David Coe

Rev. Dr. David Coe is assistant professor of theology and philosophy at Concordia University, Nebraska. From the Deep South, Dr. Coe was raised on grits, turnip greens, and Georgia football. After graduating from the University of Georgia with a BA in philosophy, he served two years as a volunteer missionary with LCMS World Mission in Côte d’Ivoire and Guinea, West Africa. After study abroad at Westfield House, Cambridge, England, and three summers as a research fellow at the Hong Kierkegaard Library, St. Olaf College, Northfield, MN, he earned an MDiv and PhD in historical theology from Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, where he was also adjunct faculty. Before joining the faculty of Concordia, Nebraska, he served five years as associate pastor of Trinity Lutheran Church, Fremont, Nebraska. Stung by Anfechtung, the lost locus of Martin Luther, Dr. Coe has published one book, Kierkegaard and Luther (Fortress Academic Press, 2020), and several papers on Luther and nineteenth-century Danish Lutheran philosopher Søren Kierkegaard and keeps bees on the side. Along with his wife Joanna and their two sons, Samuel and Caleb, Dr. Coe loves to help his students fear, love, and trust in God above all things because God forgives, loves, and treasures them first (1 John 4:19).