The Political Temptation Facing Churches and Ministers
Politics dominates nearly every aspect of American culture. What’s the church to do?
“The Devil is a Liar and So is His Father”: Why Greek Matters
…and why seminary students take Summer Greek
Artificial Intelligence: Should We Be Concerned?
How a theologian programmed an A.I. network … and what he learned from it
Arand and Herrmann, “Attending to the Beauty of Creation and the New Creation”
The latest Concordia Pages PDF, on finding beauty in the ordinary
ICYMI: Chanting Luke’s Passion
Every year now, for nearly 20 years, I have chanted one of the Synoptic passion narratives in our chapel service for the Monday of Holy Week. I have also received requests from pastors every year for a copy of my notation of the text, remembering it chanted when they were here as students. I’m always ..
Strong on Doctrinal Topics But Weak on the Books of the Bible
Paul Raabe on how the Bible often plays second fiddle
Is the Pen Really Mightier Than…the Sausage?
Will Schumacher on Mardi Gras, Lent…and Christian freedom
Preserving the Bodies of the Baptized Dead
The latest post on natural burial by Kent Burreson and Beth Hoeltke
Teaching (and Learning) Greek
Or: Why New Testament Greek is Like a Football Game
Remembering Lamin Sanneh
A theologian of global renown, whom I was honored to call a friend
He Came Down To Earth From Heaven
Welcome all wonders in one sight ! Eternity shut in a span! Summer in winter! Day in night! Heaven in earth! And God in man! Great little one, whose all-embracing birth Lifts earth to Heaven, stoops Heaven to earth! (Richard Crashaw, Quem Vidistis Pastores) Adventus Domini: The coming of the Lord—it is the great theme ..
Recapping SBL 2018
Jim Voelz on this year’s Society of Biblical Literature Annual Meeting
Jeff Gibbs, “The Myth of Righteous Anger”
What the Bible says (and doesn’t say) about human anger
Tim Saleska, “The Gospel-Centered Christian”
How the “Gospel-centered” Christian can avoid the Scylla and Charybdis of both fundamentalism and Gospel reductionism
Social Media: Weaponizing the Tongue
A sermon on Ephesians 4:25-5:2
Good Beer is Likely a Mortal Sin
The following is from a “soapbox” talk at the Student Association’s “Prof n’ Stein,” a regular convivial gathering of students and professors for the sake of enjoyment, laughter, and theological levity. Corresponding to the Theological Symposium, Prof. Erik Herrmann was asked to give the soapbox on Martin Luther’s Heidelberg Disputation. September 18, 2018. Good beer is ..