The Afterword

The Afterword

Theologian Jonathan Gibson speaks with some of his favorite authors and thinkers about great books and the people who write them. Tune in to learn more about why the written word is so important to the life and health of the church.

Episodes

October 6, 2023 28 mins
Jonny is joined by Carl Laferton, author of The Garden, The Curtain and the Cross, and God's Big Promises Bible Storybook, to discuss how writing, illustrations, and good theology all come together to make or break a good kid's book.Books by Carl Laferton: https://www.wtsbooks.com/collections/...The Afterword: https://www.wtsbooks.com/afterword
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In the Season 4 premiere of the Afterword, Jonny is joined by his wife, Jackie Gibson, author of You Are Still a Mother: Hope for Women Grieving a Stillbirth or Miscarriage.You can learn more about Jackie's book here.
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In Season 3, Episode 9 of The Afterword, Iain Duguid joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about commentary writing. For more information on the ESV Expository Commentary Set visit - https://www.wtsbooks.com/collections/esv-expository-commentaryFor more information on Dr. Duguid's other works visit - https://www.wtsbooks.com/collections/w3-authors-duguid-iain-mMusic: CODE: LD-EP7SBSXOVWXBT
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May 8, 2023 32 mins
In Season 3, Episode 8 of The Afterword, David Gibson joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about Radically Whole: Gospel Healing for the Divided Heart. For more information on Radically Whole visit - https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/radically-whole-gospel-healing-for-the-divided-heart-9781433582066?variant=42341990072520To find more information on Trinity Church, visit - https://trinityaberdeen.org.uk/Music: CODE: LD-EP7SBSXOVWXB...
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In Season 3, Episode 7 of The Afterword, K. Scott Oliphint joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about Cornelius Van Til: The Theology. For more information on the most recent book from Westminster Seminary Press - A Christian Theory of Knowledge visit - https://www.wtsbooks.com/collections/...Music: CODE: LD-EP7SBSXOVWXBT
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In Season 3, Episode 6 of The Afterword, K. Scott Oliphint joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about Cornelius Van Til: The Mind. For more information on the most recent book from Westminster Seminary Press - A Christian Theory of Knowledge visit - https://www.wtsbooks.com/collections/current-specials/products/a-christian-theory-of-knowledge-9781955859080?variant=42488672485576Music: CODE: LD-EP7SBSXOVWXBT
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In Season 3, Episode 5 of The Afterword, K. Scott Oliphint joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about Cornelius Van Til: The Man. wtsbooks.com/afterwordThe Faithful Apologist: Rethinking the Role of Persuasion in Apologetics by K. Scott Oliphint -https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/the-faithful-apologist-rethinking-the-role-of-persuasion-in-apologetics-9780310590101?variant=41541275680968For more information on the most recent book ...
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The Afterword: A Conversation on Books, Reading, and the Church – a podcast from the Westminster Bookstore with host Jonny Gibson. wtsbooks.com/afterwordShow Notes: In Season 3, Episode 4 of The Afterword, Timothy Brindle joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about Critical Race Theory. For more information on the most recent book in the Acrostic series - Acrostic of Scripture visit - https://www.wtsbooks.com/products/acrostic-of-s...
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The Afterword: A Conversation on Books, Reading, and the Church – a podcast from the Westminster Bookstore with host Jonny Gibson. wtsbooks.com/afterwordShow Notes: In Season 3, Episode 3 of The Afterword (Live), Dan Strange joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about J.H. Bavinck's book The Church Between Temple and Mosque: A Study of the Relationship between Christianity and Other Religions that he has written the foreword to. Fo...
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February 20, 2023 50 mins
The Afterword: A Conversation on Books, Reading, and the Church – a podcast from the Westminster Bookstore with host Jonny Gibson.wtsbooks.com/afterwordShow Notes:In Season 3, Episode 2 of the Afterword, Pastor John Piper joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about Piper’s favorite books that he has written and the writing of his latest book Come, Lord Jesus.For more information on John Piper's ministry visit - desiringgod.orgMusic...
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February 3, 2023 52 mins
The Afterword: A Conversation on Books, Reading, and the Church – a podcast from the Westminster Bookstore with host Jonny Gibson.wtsbooks.com/afterwordShow Notes:In Season 3, Episode 1 of the Afterword, Author Tim Challies joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about the tragic loss of Tim’s son Nick and the writing of his latest book Seasons of Sorrow.For more information in the Nick Challies Memorial Scholarship visit - sbts.edu/...
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January 26, 2023 1 min
Welcome to The Afterword: A Conversation on Books, Reading, and the Church- a podcast from the Westminster Bookstore and I’m your host Jonny Gibson.We started “The Afterword” because we want to give readers more than a book; we want to give them growth and encourage thoughtfulness. To that end, we hope these discussions will engage your heart and mind as we explore great books and get to know the authors behind them.wtsbooks.com/af...
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Tune in for a very special episode of The Afterword! We sat down for a live special book launch event celebrating the release of Westminster Seminary Press' new title, Faith in the Time of Plague with Westminster faculty and co-editors, Dr. Stephen Coleman and Dr. Todd Rester. Our episode includes a Q&A segment at the end. Learn more about the book Faith in the Time of Plague. Watch the interview on The Afterword site. 
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August 24, 2021 65 mins
In Episode 14 of the Afterword, CCEF’s Mike Emlet joins Jonny Gibson for a conversation about hobbies, biblical counseling, science, vaccines, psychiatric diagnoses, identity and Mike’s latest book Saints, Sufferers & Sinners.
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July 1, 2021 55 mins
Our guest today is Jonty Rhodes. who is the head pastor of Christ Church, a congregation of the International Presbyterian Church in Leeds, England. Jonty has spent the last ten years planting churches in the UK and is the author of the newly released Man of Sorrows, King of Glory. This is really our favorite kind of book, which takes a foundational but perhaps neglected aspect of our Reformed faith and applies it to our lives toda...
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May 27, 2021 43 mins
To kick off our second season of the Afterword, Jonny is joined by Gavin Peacock— a former professional soccer player in the English Premier League and current pastor and author. During his 18-year professional soccer career, Gavin played in over 600 games, including an FA Cup final with Chelsea, and scored 135 goals along the way. He played alongside some of the all-time greats at some of the biggest clubs, including QPR, Gillingh...
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May 26, 2021 52 mins
To kick off our second season of The Afterword, Jonny is joined by Gavin Peacock— a former professional soccer player in the English Premier League and current pastor and author. During his 18-year professional soccer career, Gavin played in over 600 games, including an FA Cup final with Chelsea, and scored 135 goals along the way. He played alongside some of the all-time greats at some of the biggest clubs, including QPR, Gillingh...
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February 23, 2021 59 mins
In Episode 10 of the Afterword, our host Jonny Gibson talks with special guest Kevin DeYoung. Kevin has 3 books coming out in the next year or so, and as you might expect from him, they cover an incredibly diverse range of topics. The first one, “Men and Women in the Church” is essentially his “complementarianism 101 for a new generation.”  It releases in April, but you can pre-order it today on our website for 50% off.  His second...
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January 7, 2021 49 mins
For our ninth episode, we are excited to welcome Dr. Peter J. Williams.Peter J. Williams (PhD, University of Cambridge) is the principal of Tyndale House and the consulting editor and coordinator of this project. He is also chair of the International Greek New Testament Project, which is producing the largest scholarly edition ever attempted of a single book of the New Testament, namely the Editio Critica Maior of John's Gospel. He...
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November 20, 2020 52 mins
For our eighth episode, we are excited to welcome David Mathis.In this episode, Jonny talks with David Mathis about why they love Christmas and about David's new advent devotional, The Christmas We Didn't Expect. David serves as executive editor at desiringGod.org, pastor at Cities Church, and adjunct professor at Bethlehem College and Seminary.For more information about the book and to order copies, visit https://www.wtsbooks.com/...
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