Why Johnny Can’t Preach

Why Can’t Johnny Preach? That is a good question. And it is a troubling question too. To try to get at an answer, the Christ the Center panel interviewed Rev. Dr. T. David Gordon, minister in the Presbyterian Church in America and professor of religion and Greek at Grove City College. Dr. Gordon is the former pastor of Christ Presbyterian Church in Nashua, NH, and associate professor of New Testament at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in South Hamilton, MA. The panel discussed with Dr. Gordon the reasons why preaching has fallen on such hard times in our day and what can be done about it. Along the way, issues of media ecology are also discussed as they bear on the challenges various media present to the task of preaching and the task of listening to preaching. Listeners will find much food for thought in this provocative episode. Archive.org Panel T. David Gordon Jeff Waddington Jim Cassidy Nick Batzig Camden Bucey Bibliography Gordon, T. David. Why Johnny Can’t Preach : The Media Have Shaped the Messengers. Phillipsburg, N.J.: P & R Pub., 2009. McLuhan, Marshall, and Quentin Fiore. The Medium is the Message. New Ed. Gingko Press, 2005. Phillips, Richard, and Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology. Precious Blood : The Atoning Work of Christ. Wheaton Ill.: Crossway Books, 2009. Postman, Neil. Amusing Ourselves to Death: Public Discourse in the Age of Show Business. 20th ed. Penguin (Non-Classics), 2005. Reynolds, Gregory Edward. The Word is Worth a Thousand Pictures: Preaching in the Electronic Age. Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2001. Participants: Camden Bucey, Jeff Waddington, Jim Cassidy, Nick Batzig, T. David Gordon