Ministry

Ministry Experience

Georgia Institute of Technology, Atlanta, GA

• Campus Crusade for Christ (Campus Staff (1989-93))

Lakeview Presbyterian Church (PCA), Vernon Hills, IL

• Pastoral Intern (1994-95)

Student Ministries, Inc., Deerfield, IL

• Ministry Affiliate (1993-96)

Regular teaching and occasional preaching ministry at home church and elsewhere (2000-present)

Teaching Experience

Eden Baptist Church, Cambridge, England

• Taught for Pastoral Ministry Training Program (1997-99)

Sangre de Cristo Seminary, Westcliffe, CO

• Taught courses on Biblical Archaeology and Biblical Geography (2007)

Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

• Adjunct Professor of New Testament (full time) (2000-01)
• Assistant Professor of New Testament and Biblical Archaeology (2001-08)
• Director and Curator, W. Harold Mare Institute for Biblical and Archaeological Studies (2001-present)
• Director, Abila Archaeological Project, Inc. (2004-08)
• Associate Professor of New Testament and Archaeology (2008- )

Academic Qualifications

Rice University, Houston, TX

• BA in philosophy and religious studies (1988)

Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL

• MA in Old Testament and Semitic Studies (1996)
• Master of Divinity (MDiv) (1996)

University of Cambridge, Cambridge, England

• Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) (2000)
• Thesis supervisor: Prof. William Horbury
• Thesis title: “Perceptions of Crucifixion Among Jews and Christians in the Ancient World”

Presbytery and Denominational Service

• Ad Hoc member, Missouri Presbytery (PCA) Committee on Federal Vision Theology (2004-05)
• Member, Chicago Metro Presbytery (PCA), currently on Candidates and Credentials Committee