Informal Paper: "Jesus' Self Indentity and the Issue of Multiple Christianities"

Informal Book Review: "A Positive Response to Rob Bell's Love Wins."

Open Letter to Christian Students, "Go with God," by Dr. Stanley Hauerwas. (This is a wonderful open letter to Christian students at college written by Dr. Stanley Hauerwas, encouraging them to see and enjoy their college years as a calling in Christ and a service to the Church.) 

“Tracking the Rephaim through Space and Time.” Paper presentation at the International Society of Biblical Literature

Meeting, Salzburg, Austria, July 2022.  (Working on submission for publication.)

“Understanding and Translating Proverbs 25.27: Weighing the ‘Honorable’ Options.”  The Bible Translator, 72(3) 331–350, 2021.

“Hope for the Future of New Testament Theology.” Religions 12(11), 975, 2021; https://doi.org/10.3390/rel12110975

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: The Future of New Testament Theology edited by Joel Green.)

“The Idiom of ‘Weeping and Gnashing of Teeth’ in the Gospels: A Funerary Formula,” Perspectives in Religious Studies 47.3 (2020) 283-98.

“A Critique of Substitutionary Atonement.”  Paper presented at the International Society of Biblical Literature, Helsinki, Finland, August 1, 2018.

“The Idiom of "Wailing and Gnashing Teeth."  Paper presented at the International Society of Biblical Literature, Helsinki, Finland, August 2, 2018.

“Gathercole’s, Defending Substitution: Why I Am Unconvinced and Concerned,” The Expository Times 129.10 (2018) 458-465.

"Eternal Torment or Destruction? Interpreting Final Judgment Texts," Evangelical Quarterly 88.3 (2016/17) 237-58.

“Interpreting Biblical Texts on Final Judgment.” Plenary lecture given to the students at St. Augustine’s College of Theology, Canterbury, England, October 14, 2016.

“Conditional Morality and Interpreting Biblical Texts on Final Judgment.” Paper presented at the third international Rethinking Hell conference, “Conditional Immortality: Past, Present, Future.” London, England, October 7-8, 2016.

"Visiting the Guilt of the Fathers on the Children: Is God Immoral?", Evangelical Quarterly 87.4 (Oct. 2015) 347-365.

“Biblical Studies and Metacognitive Reading Skills,” in Teaching the Bible in the Liberal Arts Classroom, Jane S. Webster and Glenn S. Holland (eds.), Sheffield, UK: Sheffield Phoenix, 2012. Pp. 233-244.

“Metacognition and Metacognitive Writing Skills" (workshop presentation as a Writing-in-the-Discipline consultant for ASU Writing Across the Curriculum, April 27, 2012.)

“Biblical Studies/Interpretation and Metacognitive Reading Skills.”  Paper presented, and panel participant, at the Teaching Biblical Literature in an Undergraduate Liberal Arts Context Section of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, San Francisco, CA, November 19, 2011.

"Teaching Teachers to Teach Old Testament Narratives, "Karlsruher Pädagogische Beiträge 74: Lesen und Verstehen (2010): 33-66.

“Recent Research in Chronicles,” Currents in Biblical Research, 8/1 (Sept. 2009): 10-50.

“Religion 2010: Hebrew Scriptures.”  Paper presented at the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion Conference, Greensboro, NC, March 15, 2009.

“Introduction and Notes to Esther,” Wesley Study Bible.  Nashville, Abingdon, 2009.

“Reclaiming Biblical Hermeneutics within the Process of Communication.”  Paper presented at the International Institute for Christian Studies Conference, Kansas City, Missouri, July 12, 2007.

“Multi-Layered Balanced Thought Structures in Psalm 24:4.”  Paper presented at the Biblical Criticism and Literary Criticism Section of the Annual Meeting of the Society of Biblical Literature, Washington, D.C., November 19, 2006.

“Underpinnings of Ethical Decisions.”  Paper presented at the Watauga Medical Center Patient Rights and Organizational Ethics Committee, July 26, 2006. (Non-professional meeting)

“Reclaiming the Biblical Literature within the Process of Communication.”  Paper presented at the National Faculty Leadership Conference: Language and Literature Section, Alexandria, Virginia, June 23, 2006.

“Bringing Out Student Genre Awareness Skills for Better Literary Comprehension: An Exercise.”  Paper presented at the International Sun Conference on Teaching and Learning, El Paso, Texas, March 3, 2006.

“The Ethical Appeal of the Chronicler.”  Rhetoric, Ethic, and Moral Persuasion in Biblical Discourse:  Essays from the 2002 Heidelberg Conference.  Edited by T. H. Olbricht and A. Eriksson.  London: T&T Clark International, 2005.  Pp. 33-51.

“Chronicles, 1 & 2.”  Dictionary of the Old Testament: Historical Books.  Edited by W. T. Arnold and H. G. M. Williamson.  Downers Grove, Illinois: InterVarsity Press, 2005.  Pp. 161-181.

“History of the Rise of Dispensationalism in the US and the Development of the Political Connections between the Republican Party and Conservative Christian Groups,” (informal paper) and participant in panel discussion, “Christianity and Politics” at the Wilkes Open Forum, Jan. 13, 2005.  (non-professional meeting)

Book review: Paul K. Hooker, First and Second Chronicles.  Westminster Bible Companion.  Louisville: Westminster John Knox, 2001.  Published in Ashland Theological Journal 35 (2003): 122-123.

Book review: Steven S. Tuell, First and Second Chronicles.  Interpretation.  Louisville: John Knox, 2001.  Published in Ashland Theological Journal 35 (2003): 123-124.

Organized and chaired the panel discussion, “Religious Freedom in Doctrine and Practice,” open to the ASU community, sponsored by the Dept. of Philosophy and Religion, September 30, 2002.

“The Ethical Appeal of the Chronicler.”  Paper presented at the Heidelberg Conference 2002 on "Rhetoric, Ethic, and Moral Persuasion in Biblical Discourse."  Heidelberg, Germany, July 23, 2002.

“The Strategic Use of Enthymeme and Example in the Argumentation of the Books of Chronicles.”  Pages 127-40 in Rhetorical Argumentation in Biblical Texts: Essays from the Lund 2000 Conference.  Edited by Anders Eriksson, Thomas H. Olbricht, and Walter Übelacker.  Emory Studies for Early Christianity.  Edited by Vernon Robbins.  Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2002.

Chaired section, “Concepts in Argumentation Theory” The Twelfth National Communication Association/American Forensic Association (NCA/AFA) Conference on Argumentation (held every two years), Alta, Utah August 2-5, 2001.

“The Strategic Use of Enthymeme and Example in the Argumentation of the Books of Chronicles.”  Paper presented at the “Lund 2000: Rhetorical Argumentation Conference.”  Lund, Sweden, July 27, 2000.

“A Rhetorical Approach to Appreciating the Books of Chronicles.”  In The Chronicler as Author:  Studies in Text and Texture.  Edited by M. Patrick Graham and Steven L. McKenzie.  JSOT Supplement Series 263.  Sheffield: Sheffield Press, 1999.  Pp. 100-135.

Panel-discussion participant and respondent to paper, “ The Logic of Christian Theology and the ‘Right-to-Die,’” by Paul Lewis, at the ASU Forum, “Euthanasia in Germany (1920-1945): Implications for the Contemporary Right-to-Die Debate.”  ASU, Boone, November 12, 1999.

Book review: D. Brent Sandy and Ronald L. Giese, Jr., Cracking Old Testament Codes: A Guide to Interpreting the Literary Genres of the Old Testament, in Ashland Theological Journal 29 (1997): 133-34.

 "Teaching Genre Awareness in Introductory Bible Classes: An Exercise."  Paper delivered at the SBL Annual Meeting, New Orleans.  November, 1996.

Book review: Mark A. Throntveit, Ezra-Nehemiah.  Interpretation: A Bible Commentary for Teaching and Preaching.  Louisville: John Knox Press, 1992.  Published in Interpretation 48/1 (Jan. 1994): 88,90.

"A Model for a Theology of Biblical Historical Narratives: Proposed and Demonstrated with the Books of Chronicles," History and Interpretation: Essays in Honour of John H. Hayes.  Ed. M. Patrick Graham, William P. Brown, and Jeffrey K. Kuan.  JSOTSup, 173.  Sheffield: Sheffield Academic Press, 1993.

"A Model for a Theology of Biblical Historical Narrative."  Delivered at the SBL Annual Meeting, San Francisco.  November, 1992.

"Hachmoni," "Heldai," "Helez," "Ikkesh," "Ira," "Ithmah," "Izrahite," "Jashobeam," "Maharai," "Mecherathite," "Mezobaite," "Mithnite," "Pelonite, The," "Shamhuth," "Sibbecai."  Anchor Bible Dictionary. Garden City, N.Y.: Doubleday & Co., 1992

Book review: Simon J. DeVries, First and Second Chronicles.  Forms of the Old Testament Literature, 11.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1989.  Published in Critical Review of Books in Religion (1991): 128-30.

The Persuasive Appeal of the Chronicler: A Rhetorical Analysis. Journal for the Study of the Old Testament Supplement Series, vol. 88 and Bible and Literature Series, vol. 25. Sheffield: Almond, 1990.

"Punishment or Restoration?  Another Look at the Levites of Ezekiel 44:6-16." Journal for the Study of the Old Testament 40 (1988): 61-81.

"The Portion of the Levite: Another Reading of Deuteronomy 18:6-8." Journal of Biblical Literature 106/2 (1987): 193-201.

"A Rhetorical Analysis of Chronicles: The Rational Mode of Persuasion." Delivered at the SBL Annual Meeting, 1986.

"The Rhetorical Strategy of the Chronicler: The Ethical Mode of Persuasion." Delivered at the SBL Annual Meeting, 1985.

"The Portion of the Levite: Another Reading of Deuteronomy 18:6-8." Delivered at the SBL Southeastern Regional Meeting, 1985.

"The Chronicler's Emplotment: David and Solomon as a Paradigm." Delivered at the SBL Annual Meeting, 1984.

"Metahistory and the Chronicler." Delivered at the SBL Southeastern Regional Meeting, 1984.