Experts on "Bible"
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David Talley
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
Interim Co-Chair, Biblical Studies and Theology
- Bible
- church leadership
- counseling
- discipleship
- doctrine
- gender and theology
- God
- guilt
- issues within the church community
- Jesus
- leadership
- ministry
- Old Testament
- pastoring
- preaching
- theology
David Horner
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
- abortion
- ancient philosophy
- appologetics
- Bible
- bioethics
- character development
- Christianity and spirituality
- Christian thought
- church
- church history
- Christian worldview
- ethics
- euthanasia
- evil
- faith and reason
- homosexuality
- integration of faith and learning
- medieval philosophy
- morality
- moral relativism
- music
- philosophy
- philosophy of religion
- postmodernism
- religion
- religion and American culture
- resurrection
- sex
- philosophy
- truth
- worship
Henry Holloman
Professor of Systematic Theology
Chair, Systematic and Historical Theology Department
- spirituality
- spiritual formation
- theology
John Bloom
Professor of Physics
- apologetics
- archaeology of the Bible
- astronomy and space
- computers
- creation
- energy
- evolution
- Intelligent Design
- philosophy of science
- physical science
- physics
- prophecy
- religion and science
- science
Marla Campbell
Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies
Program Director, Ph.D. Program
- Biblical integration
- character development
- communication
- Christian education
- education
- cross-cultural education
- cultural diversity
- intercultural studies
- integration
- missions
- multicultural issues
- spiritual formation
- teaching
- women's issues
John Hutchison
Professor of Bible Exposition
Chair, Bible Exposition Department
- Bible
- Bible Interpretation
- Biblical teaching on the role and purpose of trials and suffering
- Jesus
- Life of Christ
- New Testament
- Old Testament
- trials and suffering
Leonard N. (Len) Bartlotti
Associate Professor of Intercultural Studies
- Asia
- Church planting
- cross-cultural issues
- Culture
- Evangelism
- Faith-based organizations
- Healing
- Holy Spirit
- Intercultural Studies
- Islam
- Middle East Studies
- Missions
- Para-Church organizations
- religion
- Spiritual Warfare
- World Religions
- Afghanistan
- Pakistan
- folklore
- Central Asia
- ethnicity
- Pashtuns
- Taliban
- Muslims
- Christian-Muslim relations
- Pashto (language)
- North West Frontier Provence

Craig Hazen
Associate Professor of Comparative Religion and Apologetics
Director, M.A. Program in Christian Apologetics
- apologetics
- Christian thought
- Church history
- comparative religion
- cults
- doctrine
- evil
- evolution
- faith
- faith-based organizations
- God
- healing
- Hinduism
- Historical Jesus
- homosexuality
- intelligent design
- Islam
- Jehovah's Witnesses
- Jesus
- miracles
- moral relativism
- Mormonism
- New Age
- New Testament
- occult
- para-church organization
- philosophy
- philosophy of religion
- philosophy of science
- pop culture and Christianity
- postmodernism
- religion
- religion and American culture
- religion and science
- resurrection
- salvation
- science
- scientology
- spiritual formation
- theology
- world religions
Kenneth Berding
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
- Bible (Paul in particular)
- Bible interpretation
- Biblical languages (Greek)
- Holy Spirit
- New Testament
- Spiritual gifts
Ronald Pierce
Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
- Arab-Israeli conflict
- Bible Interpretation
- gender and theology
- Old Testament
- Palestinians
- women
- world religions and religious issues
Richard Rigsby
Professor of Old Testament and Semitics
Director, Talbot/Bible Lands Program
- Old Testament
- Hebrew
- Post-Exilic profpets
- Bible lands
Edward Curtis
Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
- Old Testament
- Genesis
- Song of Solomon
- Job
- Old Testament Wisdom Literature
Matt Jenson
Assistant Professor of Theology
Torrey Honors Institute
- Sin
- Salvation
- Theology
Clinton Arnold
Professor of New Testament Language and Literature
Chair, New Testament Department
- The Bible
- Original Bible manuscripts
- Modern Bible translations
- New Testament
- The Bible in Graeco-Roman Context
- Folk Belief and Animism in Biblical Context
- Gnosticism
- Spirits, Angels, and the Supernatural
- Spiritual Warfare
Edward Klink III
Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
- Bible Interpretation
- Christian thought
- hermeneutics
- Jesus
- New Testament
Joseph Henderson
Assistant Professor
- Africa
- arts and humanities
- Bible
- Bible Interpretation
- Biblical languages
- English
- hermeneutics
- literary criticism
- literature
- Old Testament
- rhetoric
Alan Hultberg
Assistant Professor of Bible Exposition and New Testament
- Bible Exposition
- Apocalypse
- New Testament
- New Testament use of the Old Testament
K. Erik Thoennes
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
- apologetics
- arts and humanities
- attributes of God
- Bible
- character development
- character of God
- Christian Education
- Christian view of sports, competition, and play
- Christian thought
- church
- church growth
- church planting
- clergy
- competition
- counseling
- culture
- cultural diversity
- death
- discipleship
- doctrine
- eating disorders
- emotions (God's and human)
- evangelism
- evil
- exercise
- faith
- faith-based organizations
- gender and sexuality
- gender and theology
- God
- Godly jealousy
- guilt
- health
- hermeneutics
- Hinduism
- Holy Spirit
- theology of humor
- India
- jealousy
- Jesus
- leadership
- marriage
- mentoring
- ministry
- miracles
- missions
- moral relativism
- nature of God
- New Testament
- Old Testament
- para-church organizations
- pastoring
- pop culture and Christianity
- postmodernism
- preaching
- prophecy
- racial issues
- religion
- religion and American culture
- resurrection
- revival
- salvation
- sex
- sin
- spirituality
- spiritual formation
- sports and fitness
- sports ministry
- theology of sports/play
- teaching
- theology
- trinity
- uniqueness of Jesus
- war
- worship

Albert Lin
Associate Professor
- Biblical languages
- biological sciences
- medicine
- neuroscience
- nutrition
- pharmacology
R. Douglas Geivett
Professor of Philosophy of Religion and Ethics
- apologists
- Christian thought
- cinema
- culture
- debate
- evil
- film
- God
- historical Jesus
- home schooling
- Jesus
- miracles
- movies
- philosophy
- philosophy of religion
- pop culture and Christianity
- postmodernism
- religion
- religon and American culture
- religion and science
- resurrection
- soul
- spirituality
Clay Jones
Christian Apologetics Faculty
- apologetics
- Bible
- Christianity and Spirituality
- demons
- homosexuality
- Problem of evil
- God
- Jesus
- marriage
- marriage and family
- morality
- radio
- Resurrection
- suffering
- spirituality
- spiritual formation
- spiritual warfare
- world religions and religious issues
- PETCA (People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals)
Greg Peters
Assistant Professor of Torrey Honors Institute
- Byzantine history and thought
- church history
- medieval theology
- spirituality
- spiritual formation
- theology
Michelle Lee-Barnewall
Associate Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
- New Testament
- Body of Christ
- Paul
J.P. Moreland
Distinguished Professor of Philosophy
- abortion
- apologetics
- artificial intelligence
- brain research
- creation
- ethics
- euthanasia
- evolution
- existence of God
- God
- healing
- Historical Jesus
- intelligent design
- miracles
- moral relativism
- philosophy
- philosophy of science
- postmodernism
- physician-assisted suicide
- science and religion
- soul
Walter Russell
Professor of Bible Exposition
- Exegesis
- Hermeneutics
- New Testament
- Evangelism
- Spiritual growth
- University teaching
- Collegiate ministries
- Church planting
- Pastoring
Robert Lister
Assistant Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies
- Bible
- Family
- Gender and Theology
- God
- Marriage
- Parenting
- Sex
- Theology
Victor Rhee
Associate Professor of New Testament Language and Literature
Director, Korean Talbot Institute of Biblical Studies
- Bible
- Bible interpretation
- Biblical languages
- cross-cultural issues
- cultural diversity
- discipleship
- pastoring
- preaching
- teaching
Thomas Crisp
Associate Professor
- evil
- God
- morality
- moral relativism
- philosophy
- philosophy of physics
- philosophy of science
- philosophy of religion
- soul
- time
Thomas Finley
Professor of Old Testament and Semitics
Chair, Old Testament and Semitics Department
- Aramaic
- archaeology of the Bible
- Biblical languages
- Biblical languages
- Dead Sea Scrolls
- Genesis
- Old Testament
- Prophets (Joel, Amos, Obadiah, Micah)
Robert Llizo
Lecturer
- Arts and Humanities
- Christian Thought
- Church History
- History
- Philosophy
- Medieval philosophy
- Early and Modern philosophy
- History of Monastic movements
- hagiography
- Religion
- Spirituality
- Theology
- World history
- Worship




























