George M. Coon

Director of Library Services, Assistant Professor of Theology and Church History

B.S., Baptist Bible College, PA; M.Div., Th.M., Grand Rapids Theological Seminary; Ph.D. (candidate), Toronto School of Theology.

Pastoral ministry, 5 years. Adjunct faculty, Cornerstone University, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1999-2000. Director of Curriculum Development, Institute of Theological Studies, Grand Rapids, Michigan, 1999-2001. Adjunct faculty, Grand Rapids Theological Seminary, 2002. Adjunct faculty (online), Colorado Christian University, 2004-2005. Adjunct Instructor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2004-2005. Adjunct faculty, Central Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005. Director of Library Services and Assistant Professor of Church History, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2005-present.

Published work/professional presentations:

• "Is Inerrancy Enough . . . or Too Much?: A Consideration of Carl Henry's Position," 2005 National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in Philadelphia, PA.
• Contributor, 30 devotionals (I Thessalonians, Pastoral Epistles), Words of Hope Summer 2004/Winter 2005.
• Assistant Editor/Theological Reviewer, Quest Study Bible, 2nd edition (Grand Rapids, Mich.: Zondervan, 2003).

NLC workshop notes available online:

• Must Social Action Entail Compromise?

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Mark J. Farnham

Assistant Professor of Theology and New Testament, Chaplain of the Seminary

B.A., Maranatha Baptist Bible College; M.Div., Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary; Th.M., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary; Ph.D. in Apologetics (in progress), Westminster Theological Seminary. Additional studies at Harvard Divinity School.

Pastoral ministry, 7 years. Director of Youth Ministries, Positive Action for Christ, 1993-1995. Professor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002-present.

Published work:

• "The Ethical Use of Persuasion in the Presentation of a Sermon," American Baptist Evangelicals Journal 10:3-4 (Sep-Dec 2002): 27-34.

NLC workshop notes available online:

• Against the World? Reassessing Fundamentalism's Response to Culture
• Celebrity: Dealing with Pop Culture's Hold on Christians
• Finding God in Lord of the Rings, Etc. - Critiquing Pop Culture
• Sanctification in a Postmodern World
• How Can These Christians Be Called "Sanctified"? (I Cor. 1:2)

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Douglas P. Finkbeiner

Professor of New Testament and Pastoral Theology

B.S., Bob Jones University; M.Div., Th.M., Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary; D.Min., Denver Seminary; Ph.D. (in progress), University of Pennsylvania; Certificate in Pastoral Counseling, Christian Counseling and Educational Foundation. Studies at Westminster Theological Seminary, Dallas Theological Seminary, Princeton Theological Seminary, Talbot School of Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, and American Institute of Holy Land Studies in Israel. Post-graduate studies in Early Judaism at University of Pennsylvania.

Pastoral ministry, 13 years. Director, Calvary Bible Institute, 1987-1997. Adjunct teacher, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1992-1997. Professor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1997-present.

Published work:

• "Peeling Away the Layers," Frontline 17:6 (November/December 2007), 16-17.

NLC workshop notes available online:

• Preaching Narrative Sermons from Narrative Texts
• The Olivet Discourse: Past (Preterist), Present, and/or Future?
• Interpreting Luke 16: Abraham, Lazarus, and the Rich Man--Parable or History?
• Never Give Up: I Corinthians 4:1-5:10
• Grace Living: Presenting Yourselves to God (Understanding Romans 6)
• The "I" of Romans 7: Who is Paul Talking About?
• Should Romans 7:14 Be Used to Evangelize, Edify, or Both?

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Paul Gibbs, Jr.

Registrar, Instructor in New Testament

B.A., Bob Jones University; M.Div., Th.M. (in progress), Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary.

Teacher, Fairfax Baptist Temple Academy, 1996-1999. Instructor, Fairfax Baptist Temple Missions Academy, 1997. Instructor, Calvary Bible Institute, 2003. Registrar and instructor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-present.

NLC workshop notes available online:

• Why Is Our World Changing? The Story Behind What Is Taking Place Today (The Big Picture of Postmodernism)
• What's the Point of the Olivet Discourse? A Discourse Analysis of Mark 13
• Eschatology in the Gospel of John: Realized or Unrealized?
• "Let Go And Let God": Keswick Movement's Lasting Impact on Fundamentalism's View of Sanctification

Samuel L. Harbin

President, Chair and Professor of Pastoral Theology

B.A., Indiana Baptist College; M.Div., Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary; D.Min., Dallas Theological Seminary; Certification in National Association of Nouthetic Counselors.

Pastoral ministry, 11 years. Chaplain and Professor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1995-2006. President, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006-present.

NLC workshop notes available online:

• The Emergence of Abductive Preaching
• Propositional Preaching in a Pluralistic Age
• Preaching for Emerging Generations: What is it About our Models that Must Change?
• Preaching Prophecy Properly and Practically
• Counseling Eschatologically: Implications for Biblical Counseling from Eschatology
• Disorders, Demons and Deceptive Hearts: What Really Hinders Our Growth in Grace?

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Steven C. Horine

Professor of Old Testament

B.A., Illinois Wesleyan University; M.Div., Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary; Th.M., Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary.

Adjunct teacher, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1991-1992. Professor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1992-present.

Published work:

• "A Study of the Literary Genre of the Woe Oracle." CBTJ 5:2 (Fall 1989), 74-97.
• "Bible Translations: Do We Have the Right Models?" CBTJ 12:1/2 (Spr/Fall 1996), 42-54.
• Three Articles in The Every Day Study Bible, The Holy Bible, New Century Version, Joel B. Green and Tremper Longman III, Eds., Dallas/London: Word Publishing, 1996.
• Three Articles in Dictionary of Biblical Imagery, eds. Leland Ryken, James C. Wilhoit, Tremper Longmann III, Eds., Downers Grove/Leicester: InterVarsity Press, 1998.
• Contributor to the WIVU project: (Werkgroep Informatica Vrije Univeriteit of Amsterdam), a database underlying the Stuttgart Electronic Study Bible (German Bible Society); involvement included analysis and structural [macro-syntactical] tagging of Hebrew text, under auspices of J. Alan Groves (Westminster Theological Seminary), a WIVU project director.
• Contributor to the CATSS project (Computer Assisted Tools for Septuagint Studies), University of Pennsylvania; involvement included formulation and encoding of a text-critical apparatus for the Greek text of Nahum (MSS unearthed at Nahal Hever, Qumran), under the auspices of Robert A. Kraft (University of Pennsylvania), CATSS project director.
• Interpretive Images in the Songs of Songs: From Wedding Chariots to Bridal Chambers (Peter Lang Publishing, 2001)

Professional presentations:

• "Esther's Organizing Metaphor: The Feasting Motif," Biblical Literature Study Group, Evangelical Theological Society National Meetings (2000: Nashville, TN)
• "Esther's Organizing Metaphor," SBL2.2: KETHUVIM / WRITINGS, Society of Biblical Literature, Mid-Atlantic American Academy of Religion/Society of Biblical Literature, Annual Meeting (2001: New Brunswick, NJ).
• "Interpretive Images in the Song of Songs: From Wedding Chariots to Bridal Chambers," Biblical Literature Study Group, Evangelical Theological Society National Meetings (2001: Colorado Springs, CO).
• "Interpretive Images in the Song of Songs," SBL Poster Session Exhibit (2001: Denver, CO).
• "Interpretive Images in the Song of Songs: From Wedding Chariots to Bridal Chambers," Hebrew Poetry Section, Society of Biblical Literature National Meetings (2004: San Antonio, TX).

NLC workshop notes available online:

• The Apostolic Church Turned Its World Upside Down: Why Haven't We?
• Israel 's Exile and Restoration: A Biblical Model for Corporate and Personal Sanctification
• Interpreting the Prophets: What Makes the Task So Difficult?
• Interpreting Ezekiel: How Much of the Past Will Appear in the Future?
• "Be Ye Holy As I Am Holy": Sanctification Under Law and Grace

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Albin Huss, Jr.

Chair and Professor of New Testament

B.Ch.E., University of Delaware; M.S., University of Illinois; Ph.D., University of Illinois; M.Div., Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary; Ph.D., Trinity Evangelical Divinity School.

Church planting assistant, 6 years. Consultant/instructor in chemical engineering, 1995-2003. Professor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2000-present.

Published work:

• "The New Perspective on Paul," Frontline 16:4 (July/August 2007), 9-11.
• "The Glorious Incarnation," Frontline 17:6 (November/December 2007), 27-28.

Papers available online:

• God and Time: Entailments on the Freedom/Foreknowledge Issue for Determinists and Indeterminists
• Textual Criticism: A Discipline in Search of a Concensus
• What Does God Know? Recent Attempts to Redefine Omniscience

NLC workshop notes available online:

• Emergent Theology: How Generous Can Orthodoxy Be?
• "Only Remember the Poor . . ." And Other Texts We Avoid
• The Jesus Seminar: A Misguided Quest
• Paul, the Law, and Justification: Did Luther Get It Right After All?
• Sanctification and Sinless Perfection: What Sayeth John?
• The OT Law and NT Sanctification: How is the Christian to Construe the Law?
• Is the Kingdom Inaugurated or Does It Await the Second Coming?

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E. Robert Jordan

President Emeritus

Graduate, Philadelphia College of the Bible; Graduate, Reformed Episcopal Seminary; D.D., Pillsbury Baptist Bible College.

Pastoral ministry, 40 years. Instructor, Calvary Bible Institute, 1962-95. Founder, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1976. President, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1976-1986. Professor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1976-2002. Chancellor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1986-2002. President Emeritus, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002-present.

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Timothy R. Jordan

Chancellor, Chair and Professor of Pastoral Theology

B.A., Pillsbury Baptist Bible College; M.Div., Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary; D.Min., Westminster Theological Seminary.

Pastoral ministry, 27 years. Instructor, Calvary Bible Institute, 1976-present. Professor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983-present. President, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1986-2002. Chancellor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2002-present.

NLC workshop notes available online:

• Ministering in a Changing World
• Legal or Legalistic? The Biblical Use of Standards: A Framework for Reflection
• How Are We Then Sanctified? Philippians 2:12-13

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Charles E. McLain

Chair and Professor of Old Testament

B.A., Pillsbury Baptist Bible College; M.Div., Th.M., Central Baptist Theological Seminary of Minneapolis; M.A., Dropsie College; Ph.D., Westminster Theological Seminary. Studies at the Jerusalem Center in Israel.

Pastoral ministry, 4 years. Instructor, Berean Bible Institute, 1978-1979. Professor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1983-present.

Published work:

• "Daniel's Prayer in Chapter 9," Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal: Studies in Honor of Rolland D. McCune 9 (2004): 265-301.
• "Standing Between God and Culture: 'Heedership' or Leadership?" CBTJ 13:2 (Fall 1997).
• "Did Christ Defend the Status Quo? An Examination of Mark 14:7," CBTJ 13:1 (Spring 1997).
• "Toward a Theology of Language," CBTJ 12:1/2 (Spring/Fall 1996).
• "Variants: Villainous or Validating," CBTJ 12:1/2 (Spring/Fall 1996).
• "The Function of the Preposition Beth in Psalm 119:89," CBTJ 12:1/2 (Spring/Fall 1996).
• "The Sage and the Seductress: Part II: An Exegetical Study," CBTJ 8:2 (Fall 1992).
• "The Sage and the Seductress: Part I: A Background Study," CBTJ 8:1 (Spring 1992).
• "A Comparison of Ancient and Medieval Jewish Interpretations of the Suffering Servant in Isaiah," CBTJ 6:2 (Fall 1990).
• "The Centrality of Preaching," CBTJ 3:2 (Fall 1987).
• "Use of the Old Testament in John 12:13-15," CBTJ 3:1 (Spring 1987).
• "Israel's Relation to the Church," CBTJ 2:2 (Fall 1986).
• "Israel During the Church Age," CBTJ 2:1 (Spring 1986).

NLC workshop notes available online:

• Toward an Understanding of the Destiny of Departed Old Testament Believers
• Sanctification in Black and White: O.T. Wisdom Literature
• Toward An O.T. Theology of the Holy Spirit: A Study of Wind/Spirit in the O.T. Poetic Books

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Peter T. Radford

Instructor in Old Testament

B.A., Bob Jones University; M.Div., Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary; Th.M. (in progress), Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary. Additional studies at Westminster Theological Seminary and Biblical Theological Seminary.

Pastoral ministry and missions, 6 years. Instructor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2006-present.

NLC workshop notes available online:

• Worship in the Eschaton: A Johannine Theology of Worship from the Book of Revelation

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Jeffrey P. Tuttle

Dean, Professor of Pastoral Theology, Chair and Professor of Christian Education

B.A., Pillsbury Baptist Bible College; M.Div., Central Baptist Theological Seminary; M.R.E., Central Baptist Theological Seminary; Th.M., Grace Theological Seminary; Ed.D., Bob Jones University.

Pastoral ministry and missions, 16 years. Instructor, Calvary Bible Institute, 1974-76. Professor, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 1976-1994. Dean, Calvary Baptist Theological Seminary, 2003-present.

NLC workshop notes available online:

• 1 Peter 3:16 - God's Pattern for Sanctification?

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