Department of Biblical Studies
Professor of Preaching and Biblical Studies
D.Phil., Preaching and New Testament, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
M.Div., Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
B.A., Cincinnati Bible College

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Phone: 706-385-1211
Office hours: By appointment

 

 

Courses Taught:
New Testament and Preaching Seminar: Resurrection Narratives
Introduction to Preaching
Advanced Preaching
Church Growth and Evangelism
Missions Internship
Preaching Ministry Internship
Youth Ministry Internship

Selected Publications:
“Four Days with No Formaldehyde (John 11:1-45),” a sermon published in Voices from the Hill, David Faust, ed., Cincinnati, OH:  CBC&S, 2003, pp. 345-352.

“What They Believe . . . The Vineyard Churches,” Restoration Herald, Cincinnati, OH:  The Christian Restoration Association, March 1999.

“A Story Is Told,” The Summit, a publication of the Preaching Summits International, Mooresville, IN, Autumn 1998.

“New and Improved?” Restoration Herald, Cincinnati, OH:  The Christian Restoration Association, November 1997.

Rhetorical Analysis of Selected Key Sermons in Luke and Acts, (Dissertation Catalog Number 9530707), Ann Arbor, MI:  UMI Press, 1995.

“New Testament Genre and Its Implications for Contemporary Preaching.”  A published paper presented to the annual Fellowship of Professors, Johnson Bible College, Knoxville, TN,  September 1993.

Annotated Bibliography of the New Testament, rev. ed., contributing editor, Cincinnati, OH:  CBC&S, May 1991.

“Josephus and Luke:  Can the Speech Material Be Trusted?”  A published paper presented at the North American Christian Convention, Denver, CO, July 1990.

Annotated Bibliography of the New Testament, contributing editor, Cincinnati, OH:  CBC&S, May 1990.

Review of  Joel B. Green and Michael Pasquarello III, eds.,  Narrative Reading, Narrative Preaching: Reuniting New Testament Interpretation and Proclamation [Grand Rapids:  Baker Academic, 2003] in the Stone-Campbell Journal, Vol. 8, Issue 2, 2005.

Selected Presentations:
“Preaching the Splagchna (Compassion) of Jesus.”  Lecture presented to the Georgia Christian Ministers’ Association, at Atlanta Christian College, East Point, GA on 9 November 2004.

“The Purpose-Driven Jesus.”  Thursday morning main speaker at Family Camp, Restoration Acres, Hillsboro, OH, July 29, 2004.

“Leading in a Postmodern, Post-Christian World.”  Friday morning main speaker at the first annual Prairie Men’s Fellowship, Watseka, IL, July 16, 2004.

“Word and Preacher:  Ethos, Pathos, Logos, and Christos for Contemporary Preaching.”   A seminar presented at the National Preaching Summit, Indianapolis, IN, March 22, 2004.