CURRENT ROLES

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Senior Minister, Christian Church of Olney, IL

Faculty, Calvary Chapel University

Adjunct Faculty, Phoenix Seminary

Lead Educator, The Rugged Truth Podcast

 

EDUCATION

 

Doctor of Ministry, Spring 2018

Graduated with Highest Honors

Phoenix Seminary

Phoenix, AZ

 

Master of Divinity in Biblical Communication, Spring 2001

Graduated with Highest Honors

Phoenix Seminary

Phoenix, AZ

 

Coursework Completed toward Master of Arts Degree in New Testament Studies, Spring 1991

28 units of coursework completed

Pepperdine University

Malibu, CA

 

Bachelor of Arts Degree in Church Growth and Preaching, May 1989

Graduated with Honors

Pacific Christian College (now Hope International University)

Fullerton, CA

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Certificate in Evangelism and Leadership In Crisis, Summer 2020

Wheaton College

Wheaton, IL

 

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HONORS AND AWARDS

 

Pastoral Ordination

May 28, 1989

 

Awarded The Analytic Theology Cluster Group Grant from the Center for the Philosophy of Religion at Notre Dame University – Fall 2012

 

Featured Lecturer at The Analytic Theology Pastors Colloquium at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, CA – May 2016, May 2017, and May 2018

 

 

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RESEARCH AND TEACHING INTERESTS

 

Applied Theology, Pastoral Theology, Systematic Theology, Analytic Theology, Homiletics, Biblical Interpretation, Biblical Literature, Religion and Ethics, Christianity and Culture, Spiritual Formation, Ancient Near Eastern Worldview

 

 

 

TEACHING EXPERIENCE

 

Courses Taught at Arizona Christian University

 

BIB 100 Introduction to the Bible and Biblical Interpretation

Fall 2014, Spring 2022
 

BIB 102 Old Testament Survey

Spring 2015

 

BIB 104 Genesis to Song of Solomon

Fall 2011, Fall 2012, Fall 2013

 

BIB 105 Ancient Israel and Its Literature

Fall 2015, Spring 2016

 

BIB 108 Prophets

Spring 2011, Spring 2012, Spring 2013, Spring 2014

 

BIB 207 Gospels

Fall 2007, Fall 2012

 

BIB 208 Acts to Revelation

Spring 2008, Spring 2013

 

BIB 210 Ancient Near Eastern Backgrounds for Old Testament Studies

Spring 2016

 

BIB 304 Theology

Fall 2011, Spring 2012, Fall 2012, Spring 2013, Fall 2013,

Spring 2014, Fall 2014

 

BIB 307 Romans

Spring 2008

 

BIB 403 1 &2 Thessalonians, Galatians

Fall 2007

 

BIB 406 The Epistles of Peter and Jude

Spring 2013

 

BIB 407 The Epistle of James

Summer 2007
 

HUM 201 The Human Narrative 1

Spring 2015

 

PHI 201 Ethics

Fall 2010, Spring 2011, Fall 2011, Spring 2012

 

 

Courses Taught at Phoenix Seminary

 

LD 501 Shepherding God’s People

Team taught with Dr. Norm Wakefield

Summer 2001
 

BL 500 Introduction to Biblical Interpretation

Summer 2012, Summer 2014

 

BL 501 Principles for Biblical Interpretation

Spring 2015 – Fall 2017, Summer 2018, Fall 2019

 

MS 509 Competencies in Ministry Leadership

Spring 2018, Spring 2022

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BC 501 Methodology of Biblical Communication

Fall 2018

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BC 502 Advanced Expository Communication

Spring 2019

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DM782 Advanced Hermeneutics: Exegesis for Exposition

Fall 2020

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BL515-o Hermeneutics: Principles of Interpretation

Fall 2020, Spring 2021, Summer 2021, Fall 2021,

Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023,

Summer 2023, Spring 2024

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MS508 Competencies in Pastoral Ministry

Fall 2021

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TH511-o Prolegomena, Scripture, and God

Summer 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024

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TH512-o Anthropology, Christology, and Pneumatology

Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023,

Spring 2024

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TH513-o Soteriology, Ecclesiology, and Eschatology

Fall 2022, Summer 2023

 

 

Courses Taught at Mission Bible Institute

 

BI 100 Inductive Bible Study

Fall 2016, Fall 2017, Fall 2020

 

BI 101 Old Testament 1: Genesis – Ruth

Fall 2016, Fall 2018

 

BI 102 Old Testament 2: Samuel – Malachi

Spring 2017

 

BI 203 Grace and Salvation

Spring 2017

 

BI 204 Archaeology and the Bible

Summer 2017

 

BI 206 Understanding Heaven and Hell

Summer 2018

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BI 210 Signs of the Times: Issues in Eschatology

Spring 2021

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BI 216 Understanding Angels and Demons

Spring 2022

 

BI 301 Introduction to Theology

Spring 2017, Spring 2018, Spring 2022

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LM 102 Basic Bible Teaching

Fall 2019

 

LM 203 Ministry and Emotional Health

Spring 2017

      

           

Courses Taught at Calvary Chapel University

 

      BC215: Christian Living

      Fall 2022, Spring 2023

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      BIB206 Isaiah

      Fall 2023

 

      BIB207 Psalms

      Summer 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024

 

      BIB501 Old Testament Survey

      Summer 2021, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022
 

      BIB502 New Testament Survey

      Summer 2021, Spring 2022, Summer 2022, Fall 2022

 

      MIN501 Evangelism & Missions

      Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, Fall 2023, Spring 2024
 

      MIN512 Calvary Chapel Distinctives

      Fall 2021, Summer 2022

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      PHIL101: Philosophy

      Summer 2023, Spring 2024

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      THE301: Bible Doctrines

      Spring 2024

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      THE402: Biblical Theology

      Spring 2024

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      THE502 Theology I

      Fall 2021, Summer 2022, Fall 2022, Spring 2023, 

      Summer 2023, Spring 2024

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      THE503 Theology II

      Fall 2021, Spring 2022, Spring 2023, Summer 2023, Fall 2023,

      Spring 2024

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      THE570 Christology

      Summer 2023, Fall 2023

 

      THE572 Eschatology

      Summer 2022, Summer 2023, Spring 2024

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      THE573 Ecclesiology

      Spring 2022

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Courses Taught Internationally

 

Biblical Hermeneutics

Taught at Eastern Bible Institute in Yangon, Myanmar

February 2000

 

New Testament Theology and Hermeneutics

Taught at Odessa Theological Seminary in Odessa, Ukraine

Fall 2003

 

PUBLISHING ACTIVITY

 

Hell 101: Understanding the Controversy. Mission Bible Press, 2018.

 

The Intersection of Analytic Theology and Catechesis. An unpublished Doctoral Dissertation submitted to Phoenix Seminary. Advisor: Dr. Chip Moody. First Reader: Dr. Oliver Crisp. Second Reader: Dr. Owen Anderson.

 

Review of Bruce Winter’s After Paul Left Corinth: The Influence of Secular Ethics and Social Change in The Stone Campbell Journal, Volume 4, No. 2. Fall 2001.

 

AFFILIATIONS

 

Associate Member of the Evangelical Theological Society

Member of the American Folklore Society

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RELEVANT WORK HISTORY

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Faculty of Biblical Studies at Calvary Chapel University

Summer 2021 – Current

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Adjunct Professor of Biblical Literature at Phoenix Seminary

2012 – Current

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Interim Teaching Pastor, Christian Church of Olney - Olney, IL

Fall 2022 – Current

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Director of Doctoral Studies at Phoenix Seminary

2018 – 2019 

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President, Mission Bible Institute

Fall 2016 – Spring 2022

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Adjunct Professor of Biblical Studies at Arizona Christian University

Summer 2007 – Spring 2016, Spring 2022

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Executive Pastor, Calvary Community Church – Phoenix, AZ

Summer 2015 – Fall 2021

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Pastor at The River, A Calvary Chapel – Ajo, AZ

Summer 2011 – Summer 2015
 

Guest Lecturer in Biblical Studies and Theology for Life Academy of Valley Presbyterian Church

Winter 2012 – Summer 2015     

 

Associate Pastor of Calvary Community Church – Phoenix, AZ

Summer 2003 – Fall 2005

 

Senior Pastor of Glendale Christian Church – Glendale, AZ

Spring of 1995 – Spring 2002

 

Associate Pastor of Glendale Christian Church – Glendale, AZ

Fall 1991 – Spring 1995

 

Youth Pastor of First Christian Church of Victorville – Victorville, CA

Spring 1989 – Fall 1991

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