New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary

Education

• Ph.D. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1999.
• M. Div. Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, 1995.
• M. Ed. University of New Orleans, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2006.
• B.A. University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, Texas, 1992.
• Additional study at the University of Texas, Arlington.

Teaching Experience

• Director of Institutional Effectiveness, 2009-present
• Associate Dean of Leavell College, 2006-present
• Associate Professor of Theological and Historical Studies, Leavell College, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2006 - present
• Associate Director of Institutional Effectiveness, 2004-2009
• Assistant Professor of Theological and Historical Studies, Leavell College, New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary, New Orleans, Louisiana, 2000-2005
• Teaching Fellow, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas.

Ministry Experience

• Pastor, Plainview Baptist Church, Chalk Mountain, Texas, 1993-97.
• Junior High Minister, Alamo City Baptist Church, San Antonio, Texas, 1989-1992.

Publications

Book

• Providence Through the Storm: The New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary's Hurricane Katrina Story. Journey Publications: Metairie, LA, 2009.

Articles

• "What Does Theology Have to Do with the Bible? A Call for the Expansion of the Doctrine of Inspiration.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 53:1 (March 2010)
• "Hearing God in the Midst of the Storm." The Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry 4 (Fall 2007)
• Articles on “Apostolic Fathers,” “Regeneration,” and “Tradition” in the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary, Nashville: Broadman, 2003

Professional Presentations

• "Postmodernism and Christian Apologetics." Plenary Address at the Confronting the Culture Conference, January 2010.
• "Re-Imagining the Imago Dei: How Lessons from Christian Counseling Can Help Reshape Our View of Humanity" at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, November 2009.
• “Postmodernism: What It Is and How We Should Respond to It.” at the Defend the Faith Apologetics Conference, January 2009.
• “The Cinema as Cultural Text: An Assessment of the Concept of Truth in Modern Film” at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, November 2008.
• “What Does Theology Have to Do with the Bible? The Doctrine of Inspiration as an Illustration of Discipline Specialization Run Amok” at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, November 2007.
• “Painting Post-Modernism: Post-Modern Themes in the Art of Rene Magritte” at the Southeastern Regional meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, March 2005.
• “The Truth About Post-Modernism's Progress: A Proposed Method for Evaluating Post-Modernism's Impact upon Popular Culture" at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, November 2004.
• “Putting God in a Frame: The Art of Rene Magritte as Religious Encounter” presented as the Fall 2001 Ola Farmer Lenaz Lecture, New Orleans.