Stanley J. Grenz 22 February 2005 office address: home address: Carey Theological College 8026 Birch Bay Drive #255 5920 Iona Drive Blaine WA 98230 Vancouver BC V6T 1J6 Canada telephone: 604-224-4308 website address: fax: 604-224-5014 www.stanleyjgrenz.com
PERSONAL
Born: January 7, 1950, Alpena, MI Married to Edna (Sturhahn) Grenz B.Mus.Ed., University of Colorado M.Mus., University of South Dakota Doctor of Worship Studies (cand.), Institute for Worship Studies Minister of Worship, First Baptist Church, Vancouver, BC Father of two married children and one grandchild Joel Grenz (born August 20, 1978) Corina (Grenz) Kuban (born December 28, 1979) Anika Grace Kuban (born October 7, 2004)
ACADEMIC EXPERIENCE
2003- Pioneer McDonald Professor of Theology Carey Theological College Vancouver BC
2004- Professor of Theological Studies Mars Hill Graduate School Seattle WA
2003-2004 Scholar in Residence Mars Hill Graduate School Seattle WA
2002-2003 Visiting Distinguished Professor of Theology ACTS Seminaries (Associated Canadian Theological Schools) Trinity Western University Langley BC
1 2002-2003 Distinguished Professor of Theology Baylor University and Truett Seminary Waco TX
1990-2002 Pioneer McDonald Professor of Baptist Heritage, Theology and Ethics Carey Theological College and Regent College Vancouver BC
1996-1999 Professor of Theology and Ethics (Affiliate) Northern Baptist Theological Seminary Lombard IL
1981-1990 Professor of Systematic Theology and Christian Ethics North American Baptist Seminary Sioux Falls SD
1980-1981 Adjunct Professor of Theology University of Winnipeg Winnipeg MB
1980-1981 Adjunct Professor of Theology Providence Seminary (formerly Winnipeg Theological Seminary) Winnipeg MB
EDUCATION
D.Theol., systematic theology (magna cum laude), 1980 Ludwig-Maximilians University, Munich, Germany Doktorvater: Wolfhart Pannenberg Dissertation title: “Isaac Backus–Puritan and Baptist: his place in history, his thought, and their implications for modern Baptist thought”
Master of Divinity (with honors), 1976 Denver Seminary, Denver CO (formerly Conservative Baptist Theological Seminary)
Bachelor of Arts (with distinction), 1973 University of Colorado, Boulder CO Majors: Philosophy and Mathematics
2 FELLOWSHIPS AND ACADEMIC HONORS
1999-2000 Henry Luce III Fellow in Theology
1993 Theological Scholarship and Research Award (Association of Theological Schools in the USA and Canada)
1987-1988 Fulbright Scholar (for study in Munich, Germany)
1976 Robert G. Kay Scholastic Award (Denver Seminary)
1973 Phi Beta Kappa (University of Colorado)
OTHER HONORS
International Who’s Who of Authors and Writers seventeenth edition, 2001-2002 eighteenth edition, 2003 2005 edition
Who’s Who in U. S. Writers, Editors and Poets 2002 edition
Outstanding People of the 20th Century second edition, 2000
2000 Outstanding Intellectuals of the 20th Century (2000)
Who’s Who in America forty-eighth edition, 1994
Who’s Who in Religion fourth edition, 1992-1993 third edition, 1985
Men of Achievement sixteenth edition, 1993
“International Man of the Year,” 2000-2001 & 1993
“Outstanding Young Men of America,” 1982
3 PASTORAL EXPERIENCE
Ordination: 13 June 1976 Northwest Baptist Church, Denver CO
September 1994-May 1995 Interim preaching pastor White Rock Baptist Church, Surrey BC
September 1992-July 1993 Interim preaching pastor Trinity Baptist Church, Vancouver BC
February 1985-December 1985 Interim pastor Trinity Baptist Church, Sioux Falls SD
January 1979-June 1981 Pastor Rowandale Baptist Church, Winnipeg MB
November 1971-July 1976 Youth Director/Assistant Pastor Northwest Baptist Church, Denver CO
PROFESSIONAL PRESENTATIONS
Professional Conference Presentations
“Jesus as Symbol: Robert Neville’s Christology and the Neo-Liberal Theological Project” New Projects in Systematic Theology Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Atlanta GA, November 20, 2003
“Jesus as the Imago Dei: Image-of-God Christology and the Non-Linear Linearity of Theology” Evangelical Theology and Postmodernism Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Atlanta GA, November 20, 2003
“Concerns of a Pietist with a Ph.D.” “The Word Made Fresh” Special Session
4 American Academy of Religion Toronto ON, November 23, 2002
“Stanley Hauerwas, the Grain of the Universe, and a More “Natural” Natural Theology The New Projects in Systematic Theology Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Toronto ON, November 22, 2002
“Destined for Life in God: A Response to Rick Lints, ‘Imaging and Idolatry’ and to the Conference Papers” Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals Theology Conference Colorado Springs CO, June 22, 2002
“The Divine Fugue: Robert Jensen’s Renewed Trinitarianism” New Projects in Systematic Theology Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Colorado Springs CO, November 14, 2001
“Die Begrenzte Gemeinschaft (the Boundaried People) and the Character of Evangelical Theology” Evangelical Theology and Postmodernism Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Colorado Springs CO, November 14, 2001
“What Does It Mean to Be Trinitarians?” Baptist World Alliance Doctrine Commission Charlottetown PEI, July 5, 2001
“The Sustaining Moral Vision: A Response to Phil Zylla’s ‘Sustaining Moral Vision in a Changing World’” Baptist World Alliance Ethics Commission Charlottetown PEI, July 3, 2001
“The Social Imago: The Image of God and the Postmodern Dissipation of the Self” Christian Theology and the Bible Group Society of Biblical Literature Nashville TN, November 18, 2000
“Restoring a Trinitarian Understanding of the Church in Practice: The Stone-Campbell Movement and Evangelical (Non-)Ecclesiology” Response to the Stone-Campbell Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Nashville TN, November 16, 2000
5 “Deconstructing Epistemological Certainty in Theology: An Engagement with William Abraham’s Canon and Criterion in Christian Theology” New Projects in Theology Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Nashville TN, November 15, 2000
“The Social Imago: Trinitarian Anthropology and the Postmodern (Loss of) Self” Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology Conference Princeton NJ, November 4, 2000
“The Universality of the ‘Jesus-Story and the ‘Incredulity Toward Metanarratives’” Regent College Fall Theology Conference Vancouver BC, October 13, 2000
“The Spirit and the Word: The World-Creating Function of the Text” New Projects in Theology Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Danvers MA, November 17, 1999
“Articulating the Christian Belief-Mosaic: The Task of Theology in the Postmodern Context” Evangelical Theology and Postmodernism Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Danvers MA, November 16, 1999
“Articulating the Christian Belief-Mosaic: The Task of Theology in the Postmodern Context” Regent College Fall Theology Conference Vancouver BC, October 30, 1999
“Theology After Foundationalism” Christian Theological Research Fellowship Orlando FL, November 21,1998
“What Does Hollywood Have to Do with Wheaton? The Role of (Pop) Culture in Theological Reflection” Evangelical Theological Society Orlando FL, November 19, 1998
“Toward a Communal Eschatology of Hope” New Projects in Theology Study Group Evangelical Theological Society Orlando FL, November 19, 1998
“Christian Integrity in an Age of Star Trek”
6 Evangelical Theological Society Santa Clara CA, November 1997
“The Christian Vision of the Moral Life” Baptist World Alliance Ethics Commission Vancouver BC, July 1997
“Is God Sexual? Human Embodiment and the Triune God” Evangelical Theological Society Jackson MS, November 1996
“The Holy Spirit: The Divine Love Guiding Us Home” North Park Symposium on the Theological Interpretation of Scripture North Park Theological Seminary Chicago IL, October 1996
“Star Trek and the Transition to Postmodernism” Evangelical Theological Society–New England Region Boston MA, March 1996
Participant: Christianity Today Institute on Global Stewardship Chicago IL, March 1996
“Evangelical Theology in the Postmodern Context” panel presentation: Evangelical Theology Group American Academy of Religion Philadelphia PA, November 1995
“The Uniqueness of Christ in a Pluralist, ‘Star Trek’ World” Evangelical Theological Society Philadelphia PA, November 1995
Respondent–panel discussion: “New Projects in Systematic Theology by Leo Garrett, Stanley Grenz and Wayne Grudem” Evangelical Theological Society Philadelphia PA, November 1995
Respondent–panel discussion of Revisioning Evangelical Theology Canadian Evangelical Theological Association Calgary AB, June 1994
“Star Trek and the Next Generation: Postmodernism and the Future of Evangelical Theology”
7 Evangelical Theological Society–Southeastern Region Louisville KY, March 1994
“Isaac Backus and the Struggle for Disestablishment” ACBAS Lecture (Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies) Planters Conference Wolfville NS, September 1993
“`Sweet Harmony’: Isaac Backus’s Proposal for Church-State Relations” Baptist Heritage Conference (Canada) Toronto ON, May 1993
“The Irrelevancy of Theology: Pannenberg and the Quest for Truth” (panel presentation on W. Pannenberg’s Systematic Theology, vol. 1) Canadian Theological Society Charlottetown PE, June 1992
“Wolfhart Pannenberg: Classical Theologian in a Contemporary World” Canadian Evangelical Theological Association Charlottetown PE, June 1992
“Isaac Backus and the Baptist Quest for Religious Liberty” American Society of Church History Chicago IL, December 1991
“The AIDS Epidemic and Sin” Ethics Commission of the Baptist World Alliance Montreal QE, July 1991
Participant: Christianity Today Institute on Birth Control Chicago IL, June 1991
“Maintaining the Balanced Life: The Baptist Vision of Spirituality” Presidential Address National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion New Orleans LA, November 1990
“Pannenberg and Evangelical Theology” panel presentation: Pannenberg Consultation American Academy of Religion Anaheim CA, November 1989
“Wholeness in Theological Education”
8 Baptist International Congress on Theological Education Zagreb, Yugoslavia, July 1989
Panel participant: “The Theology of W. Pannenberg–American Responses” American Academy of Religion Chicago IL, November 1988
Participant: Christianity Today Institute on Human Sexuality Chicago IL, March 1987
“Sanctuary: A Church-State Issue of the 1980s” American Academy of Religion Atlanta GA, November 1986
“The Implications of the Sanctuary Movement for Church-State Relations” American Academy of Religion–Upper Midwest region St. Paul MN, April 1986
“An Evangelical Critique of Unification Christology” Conference: Other Realities: New Religions and Revitalization Movements University of Nebraska–Lincoln, March 1985
“Isaac Backus: Eighteenth Century Light on the Contemporary School Issue” Conference on Faith and History Ft. Worth TX, October 1984
“Abortion–A Christian Response” American Academy of Religion–Upper Midwest region St. Paul MN, April 1983
Major or Named Academic Lectures, Lectureships and Addresses
Bible and Theology Lectureship Assemblies of God Theological Seminary Springfield MO January 17-20, 2005
Commencement address Mars Hill Graduate School Seattle WA May 1, 2004
Plenary address
9 Evangelical Theological Society of Japan (Eastern Section) Tokyo, Japan April 27, 2004
Missions Day lectures Seinan Gakuin University Fukuoka, Japan April 26, 2004
1st Annual Academic Lectureship China Evangelical Seminary Taipei ROC (Taiwan) April 19-23, 2004
William Lyall Lectures Presbyterian College Montreal QE February 16-17, 2004
Inaugural lecture for Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture Institute for Theology of Culture Multnomah Biblical Seminary Portland OR January 23, 2004
Evangelical Society Lecture St. Paul School of Theology Kansas City MO October 2, 2004
President’s Lecture Institute for Worship Studies Jacksonville FL June 11, 2003
Plenary lecture Christian Ethics Symposium Baylor University Waco TX March 25, 2003
Staley Lectures Houston Baptist University
10 Houston TX March 20-21
“Farewell” lecture Regent College Vancouver BC December 5, 2002
Faith and Culture Lectures Taylor University College Edmonton AB October 17-18, 2002
Plenary addresses The Association of Pentecostal and Charismatic Bible Colleges of Australasia Garden City Christian Church Brisbane, Australia May 16-17, 2002
Barrett Lectures Southern Cross College Sydney, Australia May 7-10, 2002
Plenary address “Past Voices/Present Vision: Contours of Baptist Theology for the 21st Century” ACTS Seminaries Langley BC May 4, 2002
Plenary address “The Remaking of the Modern Mind” conference Union University Jackson TN March 7, 2002
Elma Cobb Lectures Ouachita Baptist University Arkadelphia AR March 5-6, 2002
Staley Lectures Howard Payne University
11 Brownwood TX February 7-8, 2002
Willson-Addis Lecture Truett Seminary Waco, TX February 6, 2002
T. B. Maston Lectures in Christian Ethics Logsdon School of Theology, Hardin Simmons University Abilene TX February 4, 2002
Plenary lectures 8th International Symposium on Christian Culture and Theology: The Culture of the 21st Century and Evangelical Faith Soongsil University, Seoul, Korea October 29-30, 2001
Plenary lecture International Conference on Evangelical Theology: “The Direction of World Evangelical Theology in the Twenty-First Century” Korea Evangelical Theological Society SungKyul University, Seoul, Korea October 26, 2001
Graduation address Fuller Seminary in Colorado Colorado Springs CO June 15, 2001
Plenary lectures Wheaton Theology Conference: “The Evangelical Doctrine of Scripture” Wheaton College Wheaton IL April 5-7, 2001
Plenary lecture Midwest Region of the Center for Theology and the Natural Science conference: “Evolution: Scientific and Theological Views” University of St. Thomas St. Paul MN March 10, 2001
12 Keynote address Harvard Conference on Evangelicalism: “Evangelical Perspectives on Biblical Authority” Harvard Divinity School Cambridge MA March 9, 2001
Pearl Toon Smith Lectures (with Delwin Brown) Anderson University Anderson IN November 6-7, 2000
Staley Lectures Campbellsville University Campbellsville KY October 24-26, 2000
Graduation Addresses Full Gospel Bible Institute Eston SK April 15-16, 2000
Baptist Heritage Lectures Hong Kong Baptist Theological Seminary Hong Kong, China November 8-11, 1999
Biblical Lectures St. Louis Christian College St. Louis MO April 15-16, 1999
Templeton Lecture Colorado Christian University Denver CO March 25, 1999
Plenary address Canadian Association for Pastoral Practice and Education national conference Vancouver BC January 28, 1999
Twenty-fifth Anniversary Lectures
13 Portugese Bible Institute Lisbon, Portugal January 18-20,1999
Arlo Ayre Brown Lecture Drew University Madison NJ September 14, 1998
Evangelical Society Lectures St Paul Theological Seminary Kansas City MO March 18-19,1998
Plenary lecture Evangelical Theological Society–Northwest Section Portland OR February 28, 1998
Staley Lectures Briercrest Bible College Caronport SK January 19-20, 1998
Brady Lecturers Northern Baptist Theological Seminary & Judson College Lombard/Elgin IL October 20-21, 1997
Plenary lectures South Pacific Association of Bible Colleges Auckland NZ July 7-10,1997
Graduation address Steinbach Bible College Steinbach MB April 27, 1997
Laing Lecture London Bible College London UK February 13, 1997
14 Homer J. Armstrong Lectures Kalamazoo College Kalamazoo MI October 1996
Commencement address Denver Conservative Baptist Seminary Denver CO June 1996
Sizemore Lectures Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City MO November 1995
Fall Theology Lectures Canadian Theological Seminary Regina SK October 1995
Plenary lectures Evangelical Theological Society–Midwest Section St. Paul MN March 1995
Adolf Olson Lectures Bethel Seminary St. Paul MN January 1995
Duncan Lecture Carey Theological College/Regent College Vancouver BC November 1989
Other Invited Academic Lectures and Presentations
Regent College, Vancouver BC (Feb 17, 2005) Bethel Seminary, San Diego CA (Feb 4, 2005; Apr 24, 2003) Point Loma Nazarene University, San Diego CA (Jan 31, 2005) Western Seminary, Portland OR (Jan 25, 2005; Jan 22, 2004; Jan 23, 2003; Jan 24, 2002; Jan 18, 2001; Feb 27, 1998) International Christian College, Glasgow, Scotland (Dec 2-3, 2003)
15 Westminster West Theological Seminary, Escondito CA (April 24, 2003) ACTS Seminaries, Langley BC (Mar. 6, Feb. 20, Jan. 27, 2003; Dec 2, 2002) Multnomah Biblical Seminary, Portland OR (Jan 22, 2003) Concordia Seminary, St. Louis MO (Jan 7-8, 2003) Bible College of Queensland, Brisbane, Australia (May 16, 2002) Australia-New Zealand Association of Theological Schools, Brisbane (May 15, 2002) Queensland Baptist College of Ministries, Brisbane, Australia (May 15, 2002) Dallas Theological Seminary (Feb 5, 2002) Oregon Christians for Biblical Equality (Jan 25, 2002) Colorado Springs Christians for Biblical Equality/Fuller Seminary Colorado (Nov 13, 2001) Biblical Theological Seminary, Hatfield PA (Nov 8, 2001) North Park Theological Seminary, Chicago IL (Nov 7, 2001) Iliff Seminary, Denver Co (Apr 2001) University of Colorado Theology Forum, Boulder CO (Apr 2001) Colorado Christian University, Denver CO (Apr 2001) Wheaton College, Wheaton IL (Apr 2001; Nov 1994) Tabor College, Sydney, Australia (Mar 2001) Burleigh College, Adelaide, Australia (Mar 2001) Carson-Newman College, Jefferson City TN (Oct 2000) King’s University College, Edmonton AB (Sep 2000) Trinity Western University, Langley BC (Jan 2000) China Graduate School of Theology, Hong Kong (Nov 1999) St. Louis Christian College, St. Louis MO (Apr 1999) Canadian Southern Baptist Seminary, Cochrane AB (Apr 1998) St. Paul School of Theology, Kansas City MO (Oct 2003; Mar 1998) Greater Phoenix Christians for Biblical Equality/Fuller Seminary Southwest (Feb 1998) Chicago Area Christians for Biblical Equality (Jan 1997) Spurgeon’s College, London UK (Feb 1997) Bristol Baptist College, Bristol UK (Feb 1997) Westmont College, Santa Barbara CA (Nov 1996) Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Ft. Worth TX (Feb 1994) Acadia Divinity College, Wolfville NS (Sept 1993) Baptist Seminary, Kempton Park, South Africa (July 1993) University of Potchestroom, South Africa (July 1993) University of South Africa, Pretoria (July 1993) Baptist Theological Seminary, Buckow, Germany (1988, 1987) Baptist Theological Seminary, Hamburg, Germany (1988) Baptist Theological Seminary, Tollose, Denmark (Mar 1988) Baptist Theological Seminary, Stabbeck, Norway (Mar 1988) University of Uppsala, Uppsala, Sweden (Mar 1988) Bethel Theological Seminary, Bromma, Sweden (Mar 1988) Baptist Theological Seminary, Ruschlikon, Switzerland (1988) European Baptist Theological Teachers’ Conference, Ruschlikon, Switzerland (1988)
16 University of Regensburg, Regensburg, Germany (1987) Baptist Theological Seminary, Novi Sad, Yugoslavia (1987)
Courses Taught at Academic Institutions
George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Portland OR (Jan 25-26, 2005; Jan 23-24, 2004; Jan 24-25, 2003; Jan 25-26, 2002; Jan 19-20, 2001) ACTS Seminaries, Langley BC (Oct 25-27, 2004; Oct 27-29, 2003) Northwest Graduate School of the Ministry, Seattle WA (Oct 8-11, 2002) Baptist Theological Seminary, Tartu, Estonia (Oct 2001) Fuller Seminary, Colorado Springs CO (June 2001) Tabor College, Adelaide, Australia (Feb-Mar 2001) Reformed Evangelical Seminary, Jakarta, Indonesia (July-Aug 2000) Regent College/Fuller Seminary in Seattle (spring 1998, spring 1997, winter 1997, summer 1996, spring 1996) Fuller Seminary, Menlo Park CA (July 1997, June 1995) Bethel Seminary–West Campus, San Diego CA (spring 1996) Northern Baptist Theological Seminary, Lombard IL (April 1996, Aug 1995) American Baptist Seminary of the West, Berkeley CA (Jan 1996) Utah Institute for Biblical Studies, Salt Lake City (Mar 1995) Edmonton Baptist Seminary (now Taylor Seminary), Edmonton AB (Jan 1995) Tyndale Theological Seminary, Toronto ON (Aug 1994) Orebro Theological Seminary, Sweden (Aug 1994, Mar 1988) Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, Louisville KY (June 1993)
Addresses Delivered at University, Seminary, Church, Denomination or Parachurch Conferences
Emergent Convention/National Pastors’ Conference, San Diego CA (Feb 1-4, 2005; Mar 11, 2004), Nashville TN (May 18-19, 2004) Calvin Worship Symposium, Grand Rapids MI (Jan 28-29, 2005) Northwest Friends Focus Conference, Hood River OR (Sep 9-11, 2004) Institute for Worship Studies–Postgraduate Forum, Jacksonville FL (Jun 14-15, 2004) Assemblies of God Theological Seminary conference, Denver CO (Apr 12-13, 2004) Knox Summer Fellowship, Knox Presbyterian Church, Toronto ON (Jun 2003; Jul 10, 2002; Aug 9, 2000; Jul 15, 1998) Assemblies of God Publication Symposium, Springfield MO (April 8, 2003) Pastors’ and Mentors’ Day, ACTS Seminaries, Langley BC (Feb 25, 2003) North Puget Sound Area (ABC) Annual Convention, Bellingham WA (Oct 11-12, 2002) Baptists in Worship Central American Conference, Managua, Nicaragua (Sep 4, 2002) Cornerstone Festival, Bushnell IL (July 3-5, 2002) Christian Teachers Association of BC (northern), professional development conference, Terrace BC (Apr 4-5, 2002) “Worship, Evangelism and Nurture Conference,” Institute for Worship Studies
17 Lombard IL (Nov 5, 2001) Evangelical Students’ Conference, Linkoping University, Sweden (Sep 27-30, 2001) Christian Principals Association Conference, Cedar Springs WA (Sep 27-28, 2000) National Youth Conference/National Reformed Conference, Indonesia (Aug 1, 2000) IVCF Cultural Observers Consultation, Chicago IL (Jan 20-22, 2000) Oak Brook Conference on Ministry [via satellite], Oak Brook IL (Oct 20, 1999) Pastors’ Conference, George Fox Theological Seminary, Portland OR (Jun 4-5, 1999) Canadian Association of Pregnancy Support Services nat’l conf. Langley BC (Jun 3, 1999) Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Consultation: “Christian Engagement in Pluralized Canada,” Toronto ON (Mar 6, 1999) Missionaries’ Conference, International Christian Church, Cascais, Portugal (Jan 23, 1999) Leadership Network National Canadian Conference, Three Hills AB (Nov 1998) AIDS National Interfaith Network Conference: “AIDS & Religion in America,” Atlanta GA (Nov 1998) Baptist Convention of Ontario and Quebec Missions Conference, Toronto ON (Oct 1998) Bap. Conv. of Ont.& Quebec Exec. Staff & Area Ministers Workshop, Toronto (Oct 1998) Leadership Network National Conference, Glorietta NM (Oct 1998) Shuv Conference: The Gospel and the Postmodern, Seattle WA (Apr 1998) Leadership Network Regional Conference, Seattle WA (Apr 1998) Baptist Conference on Theology, Green Lake Conf. Center, Green Lake WI (Oct 1997) Utah Pastors’ Conference, Utah Institute for Biblical Studies (Sep-Oct 1997) Canadian Baptist Leadership Summit (Sep 1997) Christians for Biblical Equality, biennial conference (Aug 1997) Apostolic Church of Pentecost annual meeting (Jun 1997) IVCF National Staff Conference, Chicago IL (Jan 1995) IVCF national staff training institute, Madison WI (Jun 1994) Great Plains Pastors’ Conference, North American Baptist Sem., Sioux Falls SD (Apr 1994)
PROFESSIONAL INVOLVEMENTS
Current and Previous Professional Society Leadership Involvements
Evangelical Theological Society Evangelical Theology and Postmodernism study group Program committee member, 1998- New Projects in Theology study group Program committee member, 1998-
American Academy of Religion–National Evangelical Theology Group Program committee co-chair, 1990-94 Program committee member, 1988-96
18 Pannenberg Consultation Program committee chair, 1989
American Academy of Religion–Upper Midwest Region Regional Secretary, 1989-90 President, 1986-1987 Vice President, 1985-1986 Program committee member, 1983-1985
Canadian Evangelical Theological Association Executive Committee, 1996-2000
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion President, 1989-90 Vice President, 1988-89
Other Current Professional Involvements
Atlantic Journal of Theology Editorial Board member, 2005-
Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture Contributing editor, 2004-
Association of Theological Schools/Luce Consultation on Theological Scholarship planning group member, 2002-
International Institute for Hermeneutics Senior Associate Fellow, 2002-
Paternoster Press Studies in Baptist History and Thought Consultant Editor, 2001-
Christians for Biblical Equality Council of Consulting Theologians, 2000-
Brazos Press Advisory Board member, 1999-
Ashgate Publishing Ltd. New Critical Thinking in Religion, Theology & Biblical Studies Advisory Board member, 1999-
Christianity Today
19 Consulting editor, 1995-
Baptist World Alliance Doctrine and Interchurch Cooperation Commission, 2000- Ethics Commission, 1986-2000 Theological Education Committee, 1990-
Current Involvements in Church-related Organizations
Allelon: A Fellowship of Churches Board of Advisors member, 2003-
Previous Involvements
Christian Association of Pregnancy Support Services (Canada) Board of Reference member, 2000-2002
Christian Advocacy Society of Greater Vancouver (Canada) Board of Reference member, 2000-2002
Focus on the Family (Canada) Christian Citizenship Initiative Advisory Board member, 2000-2002
Acadia Centre for Baptist and Anabaptist Studies Acadia Divinity School, Wolfville NS (Canada) Advisory Board member, 1991-2002
Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Social Action Commission, 1994-96
Journal of Ecumenical Studies occasional referee, 1988-90
South Dakota Committee on the Humanities committee member, 1986-90
Perspectives in Religious Studies Editorial Board member, 1985-88
Baptist Joint Committee on Public Affairs committee member, 1983-88
Involvements as an External Reader/Examiner for Doctoral Programs
20 Australia College of Theology Drew University University of South Africa University of Sydney (Australia) McMaster University Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
PUBLICATIONS
Books Authored/Co-authored
Rediscovering the Triune God: The Trinity in Contemporary Theology Minneapolis: Fortress, 2004
Pocket Dictionary of Ethics coauthored with Jay T. Smith Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2003
The Social God and the Relational Self: A Trinitarian Theology of the Imago Dei (volume 1 of The Matrix of Christian Theology) Louisville, KY: Westminster John Knox, 2001 Award: honourable mention, non fiction book–church leadership, theology, philosophy “God Uses Ink” Christian Writing Awards, 2002 Faith Today/Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
Beyond Foundationalism: Shaping Theology in a Postmodern Context co-authored with John R. Franke Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001
Renewing the Center: Evangelical Theology in a Post-theological Era Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2000 Award: book of the year, “CT 2001 Book Awards: Theology/Ethics” Christianity Today April 2001
Pocket Dictionary of Theological Terms co-authored with David Guretzki and Cherith Fee Nordling Downers Grove IL: InterVarsity, 1999 Portugese translation. Sao Paulo: Editora Vida, 2000 Dutch translation. Dordrecht: Importantia, 2004
Welcoming But Not Affirming: An Evangelical Response to Homosexuality
21 Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998 Award: eleventh place, CT 1999 Book Awards, Christianity Today April 1999 Award: honorable mention, non-fiction book–theological/cultural criticism “God Uses Ink” Christian Writing Awards 1999 Faith Today/Evangelical Fellowship of Canada
The Fortress Introduction to Contemporary Theologies co-authored with Ed L. Miller Minneapolis: Fortress, 1998
What Christians Really Believe...and Why Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1998
The Moral Quest: Foundations of Christian Ethics Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1997 Award: eleventh place, CT 1998 Book Awards, Christianity Today April 27, 1998 Korean translation. Seoul: Korea InterVarsity Press, 2001 Chinese translation. Taipei: China Evangelical Seminary Press, 2004
Who Needs Theology? An Invitation to the Study of God co-authored with Roger E. Olson Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1996 Korean translation. Seoul: Korea InterVarsity Press, 1999 Portugese translation. Sao Paulo: Editora Vida, 2003
Created for Community: Connecting Christian Belief with Christian Living First edition. Wheaton, IL: Victor/BridgePoint, 1996 Second edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1998 Korean translation (2nd ed.). Seoul: Christian University Press, 2000
A Primer on Postmodernism Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1996 Award: first place, non-fiction book–Christianity and culture “God Uses Ink” Christian Writing Awards 1997 Faith Today/Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Portugese translation. Sao Paulo: Vida Nova, 1997 Czech translation. Prague: Navrat domu, 1998 Indonesian translation. Yogyakarta: ANDI, 2002 Estonian translation. Tallinn: Logos, 2003
Betrayal of Trust: Confronting and Preventing Clergy Sexual Misconduct
22 co-authored with Roy D. Bell First edition. Betrayal of Trust: Sexual Misconduct in the Pastorate. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1995 Portugese translation. Sao Paulo: United Press, 1997 Second edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2001
Women and the Church: A Biblical Theology of Women in Ministry coauthored with Denise Muir Kjesbo Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1995 Korean translation. Seoul: Christian Literature Crusade, 1998 Portugese translation. Sao Paulo: Candeia, 1998
Theology for the Community of God First edition. Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1994 Award: first place, non-fiction book “God Uses Ink” Christian Writing Awards 1995 Faith Today/Evangelical Fellowship of Canada Second edition. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 2000 Korean translation–Goyang, Korea: Christian Digest, 2004
Revisioning Evangelical Theology Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1993 Award: fourth place “Critics Choice–Theology/Biblical Studies” Christianity Today April 4, 1994
The Millennial Maze: Sorting Out Evangelical Options Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1992
Twentieth Century Theology: God and the World in a Transitional Age co-authored with Roger E. Olson Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1992 Award: first place “Critics Choice–Theology/Biblical Studies” Christianity Today April 8, 1993 Korean translation. Seoul: Korean InterVarsity Press, 1997 Norwegian translation. Oslo: Credo Forlag, 1998 Chinese translation. Taipei: Campus Evangelical Fellowship, 1998 Estonian translation. Tallinn: Logos, 2002 Portugese translation. Sao Paulo: Editora Cultura Crista, 2003
Sexual Ethics: An Evangelical Perspective First edition. Sexual Ethics: A Biblical Perspective. Dallas: Word, 1990 Reprint edition. Vancouver: Regent College, 1995 Revised edition. Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 1997
23 AIDS: Ministry in the Midst of an Epidemic co-authored with Wendell Hoffman, M.D. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1990
Reason for Hope: The Systematic Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg New York: Oxford University Press, 1990
Prayer: The Cry for the Kingdom Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 1988 Chinese translation. Taipei: China Evangelical Seminary Press, 2004
The Baptist Congregation Valley Forge, PA: Judson, 1985 Reprint edition. Vancouver: Regent College
Isaac Backus--Puritan and Baptist NABPR Dissertation Series #4 Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1983
Books and Festschriften Edited/Co-edited
Perspectives on Theology in the Contemporary World: Essays in Honor of Bernard Ramm Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1990
Christian Freedom: Essays in Honor of Vernon Grounds co-edited with Kenneth W. M. Wozniak Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1986
Forewords/Prefaces to Books
Foreword Lisa McMinn Sexuality and Holy Longing San Francisco: Jossey-Bass, 2003
Foreword Spencer Burke with Colleen Pepper Making Sense of Church: Eavesdropping on Emerging Conversations about God, Community, and Culture Grand Rapids MI: emergentYS, 2003
Preface Wolfhart Pannenberg
24 Jesus–God and Man, SCM Classics edition London: SCM, 2002
Foreword David P. Gushee and Robert H. Long A Bolder Pulpit: Reclaiming the Moral Dimension of Preaching Valley forge, PA: Judson, 1998
Essays in Books and Festschriften
“Biblical Priesthood and Women in Ministry” Discovering Biblical Equality: Complementarity without Hierarchy ed. Ronald W. Pierce, Rebecca Merrill Groothuis and Gordon D. Fee Downers Grove, IL InterVarsity, 2004
“When Do Christians Think the End Times Will Happen? A Comparative Theologies Discussion of the Second Coming” Rapture, Revelation, and the End Times: Exploring the Left Behind Series ed. Bruce David Forbes and Jeanne Halgren Kilde New York: Palgrave Macmillan, 2004
“Nurturing the Soul, Informing the Mind: The Genesis of the Evangelical Scripture Principle” Evangelicals and Scripture ed. Vincent Bacote, Laura C. Miguelez and Dennis L. Okholm Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2004
“Celebrating Eternity: Christian Worship as a Foretaste of Participation in the Triune God” Semper Reformandum: Studies in Honour of Clark H. Pinnock ed. Anthony R. Cross and Stanley E. Porter Carlisle, UK: Paternoster, 2003
“Baptism and the Lord’s Supper as Community Acts: Toward a Sacramental Understanding of the Ordinances” Baptist Sacramentalism ed. Anthony R. Cross and Philip E. Thompson Carlisle, UK: Paternoster, 2003
“How Do We Know What to Believe: Revelation and Authority” Essentials of Christian Theology ed. William C. Placher Louisville KY: Westminster John Knox, 2003
25 “Ecclesiology” The Cambridge Companion to Postmodern Theology ed. Kevin J. Vanhoozer Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2003
“Bernard Ramm” Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals ed. Timothy Larsen Leicester, UK: InterVarsity, 2003
“The Social Imago: The Image of God and the Postmodern (Loss of) Self” The Papers of the Henry Luce III Fellows in Theology, vol. 6 ed. Christopher I. Wilkins Pittsburgh: Association of Theological Schools, 2003
“Theological Foundations for Male-Female Relationships” [reprinted from JETS 24 (1998)] “Homosexuality and the Biblical Sex Ethic” [reprinted from Reflections...about Sexuality] Christian Perspectives on Gender, Sexuality, and Community ed. Maxine Hancock Vancouver BC: Regent College Publishing, 2003
“Toward a Nonfoundationalist Understanding of the Role of Tradition in Theology” coauthored with John R. Franke Ancient and Postmodern Christianity: Essays in Honor of Thomas C. Oden ed. Kenneth Tanner and Christopher A. Hall Downers Grove, IL InterVarsity, 2002
“Restoring a Trinitarian Understanding of the Church in Practice” Evangelicalism and the Stone-Campbell Movement ed. William R. Baker Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002
“Human Life and Responsibility” IVP Women’s Bible Commentary ed. Catherine Clark Kroeger and Mary Evans Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2002
“The Universality of the ‘Jesus-Story’ and the ‘Incredulity Toward Metanarratives’” No Other Gods Before Me? Evangelicals and the Challenge of World Religions ed. John G. Stackhouse, Jr. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2001
“Homosexuality and the Biblical Sex Ethic”
26 Reflections, Biblical and Otherwise, about Sexuality ed. Catherine Clark Kroeger and Tina J. Ostrander Lenoir, NC: Reformation Press, 2001
“Is God Sexual? Human Embodiment and the Christian Conception of God” [reprinted from Christian Scholars’ Review] This Is My Name Forever: The Trinity and Gender Language for God ed. Alvin F. Kimel, Jr. Downers Grove, IL InterVarsity, 2001
“Wolfhart Pannenberg” The Oxford Companion to Christian Thought ed. Adrian Hastongs, Alistair Mason and Hugh Pyper Oxford: Oxford University Press
“Articulating the Christian Belief-Mosaic: Theological Method after the Demise of Foundationalism” Evangelical Futures: A Conversation on Theological Method ed. John G. Stackhouse, Jr. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2000
“Post-feminism and a New Gender Covenant: A Response to Elizabeth Fox-Genovese” Women and the Future of the Family ed. James W. Skillen and Michelle N. Voll Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2000
“‘Genesis and the Millennium’ and the Challenge of Pluralism” Genesis and the Millennium: An Essay on Religious Pluralism in the 21st Century Bill Moyers, ed. Derek H. Davis Waco, TX: J. M. Dawson Institute of Church-State Studies, 2000
“The Christian Vision of the Moral Life” Baptist Faith and Witness Book 2: The Papers of the Study and Research Division of the Baptist World Alliance 1995-2000 ed. L. A. (Tony) Cupit McLean, VA: Baptist World Alliance, 1999
“Fideistic Revelationalism: Donald Bloesch’s Antirationalist Theological Method” Evangelical Theology in Transition: Theologians in Dialogue with Donald Bloesch ed. Elmer M. Colyer Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999
“Christian Integrity in a Postmodern World”
27 New Dimensions in Evangelical Thought: Essays in Honor of Millard J. Erickson ed. David S. Dockery Downers Grove, IL InterVarsity, 1998
“Technology and Pregnancy Enhancement” [reprinted from Sexual Ethics (Dallas: Word, 1990)] “The Purpose of Sex: Toward a Theological Understanding of Human Sexuality” [reprinted from Crux 26/2 (June 1990)] Readings in Christian Ethics, volume 2 ed. David K. Clark and Robert V. Rakestraw Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 1996
“Star Trek and the Next Generation: Postmodernism and the Future of Evangelical Theology” Questions that Matter, fourth edition ed. Ed L. Miller New York: McGraw-Hill, 1996 [excerpted from Crux 30/1 (March 1994)]
The Challenge of Postmodernism: An Evangelical Engagement ed. David S. Dockery Wheaton, IL: Victor/BridgePoint, 1994 [reprinted from Crux]
“Toward a Comprehensive Christian Ethic of Love” Christian Character, Virtue and Bioethics ed. Edwin C. Hui Vancouver, BC: Regent College, 1996
“The AIDS Epidemic and Sin” Baptist Faith and Witness: The Papers of the Study and Research Division of the Baptist World Alliance 1990-1995 ed. William H. Brackney and L.A. Cupit Birmingham, AL: Samford University Press, 1995
Reprinted in A Reason for Hope: Christian Perspectives on Homosexuality and Healing ed. Julie Belding and Bruce Nicholls Auckland, NZ: Human Relationships Foundation, 1996
Reprinted in The New Zealand Baptist 111/9 (Oct 1995)
“Isaac Backus and the Struggle for Disestablishment in New England”
28 Intimate Relations: Family and Community in Planter Nova Scotia, 1759-1800 ed. Margaret Conrad Fredericton, NB: Acadiensis Press, 1995
“The New Hampshire Confession of Faith” Dictionary of Baptists in America ed. Bill J. Leonard Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1994
“Baptist and Evangelical: One Northern Baptist’s Perspective” “Theology and Piety Among Baptists and Evangelicals” Southern Baptists and American Evangelicals ed. David S. Dockery Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1993
“Church and State” “The Value of Human Life” Holman Bible Handbook ed. David S. Dockery Nashville: Holman, 1992
Reprinted in Holman Concise Bible Commentary ed. David S. Dockery Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 1998
“Isaac Backus” Baptist Theologians, ed. Timothy George and David Dockery Nashville: Broadman, 1990
“The New Hampshire Confession of Faith” “Systematic Theology” “Natural Theology” “Baptism” “The North American Baptist Conference” The Dictionary of Christianity in America, ed. Dan Reid, et al Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1990
“The Appraisal of Pannenberg: A Survey of the Literature” The Theology of Wolfhart Pannenberg: Twelve American Critiques ed. Carl E. Braaten and Philip Clayton Minneapolis: Augsburg, 1988
29 “The Flight from God” Christian Freedom: Essays in Honor of Vernon Grounds ed. Kenneth W. M. Wozniak and Stanley J. Grenz Lanham, MD: University Press of America, 1986
“Isaac Backus: Eighteenth Century Light on the Contemporary School Prayer Issue” Perspectives on Churchmanship: Essays in honor of Robert G. Torbet ed. David M. Scholer Macon, GA: Mercer University Press, 1986
Essays in Academic Journals
“Jesus as the Imago Dei: Image-of-God Christology and the Non-Linear Linearity of Theology” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 47/4 (Dec 2004): 617-28
“(Pop) Culture: Playground of the Spirit or Diabolical Device?” Cultural Encounters: A Journal for the Theology of Culture 1/1 (2004)
“The Virtue of Ambiguity: A Response to Archie Spencer” Scottish Journal of Theology 57/3 (2004): 361-65
“Jesus as Symbol: Robert Neville’s Christology and the Neo-Liberal Theological Project” Modern Theology 20/3 (July 2004): 467-73
“The Doctrine of the Trinity: Luxuriant Meadow or Theological Terminus?” Crux 39/4 (December 2003): 15-18
“Participating in What Frees: The Concept of Truth in the Postmodern Context” Review and Expositor 100/4 (Fall 2003): 687-93 [reprint of “Answering Pilate: Understanding the Concept of Truth in a Postmodern World” Life at Work 4/2 (March-April, 2001): 61-65]
“Toward an Undomesticated Gospel: A Response to D. A. Carson” Perspectives in Religious Studies 30/4 (Winter 2003): 455-61
“Stanley Hauerwas, the Grain of the Universe, and the Most ‘Natural’ Natural Theology” (review essay) Scottish Journal of Theology 56/3 (August 2003): 381-86
“The Divine Fugue: Robert Jenson’s Renewed Trinitarianism” (review essay) Perspectives in Religious Studies 30/2 (Summer 2003): 211-16
30 “Concerns of a Pietist with a Ph.D.” Wesleyan Theological Journal 37/2 (Fall 2002): 58-76
“The Social God and the Relational Self: Toward a Theology of the Imago Dei in the Postmodern Context” Horizons in Biblical Theology 24/1 (June 2002): 33-57
“Die Begrenzte Gemeinschaft (the Boundaried People) and the Character of Evangelical Theology” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 45/2 (June 2002): 301-16
“Christian Spirituality and the Quest for Identity: Toward a Spiritual-Theological Understanding of Life in Christ” Baptist History and Heritage 37/2 (Spring 2002): 87-105
Reprinted as “Christian Spirituality and the Quest for Baptist Identity: Toward a Spiritual-Theological Understanding of Life in Christ” South African Baptist Journal of Theology 12 (2003): 1-13
“Deconstructing Epistemological Certainty in Theology: An Engagement with William J. Abraham’s Criterion in Christian Theology” Wesleyan Theological Journal 36/2 (Fall 2001): 37-45
“Culture and Spirit: The Role of Cultural Context in Theological Reflection” Asbury Theological Journal 55/2 (Fall 2000): 37-51
“The Spirit and the Word: The World-Creating Function of the Text” Theology Today 57/3 (October 2000): 357-74
Korean translation published in Ministry and Theology 137 (Nov 2000: 72-81
“Beyond Foundationalism: Is a Nonfoundationalist Evangelical Theology Possible?” Christian Scholars Review 30/1 (Fall 2000): 57-82
“The Hopeful Pessimist: Christian Pastoral Theology in a Pessimistic Context” Journal of Pastoral Care (Fall 2000): 297-311
“Eschatological Theology: Contours of a Postmodern Theology of Hope” Review and Expositor 97/3 (Summer 2000): 339-54
“What Does Hollywood Have to Do with Wheaton?” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43/2 (June 2000): 303-14
31 “Why Do Theologians Need to Be Scientists? Zygon 35/2 (June 2000): 331-56
“Conversing in Christian Style: Toward a Baptist Theological Method for the Postmodern Context” Baptist History and Heritage 35/1 (Winter 2000): 82-103
“Postmodern Canada: Characteristics of a Nation in Transition” Touchstone [Canada] 18/1 (January 2000)
“Burn Out: The Cause and the Cure for a Christian Malady” Currents in Theology and Mission 26/6 (December 1999): 425-30
Korean translation in Ministry and Theology 138 (December 2000): 106-13
“Belonging to God: The Quest for a Communal Spirituality in the Postmodern World” Asbury Theological Journal 54/2 (Fall 1999)
“From Liberalism to Post-liberalism: Theology in the Twentieth Century” Review and Expositor 96/3 (Summer 1999)
“Revisioning the Theological Task” Evangelical Review of Theology 23/2 (April 1999) [Reprinted from Revisioning Evangelical Theology]
“God’s Business: A Foundation for Christian Mission in the Marketplace” Crux 35/1 (March 1999)
“‘Scientific’ Theology/’Theological’ Science: Pannenberg and the Dialogue between Theology and Science” Zygon 34/1 (March 1999): 159-66
“Theological Foundations for Male-Female Relationships” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 41/4 (December 1998)
Reprinted in Crux 35/3 (September 1999)
“Is God Sexual? Human Embodiment and the Christian Conception of God” Christian Scholar’s Review 28/1 (Fall 1998)
“An Agenda for Evangelical Theology in the Postmodern Context” Didaskalia 9/2 (Spring 1998): 1-16
32 “Response to Terry Muck, ‘Constructing the Religious Self’” Insights 113/1 (Fall 1997)
“The Holy Spirit: Divine Love Guiding Us Home” Ex Auditu 12 (1996)
“Anticipating God’s New Community: Theological Foundations for Women in Ministry” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 38/4 (December 1995)
“When the Pastor Fails: Sexual Misconduct as a Betrayal of Trust” Crux 31/2 (June 1995)
“Community as a Theological Motif for Evangelical Theology” In die Skriflig [South Africa] 28/3 (September 1994)
“Toward an Evangelical Theology of the Religions” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 31/1-2 (Winter/Spring 1994)
“Superstition: A Christian Perspective” Asia Journal of Theology 8/2 (1994)
“The Gospel and the Contemporary Pursuit of Spirituality” Touchstone [Canada] 12/2 (May 1994)
“Star Trek and the Next Generation: Postmodernism and the Future of Evangelical Theology” Crux 30/1 (March 1994) Award: first place “Theological Reflection–Doctrinal” Canadian Church Press
Reprinted in Evangel 13/1 (Spring 1995)
“The Deeper Significance of the Millennium Debate” Southwestern Journal of Theology 36/2 (Spring 1994)
“Twentieth Century Theology: The Quest for Balance in a Transitional Age” Communio Viatorum [Czech Republic] 35/1 (1993)
“Why Reach Out to Persons with AIDS?” Direction 22/1 (Spring 1993)
“The Irrelevancy of Theology: Pannenberg and the Quest for Truth” Calvin Theological Journal 27/2 (November 1992)
33 “`Community’ as a Theological Motif for the Western Church in an Era of Globalization” Crux 28/3 (September 1992)
“The Community of God: A Vision of the Church in the Postmodern Age” Crux 28/2 (June 1992)
“Wolfhart Pannenberg: Reason, Hope and Transcendence,” Asbury Theological Journal 46/2 (Fall 1991)
“Pannenberg and Evangelical Theology: Sympathy and Caution” Christian Scholars’ Review 20/3 (February 1991)
“Maintaining the Balanced Life: The Baptist Contribution to Spirituality” Perspectives in Religious Studies, 18/l (Spring 1991)
“Sacramental Spirituality, Ecumenism, and Mission to the World: Foundational Motifs of Pannenberg’s Ecclesiology” Mid-stream 30/1 (January 1991)
“The Purpose of Sex: Toward a Theological Understanding of Human Sexuality” Crux 26/2 (June 1990)
“Secular Saints: Civil Religion in America” Baptist Quarterly [Britain] 33/5 (1990)
“Baptistische Vielfalt” Una Sancta [Germany] 44/2 (1989)
“Commitment and Dialogue: Pannenberg on Christianity and the Religions” Journal of Ecumenical Studies 26/1 (1989)
“Ebeling’s Dogmatik des Christlichen Glaubens (review article) Religious Studies Review 14/1 (1988)
“The Flight from God: Kierkegaard’s Fear and Trembling and Universal Ethical Systems” Perspectives in Religious Studies 14/2 (1987)
“The Sanctuary Trial and Religious Liberty” Pacific Theological Review 20/2 (1987)
“Eighteenth Century Light on the Contemporary School Prayer Issue” Fides et Historia 18/3 (1986)
34 “Reconsecrating the Naked Public Square” (review article) Fides et Historia 18/2 (1986)
“A Theology for the Future” American Baptist Quarterly 4/3 (1985)
“Abortion–A Christian Response” Conrad Grebel Review 2/1 (1984)
“Isaac Backus and the English Baptist Tradition” Baptist Quarterly [Great Britain] 30/5 (1984)
“The Ultimate Significance of Isaac Backus for the American Baptist Movement” Quarterly Review 44/2 (1984)
“Church and State: The Legacy of Isaac Backus and the Contemporary Situation” Center Journal 2/2 (1983)
“Listen America! A Theological and Ethical Assessment” Foundations 25/2 (1982)
“Isaac Backus and Religious Liberty” Foundations 22/4 (1979)
Essays and Interviews in Other Periodicals
“Does Evidence Still Demand a Verdict?” Enrichment: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 10/2 (Spring 2005): 104-7 second installment in the series “Postmodernism and the Church”
“What (If Anything) Has Changed? The Postmodern Condition as Deconstruction and Reconstruction” Enrichment: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 10/1 (Winter 2005):116-19 first installment in the series “Postmodernism and the Church”
“We Dare Not Fall: Dealing with the Peril of Clergy Sexual Misconduct” Enrichment: A Journal for Pentecostal Ministry 9/4 (Fall 2004): 38-51
“Trusting God: Our Last and Only Hope” Christian Week 17/15 (Oct 14, 2003) Award: first place “Inspirational/devotional Article” The Word Guild Canadian Christian Writing Awards
35 Reprinted in Indian Life 24/3 (Nov-Dec 2003):11
Revised and edited version published as “Our Last and Only Hope: A Lesson in Trust from a Grounded Crow,” Christianity Today 48/2 (February 2004): 81-82
“Where Judgment Begins: Sorting the Tangled Elements of Ethics and Integrity” a “leadership forum” featuring Mark Beeson, Stanley Grenz, David Handley and Erwin Lutzer Leadership 24/2 (Winter 2003): 26-31, 35, 41, 51
“Community and Relationships–A Theological Take” interview with Stephen Ibbotson Talk: The Mainstream Magazine [UK] 1/3 (April 2002): 12-14
“Faith in a God of History” (a response to the events of September 11, 2001) Faith Works 4/6 (Nov-Dec 2001): 17
“But We Are Baptized: Baptism as the Motivation for Holy Living” [sermon] Preaching 16/6 (May-June 2001): 19-24
“Answering Pilate: Understanding the Concept of Truth in a Postmodern World” Life at Work 4/2 (March-April, 2001): 61-65
Adapted and reprinted as “The Truth of God, No Matter How You Find It” reNEWS: A Publication of Presbyterians for Renewal 12/2 (June 2001): 3-7
Reprinted as “Participating in What Frees: The Concept of Truth in the Postmodern Context,” Review and Expositor 100/4 (Fall 2003): 687-93
Interview Ministry and Theology [Korea] 139 (Jan 2001): 38
“Conversations with Culture” [Interview] Ministry and Theology [Korea] 133 (July 2000): 40-51
“Drive-Through Christmas” Christianity Today 43/14 (December 6, 1999)
“Bonhoeffer’s The Cost of Discipleship” “Re-read” column Prism 6/4-5 (July/October 1999)
“When God Seems Far Away”
36 Decision 40/9 (September 1999)
Reprinted in Live: A Weekly Journal of Practical Christian Living 74/4/part 11 (Aug. 11, 2002)
“‘Zvaigzdziu kelias’ ir postmodernistu karta” Prizme 99/2 (1999)
“Is Hell Forever?” Christianity Today (October 5, 1998)
Excerpted in the Quest Study Bible (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2003)
“Work and Rest: A Biblical Perspective” Faith Today (May-June 1998)
“Thinking Believers” Response to Phyllis A. Tickle In Trust 9/2 (New Year 1998)
“The Way to Prominence” [sermon] Pulpit Digest 79/1 (January-February 1998)
“The Baby’s Name” [sermon] Christian Week 11/17 (December 16, 1997)
“Touched by Postmodern Spirituality” Faith Today (September-October 1997)
“Why Pray? Decision 38/9 (September 1997)
Translated and reprinted as “Warum Beten?” Entscheidung 230/2 (2002): 10
“Abundant Living in a Hostile World” [sermon] Preaching 13/1 (July-August 1997)
Reprinted as “Abundant Living in a Hostile Society–A Sermon on 1 Peter 1:3-12” South African Baptist Journal of Theology 13 (2004): 156-63
“Is God in Control? Affirming Divine Sovereignty in a World of Tragedy” American Baptist Evangelicals Journal 5/1 (March 1997)
37 “On Postmodernism and Popular Culture” interview with Francis X. Maier Catholic World Report 7/3 (March 1997)
“The Contours of the Gospel in the Postmodern Context” Catalyst 23/2 (February 1997)
“Is It God’s Business?” The Marketplace (Jan-Feb 1997)
Reprinted as “Is Your Business any of God’s Business” Christian Info News 17/6 (June 1997)
“Pastors Who ‘Fall’” Perspectives 11/6 (June-July 1996)
Reprinted as “Betraying Trust” Reality [NZ] 4/23 (October-November 1997)
Reprinted as “Betraying Trust” New Life Perspective [NZ] 1 (Autumn 1999)
“The Holy Spirit in the Old Testament” Discipleship Journal 16/1 (Jan-Feb 1996): 45
“Revival: How Does It Happen?” [sermon] Christian Week (October 31, 1995)
“Authentic Reflections of God” Decision 36/9 (September 1995)
“Predator, Wanderer, or Lover” co-authored with Roy D. Bell Leadership 16/3 (Summer 1995)
“The Garden of Hope” [Easter meditation] Christian Week (April 11, 1995)
“The High Touch Church in a High Tech World” [sermon] Preaching 10/1 (July-Aug 1994)
“What Does It Mean to be Sexual?” Catalyst 20/1 (November 1993)
38 Reprinted in Catalyst (Presbyterian edition) 24/4 (1998)
“Theological Challenges of the AIDS Crisis” Christian Week (November 2, 1993)
“The Eschatological Community of Love” Search 7/93 (July 1993)
“Twentieth-Century Theology: The Quest for Balance in a Transitional Age” Perspectives 8/6 (June 1993)
“Refuge under God’s Wings” Decision 34/6 (June 1993)
“Why Wait until Marriage?” Christian Week (May 11, 1993)
“The 1,000-year Question” Christianity Today 37/3 (March 8, 1993)
Reprinted in Spirit Catalyst 9/2 (March 1999)
“Don’t Take the Bait!” Discipleship Journal 72 (November 1992)
“Civil Religion in the USA” Third Way [Great Britain] 15/8 (October 1992)
“Looking for God Where He Can’t Be Found” Christian Week (August 4, 1992)
“Grosse Texts der Bibel: Matthaeus 5, 1-12" Die Gemeinde [Germany] 92/18 (May 1992)
“The Garden of Hope” Christianity Today 36/4 (April 6, 1992)
“William Carey’s Legacy” Christian Info News 12/4 (April 12 - May 9, 1992)
“Ruf zum Gebet” Die Gemeinde [Germany] 92/15 (April 1992)
39 “Two Types of Religiosity: A Sermon for Palm Sunday and Good Friday” [sermon] Lectionary Homiletics 4/3 (April 1992)
“The Changing Role of the Family in the Eternal Purposes of God” Christianity Today 35/13 (November 11, 1991)
“The ‘Amen’ Rebellion” Christianity Today 35/11 (October 7, 1991)
“Theological Reflections” Lectionary Homiletics 2/1 (December 1990)
“Reform and Reality” Report from the Capital 44/6 (June 1989)
“Biblical Character: A Foundation for Ministry” Sioux Empire Good News 5 (January 1989)
“Wolfhart Pannenberg’s Quest for Ultimate Truth” Christian Century 105 (September 14, 1988)
“Reasonable Christianity: Wolfhart Pannenberg Turns Sixty” Christianity Today 32 (September 2, 1988)
“Reason for Hope” Reformed Journal 38/7 (July 1988)
“A Celebration in the GDR” Reformed Journal 38/1 (January 1988)
“Beyond the Berlin Wall” Christianity Today 32 (February 19, 1988)
“Elder Rule: A Threat to Congregationalism?” Christianity Today 31 (July 10, 1987)
“What Is Sex For?” Christianity Today 31 (June 12, 1987)
“German Scholar Faults Marxism as Liberation Theology’s Basis” Christianity Today 31 (May 15, 1987)
“Whatever Happened to Sanctuary?”
40 Reformed Journal 37/4 (April 1987)
“How Much Can We Mutually Affirm?” Reformed Journal 37/4 (April 1987)
“Pannenberg on Marxism” Christian Century 104/27 (1987)
“The Sanctuary Trial” Reformed Journal 36/4 (April, 1986)
“The Son and the Moon: An Evangelical Critique of Unification Christology” Reformed Journal 36/1 (January, 1986)
“Sweet Harmony: Isaac Backus’ Vision of Church-State Relationships” Report from the Capital 40/3 (1985)
Essays in “Faith at Work” Column in The Christian Week (founding columnist, March 1994-April 1996)
“Naming the Divine Stranger” (April 9, 1996) “Banning the Bible” (Mar 12, 1996) “Love–North American Style” (Feb 13, 1996) “The Search for a New Masculine Identity” (Jan 16, 1996) “The Twelve Days of Christmas” (Dec 12, 1995) “Is ‘Church’ Something to which We Can ‘Go’?” (Nov 14, 1995) “Unconventional Introductions” (Oct 17, 1995) “Worship and the New Music” (Sep 19, 1995) “Effective Praying” (Aug 22, 1995) “Is God in Control?” (July 11, 1995) “What Happened to Pentecost” (June 6, 1995) “These Have Become My Family” (May 9, 1995) “Applauding the Sermon–Applauding God” (Mar 14, 1995) “Valentine’s Day–Again!” (Feb 14, 1995) “Where Have All the Heros Gone” (Jan 17, 1995) “Born to Die” (Dec 13, 1994) “Godly Integrity” (Nov 15, 1994) “Does God Intervene in our Lives?” (Oct 18, 1994) “Proclaiming God in a World of Many Gods” (Sep 20, 1994) “A Theology for the Waiting Room” (Aug 23, 1994) “Paying for Crime?” (July 12, 1994) “Good Sex” (June 7, 1994) “Being a Christian in Today’s World (May 10, 1994)
41 “‘Dying Well’–What Do Christians Mean? (Apr 12, 1994) “Will We Be Good Theologians?” (March 15, 1994)
Essays in Baptist Denominational Publications
“The Christian Vision of the Moral Life” Baptist World 47/3 (July-Sep 2000) [excerpted from Baptist Faith and Witness Book 2: The Papers of the Study and Research Division of the Baptist World Alliance 1995-2000]
“Baptism and Church Membership in a Post-denominational Context” Atlantic Baptist (March 1993)
“William Carey and the Birth of Modern Missions” Baptist Herald 70/10 (December 1992)
“Celebrating Human Sexuality in the Church” Atlantic Baptist (November 1992) Award: first prize “Theological Reflection–Doctrinal” Canadian Church Press
“The AIDS Epidemic: Sin and Judgment” Atlantic Baptist (August 1992)
“Christians, God and Sexuality: Singleness and the Purpose of God” Canadian Baptist (Mar-Apr 1992)
Reprinted in The Messenger 34/7 (April 3, 1996)
“Christians, God and Sexuality: Why God Instituted Marriage” Canadian Baptist (February 1992)
Reprinted in The Messenger 34/5 (March 6, 1996)
“Christians, God and Sexuality: Why God Made Us Sexual Beings” Canadian Baptist (January 1992)
Reprinted in The Messenger 34/4 (Feb. 21, 1996)
“AIDS Calls for Compassion” Canadian Baptist (June 1991)
“AIDS: Ministering Beyond the Problems”
42 Baptist Herald (October 1990)
“Palm Sunday Joy–Good Friday Faith” Easter...a Week of Reflection, North American Baptist Seminary publication (1990)
“Hope in a World of Despair” A Week to Remember: Easter, NABS publication (1989)
“Worshipping in Two East European Churches” Baptist Herald 67/6 (1989)
“An Experience of the Power of Prayer” Baptist Herald (December 1988)
“Biblical Character: A Foundation for Ministry” Impact [NABS] (Fall 1988)
“We Await the Lord’s Return” Baptist Herald (July/August 1986)
“We Affirm Religious Liberty” Baptist Herald (April 1986)
“We Believe God Has Acted to Save Us” Baptist Herald (January 1986)
“We Believe in the Holy Spirit” Baptist Herald (November 1985)
“We Believe in the One Living and True God” Baptist Herald (September 1985)
“A Theology for the Future” Impact [NABS] (Fall 1984)
“Women in Ministry: A Response” Baptist Herald (April 1984)
“Am I Grateful?” Baptist Herald (October 1983)
“The Torch Is Being Passed” Impact [NABS] (Summer 1983)
43 “An Awakening--How Does It Happen?” Baptist Herald (April 1983)
“Celebrating God’s Goodness...Past, Present, and Future” Baptist Herald (January 1983)
“Die Treue Gottes–in der Vergangenheit, Gegenwart und Zukunft” Der Sendbote (October 1982)
“Celebrating God’s Goodness...Past, Present and Future” Impact [NABS] (Summer 1982)
“Isaac Backus and the Baptist Struggle for Religious Liberty” Baptist Herald (June 1982)
“The Challenge of the Open Tomb” Baptist Herald (April 1981)
Pamphlets
“Why Not Just Live Together? Sex Before Marriage” Mennonite Brethren Faith and Life Pamphlet Series (1997)
Book Reviews
C. Colson and R. J. Neuhaus, eds. Your Word is Truth and D. H. Williams, ed., The Free Church and the Early Church, Christian Century 119/22 (Oct. 23, 2002) D. Todd, The Soul Searcher’s Guide to the Galaxie and T. Anderson, Walking the Way, Christian Info News 14/11 (Nov 1994) P. Toews, ed., Mennonites and Baptists: A Continuing Conversation, Mennonite Quarterly Review 68/4 (October 1994) J. Stackhouse, Canadian Evangelicalism in the Twentieth Century: An Introduction to Its Character, Christian Century (March 16, 1994) T. Oden, Life in the Spirit: Systematic Theology Volume Three, Religious Studies Review 20/2 (April 1994) T. H. Sanks, Salt, Leaven, and Light, Journal of Ecumenical Studies 31/1-2 (Winter-Spring 1994) A. Kimmel, Jr., ed., Speaking the Christian God and Marchiene Vroon Riestra, Swallow’s Nest, Christianity Today 37/13 (November 8, 1993) W. Crockett, ed., Four Views on Hell and L. Dixon, The Dark Side of the Good News, Christianity Today 36/15 (Dec. 14, 1992) R. Bellah, et al., The Good Society, Christianity Today 36/10 (Sept. 14, 1992) D. Burrell and B. McGinn, eds, God and Creation: An Ecumenical Symposium and P.
44 Lonning, Creation--An Ecumenical Challenge? Journal of Ecumenical Studies 29/3-4 (Summer-Fall 1992) W. Pannenberg, Systematic Theology vol., Canadian Evangelical Theological Association Newsletter 4 (Spring, 1992) J. Garrett, Systematic Theology vol.1, Christian Century (May 29, 1991) A. Walker, Enemy Territory and Betraying the Gospel, Christianity Today 35/4 (April 8, 1991) C. Pinnock, Tracking the Maze, Christianity Today 34/16 (November 5, 1990) T. Finger, Christian Theology vol.2, Reformed Journal 40/8 (1990) A. McGrath, Iusticia Dei and Justification by Faith, Christianity Today 34/9 (June 18, 1990) J. Edwards, Ethical Writings, Christian Century (March 21, 1990) U. Baumann, Die Ehe - ein Sakrament? Journal of Ecumenical Studies 26/4 (Fall 1989) W. Pannenberg, Systematische Theologie vol.1, Scottish Journal of Theology 42/3 (1989) R. White, et al. (eds), American Christianity, and D. Frank, Less Than Conquerors, Baptist Quarterly 33/2 (April 1989) P. Fiddes, The Creative Suffering of God, Christian Century (March 22, 1989) C. McDannell and B. Lang, Heaven: A History, Christian Century (Feb. 1, 1989) Confessing One Faith, and H. Schwarz, Verstehen Wir das Glaubensbekenntnis Noch? Journal of Ecumenical Studies 26/1 (Winter 1989) G. Lewis and B. Demarest, Integrative Theology vol.1, Christianity Today 31 (October 16, 1987) T. L. Smith, Whitefield and Wesley on the New Birth, Eternity 38/7-8 (July-August, 1987) S. Monsma, ed., Responsible Technology, Christianity Today 31/8 (May 15, 1987) J. Moltmann, God in Creation, Christianity Today 31/4 (March 20, 1987) K. Hagan, The Bible in the Churches, R. K. Johnson, The Use of the Bible in Theology, and D. K. McKim, What Christians Believe About the Bible, Christian Scholars’ Review 17/1 (1987) L. Lies, Origines Eucharistielehre im Streit der Konfessionen, Journal of Ecumenical Studies 24/1 (Winter 1987) J. Neyrey, The Passion According to Luke, T.S.F. Bulletin (November 1986) H. Schwartz, Responsible Faith, Christian Century (October 29, 1986) T. Finger, Christian Theology vol.1 and J. McClendon, Ethics: Systematic Theology Volume 1, Christianity Today 30/12 (September 5, 1986) W. Pannenberg, Anthropology in Theological Perspective, Reformed Journal 36/9 (1986) J. Packer and T. Howard, Christianity: The True Humanism, Perspectives in Religious Studies 13/2 (1986) I. Bau, This Ground is Holy: Church Sanctuary and Central American Refugees, Theological Studies 47/2 (1986) M. Erickson, Christian Theology vols.2-3, Christian Scholars’ Review 16/1 (1986) F. F. Bruce, The Hard Sayings of Jesus, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 38/1 (1986) P. Williamson and K. Perrotta, eds., Summons to Faith and Renewal, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 38/1 (1986)
45 C. Braaten and R. Jenson, eds., Christian Dogmatics, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 29/1 (1986) E. Castro, Freedom in Mission, Journal of Ecumenical Studies 23/1 (Winter 1986) M. Durst, To Bigotry No Sanction, T.S.F. Bulletin (November 1985) K. Gruender and W. Schmidt-Biggemann, eds. Spinoza in der Fruehzeit seiner religioesen Wirkung, Religious Studies Review 11/3 (1985) D. Tennis, Is God the Only Reliable Father? Christian Century (Oct. 2, 1985) J. Hanigan, Martin Luther King, Jr. and the Foundations of Nonviolence, Theological Studies 46/3 (1985) J. Carey, Theonomy and Autonomy, Report from the Capital 40/8 (1985) John Connery, Abortion, and J. Robert Nelson, Human Life, Christian Scholars’ Review 14/2 (1985) W. Farmer, Jesus and the Gospel, AAR Christology Newsletter 5/1 (1985) M. Novak, Moral Clarity in the Nuclear Age, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 37/1 (1985) E. Yamauchi, Harper’s World of the New Testament, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 37/1 (1985) A. Montagu, Science and Creationism, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 37/1 (1985) M. Goldberg, Narrative and Theology, Perspectives in Religious Studies 12/1 (1985) A. Heron, Table and Tradition, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 28/1 (1985) R. Neuhaus, The Naked Public Square Journal of Church and State 27/1 (1985) J. Hart, The Spirit of the Earth, Theological Studies 46/1 (1985) R. McMillan, Religion in the Public Schools, Report from the Capital 40/1 (1985) E. Barker, ed., Of Gods and Men, Report from the Capital 40/1 (1985) J. Pelikan, Reformation of Church and Dogma, Christian Century (Jan. 16, 1985) T. F. Torrence, Transformation and Convergence, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 27/3 (1984) P. Hinchliff, Holiness and Politics, Theological Studies 45/3 (1984) H. Kung, Eternal Life, Christian Century (September 12, 1984) P. Wilson-Kastner, Faith, Feminism and the Christ, AAR Christology Newsletter 4/2 (1984) C. Gunton, Yesterday and Today, AAR Christology Newsletter 4/2 (1984) W. A. Visser’t Hooft, The Fatherhood of God in an Age of Emancipation, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 36/2 (1984) H. Barnette, Exploring Medical Ethics, Journal of Church and State 25/2 (1984) I. H. Marshall, Biblical Inspiration, Eternity 35/3 (March, 1984) W. Brackney, ed., Baptist Life and Thought, Report from the Capital 39/3 (1984) M. Hellwig, Jesus, the Compassion of God, AAR Christology Newsletter 4/1 (1984) G. Wells, The Historical Evidence for Jesus, AAR Christology Newsletter 4/1 (1984) G. Sloyan, Jesus in Focus, AAR Christology Newsletter 4/1 (1984) M. Erickson, Christian Theology vol.1, Christian Scholars’ Review 14/1 (1984) J. Needleman, Lost Christianity, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 36/1 (1984)
46 G. O’Collins, Fundamental Theology, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 36/1 (1984) C. Curran and R. McCormick, eds., Readings in Moral Theology No.2, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 36/1 (1984) L. Buzzard, The Battle for Religious Liberty, Journal of Law and Religion 2/1 (1984) J. Coleman, An American Strategic Theology, Theological Studies 44/4 (1983) M. Ellingsen, Doctrine and Word, AAR Christology Newsletter 3/4 (1983) A. Hanson, Grace and Truth, AAR Christology Newsletter 3/4 (1983) W. Abraham, The Divine Inspiration of Holy Scripture, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 35/3 (1983) R. Riggs, The Apocalypse Unsealed, Perspectives on Science and the Christian Faith 35/3 (1983) Paul Simon, The Tongue-tied American, Religious Studies Review 9/2 (1983) P. Bigo, The Church and Third World Revolution, and R. Evans, Human Rights, Report from the Capital 38/5 (1983) K. Veselin, The First Day of the New Creation, AAR Christology Newsletter 3/1 (1983)
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