
Welcome to the Suburbs of Heaven,
the website of Guy M. Richard, President and Associate Professor of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary in Atlanta. Guy has served in this capacity since 2017.
He is the author of four books and many articles and is an ordained minister in the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA). He and his wife Jennifer have three children.
You can follow him personally or through RTS Atlanta on Facebook and Twitter.

Why we aren’t as bad as we could be
We know that bad things happen in the world around us. But we also know that things could be a...

Where does sin come from?
Sin exists. That much should be obvious. We see it manifested in the world all around us; we see evidence...

What is Sin?
It doesn’t take much in the way of discernment to see that something is drastically wrong with the world in...

Forgiving Ourselves
One of my most vivid memories from childhood is being passed over for the class reading award in first grade....

Confronting those who sin against us
On at least two occasions, in the context of speaking about forgiveness, Jesus instructs us to confront every brother or...

Forgiveness sometimes requires getting the church involved
What do we do if we confront fellow believers who sin against us and, yet, they still don’t apologize and...