Ministry

Ministry Experience

Navigators, MIT campus, Cambridge, MA

• Campus Evangelism and Discipleship (1974-78)

Crisis Pregnancy Center, Tacoma, WA

• Founding Board Member (1983-85)

Faith Presbyterian Church, Tacoma, WA

• Pastoral Internship (1983-84)

Great Britain

• Preaching and teaching engagements (1986-89)

Faith Presbyterian Church, Spokane, WA

• Church Planter (1989-92)

Teaching Experience

Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO

• Assistant Professor of Old Testament (1993-95)
• Associate Professor of Old Testament (1995-2000)
• Professor of Old Testament (2000-present; department chair since 2005)

Academic Qualifications

Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA

• Bachelor of Science (BS) and Master of Science (MS) in computer science and systems engineering (1978)

Faith Evangelical Lutheran Seminary, Tacoma, WA

• Master of Divinity (MDiv) (1985)
• Thesis title: “Divorce and Remarriage in the Bible: A Problem in Hermeneutics”

University of Liverpool, Liverpool, England

• School of Archaeology and Oriental Studies, Doctor of Philosophy (PhD) in Hebrew language (1989)
• Thesis supervisor: A. R. Millard
• Thesis title: “Homonymous Verbs in Biblical Hebrew: An Investigation of the Role of Comparative Philology”

Additional Studies

• Survey of linguistic method and theory, University of Washington, Seattle, WA (1983)
• Summer courses, Institute of Holy Land Studies, Jerusalem, Israel (1985, 1988)

Presbytery and Denominational Service

• Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) Ad Hoc Study Committee on Creation (1998-2000)
• Missouri Presbytery (PCA) Ad Hoc Study Committee on the New Perspective on Paul, the Federal Vision, and New Thinking on the Sacraments (2004-06)
• Program Director, Not a World Apart: Exploring the Intersection of Science and Faith (conference on ministry to people in the sciences)