"No philosophy or metaphysics has ever been admitted without question or qualification into Christian theology, bit had to be tried by fire (1 Cor 3:13-15)."

- John Betz

Thanks for making it much better!

Thanks for buying!

It was a fun book to write. I hope it serves the church well.

It's release day for Christological Dogmatics!

I try to cover the bases: historical debates, global development, exegesis, moral theology.

I use less-known figures to supplement well known ones: Cyril of Alexandria, Aimee Semple McPherson, Gregory Nazianzus, Jon Sobrino, Robert Clarence Lawson...

Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse For Bernard Lonergan, the drama of human history is—even right now, even in the United States—in the process of being redeemed by God through grace.

My piece on Lonergan’s philosophy of history, “Things Will Get Better Before They Get Worse,” is live now in @commonweal.bsky.social

Both @gelliottmorris.com & @benjaminwittes.lawfaremedia.org get shout outs in this one, btw. www.commonwealmagazine.org/heaps-jonath...

Religion and the 2024 Presidential Election The 2024 presidential election’s preliminary exit polls show that the U.S. religious vote largely broke along expected lines. White evangelical Protestants remain the most vital religious constituency...

I keep seeing progressive Christians write chastising posts about evangelical Trump support (3 so far today).

Here's a reminder that a majority of white Catholics & mainliners also voted Trump. Maybe rather than write scathing commentary about others, tend to your flock?

prri.org/spotlight/re...

You make a lot of good points (and I'll avoid the debates about atonement for now 😂). Long game is often God's game, but I'm an impatient man.

That's a good word, of course. Sometimes my despair is bigger than my faith, but God does not rely on the quantity of faith.

I mean, how do we turn the tide? One conversation at a time just doesn't make a difference. But I certainly don't want a 1.8 million person platform. Hoping for thoughts from 3-4 people and that's a lucky day 😂

Social media just makes this an uphill battle even more than it normally would be. I work hard to convince 60 evangelicals in a Sunday school class that the immigration system is unjust, and evangelical Josh Howerton has 1.8 million followers he can pepper with short media to defend the system.

The table of contents for Christological Dogmatics wasn't working on Amazon, so I'm sharing it here.

I'm happy with several features:

1) engagement with less common figures (Lawson, Thomasius, McPherson, etc.)

2) content bracketed by evangelism

3) social ethics + classical doctrine interspersed

Christians and Immigration: A Roundtable Discussion on the Bible, Theology and Immigration Policy YouTube video by Gordon-Conwell

The recording of my round table discussion on immigration with Gordon-Conwell's Mockler Center for Faith and Ethics in the Public Square from December is now posted online:

www.youtube.com/watch?v=MfRa...

"Thinking about God and praying to God are not two discrete acts which we must somehow try to bring together by some mechanical bridge called ‘spiritual application’; rather, they are ultimately a single act of relating to God.”

- Simon Chan

I'll be part of an immigration roundtable conversation with a few great scholars on December 3rd. You can stream it and watch, too.

www.gordonconwell.edu/event/christ...

Thanks for sharing! I'm rarely on here recently and completely missed your post.

I’ll be participating in a forum on Christian immigration ethics this week, seeking to balance justice and rule of law in Romans 13 while aiming for a critique of some current policy that I hope people across the political spectrum can stand behind.
stream available here: www.gcts.edu/live

Endorsements are up for "Christological Dogmatics" on amazon:

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I asked people who wrote some of the best and most stimulating works I read in writing the book. I'm thankful they were willing to say something nice about my work.

"Feuerbach should be asked whether human beings would really, on their own, wish to receive redemption through a crucified man."

- Hans-Martin Barth

Great review here from a notable scholar of migration in Scripture. Much to learn from his engagement.

Looks wonderful! Congratulations.

Why Due Process Is Owed to Migrants: A Protestant Christian Case - Cateclesia Institute D. Glenn Butner, Jr. The history of US immigration policy is rife with a denial of due process for migrants. There are...

Here's a short piece I wrote defending due process for immigrants. There's a lot more to be said (and I'm hoping to get a few more pieces out soon), but this is certainly one thing I'm very concerned about.

cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...

Why Due Process Is Owed to Migrants: A Protestant Christian Case - Cateclesia Institute D. Glenn Butner, Jr. The history of US immigration policy is rife with a denial of due process for migrants. There are...

Here's a short piece I wrote defending due process for immigrants. There's a lot more to be said (and I'm hoping to get a few more pieces out soon), but this is certainly one thing I'm very concerned about.

cateclesia.com/2025/07/16/w...

100%. Many of the stories of ICE detaining people with green cards could have happened under any admin.

That’s not true for the pro-Palestinian stuff, of course, and the Trump admin is doing a lot of new stuff too… but a lot of this just isn’t novel. It’s the system operation as intended.

Christological Dogmatics: A Theological Witness to the Person and Work of Christ Christological Dogmatics: A Theological Witness to the Person and Work of Christ [D. Glenn Butner Jr.] on Amazon.com. *FREE* shipping on qualifying offers. Christological Dogmatics: A Theological Witness to the Person and Work of Christ

Look what’s available for preorder:

www.amazon.com/Christologic...

Theology 101: One of your responsibilities in your ministry is to prepare to pass it on to somebody else.

Westerners assume that “the state is not yet the Beast of the Apocalypse,” but “the state is now, as always, a monster in which all the irrational forces of the human being meet. People may think the monster has been defeated, but it is always able to reappear.”

- Jose Comblin

On the Significance of Religion for Immigration Policy The pervasive role religion plays in immigration policy is universally acknowledged but not well understood. On the Significance of Religion for Immigration Policy explores the ways in which religion ...

My new book has a page! (that's not the cover though - must be some kind of holding image)

Congratulations!

I saw a series of images from Josh Howerton getting tons of attention on several social media platforms.

It’s world refugee day, so a little tongue in cheek (though serious issues are at stake), I thought I’d “grade” this as a theology professor.