JamesD.Dvorak,B.A.,M.Div.,M.A.,Ph.D.
ProfessorofBiblicalGreekandNewTestament;AssociateDeanforTeachingandLearning
OklahomaChristianUniversity
POBox11000·OklahomaCity,OK·73136-1100
[email protected]
OBJECTIVE
MyambitionistoleadpeopletoagreaterunderstandingandappreciationoftheNewTestament,itslanguage,its
interpretation,itstheology,anditsapplication.Toachievethisgoal,Ihavepreparedmyselftoteachcoursesinbiblical
Greek(beginning,intermediate,andadvanced),linguistics,NewTestamentexegesis,NewTestamenthermeneutics,
historyofinterpretation,andNewTestamenttheology,aswellastocontributetoboththeacademicandchurch
communitiesthroughpublishingandpreaching.
EDUCATION
Ph.D.ChristianTheology,McMasterDivinityCollege,Hamilton,ON(May2012)
Supervisors:Dr.StanleyE.PorterandDr.CynthiaLongWestfall
Concentration:BiblicalGreekandLinguistics
DissertationTitle:"TheInterpersonalMetafunctionin1Cor1–4:TheTenorofToughness"(http://bit.ly/1Cor1-4)
ComprehensiveExams:Linguistics&DiscourseAnalysis;Gospels;GeneralEpistles
M.A.EducationandHumanDevelopment,TheGeorgeWashingtonUniversity,Washington,D.C.(2004)
Concentration:EducationalTechnologyLeadership
M.Div.,TrinityEvangelicalDivinitySchool,Deerfield,IL(cumlaude;2000)
B.A.Bible,OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK(1995)
CERTIFICATIONS&RECOGNITIONS
AppleiWorkandiLifeapps(MacOSandiOS)forEducation.Certificateauthority:Apple,Inc.(AppleAcademy).
EvernoteCommunityLeader.EvernoteCorporation.
OnlineTeachingCertificationwithemphasisinonlinelearners.Certificateauthority:OnlineLearningConsortium
(formerlySLOAN-C)
RESEARCHINTERESTS
ApplicationofSystemic-FunctionalLinguistics(SFL)anddiscourseanalysistothestudyofancientandbiblicalGreek
grammar,translationtheory,andNewTestamentinterpretation;ImplementationofSFLlinguistics/discourseanalysisas
ahermeneutical/exegeticalmodel;Social-ScientificCriticism;NewTestamentTheology;HistoryofInterpretation;
learningtheory;learningandteachingwithtechnology;onlineteachingandlearning;onlinelearners;communitiesof
inquiry;communitiesofpractice.
TEACHINGEXPERIENCE
ProfessorofGreekandNewTestament,OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK(2008–present)
AssociateProfessor(2008–2015);FullProfessor(2015–present)
Undergraduate
AdvancedGreekI&II(Fall2011andSpring2012;Fall2013andSpring2014;Fall2016andSpring2017)
BiblicalExegesis(Spring2010;Fall2010)
ElementaryGreekI&II(Fall2009andSpring2010;Fall2010andSpring2011;Fall2011andSpring2012;Fall2012
andSpring2013;Fall2013andSpring2014[online];Fall2014andSpring2015[online];Fall2015andSpring2016
[online];Fall2016andSpring2017[online])
HistoryoftheBible(HonorsSummerAcademy)(Summer2016)
IntermediateGreekGrammarI&II(Fall2008andSpring2009;Fall2009andSpring2010;Fall2010andSpring2011;
Fall2011andSpring2012;Fall2012andSpring2013;Fall2013andSpring2014;Fall2014andSpring2015
[IndependentStudy];Fall2015andSpring2016[IndependentStudy];Fall2016andSpring2017)
IntroductiontoLinguistics(fortheLanguageandLiteratureDepartmentatOC)(Fall2014[blended];Spring2016
[Ind.Study])
JamestoJude(Fall2015[blended])
LifeoftheEarlyChurch:Acts(Spring2009[blended])
Updated April 21, 2017
Philemon:“ThatAwkwardMomentWhenYourSlaveBecomesYourBrother”(TheologySummerAcademy)
(Summer2017)
Romans(Fall2016)
StoryoftheNewTestament(Spring2011;Spring2013[online])
StoryoftheOldTestament(Fall2010)
Graduate
Acts&MinistryFormation(Summer2009[online];Summer2010[online];Summer2012[online];Summer2014
[online])
AdvancedBiblicalExegesis(Spring2011;Summer2016[Ind.Study];Spring2017)
ElementaryGreekI&II(Fall2008andSpring2009;Fall2009andSpring2010;Fall2010andSpring2011;Fall2011
andSpring2012;Fall2012andSpring2013;Fall2013andSpring2014[online];Fall2015andSpring2016[online];
Fall2016andSpring2017[online])
IntermediateGreekI&II(Fall2011andSpring2012;Fall2015andSpring2016[Ind.Study])
IntroductiontoGraduateBiblicalStudies(Fall2008[co-taught,blended];Fall2009[blended];Fall2010[cotaught])
SeminarinthePaulineEpistles(Fall2016)
Part-timeFaculty,McMasterDivinityCollege,Hamilton,ON(2007–2008)
LifeandHistoryoftheEarlyChurch:Acts(graduatecourse;Winter2007;classroom)
TheGospelofMatthew(EnglishBible)(graduatecourse;Winter2008;classroom).
AdjunctInstructorofBible,OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK(2001–2008)
LifeofChrist:Matthew(Fall2004;undergraduate;classroom)
StoryoftheOldTestament(Fall2004,Fall2003,Fall2002;undergraduate;classroom)
StoryoftheNewTestament(Spring2004,twosections;undergraduate;classroom)
LifeoftheEarlyChurch:Acts(Spring2002,Spring2001;undergraduate;classroom)
LifeoftheEarlyChurch:Acts(Spring2007,Fall2006,Spring2006[2sections];undergraduate;online)
NewTestamentChurch(Summer2006;undergraduate;online)
StoryoftheOldTestament(Fall2005;undergraduate;online).
AdjunctInstructor,OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK(2001–2007)
SoftwareFundamentals:MicrosoftFrontPage(Fall2004,Fall2003;undergraduate;classroom)
SoftwareFundamentals:MicrosoftWord(Spring2004,Fall2003,Spring2003,Fall2002;undergraduate;classroom)
Seven-weekFreshmanSeminar(Fall2001;undergraduate;classroom)
eCommerceTechnologies(Summer2006;MBAgraduatecourse;online)
SoftwareFundamentals:MicrosoftWord(Spring2007,Fall2005,Fall2004;undergraduate;online)
SoftwareFundamentals:MicrosoftPowerPoint(Fall2006;undergraduate;online).
TeachingFellow,TrinityEvangelicalDivinitySchool,Deerfield,IL(1999–2000)
BeginningGreekIandII(Fall1999,Spring2000;graduate;classroom)
READER/EXAMINERFORMA,MTS,MACM,ORMDIVCASESTUDYDEFENSES
LoisLockhart(MDiv,2009)
LanceMorrisett(MA,2011)
KevinKasparek(MA,2012)
RachelSlimp(MA,2013)
MatthewHurley(MA,2013)
BrianPlumb(MA,2014)
MatthewDowling(M.Div.,2015)
JosephWoods(M.Div.,2015)
KentBrown(2015[chairperson])
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ColeFeix(M.Div.,2015)
ChristendozaLe(MAMinistry,2015[chairperson])
AlanMiddleton(MAMinistry,2015)
DaraGilliam(MAMinistry,2015)
GeneNewberry(MAMinistry,2016)
DanielTignor(M.Div.,2016)
MattCurran(MAMinistry,2016)
JanvierFaradja(MDiv,2016)
DerrickTharp(MA,2017)
READER/EXAMINERFORMTSORM.DIV.THESISDEFENSES
BenjaminJ.Langford,“TheologyInContextForTheSakeOfTheWorld:PostliberalTheologyAndTheRoleOfContext.”
MTSThesis,OklahomaChristianUniversityGraduateSchoolofTheology,April2017.
MichaelJ.Hanegan,“LetLightShineOutofDarkness:aTrauma-InformedTheologicalAccountofthePowersofSinand
DeathandtheSalvationofHumanPersons.”MTSThesis,OklahomaChristianUniversityGraduateSchoolofTheology,
April2017.
WORKEXPERIENCE
AssociateDeanforTeachingandLearning,OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK(Aug1,2013–present)
ReporttoVicePresidentofAcademicAffairs;directreportsincludeNorthInstituteforTeachingandLearningand
Library;responsiblefordevelopingandimplementingfacultydevelopmentprogramforfull-timeandadjunctfaculty;
standingmemberofTechnologyandLearningCommittee(asub-committeeofAcademicAffairs);standingmember
ofITAdvisoryGroup;managestaffoffull-andpart-timeemployees;fiscalplanning/budgeting/purchasing;strategic
planning;instructionaldesign(face-to-faceandonlinedeliveryofinstruction);consultationregardinglearningand
teachingtheoryandpractice.
ActingChairoftheGraduateSchoolofTheology,OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK(2016–present)
ReporttoDeanoftheCollegeofBiblicalStudies;visioncasting;oversightofGSTbudget,courseofferings,
instructors;oversightofmarketingandrecruitingefforts;oversightofGSTProgramDirector;oversightofspecial
projectsthatbenefittheGST,suchasconceivingofandlaunchingDialogismos,afully-refereed,onlineopenaccess
eJournal(http://bit.ly/2hWrSVX).
Director,NorthInstituteforTeachingandLearning,OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK(2011–2016)
ReporttoVicePresidentofAcademicAffairs;standingmemberofTechnologyandLearningCommittee(asubcommitteeofAcademicAffairs);standingmemberofITAdvisoryGroup;managestaffoffull-andpart-time
employees;fiscalplanning/budgeting/purchasing;strategicplanning;instructionaldesign(face-to-faceandonline
deliveryofinstruction);consultationregardinglearningandteachingtheoryandpractice;facultydevelopment.
ResearchPartner,OpenText.org(2006–present)
ResearchinGreeklanguageandlinguistics;editingandcorrectionofclauseandwordgrouptagging;consultation
oncomputerandWeb-relatedtechnologies.
InterimPreacher,GrimsbyChurchofChrist,Grimsby,ON(2005–2007)
Preparationanddeliveryofsermons;TeachingadultBibleclasses;memberofministerialcommittee;congregational
outreacheventplanningandparticipation.
Director,NorthInstituteforTeachingandLearning,OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK(2002–2005)
ReporteddirectlytotheVicePresidentofAcademicAffairs;managedastaffoffull-andpart-timeemployees;fiscal
planning/budgeting/purchasing;strategicplanning;projectmanagement;consultationregardingeducational
technologyforothercollegesanduniversities;chairpersonoftheAcademicComputingCommittee;memberofthe
university'sITmanagementteam;instructionaldesignforclassroomandonlinedeliverysystems.
WebProgrammer,NorthInstituteforEducationalTechnology,OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK
(2000–2002)
MainWebprogrammeronateamthatdevelopededucationalWebapplications;managedanumberofprojects;
managedanumberofinterns.
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EditorialStaffMember,TrinityJournal(1997–2000)
Reviewedarticlesforpublication;copyediting;createdfirstWebsitefortheJournal;workedcloselywithgeneral
andmanagingeditors.
FamilyLifeandDevelopmentMinister,EastAllenCountyChurchofChrist,NewHaven,IN(1996–1997)
20%ofpreachingduties;taughtinadulteducationprogram;authoredmonthlynewsletterarticles;counseling;cohostedcabletelevisionministryprogram.
COMMITTEESSERVED
CentennialHighSchool,OklahomaCity
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AdvisoryBoardMemberforOklahomaCentennialAcademyofInformationTechnology(2012–2013)
Educause
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SessionProposalReviewer(2015)
OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity
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AcademicAffairsSubcommitteeonAssessment(2016–present)
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AcademicComputingCommittee(2002–2004(chairperson))
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“alt.OC”TaskForce(2014–2015(chairperson))
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BenefitsCommittee(2003–2004)
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BridgeProgramcommittee(2013–2015)
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BYODTransitionTeam(2013–2015)(co-chair)
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CollegeofBiblicalStudiesCommitteesandTaskForces
o GeneralEducationProgramReview/Assessment–CuratorofAssessmentDataPertainingto
Matthew:ChristianScholarCourse(2013–15)
o GeneralEducationBibleProgramGoalsandObjectivesTaskForce(Spring2015)
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Deans’Council(2013–present)
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GraduateCouncil(2011–2012;2015–present)
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InstitutionalReviewBoard(2015–present)
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TeachingandLearning(2013–present)(chairperson)
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TechnologyandLearning(2011–2015)(chairperson2012–2013)
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OversightCommitteeforDevelopmentofMastersinNon-ProfitLeadership(Oct.2015–present)
SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureGreekLanguageandLinguisticsSection
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AdvisoryBoard(2011–2013)
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SteeringCommittee(Dec2013–present)
SocietyofBiblicalLiteratureGlobalEducationandResearchTechnologyUnit
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AdvisoryBoard(2012–2013)
PUBLICATIONS
Books(MonographsandEditedVolumes)
Baptism:Historical,Theological,andPastoralPerspectives(co-editedwithGordonL.Heath,McMasterDivinityCollege).
McMasterTheologicalStudies4.Eugene,OR:Pickwick,2011.http://bit.ly/GB1us7
LightfromLinguisticCriticismintheLetterofJames:WholeGrainsfrom"Straw"(co-editedwithZacharyDawson)
(undercontract).
TheNewTestamentChurch:TheChallengeofDevelopingEcclesiologies(co-editedwithJohnHarrison,Oklahoma
ChristianUniversity).McMasterBiblicalStudies1.Eugene,OR:Pickwick,2012.http://bit.ly/IIaAjf
Articles,Chapters,andAcademicWebPublications
“NotLikeCain”:MarkingMoralBoundariesthroughVilificationoftheOtherin1John3:1–18.”Dialogismos1(2016)1–
19.http://bit.ly/2jaLzey
“‘AskandYeShallPositiontheReaders’:James’sUseofQuestionsto(Re-)AlignHisReaders.”InLightfromLinguistic
CriticismintheLetterofJames(forthcoming).
“‘ToInclineAnother’sHeart’:TheRoleofAttitudeinReaderPositioning.”InTheLanguageandLiteratureoftheNew
Testament:EssaysinHonourofStanleyE.Porter’s60thBirthday,editedbyLoisFullerDow,CraigA.Evans,and
AndrewW.Pitts(BiblicalInterpretationSeries;Leiden:Brill,2016),603–28.
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“M.DibeliusandR.Bultmann”inPorterandAdams(eds.),PillarsintheHistoryofBiblicalInterpretation(vol1,
“PrevailingMethodsbefore1980”;McMasterBiblicalStudiesSeries2;Eugene,OR:Pickwick,2016),257–77.
“EdwinJudge,WayneMeeks,andSocial-ScientificCriticism,”inPorterandAdams(eds.),PillarsintheHistoryofNew
TestamentInterpretation(vol2.,“PrevailingMethodsafter1980”;McMasterBiblicalStudiesSeries2;Eugene,
OR:Pickwick,2016),179–203.
“‘ProddingwithProsody’:PersuasionandSocialInfluencethroughtheLensofAppraisalTheory.”BAGL4(2016)85–
120.http://bagl.org/volume4
“AttitudeAdjustment.”InOurFavoriteVerses.EditedbyTinaWare-Walters.Orlando,FL:HealthyLifePress,2015.
“ClauseasMessage:AnalyzingDiscourseThemeandInformationFlowinMark2:1–12andJudewithanSFL–Based
Model”(withRyderDaleWalton).BiblicalandAncientGreekLinguistics3.2(2014)31–85.
“JohnH.Elliott'sSocial-ScientificCriticism.”TrinJ28/2(2007)251–278.
“SoftwareandBibleStudy?Yes,TheyMix.”ChristianChronicle
“TheRelationshipBetweenJohnandtheSynoptics”JETS41/2(June1998)201–213.http://bit.ly/johnsynoptics
“Thematization,Topic,andInformationFlow”JLIABG1(2008)17–37.
“UsingTechnologytoIncreaseQualityTimeonTask”EducauseReviewOnline(withMr.BerlinFang)(Sep2013).
http://bit.ly/17zJAmb
ReviewArticles
“ReviewofDaleC.Allison,Jr.StudiesinMatthew.”JGRChJ5(2008)R66–R71.http://bit.ly/1p9I5CP
“ReviewofKarenJobes'1Peter(BECNT).”JGRChJ3(2006)R26–R31.http://bit.ly/1j278D8
“ReviewofBibleWorks7.”JGRChJ5(2008)R101–R111.http://bit.ly/bw7review
“ReviewofDictionaryofBiblicalCriticismandInterpretation.”JGRChJ5(2008)R26–R29.http://bit.ly/DBCIReview
“ReviewofRobertL.Plummer'sPaul'sUnderstandingoftheChurch'sMission.”JGRChJ5(2008)R60–R65.
http://bit.ly/1kEsQl7
“ReviewofBibleWorks8.”BibleWorks.com.http://bit.ly/BW8Review
WebPublications
“BibleWorks10:ABriefReview”(professionalblog),Feb12,2016.http://bit.ly/1TgzHmj
“10ThingsIWishStudentsWouldUnderstandAboutExegesis—#9TheBibleisNotaWesternBook”(professional
blog),Feb26,2015.http://bit.ly/1M0T4rJ
“10ThingsIWishStudentsWouldUnderstandAboutExegesis—#10There’snoCookie-CutterApproachorSingle
ChecklistofTo-Do’s”(professionalblog),Feb25,2015.http://bit.ly/1alzdrz
“ReferenceTracking:AnExample"(professionalblog),Feb19,2014.http://bit.ly/1bKls5l.
“ReferenceTracking”(professionalblog),Feb15,2014.http://bit.ly/1jHzM0T.
“...thegreatestoftheseisgroupattachment(ἀγάπη,agape)(1Cor13:13)"(professionalblog),Jan9,2014.
http://bit.ly/1adcQ0D.
“The(Re-)AligningPowerofQuestions”(professionalblog),Jan8,2014.http://bit.ly/1deut6a.
“λαῖλαψµεγάληἀνέµου,γαλήνηµεγάλη,andφόβονµέγαν(Mark4:37,39,and41)"(professionalblog),Dec16,2013.
http://bit.ly/19SNJzG.
“AFewThoughtsonJude12–13.”(professionalblog),Oct.6,2013.http://bit.ly/1b0jqZZ.
“CreatingDiversity:AppraisalTheoryandtheaccountofKingHerodandtheMagi,”PerspectiveCriticism(blog),
September19.AccessedSeptember21,2013.http://bit.ly/16x3ISA.
ACADEMICPRESENTATIONS&LECTURES
“EvidencethatCommandsaVerdict:DeterminingtheSemanticsofImperativesinNewTestamentGreek.”
PresentationattheAnnualMeetingoftheSocietyofBiblicalLiterature(BiblicalGreekLanguageandLinguistics
unit).November19–22,2016.
“BeingCompetentinGreek”?ConsiderationsforScholars,Teachers,andPastors.”PresentationattheAnnual
MeetingoftheEvangelicalTheologicalSociety(GreekLanguageandExegesisSession).November17–19,2015.
“OnlineHumanTouch:HighandLowTechStrategiestoPersonalizetheOnlineStudentExperience”(co-presenter
withDr.KristenBetts[DrexelUniversity],Dr.KarynHolt[DrexelUniversity],andBuckyDodd[Universityof
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CentralOklahoma]).PresentationattheOnlineLearningConsortiumInternationalConference(Facultyand
ProfessionalDevelopment&Supporttrack).October16,2015.
“GodDisciplinesHisChildren(Heb.12:1–12).”GuestlectureinDr.LynnMcMillon’s“Hebrews”course.Oklahoma
ChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.April8,2015.
“AdditionalExamplesofFaith(Heb.11:20–40).”GuestlectureinDr.LynnMcMillon’s“Hebrews”course.Oklahoma
ChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.April6,2015.
"'NotLikeCain’:MarkingMoralBoundariesthroughVilificationoftheOtherin1John3:1–18."Presentationatthe
AnnualConferenceoftheSBL(GreekLanguageandLinguisticsSection).November22,2014.
"'ProddingwithProsody':PersuasionandSocialInfluencethroughtheLensofAppraisalTheory."Presentationatthe
AnnualConferenceoftheSBL(GreekLanguageandLinguisticsSection).November24,2014.
"SpecialStudiesintheGospelofJohn."GuestlectureinDr.DougPeters's"AdvancedHomiletics"course.Oklahoma
ChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.September9,2014.
"Paradigms,Perspectives,Models,andMethods."GuestlectureinMr.ChrisRosser's"IntroductiontoGraduate
BiblicalStudies"course.OklahomaChristianUniverity,OklahomaCity,OK.September9,2014.
“Social-ScientificCriticism:HowCulturalAnthropologyAidsBiblicalInterpretation.”GuestlectureinDr.Robert
Carpenter’s“CulturalAnthropology”course.OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.January23,
2014.
“Feedback:TappingintotheTeachableMoment.”PresentationatFacultyLuncheon.OklahomaChristianUniversity,
OklahomaCity,OK.January22,2014.
“Paradigms,Perspectives,Models,andMethodsinBiblicalandTheologicalStudies.”GuestlectureinMr.Chris
Rosser’s“IntroductiontoGraduateBiblicalStudies”course.OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.
January,21,2014.
“SAMR:It'sTimetoLevelUp.”PresentationatFacultyLuncheon.OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.
October9,2013.
“‘NotLikeCain’:MarkingMoralBoundariesthroughVilificationoftheOtherin1John3:1–18.”Presentationatthe2013
ChristianScholarsConference.LipscombUniversity,Nashville,TN.June,8,2013.
“ResistanceisFutile:TheImpactofConvergenceandFuturismonLearning”(withDr.DavidLowry).Presentationat
the2013HeartlandeLearningConference.UniversityofCentralOklahoma,Edmond,OK.February26,2013.
“AttitudeAdjustment.”ChapelspeechatOklahomaChristianUniversity,Edmond,OK.January31,2013.
“Social-ScientificCriticism:HowCulturalAnthropologyAidsBiblicalInterpretation.”GuestlectureinDr.Robert
Carpenter’s“CulturalAnthropology”course.OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.January24,
2013.
“Paradigms,Perspectives,Models,andMethodsinBiblicalandTheologicalStudies.”GuestlectureinMr.Chris
Rosser’s“IntroductiontoGraduateBiblicalStudies”course.OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.
January,22,2013.
“Convergence.”PanelparticipantforHonorsSymposium.OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.October
29,2012.
“Social-ScientificCriticism.”GuestlectureinDr.JohnHarrison’s“Hermeneutics”course.OklahomaChristian
University,OklahomaCity,OK.April18,2012.
“OnPreparingtoPublishinBiblicalandTheologicalStudies.”PresentationforOklahomaChristianUniversity’s
GraduateSchoolofTheology.OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.March27,2012.
“CulturalAnthropologyandBiblicalExegesis.”GuestlectureinDr.BobCarpenter’s“CulturalAnthropology”course.
OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.February2,2012.
“Paradigms,Perspectives,Models,andMethods.”GuestlectureinMr.ChrisRosser’s“IntroductiontoGraduate
BiblicalStudies”course.OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.September3,2011.
“1Corinthians.”GuestlectureinMr.BenLangford’s“StoryoftheNewTestament”course.OklahomaChristian
University,OklahomaCity,OK.March7,2011.
“CulturalAnthropologyandBiblicalInterpretation:EvilEyeReferenceinGalatiansasaTestCase.”GuestlectureinDr.
BobCarpenter’s“CulturalAnthropology”course.OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.Feb.17,
2011.
“AskingtheRightQuestions.”OnlinepresentationfortheNorthInstituteforTeachingandLearningatOklahoma
ChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.08-May-2010.http://ni.oc.edu/design-of-good-questions/
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“Online&HybridTeaching&Learning.”OnlinepresentationfortheNorthInstituteforTeachingandLearningat
OklahomaChristianUniversity,OklahomaCity,OK.06-Aug-2009.
“Social-ScientificCriticism.”GuestlectureinDr.BobCarpenter’s“CulturalAnthropology”course.OklahomaChristian
University,OklahomaCity,OK.Mar.2,2009.
“Social-ScientificCriticism.”GuestlectureinDr.JohnHarrison’s“AdvancedExegesis”course.OklahomaChristian
University,OklahomaCity,OK.Feb.,6,2009.
“PersuasionorManipulation?ASociolinguisticDiscourseAnalysisofPhilemon.”AnnualMeetingoftheSBL,Boston,
MA,Nov.22,2008.
"UsingBibleWorks7forExegesis."Dr.CynthiaLongWestfall's"GreekExegesis(1Corinthians)"course.McMaster
DivinityCollege,Hamilton,ON.Feb.08,2008.
"UsingOpenText.org:AnOverviewoftheModelandtheTool."Dr.CynthiaLongWestfall's"GreekExegesis(1
Corinthians)"course.McMasterDivinityCollege,Hamilton,ON.Jan.17,2008.
"Thematization,Topic,andInformationFlow."AnnualmeetingoftheSBL,WashingtonDC,Nov.2006.
"Thematization,Topic,andInformationFlow."TheologicalResearchSeminar,McMasterDivinityCollege,Nov.2006.
"TellUsWhatYouReallyThink,Paul!AnAnalysisof1Cor2UsingMartin'sAppraisalSystem."TheologicalResearch
Seminar,McMasterDivinityCollege,Oct.16,2007.
"TheTenorofToughness:MeasuringPersuasivenessthroughAnalyzingNegotiationandEvaluationinDiscourse."
AnnualSymposiumoftheLinguisticsInstituteofAncientandBiblicalGreek,HamiltonON,Aug.2007.
"Luke-Acts."GuestlectureinDr.CynthiaLongWestfall's"NewTestamentLiteratureandHistory"course.McMaster
DivinityCollege,Hamilton,ON.Oct.4,2007.
"MiddleVoice."GuestlectureinLois(Fuller)Dow's"BeginningGreek"course.McMasterDivinityCollege,Hamilton,
ON.Nov22,2005.
"ContractVerbs."GuestlectureinLois(Fuller)Dow's"BeginningGreek"course.McMasterDivinityCollege,Hamilton,
ON.Nov17,2005.
"BibleSoftware."OklahomaChristianUniversityLectureship,OklahomaChristianUniversity,January2004.
"InternetEvangelism."OklahomaChristianUniversityLectureship,OklahomaChristianUniversity,January2004.
"PowerPoint."OklahomaChristianUniversityLectureship,OklahomaChristianUniversity,January2004.
"UsingTechnologytoCreateandEnhanceCollaborativeLearning."CCCUConferenceonTechnology,Union
University,Jackson,TN,May2003.
"AdvancedPowerPoint."OklahomaChristianUniversityLectureship,OklahomaChristianUniversity,January2003.
"BibleResearchbyComputer."OklahomaChristianUniversityLectureship,OklahomaChristianUniversity,January
2003.
"ChoosingBibleSoftware."OklahomaChristianUniversityLectureship,OklahomaChristianUniversity,January2003.
"InternetEvangelism."OklahomaChristianUniversityLectureship,OklahomaChristianUniversity,January2003.
"UsingTechnologytoCreateandEnhanceCooperativeLearning."Ed-Media:WorldConferenceonEducational
Multimedia,Hypermedia&Telecommunications,Denver,CO,June2002(withKarenBuchanan).
"IntegrationofPedagogyandTechnology."CCCUConferenceonTechnology,AbileneChristianUniv.,May2002.
SERVICETOTHECHURCH
Leadership
Elder.TheSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK(January1,2017–present).
Preaching
“ThatAwkwardMomentWhenYourSlaveBecomesYourBrother”(Philemon).HeartlandChurchofChrist,Perry,IA.
May21,2017.
"CommittedtoGod,CommittedtoOthers"(Mark12:2–34).HeartlandChurchofChrist,Perry,IA.June28,2015.
"BePatientandEndure"(James5:7–11).HeartlandChurchofChrist,Perry,IA.June1,2014.
"Transformed!Or,WhatLife(Should)LookLikeforthePeopleofGod"(Rom12:1–21).QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,
OklahomaCity,OK.Feb9,2014.
"Who?FromWhere?"ReversalThemeinMatthew'sMessianicApologetic"(Matt.1:18—2:23).HeartlandChurchof
Christ,Perry,IA.Dec22,2013.
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"WhenFaithComestoTown:BehaviorMatters"(1Thess5:12–28).QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.
Aug.11,2013.
"SeeaNeed,FillaNeed"(Matt25:31–46).HeartlandChurchofChrist,Perry,IA.June21,2013.
"SeeaNeed,FillaNeed"(Matt25:31–46).QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.May19,2013.
"BecomingIsraelor'FormedbyanAssaultfromGod'"(Gen32:22–32).QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,
OK.Sep23,2102.
"TrueWisdom"(James3:13–14).HeartlandChurchofChrist,Perry,IA.Aug12,2012.
"Right-Side-Up:BeingaMatureJesusFollower"(1Cor2–3)."SouthBrookeChurchofChrist,Tulsa,OK.Sep11,2011.
"'TurningtheWorldRightSideUp':TheWeddingFeast"(Luke14:7–14).QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,
OK.June5,2011.
"ScandalinNazareth"(Mark6:1–6).HeartlandChurchofChrist,Perry,IA.Oct24,2010.
Teaching
“Mark6:1–6a.”MayfairChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.May3,2017.
“Matthew16:13–24.”MayfairChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.March29,2017.
“DiasporaIdentityinthe2ndTemplePeriod:TheSocialandRhetoricalFunctionofDiasporaIdentityintheLetterof
James.”MayfairChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.February8,2017.
“Colossians.”TheSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.January–February,2017.
“Don’tJudgeaBookbyItsCover:TheSubversionofCharacterJudgmentsBasedonPhysiognomyinActs3:1–26.”
MayfairChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.September28,2016.
“1Thessalonians.”TheSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.March–May,2016.
“TheMessageofJames.”WestminsterPresbyterianChurch,OklahomaCity,OK.February28,2016.
“2Timothy.”TheSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.January–March,2016.
“1Corinthians1–4.”SouthYukonChurchofChrist,Yukon,OK.August2015(Wed.PM).
“BiblicalWordsandTheirMeanings:Grace(Part2).”DelCityChurchofChrist,DelCity,OK.December14,2014.
“BiblicalWordsandTheirMeanings:Grace(Part1).”DelCityChurchofChrist,DelCity,OK.December7,2014.
1Corinthians1–4.QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.June8,15,and22,2014.
James5:7–12(withDr.JohnHarrison).MemorialRoadChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.May19,2014.
1Corinthians14:34–35.QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.Apr.23,2014.
“TheWheatandtheWeeds”(Matt13:24–30).HeartlandChurchofChrist,Perry,IA.June21,2012.
1Corinthians11:2–16.QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.Apr16,2014.
"WhatDoesThatEvenMean?!?PrinciplesofBiblicalInterpretation."QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.
FallQuarter,2012.
"ApocalypticLiteratureandtheBookofDaniel."QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.January2011.
"PreparedtoTeach:AFrameworkforBibleStudyPreparation"(TrainingAdultSundaySchoolTeachers).Ridgecrest
ChurchofChrist,MidwestCity,OK.Oct16,2010.
"TheLanguageofObligation."QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.June20,2010.
"TheLanguageofSeparation."QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.June13,2010.
"TheLanguageofBelonging."QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.June6,2010
"FinalReforms"(EzraandNehemiah).HeartlandChurchofChrist,Perry,IA.Dec27,2009.
StudyNotesandCurriculumontheEpistleofJames.QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.Summer
Quarter,2004.
"TheCaseforChrist"(fourweekseries).QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.WinterQuarter,2004.
"TheJesusTouch"(threeweekseries).QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.FallQuarter,2003.
"Melchizedek."QuailSpringsChurchofChrist,OklahomaCity,OK.SummerQuarter,2003.
OtherMinistries&Committees
AdultSpiritualFormation(Education)committee(QuailSpringsChurchofChrist)
ConnectionsGroupCo-Leader(2002–2004)
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ConnectionsGroupCo-Leader(2008–present)
Let'sStartTalkingFriendsCampinBelgiumandinCroatia(June2003).
Let'sStartTalkingMissioninHildesheim,Germany(May2015)
LANGUAGES
English–nativelanguage;
BiblicalGreek–reading/researchproficiency;
BiblicalHebrew–reading/researchproficiency;
Spanish–readingproficiency;
French–reading/researchproficiency
COMPUTERSKILLS
End-usersoftware:Blackboard/WebCTCMS;MicrosoftWindows(anyversion);MacOSX;Android;iOS;MicrosoftOffice
ProfessionalSuite(Word,Excel,PowerPoint,Access,Outlook)(anyversion);BibleWorks5–9;AdobeAcrobat;Windows
2000Server;Windows2003Server
ProgrammingLanguages:VisualBasic(VB),VisualBasicforApplications(VBA),VBScript,VB.NET,C#,ActiveServer
Pages(ASP),ASP.NET,ADO.NET,XML,XSLT,XPath,XQuery,SQL,JavaScript
Hardware&networkingskills:PChardwareupgrade/repair;private/homenetworking(wired/wireless)
PROFESSIONALMEMBERSHIPS
AssociationofChristianDistanceEducation(ACCESSEd).
AssociationfortheAdvancementofComputinginEducation(AACE)
ContextGroup(agroupthatpracticesandpromotesSocial-ScientificCriticismoftheBible)
EvangelicalTheologicalSociety(ETS)
InstituteforBiblicalResearch(IBR)
InternationalSocietyforTechnologyinEducation(ISTE)
InternationalSystemicFunctionalLinguisticsAssociation(ISFLA)
SloanConsortium(SLOAN-C)
SocietyofBiblicalLiterature(SBL)
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