thankful to be a part of this team at Crossway, and more than a little humbled that my commentary on First and Second Peter is scheduled to be one of the first out! Glad for the opportunity and praying it will be useful.
November 22, 2025 at 9:54 PM
Thankful to be a part of this team at Crossway, and more than a little humbled that my commentary on First and Second Peter is scheduled to be one of the first out! Glad for the opportunity and praying it will be useful.
Warfield: "the knowledge of God is given in the very same act by which we know self" (*Calvin and Calvinism* 31)
October 13, 2025 at 5:09 PM
Warfield: "the knowledge of God is given in the very same act by which we know self" (*Calvin and Calvinism* 31)
Special guest @ligonduncan joins the @RTSWashington faculty podcast for a discussion of Martin Luther. Fascination discussion of the will, faith, sacraments, and recent discussions @TheRestHistory
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Luther (ft. Ligon Duncan)
Podcast Episode · RTS Washington Faculty Podcast · 10/08/2025 · 55m
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October 10, 2025 at 2:32 PM
Special guest @ligonduncan joins the @RTSWashington faculty podcast for a discussion of Martin Luther. Fascination discussion of the will, faith, sacraments, and recent discussions @TheRestHistory
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/l...
Wanting to discover "new physics?" The New Heavens and New Earth will deliver
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"All Things New," not "All New Things"
People are kind; the righteous and the unrighteous build beautiful things; we care for our people, beautify our spaces, love our pets, and share our lives with one another. All of this creates little ...
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September 26, 2025 at 1:41 PM
Wanting to discover "new physics?" The New Heavens and New Earth will deliver
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www.signandshadow.com/2025/09/25/a...
Don't miss this VERY special episode in which Real Pastor Scott Redd critiques my intro then chats about what makes a sermon a sermon.
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Special Episode: On Teaching and Preaching (ft. Scott Redd)
Podcast Episode · RTS Washington Faculty Podcast · 09/12/2025 · 33m
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September 17, 2025 at 9:01 PM
Don't miss this VERY special episode in which Real Pastor Scott Redd critiques my intro then chats about what makes a sermon a sermon.
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Feeling seen
September 12, 2025 at 12:30 PM
Feeling seen
Is The Faculty Podcast dead? Was the summer of encore episodes a sign of decline?
μὴ γένοιτο! We just started our 7th season! Check out our first episode on "Dead Influencers": Hegel.
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μὴ γένοιτο! We just started our 7th season! Check out our first episode on "Dead Influencers": Hegel.
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Like and subscribe for future episodes with lots of guest stars.
Hegel
Podcast Episode · RTS Washington Faculty Podcast · 09/11/2025 · 43m
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September 12, 2025 at 12:29 PM
Is The Faculty Podcast dead? Was the summer of encore episodes a sign of decline?
μὴ γένοιτο! We just started our 7th season! Check out our first episode on "Dead Influencers": Hegel.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Like and subscribe for future episodes with lots of guest stars.
μὴ γένοιτο! We just started our 7th season! Check out our first episode on "Dead Influencers": Hegel.
podcasts.apple.com/us/podcast/h...
Like and subscribe for future episodes with lots of guest stars.
"This Jesus, who was taken up into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go" (Acts 1:11).
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Why does it take Jesus two visits to accomplish his work?
On the cross Jesus said "it is finished" (John 19:30). If Jesus completed his work as the Messiah on the cross, then why does he need to come back to the earth? Why does Jesus come twice?
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July 31, 2025 at 9:18 AM
"This Jesus, who was taken up into heaven, will come in the same way as you saw him go" (Acts 1:11).
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www.signandshadow.com/2025/07/31/w...
Your friendly reminder that it's all right there in Hebrews.
June 13, 2025 at 6:09 PM
Your friendly reminder that it's all right there in Hebrews.
The more I read it the more I think 2 Peter is masterfully organized. It's a fractal. It's a theme and variation that clearly signals the repetition but somehow never gets repetitive (like Tchaikovsky's 5th). It's a remix and a collage but also it's own thing.
June 10, 2025 at 1:50 PM
The more I read it the more I think 2 Peter is masterfully organized. It's a fractal. It's a theme and variation that clearly signals the repetition but somehow never gets repetitive (like Tchaikovsky's 5th). It's a remix and a collage but also it's own thing.
Peter appends a line to Ps. 90's "a thousand years is as one day" in 2 Pet 3:8: "a day is as a thousand years" for God. It's an incredible move. God is both too fast and too slow, and yet in all things he responds precisely when he means to, and always with redemptive purpose.
June 6, 2025 at 7:30 PM
Peter appends a line to Ps. 90's "a thousand years is as one day" in 2 Pet 3:8: "a day is as a thousand years" for God. It's an incredible move. God is both too fast and too slow, and yet in all things he responds precisely when he means to, and always with redemptive purpose.
Excited to be going to ETS this year! And glad for the opportunity to actually write about this one. 2 Peter 3:9 is way under appreciated.
June 6, 2025 at 9:21 AM
Excited to be going to ETS this year! And glad for the opportunity to actually write about this one. 2 Peter 3:9 is way under appreciated.
The whole of the Christian religion, whether we're talking about personal salvation or a way of life, indicative or imperative, matters of history or theology or ethics, comes down to this:
"Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another" John 13:34.
"Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another" John 13:34.
May 22, 2025 at 12:05 PM
The whole of the Christian religion, whether we're talking about personal salvation or a way of life, indicative or imperative, matters of history or theology or ethics, comes down to this:
"Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another" John 13:34.
"Love one another. As I have loved you, so you must love one another" John 13:34.
Why does God wait?
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A Wizard is Never Late
On the one hand, the delay is a function of God's desire to see "everyone" repent, since he does not desire the death of the wicked. At the same time, it allows the people of God to grow (in the case ...
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April 2, 2025 at 12:39 AM
Why does God wait?
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A god who is not angry is a god that does not love.
March 5, 2025 at 3:50 PM
A god who is not angry is a god that does not love.
Just a friendly Sabbath reminder that everything lovely endures forever
March 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
Just a friendly Sabbath reminder that everything lovely endures forever
The Bible is a book written over thousands of years by a multitude of authors who share completely different contexts that claims to present a single and comprehensive narrative for the entire cosmos.
Even if it's "just" literature, there really is no other literature like it.
Even if it's "just" literature, there really is no other literature like it.
February 13, 2025 at 6:21 PM
The Bible is a book written over thousands of years by a multitude of authors who share completely different contexts that claims to present a single and comprehensive narrative for the entire cosmos.
Even if it's "just" literature, there really is no other literature like it.
Even if it's "just" literature, there really is no other literature like it.
"He who rejoices at finding an uncashed check will soon discover an unpaid bill."
Proverbs somewhere
Proverbs somewhere
January 31, 2025 at 12:33 AM
"He who rejoices at finding an uncashed check will soon discover an unpaid bill."
Proverbs somewhere
Proverbs somewhere
I listen to a LOT of science podcasts, and it's interesting that whenever they talk about evolution they personify the term and use the language of design.
"Evolution optimized our vascular system" etc.
"Evolution optimized our vascular system" etc.
January 25, 2025 at 2:21 AM
I listen to a LOT of science podcasts, and it's interesting that whenever they talk about evolution they personify the term and use the language of design.
"Evolution optimized our vascular system" etc.
"Evolution optimized our vascular system" etc.
After much help and advice I've now fully migrated to vim+latex for writing--something I've been trying to finalize since dissertation days.
And I love it. Platform independence. Distraction free. Beautiful. With all the features I love in Word.
And I love it. Platform independence. Distraction free. Beautiful. With all the features I love in Word.
January 14, 2025 at 12:47 AM
After much help and advice I've now fully migrated to vim+latex for writing--something I've been trying to finalize since dissertation days.
And I love it. Platform independence. Distraction free. Beautiful. With all the features I love in Word.
And I love it. Platform independence. Distraction free. Beautiful. With all the features I love in Word.
My sabbatical begins!
With a snow day, writing by the fire, and the dog wondering why I'm not at work.
With a snow day, writing by the fire, and the dog wondering why I'm not at work.
January 6, 2025 at 10:01 PM
My sabbatical begins!
With a snow day, writing by the fire, and the dog wondering why I'm not at work.
With a snow day, writing by the fire, and the dog wondering why I'm not at work.
"But then Christmas is over. We go back to work. The kids start fighting again. Old wounds are remembered, or worse: re-applied. The lights come down, the tree is dragged out to the curb, and the snow (if there was any) is now black with dirt and salt and soot."
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Does Christmas Really Matter?
The first Christmas changed everything forever. ((This post is adapted from a devotional I wrote for my church, McLean Presbyterian.)) And let’s be clear about what that means. Christmas is not an ide...
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December 8, 2024 at 12:58 AM
"But then Christmas is over. We go back to work. The kids start fighting again. Old wounds are remembered, or worse: re-applied. The lights come down, the tree is dragged out to the curb, and the snow (if there was any) is now black with dirt and salt and soot."
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It is purely a coincidence that I asked my kids to proofread this.
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Honor Your Father and Mother
The family is the first and most important school in which we learn the skill of giving honor.
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December 6, 2024 at 8:22 PM
It is purely a coincidence that I asked my kids to proofread this.
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Special thanks to Mark Dever for reminding us that Baptists have a rich Reformed Theological tradition and are, in fact, continuing to lead in the Reformed Resurgence!
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History and Hopes: Mark Dever on Reformed Theology in the Baptist Tradition
RTS Washington Faculty Podcast · Episode
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December 2, 2024 at 3:27 PM
Special thanks to Mark Dever for reminding us that Baptists have a rich Reformed Theological tradition and are, in fact, continuing to lead in the Reformed Resurgence!
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