Wednesday With: With Jesus With the Bible

Erik Thoennes

A disciple of Jesus who is amazed and grateful on a daily basis that he’s truly forgiven, justified, and adopted because of Jesus, the husband for 30 years his brilliant wife Donna, and father to Caroline, Paige, Sam, and Isaac, Professor and Chair of Undergraduate Theology at Biola University, and a pastor at Grace Evangelical Free Church of La Mirada.  

Erik Thoennes is amazed everyday that God saved him as a young boy in a small factory town in Connecticut and adopted him into his family. God has blessed him with his godly wife Donna, who has been his faithful ministry partner since they were married in 1989. Erik and Donna have four children; Caroline (born in 2000) and Paige (born in 2002) Samuel (b. 2005) and Isaac (b. 2006). Erik is Professor of Theology, and Chair of the Theology Department at Biola University/Talbot School of Theology and also a pastor at Grace Evangelical Free Church in La Mirada Ca. He also taught at Wheaton College and Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. He is the author of Life’s Biggest Questions: What The Bible Says About the Things that Matter Most, and Godly Jealousy: A Theology of Intolerant Love.