Michael J. Svigel
@svigel.bsky.social
Theology professor, department chair, patristic scholar, writer, husband, father. Passionate about the one Lord and his church.
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Michael J. Svigel
@svigel.bsky.social
· Nov 29
‘THE FATHERS ON THE FUTURE’—About 30% history and patristic eschatology, 20% systematic and practical theology, and 50% biblical theology, exposition, and exegesis.
Theology 102: If you say there’s no rapture in the Bible, you better read this first, then stop repeating falsehoods. You can deny a pre-trib, mid-trib, or pre-wrath rapture, fine, but you can’t deny the rapture event itself.
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December 27, 2025 at 9:56 PM
Theology 102: If you say there’s no rapture in the Bible, you better read this first, then stop repeating falsehoods. You can deny a pre-trib, mid-trib, or pre-wrath rapture, fine, but you can’t deny the rapture event itself.
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Theology 101: Me, making sure the rapture is still in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 after someone on social media insists it’s not in the Bible:
doctor strange is reading a book with the words let me see behind him
ALT: doctor strange is reading a book with the words let me see behind him
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December 27, 2025 at 8:35 PM
Theology 101: Me, making sure the rapture is still in 1 Thessalonians 4:17 after someone on social media insists it’s not in the Bible:
Theology 101: Me, searching the Bible in vain for the terms “spiritual Israel” and “true Israel” in Hebrew or Greek to see what they actually refer to in their contexts:
a man is standing in a dark room with a bunch of toilet paper on the floor
ALT: a man is standing in a dark room with a bunch of toilet paper on the floor
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December 27, 2025 at 8:28 PM
Theology 101: Me, searching the Bible in vain for the terms “spiritual Israel” and “true Israel” in Hebrew or Greek to see what they actually refer to in their contexts:
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Amazon.com: The AItheist 3.0: A Novella (The AItheist Cycle, Book 3) (Audible Audio Edition): Michael Svigel, Brian T. Schultz, Michael J. Svigel: Books
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December 27, 2025 at 12:43 AM
Excited to announce the release of The AITheist 3.0 audiobook! Get it here: a.co/d/4tuuSTm
Theology 101: What the few apostles taught at the start—not what countless churchmen began to teach later—is the sole standard of apostolicity.
December 26, 2025 at 5:16 PM
Theology 101: What the few apostles taught at the start—not what countless churchmen began to teach later—is the sole standard of apostolicity.
Theology 101: “His was perfect grace coming down into the defilement, banishing and dispelling it without receiving it Himself.” (Darby)
December 24, 2025 at 9:13 PM
Theology 101: “His was perfect grace coming down into the defilement, banishing and dispelling it without receiving it Himself.” (Darby)
Merry Christmas, everyone!
December 24, 2025 at 6:36 AM
Merry Christmas, everyone!
Theology 101: I suspect many American evangelicals would prefer the take-action, fight-the-oppressor, political revolutionary Barabbas over the turn-the-other-cheek, love-your-neighbor, pay-your-taxes Jesus. Alas, I fear they would trade away Jesus for the brigand in a heartbeat.
December 23, 2025 at 10:47 PM
Theology 101: I suspect many American evangelicals would prefer the take-action, fight-the-oppressor, political revolutionary Barabbas over the turn-the-other-cheek, love-your-neighbor, pay-your-taxes Jesus. Alas, I fear they would trade away Jesus for the brigand in a heartbeat.
Guess who finished the first draft of his popular-level eschatology book, not due until May 1? Weighing in at just under 90k words!
a stuffed animal in a lion costume is standing on a stump in a cave .
ALT: a stuffed animal in a lion costume is standing on a stump in a cave .
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December 22, 2025 at 1:19 AM
Guess who finished the first draft of his popular-level eschatology book, not due until May 1? Weighing in at just under 90k words!
Theology 101: A conservative political gospel is no less of a false gospel than a liberal social gospel.
December 20, 2025 at 7:08 PM
Theology 101: A conservative political gospel is no less of a false gospel than a liberal social gospel.
Theology 101: I get the sense that over the last several years, politically-driven eschatologies have gone from aggressively converting the world by the gospel to allowing the gospel to be converted by the world.
December 20, 2025 at 7:05 PM
Theology 101: I get the sense that over the last several years, politically-driven eschatologies have gone from aggressively converting the world by the gospel to allowing the gospel to be converted by the world.
Theology 101: “Love, without any regard to truth, is not Christian love.” (Samuel Hopkins)
December 18, 2025 at 11:30 PM
Theology 101: “Love, without any regard to truth, is not Christian love.” (Samuel Hopkins)
Theology 101: Anybody who says Satan and demons are presently bound with a great chain and thrown in the abyss and sealed over in any sense at all simply aren’t living in the same world as I am.
December 18, 2025 at 7:22 AM
Theology 101: Anybody who says Satan and demons are presently bound with a great chain and thrown in the abyss and sealed over in any sense at all simply aren’t living in the same world as I am.
Theology 101: What if the loud proponents of American political Christianity who believe they’re soldiers in a spiritual warfare against satanic secularism are actually unwitting tools in a worldly warfare against flesh and blood armed with weapons of carnality?
a cartoon of batman wearing a blue cape and mask with his hand on his chin .
ALT: a cartoon of batman wearing a blue cape and mask with his hand on his chin .
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December 18, 2025 at 6:17 AM
Theology 101: What if the loud proponents of American political Christianity who believe they’re soldiers in a spiritual warfare against satanic secularism are actually unwitting tools in a worldly warfare against flesh and blood armed with weapons of carnality?
Theology 101: True grace impels us to true repentance. Baptism signifies and seals both.
December 18, 2025 at 6:03 AM
Theology 101: True grace impels us to true repentance. Baptism signifies and seals both.
Theology 101: Tradition without truth just means the error is old.
December 18, 2025 at 4:53 AM
Theology 101: Tradition without truth just means the error is old.
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December 18, 2025 at 12:09 AM
LAST CHANCE FOR CHRISTMAS!
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AiTheist 3.0: A Book Review
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December 13, 2025 at 9:45 PM
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AITHEIST 3.0 UPDATE
The audiobook edition has been finalized and will be released in about a week—just in time for Christmas road trips!
All three books in The AItheist Cycle now have audio editions; all by the same talented voice actor.
The audiobook edition has been finalized and will be released in about a week—just in time for Christmas road trips!
All three books in The AItheist Cycle now have audio editions; all by the same talented voice actor.
December 13, 2025 at 8:07 PM
AITHEIST 3.0 UPDATE
The audiobook edition has been finalized and will be released in about a week—just in time for Christmas road trips!
All three books in The AItheist Cycle now have audio editions; all by the same talented voice actor.
The audiobook edition has been finalized and will be released in about a week—just in time for Christmas road trips!
All three books in The AItheist Cycle now have audio editions; all by the same talented voice actor.