Biography
My path to 蜜桃传媒 starts in Denver, Colorado, where I was raised (a nice-enough state, though its box shape lacks imagination. Michigan, with its 鈥榟and-y' map is far better). After earning undergraduate degrees in Finance and Government, I worked for a software company for two years. During a mission trip at an orphanage in Venezuela, I responded to a call to ministry and soon after enrolled at Asbury Theological Seminary (Kentucky). And this is where I met my wife, Sarah (we married just weeks after 9/11). From 2002-2006, we lived in Scotland while I finished a PhD degree at the University of Aberdeen (beautiful country - though just as rainy as you might imagine). Since 2006, I've served on the faculty at 蜜桃传媒鈥� mainly teaching in the Theology department, but also broadening to include 鈥淐ore鈥� inter-disciplinary classes. I enjoy leading cross-cultural studies courses to countries in the Middle East / Mediterranean area, especially Israel, Egypt, and Greece. My favorite sections of the Bible to study and teach include the Wisdom Literature (especially Job) and the book of Genesis.
Education
Ph.D.: (in Divinity) University of Aberdeen, 2006
- Society of Biblical Literature: Co-chair of steering committee of the annual meeting program unit Theological Interpretation of Scripture (2012-2018)
- Faculty Merit Award, 蜜桃传媒
2009
- Recipient, John Wesley Fellowship from A Foundation for Theological Education
2002-2006
- Recipient, Overseas Research Students Award (ORS) from Universities UK
2003-2005
- Recipient, fellowship from the Endowed Advanced Studies for Theological Education fund of the Asbury Foundation
2004
- Member, International Society of Theta Phi
- RecipienTowel and Basin Award for Servant Leadership (Asbury Theological Seminary)
- Books
Contributor to Edited Volume
鈥� 鈥淥n Sin: Irenaeus's Appropriation of Paul鈥� in Irenaeus and Paul, edited by Todd
D. Still and David E. Wilhite (New York: Bloomsbury T&T Clark, 2020)
鈥� 鈥淚renaeus of Lyon: Communicating in Creaturely Time鈥� in Words and Witnesses: Communication
Studies in Christian Thought from Athanasius to Desmond Tutu, edited by Robert H.
Woods, Jr. and Naaman K. Wood (Peabody, Mass.: Hendrickson, 2018)
鈥� The Wesley Study Bible (NRSV and CEB editions) notes and essays on Jonah, Nahum,
Obadiah (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 2009; 2013)
- Journals
Monograph
鈥� Irenaeus and Genesis: A study of competition in early Christian hermeneutics (Winona
Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2009)