Philip Ryken

Dr. Ryken is the eighth president of Wheaton College in Wheaton, Illinois. Prior to this, Dr. Ryken served as senior minister of the historic Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia, where he preached since 1995. He was educated at Wheaton College (IL), Westminster Theological Seminary (PA), and the University of Oxford (UK), from which he received his doctorate in historical theology. He lives with his wife, Lisa, and children, Josh, Kirsten, Jack, Kathryn, and Karoline, in Wheaton. He is the author or editor of more than 20 books, including Written in Stone: The Ten Commandments and Today’s Moral Crisis and He Speaks to Me Everywhere: Meditations on Christianity and Culture. Most recently, Dr. Ryken authored Loving the Way Jesus Loves. Dr. Ryken likes to play basketball and ponder the relationship between Christianity and American culture.