Preaching and Preachers

This week, Dr. Peter J. Williams joins me for a Q&A session from his recent visit to Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. Dr. Williams is the Principal and CEO of Tyndale House, Cambridge. Additionally, Dr. Willians is an Affiliated Lecturer in the Faculty of Divinity in the University of Cambridge, Chair of the International Greek New Testament Project and a member of the Translation Oversight Committee of the English Standard Version of the Bible. He assisted Dr Dirk Jongkind in Tyndale House’s production of a major edition of the Greek New Testament and his book Can We Trust the Gospels? (Crossway, 2018) has been translated into 14 languages. His latest book, The Surprising Genius of Jesus: What the Gospels Reveal about the Greatest Teacher (Crossway), was published in October 2023.

*This episode was originally recorded on 2/4/19.

This week on Preaching and Preachers, Dr. Dan DeWitt joins me in a discussion on preaching in a fallen world. Dr. DeWitt is Professor of Worldview and Culture and Executive Director of the Center for Worldview and Culture at Southwest Baptist University, Bolivar, MO.

**This episode was originally published on 1/28/2019.

This week on Preaching and Preachers, H. B. Charles joins me in a discussion on the preacher and self-glory. H. B. is the senior pastor of Shiloh Baptist Church in Jacksonville, Florida. 

In this week's episode, Dr. Jared Bumpers joins me again as we discuss a portion of my book Letters to My Students, Vol. 2. Particularly, we discuss the pastor and developing leaders.

This week, Dr. Jared Bumpers is joined by Dr. Jason DeRouchie as they discuss Dr. DeRouchie's most recent book, Delighting in the Old Testament published by Crossway.

Dr. DeRouchie serves as Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology and Rich and Judy Hastings Endowed Chair of Old Testament Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has published several works including 40 Questions about Biblical Theology, A Call to Covenant Love, How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Application. 

This week on Preaching and Preachers, Tim Challies joins me to discuss his recent book Seasons of Sorrow and how we can serve those in the midst of sorrow as Christian ministers. Tim regularly writes on his blog, challies.com, and he is the author of several books, including the book of our discussion, Seasons of Sorrow: The Pain of Loss and the Comfort of God.

*This episode was originally published on 1/22/2019.

This week on Preaching and Preachers, Dr. Bruce Ware joins me in a discussion on the pastor and the Holy Spirit. Dr. Ware serves as the T. Rupert and Lucille Coleman Professor of Christian Theology at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky.

In this week's episode, Dr. Jared Bumpers joins me again as we discuss a portion of my book Letters to My Students, Vol. 1. Particularly we discuss the preacher and Christocentric preaching.

This week, Dr. Jared Bumpers is joined by Dr. Jason DeRouchie as they discuss Dr. DeRouchie's most recent book, Delighting in the Old Testament published by Crossway.

Dr. DeRouchie serves as Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology and Rich and Judy Hastings Endowed Chair of Old Testament Studies at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. He has published several works including 40 Questions about Biblical Theology, A Call to Covenant Love, How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Application. 

This week, I am delighted to welcome Dr. Donald S. Whitney to the podcast. Dr. Whitney is Professor of Biblical Spirituality and the John H. Powell Professor of Pastoral Ministry at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary.

He served there in a similar position from 1995 to 2005, and then as Professor of Biblical Spirituality and Associate Dean at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, from 2005 to 2024.

He has authored nine books, including Spiritual Disciplines for the Christian Life an Praying the Bible, and is a popular conference speaker, especially on personal and congregational spirituality.

Dr. Whitney also serves as the founder and president of The Center for Biblical Spirituality. Prior to his ministry as a seminary professor, Dr. Whitney was the pastor of Glenfield Baptist Church in Glen Ellyn, Illinois (a suburb of Chicago), for almost 15 years. Altogether, he has served local churches in pastoral ministry for 24 years.

Don lives with his wife Caffy in Kansas City, Missouri. She works from their home as an artist, muralist, and illustrator. The Whitneys have a married daughter, Laurelen, and five grandchildren.