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December 2020

December 20, 2020

Recommendation: A Christmas Book for Progressive Christians

Someone just asked me for a recommendation for a book that would facilitate their deep-dive...

December 05, 2020

The Task of Theology in Our Time?

Sallie McFague, in her classic book, Models of God, offers a thought-provoking suggestion for the...

November 2020

November 25, 2020

Book Talk: How Millennials Can Lead Us Out of the Mess We’re In

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

June 2020

June 07, 2020

To Better Understand the Destructive Myth of White Supremacy, Read this Book

There is an excellent and concise overview of the historical foundations of and development of...

May 2020

May 27, 2020

The Breath of God Was in His Body: A Statement from United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities

Here is a statement (originally published here) from my seminary, United Theological Seminary of the...

May 23, 2020

The Non-Essential Church

Yesterday, Trump declared churches and houses of worship to be "essential" and called on governors...

May 17, 2020

The Denial of Death and the Disruption of Culture

"The idea of death, the fear of it, haunts the human animal like nothing else;...

May 10, 2020

Mother God: What Are We Doing When We Call God “She”?

During the worship service I viewed this morning, a pastor referred to God as a...

May 01, 2020

Needed: Religious Leaders who Play Along with Science

This pandemic has exposed a lot of things, one of which is a division in...

April 2020

April 10, 2020

The Waiting is the Hardest Part: Holy Saturday and COVID-19:

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

December 2018

December 08, 2018

Eight Things We Gain When We Lose the Virgin Birth

Christians often avoid rethinking traditional doctrinal beliefs because of the fear of what they will...

July 2018

July 14, 2018

Everything Changes. Now Back to Blogging

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

March 2018

March 30, 2018

If He “Emptied Himself” Was He Still God? A Good Friday Question

Good Friday is a good day to think about kenotic Christology. Kenosis is a tranliteration...

March 24, 2018

The King Who Comes in Peace and the Children Who Proclaim Him

As Jesus and his disciples began their final entry into Jerusalem, prior to Jesus' trial...

March 05, 2018

Want to Understand Bultmann? Here’s a Little Book For You

David Congdon is delivering a lecture at United Theological Seminary of the Twin Cities on...

February 2018

February 17, 2018

The Value of Seminary in a World Gone Mad

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

January 2018

January 26, 2018

Announcing a New Commentary on Matthew

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

December 2017

December 23, 2017

Virgin Birth or Incarnation? Why You Can’t Have Both

As I worked through the arguments for and against the virgin birth, the single most...

December 22, 2017

Was Jesus Intersex or Was Mary?

When I began researching the material for A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin...

December 15, 2017

Reading the Virgin Birth as Legend (or Creative Hagiography)

One of the sources I found most useful as I researched for my book, A Complicated...

December 08, 2017

Why We Don’t Need an Immaculate Conception

Today (December 8), Catholics worldwide celebrate the Feast of the Immaculate Conception. You might not...

November 2017

November 29, 2017

Update on the Official Release of A Complicated Pregnancy

The "official" book release date for A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin and...

November 22, 2017

Saved By Faith and Hospitality (A Brief Book Note for Thanksgiving)

On the eve of Thanksgiving, I thought it a good time to pick up my...

November 07, 2017

Liberal or Liberation Theologians on the Virgin Birth?

In Thinking About God: An Introduction to Theology, Dorothy Sölle describes what she sees as...

October 2017

October 26, 2017

Kierkegaard on the Incarnation: God is Like an Artist

I recently stumbled across a quote from Kierkegaard, in his journals, where he reflects on...

October 11, 2017

Endorsements of “A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin and Why It Matters””

With the release of my forthcoming book, A Complicated Pregnancy: Whether Mary Was a Virgin...

October 09, 2017

10 Very Good Books on the Reformation and Martin Luther

As we anticipate the celebration of the 500th year anniversary of the Reformation, I put...

October 01, 2017

The Political Power of Bible Translation (Tyndale’s New Testament)

One of the first things you learn in seminary--assuming you pay attention--is that all translations are...

September 2017

September 27, 2017

Would You Use the Flag as a Strainer? (What the Anthem Conflict is Really About)

Let's talk about the flag and the anthem. But let's try to get closer to...

September 26, 2017

7 Reasons Why I Won’t Sign the New Protestant Confession of Faith

There's a new Protestant confession in town. It's called--perhaps surprisingly-- "A Reforming Catholic Confession." The...

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