Curriculum Vita
DEGREES
Ph.D., 2010, Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI.
M.A., 2005, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, ON.
B.A., 2002, Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, MI.
EMPLOYMENT
Director of Theological Education and Professor of Theology, The Foundry, 2021-present
Associate Professor of Theological Studies, Kuyper College, 2008-2021
Adjunct Professor, Kuyper College, 2007-2008
Adjunct Professor, Calvin College, 2008
Adjunct Professor, Cornerstone University, 2005-2008
PUBLICATIONS
“Organic in the Bedroom: The Fertile Vision of Wendell Berry and Humanae Vitae.” Christian Scholar’s Review, (2017).
"Worlds Apart? James Brownson and the Diversity of Greco-Roman Sexuality." Trinity Journal (2017).
“Hair Length and Human Sexuality: The Underlying Moral Logic of Paul’s Appeal to Nature in 1 Corinthians 11:14.” Calvin Theological Journal 51, no. 1 (2016): 112-136.
“The Emperor’s New Clothes: Peter Leithart’s Constantine,” in Constantine Revisited, ed. John D. Roth (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2013).
“Two Cities or Two Kingdoms?: The Importance of the Ultimate in Reformed Social Thought,” in Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective, ed. Ryan McIlherny (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2012).
Things Hold Together: John Howard Yoder’s Trinitarian Theology of Culture. Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2012.
“Overcoming Lamech: Lament as an Antidote to Violence.” The Other Journal, Vol. 20 (May 1, 2012).
The Forest and the Trees: Engaging Paul Martens’ The Heterodox Yoder. Englewood Review of Books, 2012. Ebook.
“The Emperor’s New Clothes: A Review of Defending Constantine,” in The Other Journal 19 (2011).
“Spinning the Liturgical Turn: Why Yoder is Not an Ethicist,” in Radical Ecumenicity: Unity and Continuity after Yoder, ed. John C. Nugent (Abilene: Abilene Christian University Press, 2010).
“John Howard Yoder and the Politics of Creation,” in Power and Practices: Engaging the Work of John Howard Yoder, ed. Jeremy M. Bergen and Anthony Siegrist (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2009).
PRESENTATIONS AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
“Missing Voices: James Brownson’s Failure to Address the Diversity of Greco-Roman Sexuality.” Evangelical Theological Society National Meeting. Atlanta, GA, Nov. 17-19, 2015.
"The Body and the Earth: The Agrarianism of Wendell Berry as Praeparatio Evangelica for Humanae Vitae.” Ecclesia and Ethics Conference. Online. March 21, 2015.
"Coexist: Religious Polemics and the Myth of Religious Violence." Kaufman Interfaith Institute West Michigan Academic Consortium Conference on Religious Polemics, Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI, Oct. 15, 2013.
“Restless Until We Rest in Thee: Teaching Philosophy, the Virtue of Humility, and Sabbath-Keeping." Kuyers Institute for Teaching and Learning on Virtues, Vices, and Teaching, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, Oct. 3-5, 2013.
"Pioneering Culture: John Howard Yoder, the Church, and the Common Good." Christian Scholars' Conference, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, June 6-8, 2013.
"The Naked Public Square? A Neo-Calvinist Critique of the Reformed Two Kingdoms Conception of Democracy." Kuyper Center for Public Theology conference on Neo-Calvinism and Democracy, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, April 19-21, 2012.
"Which Natural Law? The First Command and the Deconstruction of Reformed Two Kingdoms Thought." Midwest Evangelical Theological Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2012.
“Spinning the Liturgical Turn: Why Yoder is Not an Ethicist,” John Howard Yoder and the Stone-Campbell Churches, Indianapolis, IN, March 13-14, 2009.
“Putting the Church to Work: An Augustinian Critique of the Kuyperian Concept of Vocation,” Kuyper Center for Public Theology conference on Civil Society and Sphere Sovereignty, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, April 17-19, 2008.
“Heirs of Schleiermacher: John Williamson Nevin’s Critique of Evangelical Ecclesiology,” Evangelical Theological Society Regional Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 28-29, 2008.
“The Politics of Jesus and the Power of Creation.” Inheriting John Howard Yoder: A New Generation Examines His Thought, Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre, Toronto, ON, May 25-26, 2007.
“John Howard Yoder’s Augustinian Ecclesiology: The Church as Public Square.” Evangelical Theological Society National Meeting, November 15-17, 2006.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS/PANELS/SEMINARS
"Reformed-Anabaptist Dialogue: Confusion and Convergence," presentation at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Oct. 17, 2013.
Panelist on the topic "Evangelicalism and Culture: A Bad Mix?" at Cornerstone University.
Participant in “Liturgical Identities: Global, National, Ecclesial.” Calvin Seminars in Christian Scholarship, Summer 2007. Led by Michael Budde (DePaul University) and Stephen Long (Marquette University).
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Institutional Assistantship, Calvin Theological Seminary, 2006-08
Scholarship Grant, Calvin Theological Seminary, 2005-08
Pete Steen Grant, Institute for Christian Studies, 2003-04
Academic Excellence Award, Institute for Christian Studies, 2003-04
Bible, Religion, and Ministries Department Award, Cornerstone University, 2002
2nd year Greek Student of the Year Award, Cornerstone University, 2002
Student Alumnus of the Year, Cornerstone University, 2001
COURSES TAUGHT (at Kuyper College, unless otherwise noted)
Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
Introduction to Philosophy
Principles and Practices of Reformed Worldview
Male and Female: Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and Ministry
Old Testament Survey
New Testament Survey
Christian Doctrine I
Christian Doctrine II
History of Philosophy I
Christ and Culture
Christian Theology
Creeds and Confessions
Prophetic Literature
Christianity and Politics (Calvin College)
Religious Communities and Culture (Cornerstone University)
Foundations of Inquiry (Cornerstone University)
Freshman Rhetoric (Cornerstone University)
Ph.D., 2010, Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI.
M.A., 2005, Institute for Christian Studies, Toronto, ON.
B.A., 2002, Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, MI.
EMPLOYMENT
Director of Theological Education and Professor of Theology, The Foundry, 2021-present
Associate Professor of Theological Studies, Kuyper College, 2008-2021
Adjunct Professor, Kuyper College, 2007-2008
Adjunct Professor, Calvin College, 2008
Adjunct Professor, Cornerstone University, 2005-2008
PUBLICATIONS
“Organic in the Bedroom: The Fertile Vision of Wendell Berry and Humanae Vitae.” Christian Scholar’s Review, (2017).
"Worlds Apart? James Brownson and the Diversity of Greco-Roman Sexuality." Trinity Journal (2017).
“Hair Length and Human Sexuality: The Underlying Moral Logic of Paul’s Appeal to Nature in 1 Corinthians 11:14.” Calvin Theological Journal 51, no. 1 (2016): 112-136.
“The Emperor’s New Clothes: Peter Leithart’s Constantine,” in Constantine Revisited, ed. John D. Roth (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2013).
“Two Cities or Two Kingdoms?: The Importance of the Ultimate in Reformed Social Thought,” in Kingdoms Apart: Engaging the Two Kingdoms Perspective, ed. Ryan McIlherny (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2012).
Things Hold Together: John Howard Yoder’s Trinitarian Theology of Culture. Harrisonburg, VA: Herald Press, 2012.
“Overcoming Lamech: Lament as an Antidote to Violence.” The Other Journal, Vol. 20 (May 1, 2012).
The Forest and the Trees: Engaging Paul Martens’ The Heterodox Yoder. Englewood Review of Books, 2012. Ebook.
“The Emperor’s New Clothes: A Review of Defending Constantine,” in The Other Journal 19 (2011).
“Spinning the Liturgical Turn: Why Yoder is Not an Ethicist,” in Radical Ecumenicity: Unity and Continuity after Yoder, ed. John C. Nugent (Abilene: Abilene Christian University Press, 2010).
“John Howard Yoder and the Politics of Creation,” in Power and Practices: Engaging the Work of John Howard Yoder, ed. Jeremy M. Bergen and Anthony Siegrist (Scottdale, PA: Herald Press, 2009).
PRESENTATIONS AT ACADEMIC CONFERENCES
“Missing Voices: James Brownson’s Failure to Address the Diversity of Greco-Roman Sexuality.” Evangelical Theological Society National Meeting. Atlanta, GA, Nov. 17-19, 2015.
"The Body and the Earth: The Agrarianism of Wendell Berry as Praeparatio Evangelica for Humanae Vitae.” Ecclesia and Ethics Conference. Online. March 21, 2015.
"Coexist: Religious Polemics and the Myth of Religious Violence." Kaufman Interfaith Institute West Michigan Academic Consortium Conference on Religious Polemics, Calvin Theological Seminary, Grand Rapids, MI, Oct. 15, 2013.
“Restless Until We Rest in Thee: Teaching Philosophy, the Virtue of Humility, and Sabbath-Keeping." Kuyers Institute for Teaching and Learning on Virtues, Vices, and Teaching, Calvin College, Grand Rapids, MI, Oct. 3-5, 2013.
"Pioneering Culture: John Howard Yoder, the Church, and the Common Good." Christian Scholars' Conference, Lipscomb University, Nashville, TN, June 6-8, 2013.
"The Naked Public Square? A Neo-Calvinist Critique of the Reformed Two Kingdoms Conception of Democracy." Kuyper Center for Public Theology conference on Neo-Calvinism and Democracy, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, April 19-21, 2012.
"Which Natural Law? The First Command and the Deconstruction of Reformed Two Kingdoms Thought." Midwest Evangelical Theological Society Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 2012.
“Spinning the Liturgical Turn: Why Yoder is Not an Ethicist,” John Howard Yoder and the Stone-Campbell Churches, Indianapolis, IN, March 13-14, 2009.
“Putting the Church to Work: An Augustinian Critique of the Kuyperian Concept of Vocation,” Kuyper Center for Public Theology conference on Civil Society and Sphere Sovereignty, Princeton Theological Seminary, Princeton, NJ, April 17-19, 2008.
“Heirs of Schleiermacher: John Williamson Nevin’s Critique of Evangelical Ecclesiology,” Evangelical Theological Society Regional Meeting, Chicago, IL, March 28-29, 2008.
“The Politics of Jesus and the Power of Creation.” Inheriting John Howard Yoder: A New Generation Examines His Thought, Toronto Mennonite Theological Centre, Toronto, ON, May 25-26, 2007.
“John Howard Yoder’s Augustinian Ecclesiology: The Church as Public Square.” Evangelical Theological Society National Meeting, November 15-17, 2006.
OTHER PRESENTATIONS/PANELS/SEMINARS
"Reformed-Anabaptist Dialogue: Confusion and Convergence," presentation at Anabaptist Mennonite Biblical Seminary, Oct. 17, 2013.
Panelist on the topic "Evangelicalism and Culture: A Bad Mix?" at Cornerstone University.
Participant in “Liturgical Identities: Global, National, Ecclesial.” Calvin Seminars in Christian Scholarship, Summer 2007. Led by Michael Budde (DePaul University) and Stephen Long (Marquette University).
AWARDS AND DISTINCTIONS
Institutional Assistantship, Calvin Theological Seminary, 2006-08
Scholarship Grant, Calvin Theological Seminary, 2005-08
Pete Steen Grant, Institute for Christian Studies, 2003-04
Academic Excellence Award, Institute for Christian Studies, 2003-04
Bible, Religion, and Ministries Department Award, Cornerstone University, 2002
2nd year Greek Student of the Year Award, Cornerstone University, 2002
Student Alumnus of the Year, Cornerstone University, 2001
COURSES TAUGHT (at Kuyper College, unless otherwise noted)
Introduction to Biblical Interpretation
Introduction to Philosophy
Principles and Practices of Reformed Worldview
Male and Female: Marriage, Family, Sexuality, and Ministry
Old Testament Survey
New Testament Survey
Christian Doctrine I
Christian Doctrine II
History of Philosophy I
Christ and Culture
Christian Theology
Creeds and Confessions
Prophetic Literature
Christianity and Politics (Calvin College)
Religious Communities and Culture (Cornerstone University)
Foundations of Inquiry (Cornerstone University)
Freshman Rhetoric (Cornerstone University)