EDUCATIONAL VALUES
- Christian virtue as central to a properly Christian education that shapes the whole person
- Lifelong learning as a pursuit of God and his acts
- Humility as the central component of true wisdom
- Rigor with grace as a tool for inspiring young people to excellence
- Joy in God as the pursuit of all of life
WORK
2022-Current
Citylight Church, Omaha, NE
Director of Discipleship Equipping and Men’s Ministry
2022-Current
Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL
Adjunct Instructor, Theological Foundations of Counseling
2017-2022
Cornerstone Church and Salt School of Theology, Ames, IA
Pastor of Theological Development and Lecturer
2018-2022
Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO
Adjunct Instructor, New and Old Testament, Theology, Hermeneutics, Apologetics, Ethics
EDUCATION
2013-2018
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, IL
PhD in Systematic Theology
“Discerning the Thoughts and Intentionality of the Heart: Assessing Reformed Theological Psychology,” Kevin J. Vanhoozer supervising.
2009-2011
Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, TX
STM in Systematic Theology, 3.88 GPA
“The Epistemic Value of Aesthetic Judgments,” Douglas Blount supervising.
2005-2009
Faith Baptist Theological Seminary, Ankeny, IA
MA, MDiv, Summa Cum Laude, 4.0 GPA
Biblical Languages Award
2001-2005
Faith Baptist Bible College, Ankeny, IA
BA, with High Honors
Local Church Ministries Award, Student Body Vice President
AWARDS AND GRANTS
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School
Waybright Leadership Scholarship, $35,000 per year for four years
OTHER EXPERIENCE
Trinity Journal, Deerfield, IL
2017-2019
Editorial Board
2015-2017
Assistant Book Review Editor
2011-2013
Emmanuel Christian School, Toledo, OH
High School Teacher
Omnibus I, Ancient History; Omnibus II, Medieval History, Greek I, Senior Bible
2012-2013
Emmanuel Baptist Church, Toledo, OH
Teacher
The Bible as Authority; Romans
2012-2013
Clarks Summit University, Clarks Summit, PA
Adjunct Instructor
Introduction to Biblical Greek; Romans
Faith Baptist Theological Seminary, Ankeny, IA
Teaching Assistant
John Hartog III, Hebrew Exegesis
Paul Hartog, Church History
Mount Royal Business Institute, Chengdu, China
English Instructor, Summer Intensive English Program
ACADEMIC PUBLICATIONS
The Logic of the Body: Retrieving Theological Psychology (Bellingham, WA: Lexham, 2020).
(Finalist for Christianity Today book of the year in Theology and Ethics for 2022)
“Reformed Catholicity: The Promise of Retrieval for Theology and Biblical Interpretation” [Review of Michael Allen and Scott Swain’s Reformed Catholicity], Trinity Journal 39, no. 1 (Spring 2018), 116-18.
“Review of Dru Johnson’s Biblical Knowing: A Scriptural Epistemology of Error,” Tradition and Discovery 40, no. 3 (2013-2014).
POPULAR PUBLICATIONS
“Forget Charisma. Look for the Weak and the Slow.” Christianity Today, September 22, 2022.
“Preventing Destructive Leadership: Some Reflections for Elders,” Mere Orthodoxy, September 7, 2022.
“Embodying the Kingdom While Facing Mental Health Challenges,” The Biblical Mind, June 21, 2022.
“The Therapeutic Use of Lamentations after Collective Trauma,” The Biblical Mind, May 25, 2022.
“Help! I’ve Stopped Caring About God.” Christianity Today, March 21, 2022.
“3 Reasons to Observe Lent,” Risen Motherhood, February 28, 2022.
“What Aquinas Can Teach Us About Shepherding Sufferers,” Christianity Today, March 12, 2021.
“5 Books on the Nature of Human Emotions,” Christianity Today, December 21, 2020.
“Book Preview: The Logic of the Body,” Mere Orthodoxy, October 22, 2020.
“Seeing Jack: The Prodigal in Marilynne Robinson’s Gilead,” Mere Orthodoxy, March 30, 2020.
“On Being a Church for the Weak,” Mere Orthodoxy, May 29, 2019.
“Relevance and the Incarnation: A Gospel-Oriented Approach,” Baptist Bulletin Online, May 1, 2009.
CONFERENCE PAPERS OR PRESENTATIONS
The Salt Company Conference
“5 Myths of Mental Health,” February 22, 2020
Des Moines, IA
The One Conference
“Mental Health and the Church,” September 28, 2019
Ames, IA
Cities Church, Special Event
“The Christian and Mental Health,” June 28, 2019
St. Paul, MN
Evangelical Theological Society, National Conference
“Locating the Affective: Why Theological Psychology Matters,” 2017
Providence, RI
“Calvin’s Psychology in its Renaissance and Medieval Context,” 2016
San Antonio, TX
Michael Polanyi Society, National Conference, Chicago, IL 2012
“The Value of the Arts for Concept Formation”
LANGUAGES
English – native language
Greek – reading proficiency of Koine Greek
Hebrew – reading proficiency of Ancient Hebrew
German – Elementary reading proficiency of Modern German
French – Elementary reading proficiency of Modern French
Latin – Elementary reading proficiency of Ecclesiastical Latin
MEMBERSHIPS
Full Member of the Evangelical Theological Society