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Becoming Human Again

04/29/22

13 mins

By John W. Hoyum

What the gospel promises is not escape from our humanity, but resurrection from the dead.
Dominus Mortis

01/01/21

9 mins

By John W. Hoyum

Perhaps this past year has prompted the recognition that God is not the tame projection of our highest hopes and dreams. Instead, he is the one who uses even his foes to make a point.
Predestination is for Preaching

09/07/20

9 mins

By John W. Hoyum

Predestination is a promising teaching as Paul teaches it in Romans 8. It’s promising when Christ and his work for us are held firmly in hand.
Where All Men Are At Home

12/23/19

11 mins

By John W. Hoyum

Christmas is, therefore, the beginning of Christ’s earthly ministry, even while he awaits a number of years to gather his disciples and inaugurate his preaching of the kingdom.
What Does this Mean: Union with Christ

10/07/19

13 mins

By John W. Hoyum

Christ’s indwelling in the Christian must be tied relentlessly to these external and objective events of God’s own action.
Theology and Philosophy: In Conversation with Robert Jenson

09/30/19

15 mins

By John W. Hoyum

Theology is not to simply adopt the positions and presuppositions of philosophy, nor should it reject philosophy.
Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theology of the Cross

06/21/19

13 mins

By John W. Hoyum

I’d like to offer a short reflection on the theme of “worldliness” as it appears in his later work and how that’s connected to an item of his Lutheran heritage: the theology of the cross.

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Becoming Human Again

Dominus Mortis

Predestination is for Preaching

Where All Men Are At Home

What Does this Mean: Union with Christ

Theology and Philosophy: In Conversation with Robert Jenson

Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Theology of the Cross

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