Volume 32 · Issue 1 · Winter 2026
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· J. Todd Billings
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J. Todd Billings

J. Todd Billings is Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary. His memoir Rejoicing in Lament reflects on living with terminal cancer through a Reformed lens.

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Two Views of Mortality
Two Views of Mortality

Billings is dying of cancer, and the bones inside him are described by a doctor as 'like Swiss cheese.' He writes about how Christians and the wider culture talk about…

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