Doctor of Ministry, Drew University, 1999

Master of Divinity with Languages, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary,1983

B.A. in Bible and Literature, Freed-Hardeman University,1979

Adjunct Professor on New Testament, Lincoln Theological Seminary 2015-2021

Editor, Teleios, a journal of holistic Christian spirituality 2019-2025

Born in Columbia, Tennessee

Father was a cobbler and mother was a home builder who raised four sons.

Grew up in the traditional Church of Christ and became a member of the church in high school. After college I immigrated to the International Church of Christ

I live in Hawthorne, New Jersey with Leigh, my wife of 44 years, and we have two children and two grandchildren

The Life and Teaching of Jesus the Messiah

Beginning New Testament Greek

Intermediate New Testament Greek (Greek Exegesis)

Mark (in Greek and English)

Introduction to Christian Theology

Church History

History and Theology of the Restoration Movement

Biblical Homiletics

Introduction to Spiritual Formation and Spirituality

Jesus and Spiritual Formation

Classics in Spiritual Formation

History of Spirituality

The Theology of Spirituality