Biblical and Theological Studies Faculty Presentations
Presentations from 2022
Beauty as an Apologetic: How a Love of Beauty Helps us Love our Neighbors, Ronni Kurtz
Unapproachable Light: Divine Incomprehensibility and Theological Method, Ronni Kurtz
Presentations from 2021
Beholding and Becoming: A Theology of the Efficacy of Scripture, Jeremy M. Kimble
Denouncing Divine Changelessness: A Taxonomy of Denials and Deviations of Divine Immutability, Ronni Kurtz
Martin Luther’s Use of Matthew 17:5 and Divine Pedagogy, Billy M. Marsh
Presentations from 2020
John Goodwin: A Man Without a Home, Jonathan W. Arnold
God's law or Sharia'? 40 Questions about Islam, Matthew A. Bennett
Presentations from 2019
Heresy Amidst Dissent: Discussions of Orthodoxy in the Trinitarian Controversy of the Late 17th Century, Jonathan W. Arnold
Scripture Demonstrations of the Holy Trinunity: Benjamin Keach's Defense of the Doctrine of the Trinity, Jonathan W. Arnold
Christ in the Scripture of Islam: Remnantal Revelation or Irredeemable Imposter?, Matthew A. Bennett
Do We Need to Redefine Unreached?, Matthew A. Bennett
Insider Ecclesiology: Does Insider Movement Contextualization Produce Biblically Faithful Churches?, Matthew A. Bennett
How Reading the Psalms Christologically is Like Where's Waldo, and How it is Not, Daniel J. Estes
Well-Crafted Proverbs, and Yet God's Inspired Word, Daniel J. Estes
Philosophy of Religion and Art, John R. Gilhooly
An Examination of 20th Century Views on the Relationship between Metaphysics and Theology, Joshua Kira
Reading the Revealed Redemption: How Warfield’s Trinitarian Shaped Canon Informs a Trinitarian Soteriology, Ronni Kurtz
Advanced Doctoral Seminar Presentation, Jason K. Lee
Reading the "Christ" Texts in Matthew with the Reformers, Jason K. Lee
Early Church Heresies in Luther's Sixteenth Century Polemics, Billy M. Marsh
Luther's Programmatic Use of Romans 1:1-3 for His Understanding of Christ in the Old Testament, Billy M. Marsh
Jesus Speaks the Old Testament? Tracing the Trajectory of "him who is speaking" in Heb 12:18-29, Michael McKay
Songs, Psalms, and Sermons: Toward a Biblical Theology, Trent A. Rogers
Haggai and Zachariah in Greek Psalm Superscriptions, Michael B. Shepherd
Respondence to Darian Lockett's paper The Early Legitimacy of the Catholic Epistles, Ched E. Spellman
Presentations from 2018
The Voluntary Author of All Divine Operations: The Holy Spirit in Late 17th-century England, Jonathan W. Arnold
The Moral Imagination and the Future of Baptist Political Witness: A Response, Dan DeWitt
The Virtue of Close-Mindedness, John R. Gilhooly
Rhythms of a God-Centered Life: Time and Sabbath in the Life of a Christian, Thomas Hutchison
Sabbath: The Rhythms of God's Song in Creation, Thomas Hutchison
Emotions, Feelings, and Personhood, Joshua Kira and John R. Gilhooly
Emotions, Feelings, and the Question of Impassibility, Joshua Kira and John R. Gilhooly
Reflections on Michael Horton’s Rediscovering the Holy Spirit and the future of Pneumatology, Ronni Kurtz
An Investigation into Luther’s Use of Hebrew in His 1545 Treatise, On the Last Words of David, William M. Marsh
The Holy Spirit as the Eternal Listener in Luther’s Sermons on the Gospel of John, William M. Marsh
A Reevaluation of Ἰησοῦς in Hebrews 4:8: Joshua or Jesus?, Michael McKay
Evaluating Knowing and Reasoning in College for Use in Christian Higher Education, Erin Shaw
Citation of Jeremiah in the Composition of the Twelve, Michael B. Shepherd
Haggai and Zechariah in Greek Psalm Superscriptions, Michael B. Shepherd
What Remains of Edith Finch and the Function of Lament in the Christian Life, Ched E. Spellman
A Comparative Analysis of Martin Luther's Works, Lauren E. Yost, Josh Graham, Peter Kennell, Daniel J. Stank, Joshua Kira, and Annis N. Shaver
Presentations from 2017
John Troughton and the Reception of Luther Among Early English Baptists, Jonathan W. Arnold
The Reception of Luther Among early English Baptists, Jonathan W. Arnold
Mixed-Race and Vagueness, John R. Gilhooly
Transgender and Property Possession, John R. Gilhooly
Why Did God Create the Devil?, John R. Gilhooly
Philosophy and Apologetics, John R. Gilhooly and Joshua Kira
Phases of Leadership: The Model of John the Baptist, Thomas Hutchison
The Metaphysics of Grace and Its Application to Race Relations, Joshua Kira
The Role of Revelation in Early Reformation Systematic Theologies, Joshua Kira
A Comparative Study of Luther's Understanding of the Jews in His Lectures on Galatians from 1519 and 1535, William M. Marsh
Luther's Use of Prosopological Exegesis in the Gospel of John for His Trinitarian Understanding, William M. Marsh
Wittenberg Theologians and the Jews during the Reformation, William M. Marsh
The Eschatological, Covenantal Implications of the Songs of Ascents, Randall L. McKinion
Toward a Biblical Paradigm for Women's Epistemological Development, Erin Shaw
Presentations from 2016
Keach's Foil: Benjamin Keach and the Fight Against Baxterianism, Jonathan W. Arnold
The Unknown Message, Dan DeWitt
Psalms & Hebrew Poetry, Daniel J. Estes
LXX Reading of Deuteronomy 33:2, John R. Gilhooly
Occasionalism, Prediction, and Scientific Realism, John R. Gilhooly
Ontological Arguments, John R. Gilhooly
The Mystery of the Trinity in Gregory of Nazianzus, John R. Gilhooly
God in Life and Leadership, Thomas Hutchison
Listening to God's Voice, Thomas Hutchison
Good News, God's Promises and a Grim Warning, Jeremy M. Kimble
I Will Be Their God, They Will Be My People: Trinitarian Doctrine and the Ontology of the Church, Jeremy M. Kimble
A Thoughtful Technophobia, Joshua Kira
Keynote Address, Jason K. Lee
Preaching brings Persecutors, Jason K. Lee
Preaching to Blood-Thirsty Persecutors, Jason K. Lee
The Reformers’ Interpretation of Trinitarian Texts in the Gospels of John and Matthew, Jason K. Lee
Luther on the Rule of Faith: Text, Testament, and Trinity, William M. Marsh
Mature in Christ: The Goal of Christian Discipleship, William M. Marsh
That the Next Generation Might Know Them: Telling and Training Our Children to Know and Love God, William M. Marsh
In Persecution, the Church Speaks in the Power of the Spirit, Randall L. McKinion
Telling the 'Story' of the Old Testament, Randall L. McKinion
The Psalms and Christian Worship, Randall L. McKinion
Is the BF&M Sufficient for Today?, Brandon Smith
Nehemiah's New Shadow: The Canonical Function of Ezra-Nehemiah Among the Writings, Ched E. Spellman
Presentations from 2015
Benjamin Keach on Persecution, Jonathan W. Arnold
The Final Marriage? The Eschatological Interpretation of Solomon's Song, Jonathan W. Arnold
Biblical Theology According to the Earliest Christians: Israel's Story in Stephen's Speech, Christopher R. Bruno
Biblical Theology According to the Earliest Christians: Stephen's Speech as a Model for OT Biblical Theology, Christopher R. Bruno
One God, One People, One Mediator: The Use of the One God Formula in the Disputed Pauline Epistles, Christopher R. Bruno
The Church as Family: The Nature of the Household of God in 1 Timothy, Gregory A. Couser
Paul's Prayer for Spiritual Flourishing, Dan DeWitt
We will tell the next generation the praiseworthy deeds of the LORD": Psalm 78:4 as Intertext of Torah and Wisdom, Daniel J. Estes
Alan of Lille on the Grammar of Sexuality, John R. Gilhooly
Gender, Sexuality, and Self- Identification, John R. Gilhooly
Human Sexuality, John R. Gilhooly
Human Sexuality, John R. Gilhooly
Ministry to Millenials, Thomas Hutchison
Inheritors of the Kingdom: Church Discipline and the Call to Sexual Holiness in 1 Corinthians 5-6, Jeremy M. Kimble
Anti-Scholastic Themes in 20th Century Christian Theology, Joshua Kira
The Reformers' Interpretation of Jesus' Teaching on Divorce and Marriage in Matthew 19, Jason K. Lee
Luther on Reading Backwards and Forwards: The Hermeneutical Significance of a Two-Testament Bible, William M. Marsh
The New Household Clothed in the New Adam: How Wives and Husbands Are to 'Put on the New Self' in Colossians 3:18-19, William M. Marsh
"If They Will Enter My Rest": The Impact of the Greek Translation of Psalm 95 for Auctor’s Argument in Hebrews 3 and 4, Michael McKay
