J. Todd Billings | First Things Interview w/R. R. Reno

First Things Interview w/R. R. Reno

Watch my interview by R.R. Reno for First Things in New York City regarding my latest book: Rejoicing in Lament. ...

28 April, 2015

A Poet and a Theologian Discuss Incurable Cancer – Christian Wiman & Todd Billings

Penetratingly Honest and Expansively Hopeful What do a poet and a theologian have to say about being diagnosed with incurable cancer in the prime of life? Listen to the conversation between famous American poet Christian Wiman and Reformed theologian J. Todd Billings....

31 March, 2015

Podcast Key Life – Interview with Steven Brown, Etc. on “Rejoicing in Lament”

This interview with Steve Brown, Justin Holcomb, and the staff of Key Life was extraordinary for me as an author: they we welcoming, and yet probing; we shared both joy and pain together in this conversation. The conversation centers on my book Rejoicing in Lament. Click here to listen to this podcast....

02 March, 2015

Mere Fidelity Podcast Discussion – Lament and the Church

In this podcast, I join the "Mere Orthodoxy" staff in discussing the nature and meaning of lament and why our culture may not leave much room for it. It was a pleasure to join Derek Rishmawy, Alastair Roberts, and Matthew Lee Anderson for this conversation! Click here to listen....

02 March, 2015

Author Profile in Publisher’s Weekly

“God’s story does not annihilate our personal stories, but God incorporates us into a larger drama in which darkness will not have the final word,” Billings says. “This leaves us with raw, unanswered questions. But it also points us toward a durable hope.” Click here to read the interview with Publisher's Weekly....

27 February, 2015

When You Know You’re Dying – Podcast with Mortification of Spin

In this podcast, I join Carl Trueman, Todd Pruitt, and Aimee Byrd on an episode of "The Mortification of Spin." Here is a description of the conversation from their website: "When You Know You're Dying" Today our hosts have a meaningful, sober conversation with Todd Billings: author, pastor, and professor at Western Theological Seminary. Todd has been diagnosed with a rare, and for him terminal, form of cancer: Multiple Myeloma. He shares some of his experience and hope amidst acute awareness of his mortality, and how to, with strength and godliness, face death. Cancer affects some of us, either directly or indirectly, so Todd's words of trust in God's providence, Scripture, and prayer are helpful and relevant. Touching on points he raises in his book, Rejoicing in Lament: Wrestling with Incurable Cancer and Life in Christ, Todd lends insights on ways to encourage those suffering with serious illness. This is a conversation you're...

18 February, 2015