Gerrit Scott Dawson
Gerrit Dawson is Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church (EPC), Baton Rouge, Louisiana.
Seven essays from four issues, 2003 to 2017
2017
One essay
The Source of RevolutionFall 2017
October 31, 1517: Luther nails ninety-five theological challenges to a church door in Wittenberg, and the world soon catches fire. Dawson tells the story of the…
2007
Four essays
The Gift: A Love StoryIssue 3, 2007
What is really going on in a pew full of distracted, ordinary people on a Sunday morning? Gerrit Dawson preaches John 17 and says the church…
The Gift: The Enemy Of The ChurchIssue 3, 2007
Why does the world resist the church, and what does Jesus pray for us in the middle of that conflict? Gerrit Dawson, preaching John 17:8-19, argues…
The Gift: The Mission Of The ChurchIssue 3, 2007
What is the church sent to do, and where does that mission sit in the story of Christ? Gerrit Dawson, preaching as a congregation celebrates the…
Prayer In The Triune LifeIssue 3, 2007
Where do our prayers go, and why do we pray in the name of Jesus? Gerrit Dawson follows prayer through the life of the Trinity: the…
2006
One essay
Missing the Depths: A Critique of “The Trinity: God’s Love Overflowing”Issue 2, 2006
Does a Presbyterian study paper on the Trinity speak of the Father and the Son, or only of love overflowing? Gerrit Dawson finds altered quotations, silent…
2003
One essay
Orphaned Children Sing Lonely Songs: Why We’re Losing the Person of the FatherIssue 2, 2003
Does it matter if the church stops naming the first person of the Trinity? Gerrit Dawson traces the pastoral, feminist, pro-abortion and pro-gay pressures behind the…