Highlights
Why I teach at Covenant Theological Seminary
My passion is to help students see two things: first, the only hero in the Christian story is Jesus—as a result, we are able to approach the church’s history with great confidence that if God can use broken people, he can use you and me; and second, as students explore the beliefs, practices, and stories of the Christian tradition, they will gain wisdom and insight to see "who I am and what God is calling me to do in ministry." Church history is actually a practical ministry discipline.
Department
Theology, Tradition, and Mission
Faculty Member Since
2004
Contact Information
To reach me, please call or e-mail Patricia Lewis, Administrative Secretary for Academics, at 314.434.4044, ext. 4200, or dendept@covenantseminary.edu.
Educational Background
- BA (pastoral studies), MA (theology/church history) Bob Jones University, Greenville, SC
- PhD (historical and theological studies/American Reformed tradition), Westminster Theological Seminary, Philadelphia, PA
Expertise
- Church history
- American Reformed tradition
- Religion in the American South
- American Presbyterian History
- Jonathan Edwards
Classes I Teach
- The Story of Christianity
- Ancient and Medieval Church History
- Reformation and Modern Church History
- Abraham Kuyper
- History of Theology in America I: Puritans to Civil War
- Life and Thought of Jonathan Edwards
- Independent Studies on Jonathan Edwards, Wendell Berry, Karl Barth, Faith and Politics, Medieval Church History
Current Projects/Research
- Book: Jonathan Edwards and the Christian Life.
- Book: Grace-Centered Leadership: A Framework for Leading Wherever God Puts You.
- Book: For a Continuing Church: Conservative Dissent in the Presbyterian Church in the United States, 1934-1974.