ReformedCast

We welcome Dr. T. David Gordon this week to discuss his book Why Johnny Can?t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers. Dr. Gordon is Professor of Religion and Greek at Grove City College. Prior to that, Dr. Gordon taught New Testament (primarily Pauline studies) for thirteen years at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in S. Hamilton, MA; and for nine years was pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashua, NH. Dr. Gordon is also author of Why Johnny Can?t Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Re-Wrote the Hymnal. Dr. Gordon graduated with a B.L.A. from Roanoke College, a M.A.R. and ThM from Westminster Theological Seminary, and a Ph. D from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia

We welcome Dr. Hunter Baker to the program, author of the book The End of Secularism. Dr. Baker is Associate Dean of Arts and Sciences and Associate Professor of Political Science at Union University, and is the co-founder of The City, a journal of Christian thought and is a contributing editor to Salvo. He is also the author of book chapters in the edited volumes Faith and Learning by David Dockery, The Great Books Reader by John Mark Reynolds, and The Baylor Project by Barry Hankins and Donald Schmeltekopf. Dr. Baker holds the bachelor of science in economics and political science from Florida State University, the master of public administration from the University of Georgia, the doctor of jurisprudence from the University of Houston, and the doctor of philosophy in religion, politics, and society from Baylor University. He served as president of the Florida State University chapter of Inter-Varsity Christian Fellowship as an undergraduate.

Dr. Gerald M. Bilkes joins us this week as we discuss his book Glory Veiled and Unveiled: A Heart-Searching Look at Christ?s Parables. Dr. Bilkes is Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary, and completed his Ph.D.from Princeton Theological Seminary. He has written several articles on biblical-theological themes and given addresses at several conferences. His areas of special interest include hermeneutics, the history of interpretation, and conversion in the Bible.

This week, we will have Jeremy Walker on the broadcast, author of The Brokenhearted Evangelist. Jeremy is Pastor of Maidenbower Baptist Church in Crawley, West Sussex, UK, and is also co-author (with Rob Ventura, whom we interviewed previously) of A Portrait of Paul.

We welcome Dr. Phil Cary to the program, when we will discuss his book Good News For Anxious Christians: 10 Practical Things You Don?t Have To Do. Dr. Cary is Professor of Philosophy and and Scholar-in-Residence at Templeton Honors College at Eastern University. Professor Cary has also authored three books about Augustine published by Oxford University Press and a commentary on the book of Jonahpublished by Brazos press, most of which are about the life and thought of Saint Augustine. Dr. Cary is currently working on a book about the meaning of Protestant theology. Dr. Cary earned his PhD at Yale University in Philosophy and Religious Studies, his M.A. from Yale University in Philosophy, and his B.A. from Washington University, St. Louis in English Literature and Philosophy.

This week, we welcome Andy Crouch to the broadcast. We?ll discuss his book Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling. From 1998 to 2003, Andy was the editor-in-chief of re:generation quarterly, a magazine for an emerging generation of culturally creative Christians. For ten years he was a campus minister with InterVarsity Christian Fellowship at Harvard University. He studied classics at Cornell University and received an M.Div. summa cum laude from Boston University School of Theology. He is also a member of the editorial board of Books & Culture, a senior fellow of theInternational Justice Mission?s IJM Institute, and a member of the Board of Advisors for the John Templeton Foundation.

This week, we?ll have a discussion on Charles Hodge with our guest Dr. Andrew Hoffecker, the author of Charles Hodge: The Pride of Princeton. Dr. Hoffecker earned his B.A. from Dickinson College, his M.Div. from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary and his Ph.D. from Brown University, and currently serves as Professor of Church History at Reformed Theological Seminary.

We welcome Colin S. Smith to the broadcast on a special Thursday edition of ReformedCast. We will discuss his book Jonah: Navigating a God-Centered Life. Colin is Senior Pastor of the Orchard Evangelical Free Church (previously called the Arlington Heights Evangelical Free Church). He received his Bachelor of Arts in Theology and Master of Philosophy from London Bible College. Colin served as the Senior Pastor of the Enfield Evangelical Free Church in London for 16 years. While in London, he was active in the Fellowship of Independent Evangelical Churches in England, and has served the Fellowship as President. He can be heard daily on the Unlocking the Bible radio broadcast (www.unlockingthebible.org).

This week I welcome the Pastor of the church of which I am a member, David Sherwood, and we will discuss the Christian and their liberty. David Sherwood is Pastor of Trinity Presbyterian Church in Providence, RI. David received his B.A. from Duke University and his M.Div from Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, where he is currently pursuing his D.Min.

This week, Dr. Greg Forster and I discuss his book The Joy of Calvinism: Knowing God?s Personal, Unconditional, Irresistible, Unbreakable Love. Greg Forster is the author of five books and numerous print articles. His writing covers theology, economics, political philosophy and education policy. He has a doctorate from Yale University, is a program director at the Kern Family Foundation and also a senior fellow at the Friedman Foundation.