Henry Interview on Life, Theology, and Evangelicalism

Yesterday, my friend and fellow Henry-phile Matt Hall tweeted a link to a 1997 audio interview between theologian Carl F. H. Henry and pastor Mark Dever. The interviewed occurred at Capitol Hill Baptist Church. It’s a remarkably fun interview. Mark Dever sounds just the same now as he did in 2015; and I particularly enjoyed Dever’s reference to purchasing audio cassettes of the interview.

About an hour and twenty minutes in length, listeners are treated to insights into Henry’s childhood, his early career, his partnership in the establishment of Christianity Today, and even a trip to Germany where he, along with Billy Graham, met Karl Barth at Barth’s home. In the interview, Henry confessed to being intimidated by Barth’s brilliance. Those are big words coming from a brilliant man such as Henry. I was also captivated by listening to Henry re-assert that regeneration stands as an unambiguous evangelical benchmark.

To my knowledge, there’s not a lot of extant audio or video files featuring Henry (if I’m wrong, I’d love to know where more are), so take advantage of this interview and give it a listen. Henry goes down, at least in my book, as the most consequential evangelical in the last sixty years, and this interview is but one small example of why.