Life and Books and Everything

Whatever you think of Kevin, everyone knows that his wife, Trisha, is his much, much better half. After much cajoling, and by popular demand, Trisha agreed to be interviewed by her husband and share more about her background, her family, her faith, and, of course, her favorite books. Don’t miss this (likely) once in a lifetime event!

With many decades of experience as a preacher and as an instructor in preaching, Mike Bullmore has a lot to offer pastors of every age and stage. Listen in as Mike and Kevin talk a little football, share stories, and explore what kind of heart and what kind of skills are necessary for effective preaching.

It is not an exaggeration to say that repentance is at the very heart of the gospel. And yet, Christians talk about repentance too little, and when we do, we are often confused about what repentance is and isn’t. In this episode, Chris Brauns, an author and pastor in rural Illinois, joins Kevin to talk about many of the misconceptions about forgiveness, how to discern true from false repentance, and why both fear and joy should motivate us to repent. Chris is a wise, clear, down-to-earth pastor who has written an extremely helpful book. You’ll also be able to tell he has memorized a lot of Scripture. In other words, he’s someone worth listening to.

Over the past ten years, Carl Trueman has proven to be one of the most incisive and helpful voices when it comes to identifying and understanding the problems of our contemporary world. In his new book, The Desecration of Man, Carl not only laments what we’ve lost, he calls us to a reclaim a positive vision for the future. Join Kevin and Carl as they talk about the state of higher education, where Protestants can learn from Catholics (and where they outshine Catholics), and what consecration looks like in a world that finds it exhilarating to (try to) deny humanity’s God-given constraints.

Good friend and fellow PCA pastor Rick Phillips joins Kevin to talk about the new book The Redeemed Man and why men don’t need a reactionary model for manhood but a comprehensive biblical model. That’s the last part of the episode, but mainly Kevin talks to Rick about redemption in his own life—from Rick’s upbringing from an elite Army family, to his conversion on James Montgomery Boice’s preaching, to his years teaching at West Point, to his time at Westminster, to his many decades in pastoral ministry.