Books written in bold fashion, in an age that prefers evasion. Parrhesian Press is the publishing imprint of Nathanael Devlin, pastor, writer, and founder of The Parrhesians and The Scattered Seeds Podcast, bringing together serious theological argument and stories told first at his own children’s bedside.
God and His Household
God and His Household: Overcoming Egalitarianism in the Evangelical Church
The modern evangelical church is dying – and the cause is not the liberalism our parents warned us about, but something quieter: egalitarianism, a spirit of sameness that has crept into evangelical churches unexamined, reshaping how we understand authority, ordination, and the family.
Drawing on seventeen years as a pastor in the Evangelical Presbyterian Church, including his own church trial for resisting his denomination’s drift, Nathanael Devlin offers both a firsthand account and a sustained biblical argument. God and His Household calls the church back to a household pattern of headship, courage, and mission rooted in Scripture.
For pastors, elders, and any believer who senses something has gone wrong in how the church handles authority and leadership.
Longing for Obedience
Longing for Obedience: A Conversation with Eugene Peterson
In May 2009, an associate pastor working on his Doctor of Ministry wrote to Eugene Peterson and asked for something audacious: would he study alongside him? Peterson said yes.
Over the next four years, as Nathanael Devlin worked through seven of Peterson’s major books, the two exchanged a series of letters that became, unplanned, a master class in the spiritual theology of conversation. Longing for Obedience gathers that correspondence into an intimate record of mentorship: Peterson on Scripture, pastoral vocation, the contemplative life, and what it means to practice resurrection in an ordinary parish, alongside Devlin’s account of being shaped by it. Twenty-five short chapters follow the letters from the first request in 2009 to the last in 2013, with an account of a visit to the Petersons in Montana and three of the original letters reproduced in facsimile.
For pastors and anyone formed by Eugene Peterson’s books, this is a rare, close-up look at how he mentored, one letter at a time.
BUY: Amazon link (Kindle pre-order; releases October 27, 2026)
The Mud Pie King
The Mud Pie King
A children’s picture book, ages 4-8
A king was given two gifts: gold from his right hand, and food from his left. He could have fed a kingdom. Instead he fed himself, until the day everything he owned was taken away, and all he could make were mud pies. Alone outside the village, the king shapes his mud pies and waits for nothing at all. Then a small girl wanders by, and laughs.
A story about greed, loss, and the strange discovery that giving away something the world calls worthless can be worth more than gold. First told as a bedtime story to the author’s own three children, now illustrated for readers everywhere.
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About the Author
Nate Devlin has served as Senior Pastor of Beverly Heights Presbyterian Church in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania since 2018, following ten years as an associate and assistant pastor there. He holds a Doctor of Ministry and Master of Divinity from Trinity Anglican Seminary, formerly Trinity School for Ministry. An ordained Teaching Elder in the Communion of Reformed Evangelical Churches, he is the founder of The Scattered Seeds Podcast and The Parrhesians, and writes for Touchstone magazine. He lives in Pittsburgh with his wife, Holly, and their three children.
Contact
For review copies, speaking inquiries, or bulk/church orders, contact nate@beverlyheights.org.