Thomas David Gordon (born 1954) (also known as T. David Gordon) is a professor, media ecologist, author, pastor, and

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Christian theologian. Thomas David Gordon was born in

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in 1954. Gordon received a B.L.A. from

Roanoke College Roanoke College is a private liberal arts college in Salem, Virginia. It has approximately 2,000 students who represent approximately 40 states and 30 countries. The college offers 35 majors, 57 minors and concentrations, and pre-professional pr ...

, a M.A.R. and Th.M. from

Westminster Theological Seminary Westminster Theological Seminary is a Protestant theological seminary in the Reformed theological tradition in Glenside, Pennsylvania. It was founded by members of the faculty of Princeton Theological Seminary in 1929 after Princeton chose to t ...

, and Ph. D. from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia where he wrote a dissertation entitled ''Paul's Understanding of the Law: A Tri-polar Analysis'' (1984). Gordon served as Professor of New Testament and Greek at Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary in Massachusetts from 1984 to 1998, and professor of Greek and Religious Studies at

Grove City College Grove City College (GCC) is a private, conservative Christian liberal arts college in Grove City, Pennsylvania. Founded in 1876 as a normal school, the college emphasizes a humanities core curriculum and offers 60 majors and 6 pre-professional ...

in Pennsylvania from 1999 to the present. He also served as Pastor in Christ Presbyterian Church, a

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congregation in

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, from 1989 to 1998. He has published numerous peer reviewed articles and well-known books including, ''Why Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers'' (2009) and ''Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Re-Wrote the Hymnal'' (2010).T. David Gordon, ''Why Johnny Can't Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Rewrote the Hymnal'' (2010) https://books.google.com/books?isbn=1596381957

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T. David Gordon Personal siteGrove City College faculty page
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