Philip Ryken
American Presbyterian minister and theologian (born 1966)
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::summary American Presbyterian minister and theologian (born 1966) ::
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| honorific_prefix | The Reverend |
| name | Philip Ryken |
| image | Philip Ryken01 (cropped).png |
| caption | Ryken in front of the pulpit of |
| Tenth Presbyterian Church, 2010 | |
| office | 8th President of Wheaton College |
| term_start | July 1, 2010 |
| predecessor | Duane Litfin |
| birth_name | Philip Graham Ryken |
| birth_date | |
| education | Wheaton College (BA) |
| Westminster Theological Seminary (MDiv) | |
| Regent's Park College, Oxford (DPhil) | |
| spouse | |
| father | Leland Ryken |
| module | {{Infobox clergy |
| religion | Christianity (Presbyterian) |
| church | Presbyterian Church in America |
| congregations | Tenth Presbyterian Church |
| module2 | {{Infobox academic |
| thesis_title | Thomas Boston (1676–1732) as Preacher of the Fourfold State |
| thesis_url | https://ora.ox.ac.uk/objects/polonsky:2:49 |
| thesis_year | 1995 |
| school_tradition | |
| influences | |
| discipline | Theology |
| sub_discipline | |
| workplaces | Wheaton College |
| doctoral_students | |
| notable_students | |
| influenced | |
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Early life and education
Ryken was born on September 29, 1966. He received a Bachelor of Arts degree in English literature and philosophy from Wheaton College in 1988. He completed a Master of Divinity degree from Westminster Theological Seminary in 1992 and a Doctor of Philosophy degree in historical theology from University of Oxford in 1995.
Professional life
Ryken is an ordained teaching elder in the Presbyterian Church in America. He joined the pastoral staff of historic Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia in 1995 and was elevated to the position of senior minister upon the death of James Boice in 2000. In February 2010, the Board of Trustees at Wheaton College announced his selection as the college's eighth president, succeeding the retiring Duane Litfin. Ryken took office on July 1, 2010, and was formally inaugurated on September 17, 2010 at Edman Chapel.
He is a member of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, serving as a member of the alliance council, which features his expository preaching on its weekly national radio and internet broadcast, Every Last Word.
Scholarship
He has written over thirty books on a wide variety of Christian subjects, including:
- Art for God's Sake: A Call to Recover the Arts
- Written in Stone: The Ten Commandments and Today's Moral Crisis
- The Doctrines of Grace: Rediscovering the Evangelical Gospel with James Montgomery Boice and R. C. Sproul
- Discovering God in Stories from the Bible
Ryken has also coauthored a series of commentaries on individual books of the Bible with R. Kent Hughes. Ryken and his father, literary scholar Leland Ryken, have collaborated to produce a study Bible, and the father-son team worked with James Wilhoit to write Ryken's Bible Handbook, which focuses on the literary genres and styles in each book of the Bible.
Personal life
Ryken is the son of the Christian literary scholar and Wheaton professor emeritus Leland Ryken. Ryken met his wife, Lisa, while the two were students at Wheaton. They were married after their junior year. The couple have five children, and reside in Wheaton. He is known to enjoy basketball, soccer, golf, and poetry.
Works
Books
- {{cite book |last=Ryken |first=Philip G. |author-mask=3 |title=Jeremiah and Lamentations: from sorrow to hope |series=Preaching the Word |location=Wheaton, IL |publisher=Crossway Books |date=2001 |isbn=978-1-581-34167-6 |oclc=44885114 }}
References
References
- [http://www.tenth.org/index.php?id=110 Tenth Presbyterian Church - Philadelphia, PA: Dr. Philip G. Ryken]
- [http://www.wheaton.edu/presidentialselection/ Wheaton College Names Philip Ryken President-Elect]
- (2010-02-20). "Phillip Ryken Named New President of Wheaton College". Christy Media.
- [http://www.alliancenet.org/partner/Article_Display_Page/0,,PTID307086. CHID581338. CIID1920170,00.html#members Council - Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals, Inc]
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