Philip Ryken
Philip Ryken | |
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Born | Philip Graham Ryken September 29, 1966 |
Nationality | American |
Title | President of Wheaton College (since 2010) |
Spouse |
Lisa (m. 1987) |
Parent | Presbyterian) |
Church | Presbyterian Church in America |
Congregations served | Tenth Presbyterian Church |
Academic background | |
Alma mater | |
Thesis | Thomas Boston (1676–1732) as Preacher of the Fourfold State[1] (1995) |
Academic work | |
Discipline | Theology |
Sub-discipline | |
School or tradition | |
Institutions | Wheaton College |
Philip Graham Ryken (born 1966) is an American theologian,
Early life and education
Ryken was born on September 29, 1966. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and philosophy from Wheaton College in 1988. He also completed a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1992 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in historical theology from University of Oxford in 1995.
Professional life
Ryken is an ordained teaching elder in the
He is a member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, serving as a member of the alliance council, which features his expository preaching on its weekly national radio and internet broadcast, Every Last Word.[5]
Scholarship
He has written over thirty books on a wide variety of Christian subjects, including:
- Art for God's Sake: A Call to Recover the Arts
- Written in Stone: The Ten Commandments and Today's Moral Crisis
- The Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel with James Montgomery Boice and R. C. Sproul
- Discovering God in Stories from the Bible
Ryken has also coauthored a series of commentaries on individual books of the Bible with R. Kent Hughes. Ryken and his father, literary scholar Leland Ryken, have collaborated to produce a study Bible, and the father-son team worked with James Wilhoit to write Ryken's Bible Handbook, which focuses on the literary genres and styles in each book of the Bible.
Personal life
Ryken is the son of the Christian literary scholar and Wheaton professor Leland Ryken. Ryken met his wife, Lisa, while the two were students at Wheaton. They were married after their junior year. The couple have five children, and reside in Wheaton. He is known to enjoy waterskiing, basketball, soccer, golf, and poetry.
Works
Books
- Ryken, Philip G. (2001). The Message of Salvation: by God's grace, for God's glory. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press. OCLC 48123211.
- ——— (2001). Jeremiah and Lamentations: from sorrow to hope. Preaching the Word. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. OCLC 44885114.
- ——— (2002). The Doctrines of Grace: rediscovering the evangelical Gospel. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. OCLC 48550967.
- ———; OCLC 48649754.
- ———; )
- ——— (2005). Galatians. Reformed Expository Commentary. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing. OCLC 58720713.
- ——— (2006). Art for God's sake: a call to recover the arts. Phillipsburg, NJ: P & R Publishing. OCLC 61684233.
- ———; OCLC 123284869.
- ———; Davis, Jeffry C., eds. (2012). Liberal arts for the Christian life. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. OCLC 793539869.
- ———; Davis, Jeffry C.; Wilson, Todd A. (2012). Pastors in the Classics: timeless lessons on life and ministry from world literature. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Books. OCLC 729346781.
References
- OCLC 557271378. Retrieved February 28, 2019.
- ^ Tenth Presbyterian Church - Philadelphia, PA: Dr. Philip G. Ryken
- ^ Wheaton College Names Philip Ryken President-Elect
- ^ "Phillip Ryken Named New President of Wheaton College". Church Report. Christy Media. 2010-02-20. Archived from the original on 2019-02-28. Retrieved 2010-02-21.
- ^ Council - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Inc