{"id":4348,"date":"2021-05-17T18:15:52","date_gmt":"2021-05-18T01:15:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/?post_type=interviewees&#038;p=4348"},"modified":"2021-05-18T02:58:06","modified_gmt":"2021-05-18T09:58:06","slug":"matthew-b-redmond","status":"publish","type":"interviewees","link":"https:\/\/thelaymenslounge.com\/interviewees\/matthew-b-redmond\/","title":{"rendered":"Matthew B. Redmond"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>Matt Redmond was born in Birmingham, AL. He attended Southeastern Bible College and Covenant Theological Seminary, and has served in pastoral ministry in four different congregations. Matt (BCPC) is a counselor at <a href=\"https:\/\/www.redmondchristiancounseling.net\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Redmond Christian Counseling<\/a>. Matt and his wife, Bethany, have three children: Emma, Knox, and Dylan. Matt\u2019s writing has been published by <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thegospelcoalition.org\/profile\/matt-redmond\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The Gospel Coalition<\/a> and other publications. He also writes a blog: <a href=\"https:\/\/mattbredmond.com\/\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">Echoes and Stars<\/a>. Matt began writing &#8220;<a href=\"https:\/\/www.amazon.com\/God-Mundane-Reflections-Ordinary-People\/dp\/1949253279\/ref=sr_1_2?dchild=1&amp;keywords=matthew+b+redmond&amp;qid=1621299333&amp;sr=8-2\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">The God of the Mundane: Reflections on Ordinary Life for Ordinary People<\/a>&#8221; because he realized that contemporary portrayals of the God of the Bible left little room for a God who was concerned about ordinary things. Building on his conviction that the biblical God was an everyday God, Matt\u2019s reflections on this topic coalesced into a nascent collection of essays. You can follow Matt on Twitter at <a href=\"https:\/\/twitter.com\/mattredmond\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener\">@mattredmond<\/a>.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Matt Redmond was born in Birmingham, AL. He attended Southeastern Bible College and Covenant Theological Seminary, and has served in pastoral ministry in four different congregations. Matt (BCPC) is a counselor at Redmond Christian Counseling. Matt and his wife, Bethany, have three children: Emma, Knox, and Dylan. Matt\u2019s writing has been published by The Gospel [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"featured_media":4349,"template":"","acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v22.5 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>Matthew B. 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