2011 Ph.D. (New Testament), University of Wales, Trinity Saint David (UK); Supervisor: Drs. William S. Campbell (1st) and Kathy Ehrensperger (2nd); Dissertation Topic:聽鈥淭he Lord鈥檚 Supper as an Anti-Imperial Praxis: An Analysis of Christian Meals in the Context of First-Century Roman Domination.鈥�
1982 Ph.D. (Pastoral Theology), California Graduate School of Theology; Supervisor: Dr. I. D. E. Thomas; Dissertation Topic:聽鈥淭he Public Invitation: Its Nature, Biblical Validity and Practicability.鈥澛�
鈥淎ngels,鈥� 鈥淐ross of Christ,鈥� and 鈥淒eath and the Afterlife鈥� in the NET Study Bible. David Dockery, General Editor. Nashville: Thomas Nelson (forthcoming 2023).
Songs of Resistance: Challenging Caesar and Empire. Eugene, OR: Cascade (forthcoming 2022).
鈥淭he Work of Christ,鈥� in A Theological Handbook for the People of God, David Dockery, editor. Nashville: Broadman Academic (forthcoming 2022).
鈥淭he Birth of Jesus,鈥� in A Handbook on the Jewish Roots of the Gospels, Craig A. Evans, editor. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2021.
鈥淐ommentary on Second Peter and Jude,鈥� in Commentary on Social Identity in the New Testament. Brian Tucker and Aaron Keucker, editors. London: T & T Clark/Bloomsbury, 2020.
鈥淏aptism as a Politically Subversive Act,鈥� Bible and Interpretation. University of Arizona, 2019.
Review: Raised on Christian Milk: Food and the Formation of the Soul in Early Christianity. Catholic Biblical Quarterly. Vol. 81, No. 1 (November 2019).
Caesar and the Sacrament: Baptism as a Ritual of Resistance. Eugene, OR: Cascade, 2018.
鈥淛ehovah鈥檚 Witnesses,鈥� 鈥淢ormonism,鈥� 鈥淐hristian Science,鈥� in The Worldview Study Bible, David Dockery, General Editor. Nashville: Holman, 2018.
鈥淎 Place at the Table鈥� (Peer Evaluator), Pretoria: New Testament Society of South Africa, 2018. (2018).
鈥淥neness Pentecostalism,鈥� 鈥淥uija Board,鈥� 鈥淭ranscendental Meditation,鈥� 鈥淵in, Yang,鈥� 鈥淢artial Arts,鈥� in The Evangelical Dictionary of World Religions, Wayne House, editor. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2018.
Subversive Meals: Eating the Lord鈥檚 Supper under Roman Domination during the First Century. Cambridge: Lutterworth/James Clark (UK edition), 2017.
鈥淓dward John Carnell,鈥� in Evangelical America: An Encyclopedia of Contemporary American Religious Cultures, Timothy Demy and Paul R. Shockley, editors. Santa Barbara: ABC-CLIO/Greenwood (2017).
鈥淭he Place of Apologetics in Theological Education鈥漣n Theology, Church, and Ministry: A Handbook for Theological Education, David Dockery, editor. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2017.
鈥淔ood in the Bible,鈥� in Oxford Encyclopedia of the Bible and Ethics, Robert L. Brawley, General Editor London: Oxford University Press, 2015.
Heaven on Earth. Experiencing the Kingdom of God鈥擧ere and Now (Russian edition). Saint Petersburg, Russia: BNCCOH, 2015.
鈥淎gap茅 Feasts in Second Peter as a Means of Forming Christian Social Identity,鈥� in The T&T Clark Handbook of Social Identity and the New Testament, Brian Tucker and Coleman Baker, editors. London: T&T Clark/Bloomsbury, 2014.
鈥淎 Kingdom Solution to the SBC Decline in Membership,鈥� SBC Today, June 9, 2014.
Heaven on Earth. Experiencing the Kingdom of God鈥擧ere and Now. Eugene, OR: Harvest House 2013.
Subversive Meals: Eating the Lord鈥檚 Supper under Roman Domination during the First Century, Pickwick (2013).
鈥淎pplying the Word.鈥滳hristianityToday.com, 2012. Deals with the effective use of the sermon鈥檚 conclusion in the applying the text to the audience.
鈥淲hat is the Christian Identity Movement?鈥� in If God Made the Universe Who Made God?鈥�103 Arguments for Christian Faith. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2012.
鈥淐harles E. Fuller,鈥� 鈥淜athryn Kulhman,鈥� 鈥淩ueben A. Torrey,鈥� 鈥淒emos Shakarian,鈥� 鈥淒ennis Bennett,鈥� 鈥淥ral Roberts,鈥� 鈥淲. A. 爱神传媒,鈥� 鈥淧eter Marshall,鈥� 鈥淎imee Semple McPherson,鈥� 鈥淐hurch of New Jerusalem,鈥� 鈥淪nake Handling,鈥� and 鈥淓mmanuel Swedenborg,鈥� in Blackwell Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, 4 Vols. George Kurian, editor. Oxford, UK: Wiley Blackwell, 2011.
鈥淭he Altar Call and Calvinism鈥� in Whosoever Will: A Biblical and Theological Critique of John 3:16. David Allen and Steve Lemke, editors. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2010.
鈥淪nake Handling and Mark 16:18: Primitive Christianity or Indigenous American Religion?鈥� CTR, Vol 8, No 1 (Fall 2010).
鈥淎n Interview with Herbert Benson,鈥� (Associate Professor of Harvard Medical School and best-selling author), CTR, Vol 8, No. 1 (Fall 2010).
鈥淎n Interview with Gary Elkins,鈥� (Professor of Psychology and Director of Mind-Body Research Institute at Baylor University), CTR, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Spring 2010).
鈥淭wisted Scriptures鈥� (60 entries) in The Apologetics Study Bible, Ray Clendenen and Ted Cabal, editors. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2008. I wrote the entire commentary for this major Study Bible. Each entry is set off as a shadowed display box within the body of the text, and deals with the key verses that cults twist to fit their errant theology.
The Effective Invitation (revised and updated). Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2004.
鈥淭he Emergent Church: An Interview with Brian McLaren,鈥� CTR, 3:2 (Spring, 2006).
鈥淭he New Perspective on Paul: An Interview with N. T. Wright,鈥� CTR, 2:2 (Spring, 2005).
鈥淭he New Perspective on Paul: An Interview with Martin Hengel,鈥� CTR, 2:2 (Spring, 2005).
鈥淥pen Theism: An Interview with Darrell Bock,鈥� CTR, 1:2 (Spring 2004).
鈥淥pen Theism: An Interview with Norm Geisler,鈥� CTR, 1:2 (Spring 2004).
鈥淕ospel of John, First and Second Corinthians, First Peter, Revelation,鈥� The Legacy Project, 1998-2004. I edited sermons of the late W. A. 爱神传媒 in preparation for publication.
鈥淭he Kingdom of God and American Individualism,鈥� Journal of Theology and Ministry, October 2003.
How Do You Plead? Wheaton, IL: Good News/Crossway, 2002.
The Effective Invitation. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 1995.
鈥淲ho are the Jehovah鈥檚 Witnesses?鈥� Minneapolis: Grason, 1989
鈥淛ehovah鈥檚 Witnesses,鈥� 鈥淢ormormism,鈥� and 鈥淐hristian Science鈥� in Lifestyle Witnessing. Minneapolis: Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, 1988.
La Invitacion Eficaz. San Antonio: Casa Bautista, 1987 (Spanish edition of The Effective Invitation).
The Effective Invitation. Ol Tappan, NJ: Fleming H. Revell, 1984.
鈥淯nlocking the Secret of the Occult.鈥� The Young Salvationist, October 1984.
鈥淗ow to Spot a Cult鈥� (part 2). War Cry.聽 104, No. 38, 1984.
鈥淗ow to Spot a Cult鈥� (part 1). War Cry.聽 104, No. 37, 1984.
鈥淗ow to Spot a False Cult.鈥� Christian Life Magazine, March 1984.
鈥淭reasures on Earth: A Look at the Gospel of Prosperity鈥� The Shophar. 7, No. 2, Summer 1983.
Panorama of Baltimore: A historical analysis of Baltimore鈥檚 religious roots. Baltimore: Billy Graham Association, 1982. Commissioned by Billy Graham in preparation for his Greater Baltimore Evangelistic Crusade
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