P. Thornburg

P. Alex Thornburg is pastor at Heartland Presbyterian Church in Clive, Iowa. He has also pastored churches in Oklahoma and Wisconsin. Thornburg has been profoundly formed by these communities and their struggles and joys in faith, in addition to experiences with Christians in other countries, such as Costa Rica, Nicaragua, El Salvador, Taiwan, and, most recently, Palestine.

A Guide to Reclaiming the Good News of God's Grace
Dysvangelical names a theology that is distorted, dysfunctional, and dystopian, twisting the good news of God’s grace into a message of fear, partisanship, and exclusion.In Being Presbyterian in a Dysvangelical America, Ted V. Foote Jr. and P. Alex Thornburg speak directly to Presbyterians who are disillusioned and confused by how Christianity is being misused in American culture. So often, our beliefs as faithful Christians do not line up with the shouted chants and disturbing actions taken by ...
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Publication Date: 10/28/2025
A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Parents, & Other Confused Presbyterians
Addressing such questions as "Are You Saved, or Are You Presbyterian?" and "Is the Bible the Literal Word of God or Just a Long, Boring Book?" this is an easy-to-understand, slightly irreverent approach to theology and the kind of theological musings that many youth and others have today. Bring Presbyterian in the Bible Belt helps Presbyterian young people articulate their faith and respond to these questions from a mainline point of view.
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Publication Date: 05/01/2000
A Theological Survival Guide for Youth, Adults, and Other Confused Christians
Ted Foote and Alex Thornburg, authors of the acclaimed Being Presbyterian in the Bible Belt, return with a book that engagingly and wittily examines Christian discipleship in the midst of the postmodern world. With chapter titles such as "Is God Eccentric or Comfortably Middle Class?" "How Much is Grace, or is it Just Cheap?" "What Would Jesus Drive?" and "Am I My Siblings' Keeper, or Are They the Weakest Links?" Foote and Thornburg once again make a fun and enlightening read o...
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Publication Date: 02/28/2003