John Abernathy, #Presbyterian minister, taught that Christ’s life and the Last Judgment test mercy, not mere devotion (Matt 25; Jas 2). Gratitude to God must move outward. Piety that ignores the poor misses obedience. How will you show mercy today?
#mercy #piety #ConfessionalFaith #TheologyMatters
#mercy #piety #ConfessionalFaith #TheologyMatters
February 12, 2026 at 10:23 PM
John Abernathy, #Presbyterian minister, taught that Christ’s life and the Last Judgment test mercy, not mere devotion (Matt 25; Jas 2). Gratitude to God must move outward. Piety that ignores the poor misses obedience. How will you show mercy today?
#mercy #piety #ConfessionalFaith #TheologyMatters
#mercy #piety #ConfessionalFaith #TheologyMatters
#AquinasChair #ChristianEthics #ChurchLeaders #Ecumenical #GenevaConvention #HelsinkiStatement #Heresy #IOTA #Katechon #OrthodoxTheology #PublicOrthodoxy #REBUILDUKRAINE #RussianWorld #RusskiyMir #SpiritualPerception #StandWithUkraine #StatementAnalysis #TheologyMatters #TraditionalValues
December 24, 2025 at 6:51 PM
Be like Augustine.
Check out Northern Seminary's doctorate in theology for ministry. Training Christian leaders who embody the integration of doctrinal & practical theology.
#theologymatters #pastortheologian #dmin #doctorsofthechurch #theologyforlife
seminary.edu/program/doctor-of-theology/
Check out Northern Seminary's doctorate in theology for ministry. Training Christian leaders who embody the integration of doctrinal & practical theology.
#theologymatters #pastortheologian #dmin #doctorsofthechurch #theologyforlife
seminary.edu/program/doctor-of-theology/
December 10, 2025 at 6:53 PM
Be like Augustine.
Check out Northern Seminary's doctorate in theology for ministry. Training Christian leaders who embody the integration of doctrinal & practical theology.
#theologymatters #pastortheologian #dmin #doctorsofthechurch #theologyforlife
seminary.edu/program/doctor-of-theology/
Check out Northern Seminary's doctorate in theology for ministry. Training Christian leaders who embody the integration of doctrinal & practical theology.
#theologymatters #pastortheologian #dmin #doctorsofthechurch #theologyforlife
seminary.edu/program/doctor-of-theology/
📖 “Worship is not a puzzle to be solved, but a mystery to be apprehended.”
John Shepherd invites us to rediscover worship as a living encounter with the divine.
#MysteryOfGod #AnglicanWorship #TheologyMatters
John Shepherd invites us to rediscover worship as a living encounter with the divine.
#MysteryOfGod #AnglicanWorship #TheologyMatters
Worship and the Mystery of God: Anglican Divines and the Reality of the Divine Presence
A theological exploration of Anglican worship, this book reclaims liturgy as a transformative encounter with the mystery of God through beauty, music, and divine presence.
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October 22, 2025 at 2:57 PM
📖 “Worship is not a puzzle to be solved, but a mystery to be apprehended.”
John Shepherd invites us to rediscover worship as a living encounter with the divine.
#MysteryOfGod #AnglicanWorship #TheologyMatters
John Shepherd invites us to rediscover worship as a living encounter with the divine.
#MysteryOfGod #AnglicanWorship #TheologyMatters
📖 “Worship is not a puzzle to be solved, but a mystery to be apprehended.”
John Shepherd invites us to rediscover worship as a living encounter with the divine.
#MysteryOfGod #AnglicanWorship #TheologyMatters
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John Shepherd invites us to rediscover worship as a living encounter with the divine.
#MysteryOfGod #AnglicanWorship #TheologyMatters
buff.ly/kCp8Dst
October 20, 2025 at 3:37 PM
📖 “Worship is not a puzzle to be solved, but a mystery to be apprehended.”
John Shepherd invites us to rediscover worship as a living encounter with the divine.
#MysteryOfGod #AnglicanWorship #TheologyMatters
buff.ly/kCp8Dst
John Shepherd invites us to rediscover worship as a living encounter with the divine.
#MysteryOfGod #AnglicanWorship #TheologyMatters
buff.ly/kCp8Dst
Because nothing says deep faith like auto-tuned choruses on repeat. Time to ask if our playlists are preaching or just pacifying. 🎧 #WorshipWars #TheologyMatters
How Worship Music Became Our Theological Safe Word
Modern worship music loves a throne room—but Jesus never asked to be King. This article dives into how authoritarian theology grooms believers to crave domination, not transformation.
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September 16, 2025 at 1:31 PM
Because nothing says deep faith like auto-tuned choruses on repeat. Time to ask if our playlists are preaching or just pacifying. 🎧 #WorshipWars #TheologyMatters
Have a question for me? Office hours are coming to Church Blogmatics.
Submit a question at the link by 9/2 and be entered in a random drawing to win a kindle copy of Faithful by Beth Felker Jones.
#theologymatters #theologycat #AMA #officehours
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Submit a question at the link by 9/2 and be entered in a random drawing to win a kindle copy of Faithful by Beth Felker Jones.
#theologymatters #theologycat #AMA #officehours
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August 27, 2025 at 4:47 PM
Have a question for me? Office hours are coming to Church Blogmatics.
Submit a question at the link by 9/2 and be entered in a random drawing to win a kindle copy of Faithful by Beth Felker Jones.
#theologymatters #theologycat #AMA #officehours
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Submit a question at the link by 9/2 and be entered in a random drawing to win a kindle copy of Faithful by Beth Felker Jones.
#theologymatters #theologycat #AMA #officehours
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Office hours are coming to Church Blogmatics. Submit your questions now!
Submit a question at the google form by 9/2 and be entered in a random drawing to win a kindle copy of Faithful by Beth Felker Jones.
#theologymatters #theologycat #AMA #officehours
docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1F...
Submit a question at the google form by 9/2 and be entered in a random drawing to win a kindle copy of Faithful by Beth Felker Jones.
#theologymatters #theologycat #AMA #officehours
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August 25, 2025 at 3:11 PM
Office hours are coming to Church Blogmatics. Submit your questions now!
Submit a question at the google form by 9/2 and be entered in a random drawing to win a kindle copy of Faithful by Beth Felker Jones.
#theologymatters #theologycat #AMA #officehours
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Submit a question at the google form by 9/2 and be entered in a random drawing to win a kindle copy of Faithful by Beth Felker Jones.
#theologymatters #theologycat #AMA #officehours
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The Trinity isn’t abstract—it’s active.
The Father adopted me. The Son saved me. The Spirit sustains me.
That’s not theology on a page. That’s discipleship in motion.
#TheologyMatters
The Father adopted me. The Son saved me. The Spirit sustains me.
That’s not theology on a page. That’s discipleship in motion.
#TheologyMatters
August 7, 2025 at 2:00 PM
The Trinity isn’t abstract—it’s active.
The Father adopted me. The Son saved me. The Spirit sustains me.
That’s not theology on a page. That’s discipleship in motion.
#TheologyMatters
The Father adopted me. The Son saved me. The Spirit sustains me.
That’s not theology on a page. That’s discipleship in motion.
#TheologyMatters
🛠️ I used to think I had to build holiness.
Now I know God already started the construction—I just needed to stop kicking the scaffolding.
Sanctification is His work, not my hustle.
#TheologyMatters
Now I know God already started the construction—I just needed to stop kicking the scaffolding.
Sanctification is His work, not my hustle.
#TheologyMatters
August 1, 2025 at 1:00 AM
🛠️ I used to think I had to build holiness.
Now I know God already started the construction—I just needed to stop kicking the scaffolding.
Sanctification is His work, not my hustle.
#TheologyMatters
Now I know God already started the construction—I just needed to stop kicking the scaffolding.
Sanctification is His work, not my hustle.
#TheologyMatters
Dr. John MacArthur has helped shape my theology, and, by extension, my music. His faithfulness to Scripture left a lasting mark. I wrote this in his memory:
paulysguitarjournal.com/blog/pauly-s...
#JohnMacArthur #GraceToYou #FaithfulServant #TheologyMatters #ChristianMusic
paulysguitarjournal.com/blog/pauly-s...
#JohnMacArthur #GraceToYou #FaithfulServant #TheologyMatters #ChristianMusic
In Memory of Dr. John MacArthur
On July 14, 2025, a great man of God passed away. Dr. John MacArthur, who was the pastor-teacher at Grace Community Church in Sun Valley, California, and one of the most well-known preachers in the wo...
paulysguitarjournal.com
July 31, 2025 at 11:02 PM
Dr. John MacArthur has helped shape my theology, and, by extension, my music. His faithfulness to Scripture left a lasting mark. I wrote this in his memory:
paulysguitarjournal.com/blog/pauly-s...
#JohnMacArthur #GraceToYou #FaithfulServant #TheologyMatters #ChristianMusic
paulysguitarjournal.com/blog/pauly-s...
#JohnMacArthur #GraceToYou #FaithfulServant #TheologyMatters #ChristianMusic
I thought sanctification was up to me. I was wrong.
It’s a Spirit-led, grace-anchored transformation.
You don’t perform your way to holiness—you respond to God’s power.
#TheologyMatters
It’s a Spirit-led, grace-anchored transformation.
You don’t perform your way to holiness—you respond to God’s power.
#TheologyMatters
July 31, 2025 at 9:24 AM
I thought sanctification was up to me. I was wrong.
It’s a Spirit-led, grace-anchored transformation.
You don’t perform your way to holiness—you respond to God’s power.
#TheologyMatters
It’s a Spirit-led, grace-anchored transformation.
You don’t perform your way to holiness—you respond to God’s power.
#TheologyMatters
RESURRECTION, Part I
The latest: an answer to a 20 year-old question from deeply admired atheist provocateur Christopher Hitchens.
#Resurrection, #EasterHope, #TheologyMatters, #JesusAndJustice, #FaithAndDoubt, #FromDeathToLife
open.substack.com/pub/andrewth...
The latest: an answer to a 20 year-old question from deeply admired atheist provocateur Christopher Hitchens.
#Resurrection, #EasterHope, #TheologyMatters, #JesusAndJustice, #FaithAndDoubt, #FromDeathToLife
open.substack.com/pub/andrewth...
July 22, 2025 at 12:04 PM
RESURRECTION, Part I
The latest: an answer to a 20 year-old question from deeply admired atheist provocateur Christopher Hitchens.
#Resurrection, #EasterHope, #TheologyMatters, #JesusAndJustice, #FaithAndDoubt, #FromDeathToLife
open.substack.com/pub/andrewth...
The latest: an answer to a 20 year-old question from deeply admired atheist provocateur Christopher Hitchens.
#Resurrection, #EasterHope, #TheologyMatters, #JesusAndJustice, #FaithAndDoubt, #FromDeathToLife
open.substack.com/pub/andrewth...
6 great books by friends from grad school
Parenting
Surprised by Jesus Again
What We Need is Here
The Death of Race
Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
Water is Thicker Than Blood
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
Parenting
Surprised by Jesus Again
What We Need is Here
The Death of Race
Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
Water is Thicker Than Blood
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
July 18, 2025 at 1:43 PM
6 great books by friends from grad school
Parenting
Surprised by Jesus Again
What We Need is Here
The Death of Race
Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
Water is Thicker Than Blood
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
Parenting
Surprised by Jesus Again
What We Need is Here
The Death of Race
Asian Americans and the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
Water is Thicker Than Blood
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
Sanctification isn’t about sin management. It’s about soul transformation.
I used to white-knuckle my way through discipleship—until I saw it was God working in me.
That changed everything.
#TheologyMatters
I used to white-knuckle my way through discipleship—until I saw it was God working in me.
That changed everything.
#TheologyMatters
July 17, 2025 at 2:00 PM
Sanctification isn’t about sin management. It’s about soul transformation.
I used to white-knuckle my way through discipleship—until I saw it was God working in me.
That changed everything.
#TheologyMatters
I used to white-knuckle my way through discipleship—until I saw it was God working in me.
That changed everything.
#TheologyMatters
It was time to change the name of my Substack newsletter to reflect what I wanted to write about: creativity, faith, the Bible, and resisting Christofacism anyway I can. #christian #episcopal #creativity #theologymatters #faith
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open.substack.com/pub/satteber...
Welcome to Creative Midlife Resistance
It is time to rename my Substack newsletter to more closely reflect what I want to write about. I will be writing about creativity, but I will also be writing about resisting Christofacism.
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July 9, 2025 at 9:20 PM
It was time to change the name of my Substack newsletter to reflect what I wanted to write about: creativity, faith, the Bible, and resisting Christofacism anyway I can. #christian #episcopal #creativity #theologymatters #faith
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open.substack.com/pub/satteber...
In light of The Speaker of the House horrifically misinterpreting 2 Corinthians 5:16, here is a sermon I preached on the passage from 2 Corinthians. That verse does not mean what he thinks it means. #theologymatters #Episcopalian
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open.substack.com/pub/satteber...
Ash Wednesday Sermon: Ambassadors of Reconciliation
Scripture Reading: 2 Corinthians 5:21–6:10
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July 5, 2025 at 4:41 AM
In light of The Speaker of the House horrifically misinterpreting 2 Corinthians 5:16, here is a sermon I preached on the passage from 2 Corinthians. That verse does not mean what he thinks it means. #theologymatters #Episcopalian
open.substack.com/pub/satteber...
open.substack.com/pub/satteber...
6 books that formed my theology of resurrection
The Resurrection of the Body
Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God
Body, Soul, & Life Everlasting
Surprised by Hope
On the Incarnation
When the Kings Come Marching In
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
The Resurrection of the Body
Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God
Body, Soul, & Life Everlasting
Surprised by Hope
On the Incarnation
When the Kings Come Marching In
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
July 2, 2025 at 1:40 PM
6 books that formed my theology of resurrection
The Resurrection of the Body
Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God
Body, Soul, & Life Everlasting
Surprised by Hope
On the Incarnation
When the Kings Come Marching In
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
The Resurrection of the Body
Paul, the Spirit, and the People of God
Body, Soul, & Life Everlasting
Surprised by Hope
On the Incarnation
When the Kings Come Marching In
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
🔥 One bishop. One legacy.
Discover how Cyril of Alexandria shaped the Church—and why it still matters today. 🕊️📖
👉 Read now: https://wp.me/pfotiJ-mI
Follow @nilegomez for more bold faith + timeless truth! ✝️💥
#CyrilOfAlexandria #TheologyMatters
Discover how Cyril of Alexandria shaped the Church—and why it still matters today. 🕊️📖
👉 Read now: https://wp.me/pfotiJ-mI
Follow @nilegomez for more bold faith + timeless truth! ✝️💥
#CyrilOfAlexandria #TheologyMatters
June 27, 2025 at 12:30 PM
🔥 One bishop. One legacy.
Discover how Cyril of Alexandria shaped the Church—and why it still matters today. 🕊️📖
👉 Read now: https://wp.me/pfotiJ-mI
Follow @nilegomez for more bold faith + timeless truth! ✝️💥
#CyrilOfAlexandria #TheologyMatters
Discover how Cyril of Alexandria shaped the Church—and why it still matters today. 🕊️📖
👉 Read now: https://wp.me/pfotiJ-mI
Follow @nilegomez for more bold faith + timeless truth! ✝️💥
#CyrilOfAlexandria #TheologyMatters
In honor of Juneteenth & every day,
6 books that show racism is heresy
The Christian Imagination
The Death of Race
Enfleshing Freedom
Boy, Snow, Bird
Jesus & the Disinherited
Asian Americans & the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
6 books that show racism is heresy
The Christian Imagination
The Death of Race
Enfleshing Freedom
Boy, Snow, Bird
Jesus & the Disinherited
Asian Americans & the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
June 19, 2025 at 2:14 PM
In honor of Juneteenth & every day,
6 books that show racism is heresy
The Christian Imagination
The Death of Race
Enfleshing Freedom
Boy, Snow, Bird
Jesus & the Disinherited
Asian Americans & the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
6 books that show racism is heresy
The Christian Imagination
The Death of Race
Enfleshing Freedom
Boy, Snow, Bird
Jesus & the Disinherited
Asian Americans & the Spirit of Racial Capitalism
#6bookseries
#TheologyBooks #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
New Substack Series: STEALING IT BACK!
What if the problem isn’t that people are walking away from God…but that what we call “faith” has been hijacked?
tinyurl.com/Stealingitback
#ReclaimingFaith #ChristianVocabulary #FaithAndJustice #TheologyMatters #SpiritualDeconstruction #SubstackWriters
What if the problem isn’t that people are walking away from God…but that what we call “faith” has been hijacked?
tinyurl.com/Stealingitback
#ReclaimingFaith #ChristianVocabulary #FaithAndJustice #TheologyMatters #SpiritualDeconstruction #SubstackWriters
Stealing it back!
Helter Skelter, Phrenology, and Reclamation of the Good News.
open.substack.com
June 17, 2025 at 11:28 AM
New Substack Series: STEALING IT BACK!
What if the problem isn’t that people are walking away from God…but that what we call “faith” has been hijacked?
tinyurl.com/Stealingitback
#ReclaimingFaith #ChristianVocabulary #FaithAndJustice #TheologyMatters #SpiritualDeconstruction #SubstackWriters
What if the problem isn’t that people are walking away from God…but that what we call “faith” has been hijacked?
tinyurl.com/Stealingitback
#ReclaimingFaith #ChristianVocabulary #FaithAndJustice #TheologyMatters #SpiritualDeconstruction #SubstackWriters
Dwight refused to be photographed with AJ Swoboda’s new book *A Teachable Spirit* because Dwight does not have a teachable spirit. AJ does though, and I’m looking forward to reading. #theologycat #theologymatters #christianbooks
amzn.to/4kNjnty
amzn.to/4kNjnty
June 13, 2025 at 2:05 PM
Dwight refused to be photographed with AJ Swoboda’s new book *A Teachable Spirit* because Dwight does not have a teachable spirit. AJ does though, and I’m looking forward to reading. #theologycat #theologymatters #christianbooks
amzn.to/4kNjnty
amzn.to/4kNjnty
6 books that help me to think about the Bible
The Epic of Eden
Getting Involved with God
The Meaning of Protestant Theology
The Moral Vision of the New Testament
The Blue Parakeet
Savoring Scripture
What would be on your list?
#6bookseries #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
The Epic of Eden
Getting Involved with God
The Meaning of Protestant Theology
The Moral Vision of the New Testament
The Blue Parakeet
Savoring Scripture
What would be on your list?
#6bookseries #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
June 12, 2025 at 3:17 PM
6 books that help me to think about the Bible
The Epic of Eden
Getting Involved with God
The Meaning of Protestant Theology
The Moral Vision of the New Testament
The Blue Parakeet
Savoring Scripture
What would be on your list?
#6bookseries #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza
The Epic of Eden
Getting Involved with God
The Meaning of Protestant Theology
The Moral Vision of the New Testament
The Blue Parakeet
Savoring Scripture
What would be on your list?
#6bookseries #theologymatters
amzn.to/4kRcoza