Richard Lints
Richard Lints (Ph.D.) is a Senior Distinguished Professor of Theology and Culture at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, and Senior Advisor at Redeemer City to City. He was formerly Vice President for Academic Affairs at Gordon-Conwell. He has also taught at Trinity College (Bristol, UK), Yale Divinity School, University of Notre Dame, Westminster Theological Seminary and Reformed Theological Seminary. He has planted or helped plant three churches and is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America. He has written or edited eight books including the Fabric of Theology (1993), Identity and Idolatry (2015), and Uncommon Unity (2023).
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Reformed and Evangelical? Evangelical Influences on the Presbyterian Church in America
Evangelicalism may be the most studied and least understood of the major modern religious movements in the West. Its size and apparent influence over American religious sensibilities have positioned it to be well researched in the last 40 years. It elicits such wide-ranging confusion because of the sheer diversity and diffusion of the movement …
“Uncommon Unity: Wisdom for the Church in an Age of Division,” by Richard Lints: A Review
A few years ago, during a particularly contentious presidential election cycle, my father shared an article with me from a publication to which he subscribed and asked me to offer him my thoughts on the topic covered. […]
Uncommon Unity with Guest Richard Lints
In this bonus episode of White Horse Inn, Michael Horton interviews Richard Lints about his new book Uncommon Unity and dives into the history of American politics and social issues in relation to Christianity. (Episode SP011) MENTIONED ON THE SHOW: Uncommon Unity: Wisdom for the Church in an Age of Division by Richard Lints CHECK […]
You Are What You Worship
This is a terrific book and is well summarized by its title. The intersecting concepts of idolatry and worship are examined in this large scale biblical theological study. Beale’s core claim, “What we revere, we will resemble either for our ruin or for our restoration,” aptly captures the central biblical insight about idolatry. As creatures […]
The Heretical Imperative Revisited
Many lament the vast diversity of Protestant denominations on the American landscape: Why cannot we Christians agree more often? Denominations allegedly undermine the unity of the church. Let me suggest it is not denominations that undermine the unity of the church, but rather the way in which most Americans relate to church in the first […]
