Richard Gibbons

Richard Gibbons is a Presbyterian pastor and Reformation scholar whose preaching and writing engage Luther, Calvin, and the recovery of expository preaching for contemporary Reformed churches.

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2017

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Dec 2021

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Theology · 2019 Fall EditionTheology Matters Conference 2021 – Opening Worship & Sermon

The opening worship service of the 2021 Theology Matters conference. Richard Gibbons preaches the welcome sermon, setting the theological frame for the gathering and inviting attendees into the conversation that…

December 13, 2021

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Discipleship · 2018 Winter EditionMartin Luther: A Moment to Remember

Gibbons grew up Catholic in Scotland, considered the priesthood as a teenager, and never imagined he would one day preach at the Augustinian cloister in Erfurt where Luther had taken…

March 19, 2018

20171 essay

Theology · 2017 Fall EditionCalvin’s Way of Preaching in a Digital Age

Does the preaching model of Luther, Zwingli, Oecolampadius, Bullinger, and Calvin still speak to a generation shaped by smart phones, Hulu, and Instagram? Gibbons argues that the Reformers' way of…

November 16, 2017

Richard Gibbons

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