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.
Join me in Germany for “The Church Prevails” tour with Dallas Seminary, April 7–18, 2026. From Cologne…to Eisenach…Erfurt..Wittenberg…and Berlin. For information:
www.morningstartours.com/dts1536/
www.morningstartours.com/dts1536/
April 7 – 18, 2026
www.morningstartours.com
November 11, 2025 at 5:29 PM
Join me in Germany for “The Church Prevails” tour with Dallas Seminary, April 7–18, 2026. From Cologne…to Eisenach…Erfurt..Wittenberg…and Berlin. For information:
www.morningstartours.com/dts1536/
www.morningstartours.com/dts1536/
Theology 101: If your church’s worship feels like a circus, don’t be surprised if its members behave like animals and act like clowns.
November 11, 2025 at 1:19 PM
Theology 101: If your church’s worship feels like a circus, don’t be surprised if its members behave like animals and act like clowns.
Theology 101: “There is but one method of healing appointed after we have gone wrong—the powerful application of the Word.” (John Chrysostom)
November 11, 2025 at 1:13 PM
Theology 101: “There is but one method of healing appointed after we have gone wrong—the powerful application of the Word.” (John Chrysostom)
Bad Math 101: Harrison Ford made about $25 million on The Force Awakens. He only acted in about 25 minutes of that movie, which means he made a million dollars a minute. Along with preachers who only work an hour or two a week on Sunday mornings, that’s a sweet deal.
November 9, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Bad Math 101: Harrison Ford made about $25 million on The Force Awakens. He only acted in about 25 minutes of that movie, which means he made a million dollars a minute. Along with preachers who only work an hour or two a week on Sunday mornings, that’s a sweet deal.
Theology 301: My chapter, “The Second Century in the Fourth: Eusebius and the Codification of Christian History,” will appear in the Baylor University Press volume, A Handbook to Second-Century Christianity, edited by Mike Bird and Scott Harrower, releasing November 30.
November 9, 2025 at 4:45 PM
Theology 301: My chapter, “The Second Century in the Fourth: Eusebius and the Codification of Christian History,” will appear in the Baylor University Press volume, A Handbook to Second-Century Christianity, edited by Mike Bird and Scott Harrower, releasing November 30.
In this world, we are invited to come boldly before God’s throne of grace. In the new world, we will be invited to come bodily before God’s throne of glory.
November 9, 2025 at 3:16 PM
In this world, we are invited to come boldly before God’s throne of grace. In the new world, we will be invited to come bodily before God’s throne of glory.
Theology 101: Christ is The Seed of Abraham to whom the promise was given and in whom/by whom all promises are and will be fulfilled. Regardless of your view of eschatological details, apart from Christ there will be no partaking of Kingdom blessings now or in the future. Period.
November 9, 2025 at 6:38 AM
Theology 101: Christ is The Seed of Abraham to whom the promise was given and in whom/by whom all promises are and will be fulfilled. Regardless of your view of eschatological details, apart from Christ there will be no partaking of Kingdom blessings now or in the future. Period.
Theology 101: Christ is the center of CHRISTian theology.
November 6, 2025 at 10:54 PM
Theology 101: Christ is the center of CHRISTian theology.
Theology 101: Unless the universe created itself, the “natural” revelation of God through creation is supernatural revelation.
November 5, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Theology 101: Unless the universe created itself, the “natural” revelation of God through creation is supernatural revelation.
Theology 101: In my view, four words that should not be in worship songs:
• Woah
• Gonna
• Gotta
• Yeah
• Woah
• Gonna
• Gotta
• Yeah
November 5, 2025 at 3:38 AM
Theology 101: In my view, four words that should not be in worship songs:
• Woah
• Gonna
• Gotta
• Yeah
• Woah
• Gonna
• Gotta
• Yeah
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November 4, 2025 at 8:32 PM
Did you miss this? Get it now on Amazon:
Theology 101: “Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised; dead, to rise again.” (Gregory of Nyssa)
November 4, 2025 at 7:33 PM
Theology 101: “Sick, our nature demanded to be healed; fallen, to be raised; dead, to rise again.” (Gregory of Nyssa)
Theology 101: The door to eternal life hangs on the triple hinge of the Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus the God-Man.
November 4, 2025 at 7:23 PM
Theology 101: The door to eternal life hangs on the triple hinge of the Incarnation, Death, and Resurrection of Jesus the God-Man.
Theology 101: In the classic Christian faith, right believing and right living—orthodoxy and orthopraxy—were never meant to be separated. Baptism as confession of faith and repentance from sin united doctrine and ethics from the beginning.
November 4, 2025 at 1:02 PM
Theology 101: In the classic Christian faith, right believing and right living—orthodoxy and orthopraxy—were never meant to be separated. Baptism as confession of faith and repentance from sin united doctrine and ethics from the beginning.
Theology 101: Apparently, performing a miracle is no basis for “sainthood.” (Matthew 7:22–23; 2 Thessalonians 2:9)
November 4, 2025 at 1:01 PM
Theology 101: Apparently, performing a miracle is no basis for “sainthood.” (Matthew 7:22–23; 2 Thessalonians 2:9)
Theology 101: “The body is not an extraneous ornament or aid, but part of a person’s very nature.” (Augustine)
November 3, 2025 at 10:46 PM
Theology 101: “The body is not an extraneous ornament or aid, but part of a person’s very nature.” (Augustine)
Theology 101: My decades of labor as a patristic scholar didn’t make me a former Protestant; it made me a better Protestant. Patristic retrieval, after all, fueled the Reformation; and patristic retrieval will continue to fuel it.
October 31, 2025 at 1:12 PM
Theology 101: My decades of labor as a patristic scholar didn’t make me a former Protestant; it made me a better Protestant. Patristic retrieval, after all, fueled the Reformation; and patristic retrieval will continue to fuel it.
Ok, but “NEO” is uncomfortably close to “NERO” from “The AItheist 2.0,” and that didn’t go so well.
October 31, 2025 at 1:00 PM
Ok, but “NEO” is uncomfortably close to “NERO” from “The AItheist 2.0,” and that didn’t go so well.
Just released in ebook and paperback! Get it on Amazon.
October 29, 2025 at 11:52 AM
Just released in ebook and paperback! Get it on Amazon.
Update on “The AItheist” trilogy. The publisher that had great interest in the series (the lead publisher l said he loved it), ultimately turned it down as it faced marketing challenges.
October 28, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Update on “The AItheist” trilogy. The publisher that had great interest in the series (the lead publisher l said he loved it), ultimately turned it down as it faced marketing challenges.
Released in Kindle. Paperback coming soon…
October 28, 2025 at 1:39 PM
Released in Kindle. Paperback coming soon…
Becoming a better writer is a decades-long process of writing piles of garbage while reading piles of gold.
October 27, 2025 at 11:41 AM
Becoming a better writer is a decades-long process of writing piles of garbage while reading piles of gold.