In Memoriam: Three Hours of Daniel Treier

About this episode

This episode honors Daniel Treier by featuring his four appearances on Church Grammar.

As a way to honor and memorialize Daniel Treier (1972–2025), this is a megapod episode of his four appearances on Church Grammar: (00:17) – Brandon’s reflections on Dan’s life (03:43) – On Theological Interpretation and Longsuffering Sports Fandom (2/7/19) (42:58) – On Evangelical Theology, Christian Formation, and Sports Heroes (2/10/20) (1:13:41) – Theological Interpretation: On Definitions, Commentaries, and Reading Recommendations (6/28/21) (2:01:41) – On Christology and Scripture (12/12/23) *** We’re expanding to YouTube! Please subscribe and share, as we’ll be launching in 2026. Find the channel at: youtube.com/@churchgrammar Church Grammar is presented by the PhD and ThM programs at Gateway Seminary , which seek to blend the best of American and British programs by balancing a broad, robust education through seminars with close, one-on-one mentoring during the writing phase. Producer: Cody Barnhart. Intro music: Purple Dinosaur by  nobigdyl. Brandon D. Smith is Chair of the Hobbs School of Theology & Ministry and Associate Professor of Theology & Early Christianity at Oklahoma Baptist University , a co-founder of the  Center for…

People in this episode

Host: Brandon D. Smith

Topics covered

• Daniel Treier
• Theological Interpretation
• Evangelical Theology
• Christian Formation
• Christology

Keywords

• memorial
• megapod
• sports fandom
• reading recommendations

Mentioned in this episode

Products: PhD and ThM programs at Gateway Seminary

Books & works: Three Hours of Daniel Treier, Purple Dinosaur, The Trinity in the Book of Revelation, The Biblical Trinity, The Trinity in the Canon, Taught by God, Beholding the Triune God

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