This study provides an overview of Tillich’s account of the sacraments in the third volume of his “Systematic Theology” and passes through his account of symbols to discern the way in which Tillich’s ontology is shaped by sacramental thinking. It prosecutes an avenue of critical engagement with Tillich concerned with the problem of the rel…[Read more]

Helmut Gollwitzer’s legacy as a politically concerned pastor and theologian is instructive for those today who want to take seriously both what Christian faith means for socio-economic justice and what that concern for socio-economic justice likewise means for the theological task. I treat three aspects of Gollwitzer’s work in order to hig…[Read more]

Undergraduate commencement address at Lindenwood University.

A series of blog posts expositing John Calvin’s commentary on the New Testament book of 1 Peter.

A set of theses with exposition discussing prayer and the sacraments in John Calvin’s theology.

In a 2012 article on Bultmann and Augustine, R. W. L. Moberly argued that the church should be understood as a “plausibility structure” for faith and thus a presupposition for the interpretation of Scripture. My response to him in 2014 addressed misinterpretations of Bultmann but did not speak to the central issue of the church as a pre…[Read more]