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1. Church Ministry Information
Home church: Endeavor, Portland, OR   (Rockwood district)
Leadership team, Preaching team; worship team

2. School Ministry Information
 2.1 Professor, Bible & Theology at Multnomah Bible College 1991-Present

            2.1.1 Courses currently taught:  Bible Study Methods; OT History and Poetry; OT Prophets; Text & Canon; Advanced Bible Study; Creative Classroom Communication; Introduction to Philosophy; World Views in Biblical Perspective; OT Theology

            2.1.2 Supervisor of “The World Seen”—A team of Multnomah students making a fast-paced, high-energy presentation on the concepts of modern western world views, analysis of postmodernism, and youth “pop” culture using original drama, video, and Power Point®, together with numerous example of contemporary music, art, television, movies, YouTube, and comics, targeted for younger Christians and those who want to understand them.

2.2 “Out-of-Classroom” Involvement:
2.2.1 Personal  and small group discipleship of students
2.2.2 Overseeing the Bible Study Methods program
2.2.3 Weekly accountability group: “Westnomah”, 1991-present

2.3 Other Teaching Positions
2.3.1 Adjunct Faculty, Western Seminary 1994-present
2.3.2 Regular Visiting Faculty: Ecola Bible School (Cannon Beach, OR); Ravencrest Chalet (Estes Park, CO)

3. Misc. Ministry Involvement
Speaking:  camps, conferences, retreats, rallies, pulpit supply, etc.
Former president, NW Region of the Evangelical Theological Society (1998-2000)

4. Writing  (for full listing, see see link)

4.1 Book: Read the Bible for Change: Understanding and A Following God's Word.  World Vision/Authentic, 2005.
4.2 Book Chapter: "Dusting Off the Old Testament for a New Millennium" p. 17-38 in Scott Gibson [ed] Preaching to a Shifting Culture: 12 Perspectives on Communicating that Connects. Grand Rapids: Baker, 2004.
4.3 Study Bible:  “Studying the Bible” Starting Point Study Bible (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2002): 1515-1531.  
4.4 Associate Editor:  Cultural Encounters Journal  (2003-present)
4.5 Book Reviews & Articles in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Cultural Encounters Journal, & Trinity Journal
4.6 Numerous papers at national & regional meetings of the Evangelical Theological Society & Hermeneuo in the areas of  Old Testament, Hermeneutics, and Postmodernism

5. Parachurch Ministries
5.1 Membership in biblical scholarship groups:
5.2 Evangelical Theological Society (1982-present), past president of NW Region
5.3 Society of Biblical Literature  (1996-present)
5.3 Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar (2002-2003)

6. Education
6.1 Undergraduate
    6.1.1 Columbia Basin College  Pasco, WA
    6.1.2 Multnomah Bible College  Portland, OR  BS, Bib. Ed. 1979

6.2 Graduate
    6.2.1 Regent College  Vancouver B.C.
    6.2.2 Trinity Evang. Divinity School Deerfield, IL   M.A., O.T. 1986
    6.2.3 Jerusalem University College Jerusalem, Israel
    6.2.4 Multnomah Biblical Seminary Portland, OR
    6.2.5 Univ. of S. Africa  Pretoria, S.A.  Doctor of Theology, OT 2002

7. Awards

Listed in Who’s Who Among America’s Teachers (6x); Directory of American Scholars; Who’s Who in America; Who’s Who in the World, 2000 Outstanding Scholars of the 21st Century; 21st Century Award for Achievement; video course Cairn 103: Contemporary Culture received "Course of the Year" award in the Personal Enrichment category by ACCESS

8. Personal
Family:  married 28 years to Tamara; children are Lani and Chip
Hobbies:  reading, music (acoustic guitar, electric bass, vocal), fantasy football, hiking, outdoor work, driving the MINI