Chowan is a great place for me to teach. It is important to me to be somewhere that gives students a chance to succeed. I feel like I can really make a difference here.
Education
- PhD, Biblical Studies, Baylor University
- ThM, Old Testament, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- MDiv, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary
- BM, West Virginia University
Academic & Scholarly Achievements
- Chowan University Faculty Advisor of the Year Award for 2019-20
- Professor Emeritus of Religion at Chowan University, 2020
- Understanding the Bible: Texts and Contexts
- History, Literature, and Religion of the Hebrew Bible
- History, Literature, and Religion of the New Testament
- Jesus of Nazareth: Jesus at the Movies
- Jesus of Nazareth: Parable, Narrative, and Social Discourse
- Hebrew Prophets and the Contemporary World
- The Intertestamental Period
- Social World of Early Christianity
- Christian Documents
- Apocalypticism
- Introduction to Biblical Languages
- Theology, Life Stories, and Religion
- Spirituality and Ethics in the World Religions
- Heroines, Harlots, Housewives, and Other Images of Women in the Biblical Tradition
- Islam
- Introduction to Philosophy
- Introduction to Ethics
- The Ancient World
Review of The Kings and Their Gods: The Pathology of Power by Daniel Berrigan in Journal of Church and State 2009; doi: 10.1093/jcs/csp013.
“Exegesis: Jeremiah 18:1-11” and “Exegesis: Jeremiah 8:18-9:1” in Lectionary Homiletics, September 2004.
“Alienation, Sex, and an Unsatisfactory Ending: Themes and Features in Stories Old and New” in Screening Scriptures, Trinity Press International, 2002.
Editor and lead articles for OPUS: A Journal for Interdisciplinary Studies, vols. 1 2.
“The Relationship of Mathematics to Other Fields of Study: An Interdisciplinary Look at Mathematics and Civilization,” with Piotr Blass, Opus, vol. 1, 1990 91
“The Ark of the Covenant and the Bible: Holy Objects and the Divine” in SBC Today
“A Response to ‘The Interrelatedness of Languages’ by John Joseph Owens,” Opus, vol. 2, 1991-92
“The Use of the Apocrypha and Pseudepigrapha in the Writings of the Apostolic Fathers.”
“A Study of the Proper Noun SÃTÃN in the Old Testament.”
Public and Guest Lectures
“Philipp Melanchthon” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club 7/21/11)
“When is a Revolution not a Revolution? The Curious Case of I Kings 12:1-20” (Chowan University Interdisciplinary Symposium 4/19/11)
“When Is Easter?” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club 3/24/11)
“Halloween” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club 10/28/10)
“Some Thoughts on the Significance of the Land of Israel: The Influence of Location on Ideology” (Chowan University Interdisciplinary Symposium 4/19/10)
“Jamaica Medical Mission Trip” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club 1/21/10)
“Istanbul” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club 6/18/09)
“Athletic Imagery in Paul and the Pauline Tradition: A Possible Tie to the Pan-Hellenic Games” (Chowan University Interdisciplinary Symposium 4/20/09)
“Jamaica Medical Mission Trip” (Riverside Baptist Church 12/3/08)
“Chowan Study Abroad: Israel and Egypt” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club 7/17/08)
“Some Theological Underpinnings Opposing Environmentalism” (Chowan University Interdisciplinary Symposium 4/21/08)
“Intermediate Islam” (Ahoskie Rotary Club)
“Camels” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club)
“Romans” (JBS church workers preparation)
“Biblical Texts Used to Justify Race-Based Slavery in the American Old South” (Chowan University)
Interdisciplinary Symposium 4/23/07)
“Italy” (Buckhorn Baptist Men)
“The Holy Land” (Buckhorn Baptist Men)
“Decisive Wars; Decisive Battles” (Chowan University Interdisciplinary Symposium 4/24/06)
“Romans” (JBS preparation for NC Directors of Missions 7/9-11/07)
“Johannine Epistles” (JBS for Buckhorn Baptist Church)
“Johannine Epistles” (JBS church workers preparation)
“Nehemiah” (JBS for Buckhorn Baptist Church)
“Nehemiah” (JBS church workers preparation)
“Elephantine” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club)
“Types of Marxism: Never the Twain Shall Meet” (Chowan College Interdisciplinary Symposium 4/25/05)
“The Date of Jesus’ Birth” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club)
“The Olympics” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club)
“Marxism” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club)
“Mark” (JBS for Buckhorn Baptist Church)
“Mark” (JBS for five churches in Roanoke Rapids, NC)
“Mark” (JBS church workers preparation)
“1 Corinthians” (JBS church workers preparation)
“Dead Sea Scrolls” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club)
“Daoism” (Murfreesboro Rotary Club)
“Genesis 1-12” (JBS church workers preparation)
“Distinctive Issues in Baptist Higher Education” (NC Council on Christian Higher Education: Admissions and Financial Aid Directors)
“Islam” (Ahoskie Rotary Club)
“Islam” (Murfreesboro Methodist Men)
“The Baptist State Convention of NC and its Relationship to its Colleges and Universities” (NC Baptist Professors of Religion panel member)
“The Role of Women in the Ancient Near East”
“The Hebrew/Jewish Background Relevant to the Teachings of Paul”
“Malachi and the Concept of Covenantal Love”
“Creation Accounts in the Old Testament”
“Aristotelian and Neo Platonic Thought in Thomas Aquinas”
“Psalm 22 and the Cross: Individual Laments and Subsequent Use”
“Where Does Evil Come From?”
“Greek and Hebrew Music: the Background to Modern Western Music”
“Secular and Sacred Music in the Early Middle Ages”
“Interdisciplinary Studies in the Secondary School Curriculum”
“Prophets and Prophecy in Ancient Israel”
“Why is There Anti-Semitism?”
“Albert Einstein and his Theory of World Government: Some Underpinnings from his Jewish Background”
“Gilgamesh”
“Some Word Pictures in the Book of Amos”
“The Middle East: A Fragile Peace” (Harbour’s Edge Lecture Series)
“The Changing Pace of British Life: Reflections on Recent Studies Abroad” (Harbour’s Edge Lecture Series)
“World Religions and Inter-Cultural Communication”
“The Intertestamental Period” (5-week series at Lost Tree Village, 1997)
“’What Do You Call a Boomerang That Won’t Come Back?’ ‘To Get To the Other Side.’ The Reinvestment of the Book of Ruth and the Subsequent Effect on an Etymological Etiology” (Theta Alpha Sigma, 1997)
“The Apocrypha” (Lost Tree Village, February 3-March 3, 1997)
“Introduction to the Old Testament: Genesis” (Lost Tree Village, January 12-February 9, 1998)
“Apocalypticism” (Lost Tree Village, February 16-March 16, 1998)
“World Religions” (3-week series at Universalist-Unitarian Church lecture series, April 1999)
“Freedom of Religion in America” (Universalist-Unitarian Church, July 4, 1999)
“Walls and Bridges” (Keynote address for the Fellowship of Christians and Jews, November 19, 1999)