keithlongelcaNov 30, 20235 min readNotting Hill JesusCritics of Christianity often claim that Jesus was a figment of the imagination, a man-made invention by the religious who sought to...
keithlongelcaNov 30, 20232 min readCuriosity MattersI recently woke up at three in the morning and couldn’t fall back to sleep. This is a relatively usual occurrence, but normally it is...
keithlongelcaSep 19, 20234 min read21st Century Theological CommitmentsIn the 11 years as an ordained minister of Word and Sacrament in the Evangelical Lutheran Church in America, I have dutifully upheld the...
keithlongelcaSep 19, 20233 min readIf Christianity were a Christmas movieHave you ever noticed that there are some very plausible dualities at play in our lives? Take for example what occurs on the radio...
keithlongelcaSep 19, 20233 min readWhat is the Apostles' Creed?The other day I was peeling the “Chiquita” sticker off my banana, and thought to myself: Is there any other banana distributor other than...
keithlongelcaSep 19, 20232 min readLove is All in AllI have been kicking around the following hypothetical question with some friends: what if “Love your neighbor” was the only thing that...
keithlongelcaSep 19, 20234 min readA man with a plan or just a man?My favorite romantic comedy of all-time is Notting Hill, hands down. In this movie Julia Roberts and Hugh Grant star in a modern-day...
keithlongelcaSep 19, 20234 min readWas the New Testament tampered with?When I first started reading the Bible, I made a lot of assumptions. I assumed that the differences between the Gospels were intentional....
keithlongelcaSep 19, 20233 min readDid Jesus really die for our sins?It has been over two thousand years since Jesus lived and died. The religion that formed in his name has since snowballed into the...
keithlongelcaSep 19, 20233 min readWas Judas a real person?I have often wondered how so many details about Jesus’s life were so gracefully recounted in the Gospels. How did the Gospel writers know...