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The Solidarity of the Messiah

Posted on January 27, 2026 by ptsblog
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Above: Painting by Alex Levin: “Smoke Pillar arising from Jerusalem Temple”; https://artlevin.com/ On Nov. 6, 2025, Dr. Tucker S. Ferda was installed into the Errett M. Grable Chair of New Testament Exegesis and Early Christianity at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Below are concluding remarks from his inaugural lecture, “The Solidarity of the Messiah: Recovering Matthew’s Theology…

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“We Believe”—The Nicene Creed as a Communal Story

Posted on November 17, 2025November 11, 2025 by ptsblog
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Have you ever been to a meeting so important that it will be remembered and celebrated 17 centuries from today? If so, would you even know? As a pastor of local congregations, I often liked church council meetings. When they worked well, council meetings could be an act of worship: gathering in Christian community, remembering…

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Theological Imagination, a Poet in Exile, and Calvin as Interpreter of the Psalms

Posted on October 28, 2025October 28, 2025 by ptsblog
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On Oct. 2, 2025, the Rev. Dr. Kenneth J. Woo was installed into the P. C. Rossin Chair of Church History and Historical Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. Below are excerpts of his inaugural lecture, “Theological Imagination, a Poet in Exile, and Calvin as Interpreter of the Psalms.” These lecture points are more fully fleshed…

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