Christianity & Culture
Moving Forward and Stepping Through Theodore J. Wardlaw
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oss Douthat is a columnist for The New York Times. Born in 1979—the same year in which I received my last diploma—he is the youngest regular op-ed writer at the Times, and went there from The Atlantic where, in his mere thirties, he had been a senior editor. Douthat is a devout Catholic of generally the conservative variety, and is certainly, as well, a political conservative. Sometimes his editorials irritate me with their prickliness, but thankfully not all of them, so I continue to read his columns and am frequently quite grateful for them. What I am particularly grateful for is his unapologetic and thoughtful Christian piety—something you don’t get every day from a New Haven-raised Magna Cum Laude-holding Phi Beta Kappa from Harvard. Douthat is a faithful believer, a faithful Christian, and unabashedly so.
Theodore J. Wardlaw has been president and professor of homi-
letics at Austin Seminary since 2002. Educated at Presbyterian College, Union Presbyterian Seminary, and Yale University, he previously served as senior pastor of Central Presbyterian Church in Atlanta as well as parishes in New York, Texas, and Tennessee. He is a regular contributor to the Presbyterian Outlook and The Christian Century. 33
