Thomas David Gordon (born 1954) (also known as T. David Gordon) is a professor, media ecologist, author, pastor, and Reformed Christian theologian.[1]
Thomas David Gordon was born in Richmond, Virginia in 1954.[2] Gordon received a B.L.A. from Roanoke College, a M.A.R. and Th.M. from Westminster Theological Seminary, and Ph. D. from Union Theological Seminary in Virginia where he wrote a dissertation titled Paul's Understanding of the Law: A Tri-polar Analysis (1984). [3][4] 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 in Pennsylvania from 1999 to the present.[5] He also served as Pastor in Christ Presbyterian Church, a Presbyterian Church in America congregation in Nashua, New Hampshire, from 1989 to 1998.[6] He has published numerous peer reviewed articles[7] and well-known books including, Why Johnny Can’t Preach: The Media Have Shaped the Messengers (2009)[8] and Why Johnny Can’t Sing Hymns: How Pop Culture Re-Wrote the Hymnal (2010).[9]