I'm Warren Smith, and today you'll be listening in on my conversation with the editor-in-chief of the gospel coalition, Colin Hanson.

We are bound to an unchanging gospel that keeps us firm amidst all of the hurricane of this culture, of this change.

We're able to endure the difficulties of today because we know what's coming.

The gospel coalition has become something of an online juggernaut since it was founded in 2005.

It's one of the most visited Christian websites

in the world and has Spanish and French editions. It also has websites dedicated to Australia

and Africa. Founded by theologians and pastors D.A. Carson, Don Carson and Tim Keller. The man responsible for the day-to-day

operations is my guest today, Colin Hanson. Colin Hansen is the vice president and editor-in-chief

of the gospel coalition, and he's the host of the gospel-bound podcast. He has a master of

divinity degree from Trinity Evangelical Divinity School

and a bachelor's in journalism and history from Northwestern University. He also has a new book.

It's called gospel-bound as well. The subtitle is Living with Resolute Hope in an Anxious Age. He co-wrote the book with his

Gospel Coalition colleague, Sarah Ekoff-Zilstra. Though the book is the excuse, you might say,

for me having Colin on the program, we talk about much more than the book during this conversation,

a conversation that takes in the growth of the gospel coalition and how founder Tim Keller's recent diagnosis of an advanced form of cancer has had an impact on Colin and many others who follow the gospel coalition's work.

Colin Hanson lives in Birmingham, Alabama, and we had this conversation via Zoom.

I was in my home studio in Charlotte, North Carolina.

Well, Colin Hanson, welcome to the program, and, you know, ostensibly here, we're here to talk about your new book, Gospel Bound, Living with Resolute Hope in an An Anx Age. And I definitely want to talk about your book. Let's just stipulate for the record that I want to do that. But, you know, I've got to be honest with you, Colin. I've been reading your stuff and hearing about you for so long. I just have so many things I want to talk to you about, everything from the gospel coalition to

Tim Keller to everything else. So, yeah, thanks for being with me. It's great to chat with you.

Welcome to the program. And let's start with gospel bound. I think my first question for you is just

simply kind of the big why. Why did you want to write this book? Why do you think

this is a book for the moment that we live in right now for this cultural moment? I think Christians

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