Dr. Michael J. Svigel
@Svigel
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Theology professor, department chair, patristic scholar, writer, husband, father. Passionate about the one Lord and his church.
Texas
Joined September 2011
This is not your grandfather’s eschatology. This is your great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great great grandfather’s eschatology.
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Theology 101: Christian leaders must learn to think 4-dimensionally—not only being aware of what’s going on around them but also understanding how it got this way (the past) and where it’s going (the future).
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Theology 101: A priest (hiera) and an elder (presbyteros) are not the same thing in the New Testament. The “priesthood of all believers” means we are all priests for one another, but elders have unique authority and responsibilities among the flock.
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Theology 101: Those who tickle your ears with feel-good doctrines and worldly ethics don’t love you. They just want you to love them.
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I feel like I’m in stage 3.5, where are you?. 1. I’m young. 2. I’m old enough. 3. I’m not young anymore. 4. I’m getting old. 5. I’m old.
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Theology 101: “If, when light has arisen upon us, any one close his eyes so as not to see, into the ditch he must go.” (Melito of Sardis).
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The view outside my bedroom window the last five week. Alas, I will be back in the States in a few days and leave this behind…
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Me to ChatGPT: When did “view X” first appear in history?.ChatGPT: 17th-18th century was the first time X appeared… etc. Me: Did this 12th century person hold to X?.ChatGPT: Yes, so and so held to X.
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Theology 101: If the theological tradition you left was good enough to lead you to Christ and disciple you as a young believer, it’s probably good enough to not constantly attack, berate, chastise, and humiliate in order to justify your departure and make you feel better.
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Theology 101: One of your responsibilities in your ministry is to prepare to pass it on to somebody else.
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Theology 101: “Eternal” and “infinite” are not synonymous. Many wrongly believe eternal life means we cease to be finite—in knowledge, in perception of time, and in potential for growth. Not so. Only God is infinite, not bound by time and space.
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Yes, this exists. The question now is exactly when and how it will be published. More in the coming months.
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So glad to see this coming out this year. My chapter, “8: The Second Century in the Fourth: Eusebius and the Codification of Christian History,” made me think, rethink, and re-rethink reading readers of history. Quite the workout in historiography!.
A Handbook to Second-Century Christianity - Baylor University Press
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Theology 101: If people repented of gluttony, covetousness, and discontent, whole sectors of the global economy would collapse.
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Theology 101: Any spirit you can conjure, control, coax, convey, correct, coerce, or contain is not the Spirit of God.
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Theology 101: Jesus is hope incarnate. When we grieve, we find strength in him. When we lose heart, we long for his coming. At the center of Christian hope stands not a promise, not a principle, not even a prophecy, but a Person—the Lord Jesus Christ.
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The audiobook versions of The AItheist and The AItheist 2.0 are excellently narrated and performed by Brian T. Schultz. Even if you've read the print or ebook editions, I highly recommend listening to these productions. They are intentionally priced low to be accessible to all.
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Perfect summer reading for anyone intrigued by theology-infused science fiction
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How anti-dispensationalists view themselves when some "folk-dispensationalist" ties prophecy to current events, interprets a symbol literally, or repeats some old teaching few modern dispensationalist scholars would say today:
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