H. Wayne House
PROFESSIONAL EMPLOYMENT OR SERVICE
Faith International University and Seminary
Distinguished Research Professor of Theology, Apologetics, and Biblical Archaeology
Tacoma, Washington – 1999-Present
• Courses in Systematic Theology, Apologetics, Law, Bible, and Biblical Archaeology.
Calvary University
Adjunct Professor of Bible and Theology (Online) – 2020-Present
• Ph.D. Courses in Bible, Theology, and Biblical Archaeology.
Veritas International University
Adjunct Professor of Theology (On-Site and Online) – 2005-2024
• Courses in Theology and Philosophy.
Corban University
Adjunct Professor of Theology in Doctoral Program (On-site) – 2018-2020
• Summer Courses in Theology and Apologetics.
Trinity Law School and Trinity Graduate School
Professor of Law and Professor of Theology and Culture – 1997-2000 (Fulltime)
• Courses in Law School: Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Religion and the Law, Legal History.
• Courses in Graduate School: Theology.
• Chosen by students as Professor of the Year in the Graduate School, and Professor of the Year in the Law School, for 1999-2000 school year.
Professor of Law, Trinity Law School – 2000-2004 (Adjunct)
• Courses in Law School: Constitutional Law – 2000-2004 school year.
Radio Talk host of “Talk from the Heart”
WMUZ Radio Guest Host on Christian talk program, M-F, 12:00-3:00 – 1997-1998
Offered permanent position but I took a teaching position at Trinity Law School.
Radio Talk host of “Sound Off”
KYKN Radio – 1995-1996
This was a secular program on the most listened to station in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The program concentrated on politics, public policy, and societal and cultural issues.
Professor-at-Large
Simon Greenleaf University, Schools of Christian Apologetics and Law – 1994-1996
Represented the University. Taught classes in apologetics and law. In apologetics, taught in the areas of doctrine of Scripture and the history of Christian thought. In law, concentrating on First Amendment law and the biblical foundations of law.
Radio Talk host, “Lifetime Ministries”
KHPE Radio – 1994-1998
This is a Christian talk-radio program widely heard throughout most of Oregon. Hosted this program several times each month. Taught theology, cultural and ethical issues.
Adjunct Professor
Southern Evangelical Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina – 1993-1999
Associate Professor of Systematic Theology
Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas – 1986-1990
Taught classes in the areas of contemporary social issues, soteriology, theology proper, ecclesiology, and sanctification
Assistant Professor of Bible and Theology
LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas – 1976-1986
Taught Greek, New Testament Literature, various Bible courses, ethics, and theology – 1976-1983 (leave of absence to attend law school 1983-1986)
Assistant Pastor
Highland Park Baptist Church, Abilene, Texas – 1975-1976
Served as a youth pastor and director of church music while attending Abilene Christian University
Teaching Fellow, and then Visiting Lecturer in Greek
Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, Portland, Oregon – 1973-1974
Taught elementary and intermediate Greek
EDUCATION
Veritas International University, School of Biblical History and Archaeology
Doctor of Philosophy abd – 2023-2024
Certificate in International Human Rights
Institut International des Droits de I’Homme, Strasbourg, France – 1998
Regent University School of Law
Studied law, culminating in a Juris Doctor degree. Served as research assistant to the Academic Dean in 1983-1984 and editor-in-chief of law review 1985-1986. Chosen by faculty to receive Corpus Juris Secundum award for outstanding legal scholarship. Assistant to the Academic Dean. Received American Jurisprudence award for Corporations Law – 1983-1986
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis
Doctor of Theology degree in Exegetical Theology, majoring in New Testament. Dissertation was on feminist hermeneutics relating to Paul’s teaching on the role of women in the church – 1977-1986
Abilene Christian University
Master of Arts degree in Biblical and Patristic Greek. Thesis was on the ministerial role of women in the ante-Nicene church – 1975-1983
Western Conservative Baptist Seminary
Master of Theology in Biblical Studies. Thesis was on divorce and remarriage in the New Testament – 1973-1974
Western Conservative Baptist Seminary
Master of Divinity in Pastoral Studies – 1970- 1973
Hardin-Simmons University
Bachelor of Arts in Classical and Hellenistic Greek, Minors in Religion and English – 1968-1970
Tomlinson College
Majored in Bible – 1966-1967
LANGUAGES STUDIED
Classical, Hellenistic, Biblical and Patristic Greek, Hebrew, Aramaic, Latin, French, German, Ugaritic, (NW Semitics: Punic, Moabite, Phoenician), Spanish
ORGANIZATIONS
Member, North American Patristics Society, 2010-current
Member, Institute for Biblical Research, 2010-current
Lifetime member of the Supreme Court Historical Society, 2010-current
Member, Board of Directors, Intelligent Design and Evolution Awareness (IDEA), 2001-current
Member, Board of Directors, National Council on Bible Curriculum in Public Schools, 1994-1995
Member, Board of Directors, Evangelical Ministries to Non-Christian Religions, 1994-current
Reserve Deputy Sheriff, Marion County Sheriff’s Office, Salem, OR, 1993-1996
Member, International Society of Christian Apologetics, 2019-current
President, Evangelical Theological Society, 1991-1992 (Program Chair, 1990-1991; Vice- President 1989-1990)
Member, Board of Directors of Evangelical Theological Society, 1991-1999
Founding President 1986-1991, and Member of Board of Directors of the Council of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, 1986-2012
Executive Director, Texas Home School Coalition, 1986-1990
Member, Task Force on Peace, Freedom and Security Studies, National Association of Evangelicals, 1988-1990
President, Christian Home Educators Fellowship (Co-Founder), 1983-1986
Legislative Aide to Texas State Legislator, 1980-1981
Member, Society of Biblical Literature, 1978-current
Member, Evangelical Theological Society, 1974-current
ARTICLES (Selected Listing)
THEOLOGY/BIBLICAL STUDIES/ETHICS
“Maranatha: Durch die Geschichte,” Bibel-Center Breckerfeld 02/2019.
“Premillennialism in the Ante-Nice Church: Why the Divide in the Early Church on Chiliasm?” BIBLIOTHECA SACRA Vol. 169, No 675 (July-Sept, 2012):271-
“Returning to Rome: Should Evangelicals Abandon the Reformation?” CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, Vol. 30, No. 6 (2007):22-31.
“Presumed Innocent until Proven Guilty,” CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, Vol. 29, No. 5 (Winter, 2006):
“God, Gender and Biblical Metaphor,” (Ch 17), JBMW 10/1, by Judy L. Brown, Spring 2005); 63-71.
“A Summary Critique: The Mythological Jesus Mysteries,” CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, Vol. 26, No. 1 (2003).
“Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins,” Parts 1, CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, Vol. 22, No. 2 (Winter, 2000):26-31, 46-49.
“Baptism for the Forgiveness of Sins,” Parts 2, CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, Vol. 22, No. 3 Spring, 2000):xx.
“With an Apology to Arius: How and When to Deal with Heresies and Heretics,” JOURNAL OF CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS, Vol. 1, No. 1 (Summer 1997):32.
“A Summary Critique: Beginning of the End,” CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL Vol. 19, No. 3 (Winter 1997):50-52.
“M. Scott Peck: Traveling Down the Wrong Road,” CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL Vol. 18, No. 4 (Spring 1996):29-32, 34, 35.
“Should Christian Use Birth Control?,” CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, vol. 18, no. 3 (Winter 1996):36-43.
“Tongues: Is the Gift for Today: No,” DISCIPLESHIP JOURNAL, vol. 15, no. 6 (Nov./Dec. 1995):69, 71, 73, 75). (Part of a Yes/No article with Sam Storms who argued for the continuation of tongues, while I argued for the cessation).
“A Summary Critique: New Age Bible Versions,” CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL Fall, 1994:46-48.
“The Bible and Divorce: Three Views,” DISCIPLESHIP JOURNAL, vol. 13, no. 3 (May/June 1993):33-40, 58, 59. “Can One Become Two?,” CHRISTIANITY TODAY, vol. 36, no. 15 (Dec. 14, 1992):33.
“Understanding the Movement Called Reconstructionism,” THE BAPTIST BULLETIN, Part 1 (June, 1992):10-13;
“Understanding the Movement Called Reconstructionism,” THE BAPTIST BULLETIN, Part.2 (July/Aug, 1992):13-14,43.
“Creation and Redemption: A Study of Kingdom Interplay,” JOURNAL OF THE EVANGELICAL THEOLOGICAL SOCIETY, Vol. 148, No. 590 (April-June, 1991):
“Resurrection, Reincarnation, and Humanness” Bibliotheca Sacra, Vol. 148, No. 590 (April 1991).
Four-part series on the book of Colossians, BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, Vol. 149, Nos. 593- 594 and Vol. 150, Nos. 597-98.
- “Heresies in the Colossian Church,” Doctrinal Issues in Colossians, BIBLIOTHECA SACRA (Jan–Mar, 1992), Part 1 (of 4 parts).”
- “The Doctrine of Christ in Colossians,” BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, April–June 1992, Part 2 (of 4 parts):180-192.
- “The Doctrine of Salvation in Colossians” BIBLIOTHECA SACRA 151 (July–Sept, 1994), Part 3 (of 4 parts):325-338.
- “The Christian Life according to Colossians” BIBLIOTHECA SACRA 151 (Oct –Dec, 1994) Part 4 (of 4 parts): 440-454.
Five-part series on the role of women in the church, BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, Vol. 145, No. 577 through Vol. 146, No. 581. A Biblical View of Women in the Ministry.
- “Neither . . . Male nor Female . . . in Christ Jesus” Part 1 (of 5 parts), BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, Jan–Mar 1988, 47-56.
- “Should a Woman Prophesy or Preach before Men? Part 2 (of 5 parts).
- “The Speaking of Women and the Prohibition of the Law, A Biblical View of Women in the Ministry Part 3 (of 5 parts)
- “The Ministry of Women in the Apostolic and Postapostolic Periods,” A Biblical View of Women in the Ministry, Part 4 (of 5 parts)
- “Distinctive Roles for Women in the Second and Third Centuries, A Biblical View of Women in the Ministry,” Part 5 (of 5 parts)
“Radical Discipleship,” BIBLE EXPOSITOR AND ILLUMINATOR, Vol. 60, No. 1 (Winter Quarter, December 1987, January-February 1988):186-88.
“What is the best way to protect myself from spiritual counterfeits?” KINDRED SPIRIT, (Summer, 1987):1, 14.
“Tongues and the Mystery Religions of Corinth,” BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, Vol. 140, No. 558 (Apr-June, 1983):134-50.
“The God of Faith is the God of History,” GOSPEL HERALD AND THE SUNDAY SCHOOL TIMES, (Fall Quarter, 1983):12-13.
“An Investigation of Black Liberation Theology,” BIBLIOTHECA SACRA, Vol. 139, No. 554 (Apr-June, 1982):159-76.
“The Value of Reason in Luther’s View of Apologetics,” CONCORDIA JOURNAL, Vol. 7, No. 2 (Mar, 1981):65-67.
“Biblical Inspiration in II Timothy 3:16,” BIBLIOTHECA SACRA Vol. 137, No. 545 (Jan- Mar, 1980):54-63.
“Paul, Women, and Contemporary Feminism,” BIBLIOTHECA SACRA Vol. 136, No 541 (Jan-Mar, 1979):40-53.
“Miscarriage or Premature Birth: Additional Thoughts on Exodus 21:22-25,” WESTMINSTER THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL (Fall, 1978):108-23.
“The Humility of God: An Interpretation of Philippians 2:5-8,” Ο ΝΕΟΣ ΘΕΟΛΟΓΟΣ Vol 1 (Spring, 1974):25-37.
“Does God Have a Spirit Body?” CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, Vol 40, Num 3 (2017): 8-9.
LAW
“The Influence of the Natural Law Theology in the Declaration of Independence on the Establishment of Personhood in the U.S. Constitution” Liberty University School of Law (2008).
“Personhood and Humanness: May they be separated in the Declaration and the Constitution,” ILLUMINE Vol. 1, No. 7 (April/May 2006):1- 7.
“Darwinism and the Law: Can Non-Naturalistic Scientific Theories Survive Constitutional Challenge?” 13 REGENT UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 88-177 (2001).
“Church Discipline and the Courts,” THE SOUTHERN BAPTIST THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL, Vol. 4, No. 4 (Winter, 2000):60-75
“A Tale of Two Kingdoms: Can There be Peaceful Coexistence of Religion with the Secular State? 13 BRIGHAM YOUNG UNIVERSITY JOURNAL OF PUBLIC LAW 203- 292 (1999).
“The Parable of the Good Samaritan: Implications for the Euthanasia Debate,” 11 ISSUES IN LAW AND MEDICINE 159-84 (1995).
“Constitutional Interpretation and the Question of Lawful Authority,” (co-authored with Jeff Aman) 18 MEMPHIS STATE UNIVERSITY LAW REVIEW 1 (1987)
WORK COMPLETED and PUBLICATION TO BE ANNOUNCED
Eschatology:
“Premillennialism in the Ante-Nicene Church: Why the Divide in the Early Church on Chiliasm”
“Josephus and the Fall of Jerusalem: An Evaluation of the Preterist View on Jerusalem in Prophecy”
“The Future of National Israel in Dispensational Thought.”
“What Did Jesus Teach the Disciples about the Postponement of the Kingdom”
“A Biblical and Theological Discussion of Traditional Dispensational Premillennialism”
“The Basis in Pre-Christian Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures for the Apostolic Preaching of the Death and Resurrection of the Messiah”
“The Hermeneutics of Historical Premillennialism and Jeremiah 31:31-34.” March, 2019
“The Clash Between Literal Interpretation and Allegorical Interpretation from the Fourth Century through the Reformation.”
“Will We Eat and Drink in the Coming Kingdom of God”
Hermeneutics:
“Philosophy of Meaning, Interpretation, and Application (delivered 2018, TBA).
“Hermeneutical and Theological Interpretation (delivered 2018, TBA).
Theology Proper:
Does the Doctrine of the Impassibility of God Invalidate Orthodox Theism? (TBA)
Open Theism: Is It a New Religion?: A Look at Pre-Christian Theism in Post Christian America.
The New Theism: Christian or Cultic? An Exegetical Response to Greg Boyd (The Partially Infinite God: Does God Know His Own Future?)
“Beyond the Boundaries of Orthodoxy: Why Open Theism Is a Theological Wasteland in Which No Attribute of God is Safe.”
Does God Know the Future? Open Theism and Predictive Prophecy”
Misc. Papers (Dates uncertain):
The Basis in Pre-Christian Judaism and the Hebrew Scriptures for the Apostolic Preaching of the Death and Resurrection of the Messiah (Institute for Christian Apologetics)
Trinitarian Baptism and Discipleship in Matthew 28:18-20: Why Are There Differences Between the Great Commission and the Acts of the Apostles Regarding Baptism?
Anti-Christian Bias in Higher Education: Problems and Solutions “The Threat of Islam to the West.”
Abandoning the Reformation, Part 1: Evangelicals and Catholics Together, What Does It All Mean?
Abandoning the Reformation, Part 2: Is Justification by Faith Alone a Peripheral Doctrine in our Discussion with Romanism?
The Truth about Truth, Vol 1 (The Truth Series)
“Raising the Standard—Refining Scholarly Approaches to New Religious Movements”
BOOKS
THEOLOGY/BIBLICAL STUDIES/ETHICS
(Complete listing; Some as author, coauthor, or editor)
THE EVANGELICAL EXEGETICAL COMMENTARY, 44 volumes (Logos, 2011-2023) Founding General Editor of series.
ZONDERVAN HANDBOOK OF BIBLICAL ARCHAEOLOGY, J. Randall Price and H. Wayne House (Zondervan, 2018).
THE HOUSE VISUAL STUDY BIBLE, ed. Non-exclusive license contracted with Olive Tree Bible Software, Accordance Bible Software, and a progressive application available on the internet as of 2019.
THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF BIBLICAL HERMENEUTICS: ESSAYS IN HONOR OF ELLIOTT E. JOHNSON, H. Wayne House and Forrest S. Weiland, eds (Lampion 2015)
FAITHFUL PREACHING: PREPARING AND DELIVERING TRANSFORMATIONAL SERMONS, H. Wayne House and Daniel G. Garland (Lampion 2015) Formerly GOD’S MESSAGE, YOUR SERMON (Thomas Nelson Publishers) 2007.
ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT GOD (Kregel, 2013). Authored with Timothy J. Demy.
ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT THE BIBLE (Kregel, 2013). Authored with Timothy J. Demy.
ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT ANGELS & DEMONS (Kregel, 2011). Authored with Timothy J. Demy.
ANSWERS TO COMMON QUESTIONS ABOUT JESUS (Kregel, 2011). Authored with Timothy J. Demy.
THE EVANGELICAL DICTIONARY OF WORLD RELIGIONS, General Editor (Baker, 2018).
THE NEW EVANGELICAL SUBORDINATIONISM? PERSPECTIVES ON THE EQUALITY OF GOD THE FATHER AND GOD THE SON (Pickwick Publications, 2012). Edited with Dennis W. Jowers.
REASONS FOR OUR HOPE: AN INTRODUCTION TO CHRISTIAN APOLOGETICS (Broadman and Holman) 2011. Authored with Dennis Jowers.
EBOOKS: BIBLICAL STUDIES FOUR VIEWS OF THE BOOK OF REVELATION (Olive Tree, 2011; Lampion House Publishing, 2020)
EBOOKS: LAW AMERICA’S CHRISTIAN HISTORY (Olive Tree, 2010)
EBOOKS: APOLOGETICS INTELLIGENT DESIGN: A NEW LOOK AT EVIDENCE ON ORIGINS (Olive Tree, 2010)
DOES GOD FEEL YOUR PAIN? (Lampion House Publishing) 2009, 2023. (Study of theodicy and impassibility)
CHRONOLOGICAL AND BACKGROUND CHARTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT, 2ND ED. (Zondervan) 2008
INTELLIGENT DESIGN 101 (Lampion House Publishing) 2008, 2023.
THE JESUS WHO NEVER LIVED: EXPOSING FALSE CHRISTS AND FINDING THE REAL JESUS (Lampion House Publishing) 2008, 2023.
“A Christian View of Government” A SUMMIT READER: ESSAYS AND LECTURES IN HONOR OF DAVID NOEBEL’S 70TH BIRTHDAY, Eds. Frank Beckwith and Michael Bauman (Summit) 2008.
“A Biblical Argument for Balanced Apologetics: How the Apostle Paul Practiced Apologetics in Acts” REASONS FOR FAITH: A SURVEY OF CONTEMPORARY CHRISTIAN ISSUES AND EVIDENCES (Essays in Honor of Bob and Gretchen Passantino), Eds. Chad Meister, Norman Geisler, and Eric Pement (Crossway) 2008.
CHARTS OF APOLOGETICS AND CHRISTIAN EVIDENCES (Zondervan) 2006.
CHARTS OF PROLEGOMENA (Kregel) 2006.
CHARTS OF WORLD RELIGIONS (Zondervan) 2006
CHARTS OF BIBLE PROPHECY (Zondervan) 2005.
CHARTS ON OPEN THEISM AND ORTHODOXY (Kregel) 2004.
DOCTRINE TWISTING (InterVarsity) (Book that compares the position of cults (similarities and dissimilarities) on the basic doctrines held by orthodox Christians) 2003. The Jesus Mysteries: Was the ‘Original Jesus’ a Pagan God?
CHRISTIAN RESEARCH JOURNAL, 26, No. 1 (2003)
THE BATTLE FOR GOD: A RESPONSE TO NEO-THEISM. Co-authored with Norman L. Geisler (Kregel) (Response to arguments by some within the evangelical camp who have adopted positions of neo-theists and process theology). 2001
“What in the World is the Church Supposed to Be Doing?” POLITICS AND PUBLIC POLICY: A CHRISTIAN RESPONSE, Eds. Timothy J. Demy & Gary P. Stewart, (Kregel, 2000).
CHARTS OF CULTS, SECTS AND RELIGIOUS MOVEMENTS (Zondervan) 2000.
“Church and State in America: What Does the Future Hold?” THE FUNDAMENTALS FOR THE TWENTY-FIRST CENTURY (Mal Couch, ed.) (Kregel) 2000.
NELSON’S NEW ILLUSTRATED BIBLE COMMENTARY, New Testament editor (Nelson). 1999
ISRAEL: THE LAND AND THE PEOPLE (book based on consultation of biblical scholars convened in Jerusalem, June, 1997, Kregel; Jews for Jesus revision). I helped organize the consultation attended by a number of notable evangelical biblical scholars including Walt Kaiser, Ray Pritz, Louis Goldberg, David Larsen, Ron Allen. 1998
NELSON STUDY BIBLE, New Testament editor (Nelson) 1997
NELSON COMMENTARY ON THE BIBLE, New Testament editor, 2000
“Apostasiva in 2 Thessalonians: Apostasy or Rapture,” WHEN THE TRUMPET SOUNDS (Harvest House Publishers) (A book on end-time controversies) 1995
THE LESS TRAVELED ROAD AND THE BIBLE (Horizon Books/Christian Publications) (Interaction with the best-selling book by M. Scott Peck). 1995. CHARTS OF CHRISTIAN THEOLOGY AND BIBLE DOCTRINE (Zondervan) 1992
“Bengel Johann Albrecht,” “Galla, Placidia,” Gregory of Nazianzus,” Gregory of Nyssa,” “Gregory of Tours,” Hippolytus,” “Pachomius,” “Papias,” “Paul of Samosata,” in WHO’S WHO IN CHRISTIAN HISTORY (J. D. Douglas et al.) (Wheaton, IL: Tyndale House, 1992).
LIVING WISELY IN A FOOLISH WORLD (Nelson; Kregel, 1997) (Wisdom on various matters from the book of Proverbs) 1992, 1997
“Principles to Use in Establishing Women in Ministry,” RECOVERING BIBLICAL MANHOOD AND WOMANHOOD (Crossway) 1991
DIVORCE AND REMARRIAGE: FOUR CHRISTIAN VIEWS (InterVarsity) 1990
DOMINION THEOLOGY: BLESSING OR CURSE? (Multnomah) (Interaction with Christian Reconstructionism) 1988
SCHOOLING CHOICES: PUBLIC, PRIVATE, AND HOME EDUCATION (Multnomah) 1988
CHRONOLOGICAL AND BACKGROUND CHARTS OF THE NEW TESTAMENT (Zondervan) 1981
BIBLICAL COVENANTALISM: AN INTRODUCTION TO DISPENSATIONAL THEOLOGY (Lampion House Publishing, LLC) (A new approach to discussing dispensational theology) 2025
LAW
“Abortion and Birth Control (5-7),” “Capital Punishment (39-41),” “Zoning (271, 272),” ENCYCLOPEDIA OF RELIGION IN AMERICAN POLITICS, Eds. Jeffrey D. Schultz, John G. West, Jr., and Iain Maclean (Oryx Press, 1999). Article on Abortion and Birth Control written in conjunction with Francis Beckwith.
THE CHRISTIAN AND AMERICAN LAW (book based on consultation of theologians and legal scholars convened in Washington, D.C., March, 1993 and sponsored by the National Association of Evangelicals; Kregel). I helped organize the consultation attended by a number of notable evangelicals including R.C. Sproul, Gleason Archer, Harold O.J. Brown, Carl F. H. Henry, Herb Titus.
CHRISTIAN MINISTRIES AND THE LAW (Baker; Kregel) (Book to assist churches and para–church organizations on legal matters) rev. ed. 1999.
THE DEATH PENALTY DEBATE (Word) (Pro-Con book with John Howard Yoder)
RESTORING THE CONSTITUTION (Probe and Word)
DICTIONARY CONTRIBUTIONS
“What Are Some Apologetic Approaches?”; What About the Alternative “Gospels”?”; “What Is the Internal Evidence for the Historical Reliability of the New Testament?”; THE HARVEST HANDBOOK OF APOLOGETICS (Joseph M. Holden, Gen. Ed.) (Harvest House Publishers, 2018).
“Beth-Togarmah,” “Kue,” “Phaselis,” “Rassis,” EERDMANS DICTIONARY OF THE BIBLE (David Noel Freedman, gen. ed.) (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 2000)
“Wine,” “Ham,” “Galilee, Sea of,” “Lucifer,” “Philemon,” “Philemon, Letter to” BAKER ENCYCLOPEDIA OF THE BIBLE (Walter A. Elwell, gen. ed.) (Grand Rapids: Baker Book House, 2000)
“Bar-Kochba Revolt (132-136 CE),” “Bar Kochba, Simon (d. 135 CE),” WAR AND RELIGION: AN ENCYCLOPEDIA OF FAITH AND CONFLICT (Jeffrey M. Shaw and Timothy J. Demy, eds, 2017)
“Albright, W. F.,” “Brown v. Board of Education,” “Cessationism,” “Children of God (The Family),” “Church of God (Cleveland, TN),” “Church of God of Prophecy,” “Conservative Baptist Association,” “Humanist Manifesto,” “Jews for Jesus” “Liberation Theology,” “Process Theology,” “Roe v. Wade,” “Science and Christianity,” “United Pentecostal Church International,” ENCYCLOPEDIA OF CHRISTIANITY IN THE UNITED STATES: 5 VOLUMES (George Thomas Kurian and Mark A. Lamport, 2016)
WORK COMPLETED and PUBLICATION TO BE ANNOUNCED
DICTIONARY OF HERESIES AND HERETICS IN EARLY CHRISTIANITY: THE FIRST SEVEN CENTURIES OF THE CHURCH, Gen Ed., H. Wayne House (First draft completed and seeking publisher, 2025).
CHARTING PATRISTIC THEOLOGY (to be published spring 2025; completed)
CHARTING THE NEW TESTAMENT (to be published spring 2025; completed)
SELECTED ARTICLES ON THE BIBLICAL TEACHING OF PRETRIBULATIONISM (2024)
SELECTED ARTICLES ON OPEN THEISM (2024) SELECTED ARTICLES ON CONSTITUTIONAL LAW (2024)
COURSES TAUGHT
Theology: Systematic Theology (Prolegomena, Bibliology, Theology Proper, Christology, Angelology, Anthropology, Hamartiology, Soteriology, Eccesiology), Theology and Culture, Contemporary Theology, Current Issues in Theology, Historical Theology, Current Issues in Christian Thought, Liberation Theology, Hermeneutics (Ph.D. course, Hermeneutics (Ph.D. course)
Law: Biblical Foundations of Law, Religion and the Law, Christian Ministries and the Law, Business Law, Legal Institutions and Values, Constitutional Law, Criminal Law; Marxism (its history and nature)
Counseling: Biblical Foundations of Counseling
Ethics: Introduction to Christian Ethics
Biblical Studies: Genesis, Joshua, Judges, Ruth, Psalms, Proverbs, Job, Isaiah, Minor Prophets, Matthew, Mark, John, Acts, Romans, 1 Corinthians, Colossians, Hebrews, 1 Thessalonians, Jude, Old Testament Survey, New Testament Survey, The Historical Jesus and the Jesus Seminar, Christian Origins, Culture and Geography of the Biblical World, Biblical Archaeology and History (Ph.D. course)
Languages: Elementary Greek, Intermediate Greek, Introduction to Greek Exegesis, Elementary Hebrew
Apologetics: Introduction to Apologetics, World Religions, Introduction to the Cults, Christianity and Science.
Philosophy: Introduction to Logic.
SPEAKING
INTERNATIONAL SPEAKING
(I have given lectures or been a professor at the following places)
Faith Seminary, Nuku’alofa, Tonga
Christ’s University of the Pacific, Tonga
Seoul and Pusan, Korea
Zaria and Abuja, Nigeria
Accra and Kumasi, Ghana
The University of Strasbourg, Strasbourg, France (International Human Rights Law)
Word of God Bible School, Kiev, Ukraine
Bibelschule Brake/Brake Bible Institute, Brake, Germany
Bibel-Center, Freie Theologische Fachschule, Breckerfeld, Germany
Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary, Amman, Jordan
Bar-Ilan University, Tel Aviv, Israel (Orthodox Jewish University, Tel Aviv, Israel)
NATIONAL SPEAKING
Taught at Summit Ministries, 1999-2011 on Christian Perspective of Law and Government; Biblical Archaeology; Theology.
Spoke at the U. S. Capitol on “The Nature and Importance of the Natural Law Theology of the Declaration of Independence on the U. S. Constitution” (2011).
Spoke at the U. S. Capitol on “The Unequal Relationship of the Branches of Government Found in the U. S. Constitution” (2013)
Gerhard Hasel Lectureship, Southern Adventist University
Midwestern Baptist Seminary
New Orleans Baptist Seminary
Evangelical Ministries to New Religions Conferences
Has preached at numerous churches and academic conferences (Evangelical Theological Society for more than 40 years).
LECTURESHIPS AND DEBATES
Southern California University (2023): The Emergence of a Gnostic View of Scripture in Modern Evangelicalism
Liberty University School of Law (2008): Natural Law Theology in the Declaration of Independence and Its Establishment of Personhood in the U. S. Constitution.
Southern Adventist University (2007) Gerhard Hasel Lectureship: The Jesus Who Never Lived: False Christs and the Authentic Jesus.
Bryan College (2006): May Personhood and Humanness Be Separated in the Declaration and the United States Constitution?
Tyndale Theological Seminary (2004): Open Theism and the Verdict of History
Tyndale Theological Seminary (2002): The Christian and the Rise of Islam in the West
Michigan Theological Seminary (1996): Can Roman Catholics and Evangelicals Really Come Together?
Cornerstone Festival (2000): Doctrine Twisting: How the Cults Distort the Doctrines of the Bible
Master’s College (1994): The Role of Women in the Home and the Church
Tomlinson College (1991): The Bible and Homosexuality Today
Simon Greenleaf University (1990): The Christian and the U. S. Constitution.
Mars Hill Debate (1989): Changing Society Through Christian Activism: Is It Biblical? (debate with Dave Hunt)
In addition to the foregoing, I have been involved in hundreds of radio and television interviews, including a radio talk show host at KYKN, Salem, Oregon and WMUZ, Detroit. Also, I have participated in other debates and have given lectures at several colleges and retreats on a variety of subjects in law, ethics, social issues, theology, and biblical studies, and generally present at least one scholarly paper each year at the Evangelical Theological Society’s national meeting, and occasionally at regional ETS meetings, and the Evangelical Ministries to New Religions.
INTERNATIONAL TOURS
Taught and directed a number of tours to the following countries in the Mediterranean and Middle East, particularly with the Biblical Archaeological Society: Israel, Greece, Egypt, Jordan, Italy, Turkey.
ARCHAEOLOGY
Involved, along with wife, in the excavation of Tall el-Hammam in Jordan for four years, another two years by myself.
