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December 2020

December 20, 2020
Someone just asked me for a recommendation for a book that would facilitate their deep-dive...
December 05, 2020
Sallie McFague, in her classic book, Models of God, offers a thought-provoking suggestion for the...

November 2020

November 25, 2020
A new book, How Millenneials Can Lead Us Out of the Mess We're In: A Jew,...

June 2020

June 07, 2020
There is an excellent and concise overview of the historical foundations of and development of...

May 2020

May 27, 2020
Here is a statement (originally published here) from my seminary, United Theological Seminary of the...
May 23, 2020
Yesterday, Trump declared churches and houses of worship to be "essential" and called on governors...
May 17, 2020
"The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else;...
May 10, 2020
During the worship service I viewed this morning, a pastor referred to God as a...
May 01, 2020
This pandemic has exposed a lot of things, one of which is a division in...

April 2020

April 10, 2020
Tom Petty sang it well: “The waiting is the hardest part.”   Today is Good...

December 2018

December 08, 2018
Christians often avoid rethinking traditional doctrinal beliefs because of the fear of what they will...

July 2018

July 14, 2018
"Everything changes" is a phrase I've been hearing a lot lately in my circles. If...

March 2018

March 30, 2018
Good Friday is a good day to think about kenotic Christology. Kenosis is a tranliteration...
March 24, 2018
As Jesus and his disciples began their final entry into Jerusalem, prior to Jesus' trial...
March 05, 2018
David Congdon is delivering a lecture at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities on...

February 2018

February 17, 2018
My colleague and friend, Dr. Kenneth Reynhout, shared the following post on his Facebook page....

January 2018

January 26, 2018
Over six yeas ago now, my friend and then-colleague, Jeannine Brown, invited me to join...

December 2017

December 23, 2017
As I worked through the arguments for and against the virgin birth, the single most...
December 22, 2017
When I began researching the material for A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin...
December 15, 2017
One of the sources I found most useful as I researched for my book, A Complicated...
December 08, 2017
Today (December 8), Catholics worldwide celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. You might not...

November 2017

November 29, 2017
The "official" book release date for A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin and...
November 22, 2017
On the eve of Thanksgiving, I thought it a good time to pick up my...
November 07, 2017
In Thinking About God: An Introduction to Theology, Dorothy Sölle describes what she sees as...

October 2017

October 26, 2017
I recently stumbled across a quote from Kierkegaard, in his journals, where he reflects on...
October 11, 2017
With the release of my forthcoming book, A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin...
October 09, 2017
As we anticipate the celebration of the 500th year anniversary of the Reformation, I put...
October 01, 2017
One of the first things you learn in seminary--assuming you pay attention--is that all translations are...

September 2017

September 27, 2017
Let's talk about the flag and the anthem. But let's try to get closer to...
September 26, 2017
There's a new Protestant confession in town. It's called--perhaps surprisingly-- "A Reforming Catholic Confession." The...
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