Steve Harmon

Lecture 2

U.S. Troops Were Told Iran War Is for “Armageddon,” Return of Jesus Advocacy group reports commanders giving similar messages at more than 30 installations in every branch of the military

As a theologian I’ve long taught that dispensational premillennialism is a dangerously wrong theology and that Christian nationalism is a dangerously wrong stance on the church’s relationship to civil society. This shows how exceedingly dangerous it is for these two wrong perspectives to intersect.

Dr. Jerusha Neal delivers the first of her Greene Lectures in Dover Chapel at Gardner-Webb University. Her second lecture will be delivered in the same location at 1:00 PM today. Come join us!

YouTube video by Saturday Night Live Mumford & Sons: Here ft. Sierra Ferrell, Aaron Dessner (Live) - SNL

And this SNL live performance takes the song to a whole other level: youtu.be/32TbBBpoJv0?...

YouTube video by MumfordAndSonsVEVO Mumford & Sons, Chris Stapleton - Here (Lyric Video)

This new Mumford & Sons song can function as a song of Lenten relinquishment.

1953 Iranian coup d'état - Wikipedia

FYI: the 1979 Iranian Revolution was an unintended consequence of a U.S.-backed regime change that in 1953 overthrew the government of the democratically-elected prime minister of Iran.

This Second Sunday in Lent at McGill Baptist Church in Concord, NC: “Believing the God Who Loves” (Genesis 12:1-4a; Romans 4:1-5, 13-17; John 3:1-17).

We will also pray for the world God loves. Lord, in your mercy, hear our prayer.

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PDF proofs. Making progress toward publication!

YouTube video by U2 U2 - Yours Eternally (Lyric Video) ft. Ed Sheeran and Taras Topolia

On this 4th anniversary of the full-scale invasion by Russia, I pray that my Ukrainian friends and their fellow citizens might have "volia" and be strengthened by hope "for the glory of a world that we can't yet see."

U2's Days of Ash And my own.

Thanks to Angela Pancella for mentioning me (and my forthcoming book on U2’s Theological Imagination) in her reflections on U2’s surprise Ash Wednesday release of the Days of Ash EP. apancella.substack.com/p/u2s-days-o...

Registration is free, but if you plan to attend, please send an e-mail to Lisa Hollifield at the address in the press release.

Gardner-Webb Hosts Dr. Jerusha Matsen Neal for Greene Lectures on March 3 The School of Divinity at Gardner-Webb will host noted homiletics professor Jerusha Matsen Neal for The Greene Lectureship on March 3, 10 a.m. to 2 p.m.

Please join us next Tuesday, March 3 at Gardner-Webb University School of Divinity for our Greene Lectures in Ministry with Dr. Jerusha Neal, homiletics professor at Duke Divinity School. gardner-webb.edu/news/greene-...

This First Sunday in Lent at McGill Baptist Church in Concord, NC, with guest preacher Kheresa Harmon.

Looking forward to delivering a pair of lectures for the Rock Hill Oratory in Rock Hill, SC this morning. rockhilloratory.org/events/ponti...

🤦‍♂️ Despite everything I’ve noted about the intentionality of U2’s surprise release of their EP Days of Ash on Ash Wednesday, it has only just now occurred to me that they’ve done so with liturgically-correct Lenten purple!

(My book U2’s Theological Imagination: A Guide for Pilgrims on the Way releases from Cascade Books later this year.)

What a beautiful, simply expressed eschatological vision embedded in this lyric from the final track of U2’s surprise Ash Wednesday EP release Days of Ash. This one in particular has moved me to tears more than once.

U2 did note that on their own social media posts, so it should be hard to miss!

YouTube video by U2 U2 - American Obituary (Lyric Video)

The theological imagery in the video is not subtle, nor is the application. youtu.be/Y3ziTSYyook

And on Ash Wednesday, U2 has given us a six-track EP—titled Days of Ash.

O.M.G.

Here’s how he concludes it:

This from earlier in the message makes me think of Isaiah 58:6: “Is this not the fast that I choose…?”

The full message is worth reading: www.vatican.va/content/leo-...

It is Lent. If you are thinking of giving up something for Lent, I encourage you to consider what Pope Leo XIV proposes in his message for Lent 2026.

Pontificate for the Whole Church: A Protestant’s Perspective | Rock Hill Oratory Featuring Dr. Steven Harmon Professor of Historical Theology Gardner-Webb School of Divinity Dr. Harmon has taught in the School of Divinity since 2010, whe ...

On Saturday AM, I'm delivering lectures in Rock Hill SC on the theme "Pontificate for the Whole Church: A Protestant’s Perspective." I'll have copies of my book Encountering Pope Leo XIV available for sale/signing. Registration is free, but requested by Friday. rockhilloratory.org/events/ponti...