Lincoln Christian University

Professor of Spiritual Formation
Office: C105
Phone: 217.732.3168 ext. 2253

Education

• Doctor of Ministry, Azusa Pacific University (2006)
• Master of Divinity, Lincoln Christian University (1994)
• Master of Arts, Lincoln Christian University (1980)
• Bachelor of Arts, Lincoln Christian University (1978)

Appointed to Faculty:1986

Professional / Academic Activites:

• Society for the Study of Christian Spirituality
• Stone-Campbell Journal Conference

Courses:

• BI111 Principles of Bible Study 1
• BL243/244 Elementary Greek 1 & 2
• BL443 Advanced New Testament Exegesis
• NT/HI242 Acts
• NT343 Romans
• BI411/412 Senior Seminar in Bible
• TH/SF366 Christian Compassion
• SF398 Readings in Contemporary Christian Spirituality
• DMIN 1002 Developing a Devotionally Shaped Ministry

Additional Professional Experience:

• "A Harmony of the Numbering Systems in the Works of Flavius Josephus" (Kregel, 1978)
• Handbook for Elementary Greek (LCC Press, 1987)
• New Testament Greek for Preachers and Teachers (University Press of America, 1991)
• "Give to the Evil Person," in The Preachers' Teacher: The Meaning and Message of the Sermon on the Mount. Studies in Honor of Dr. Marion Henderson. (Covenant Publishers, 2003: 71-80).
• Reflections column and other articles for The Christian Standard
• Book reviews in The Stone-Campbell Journal

Personal:

• Married to Miriam Rae Beaver at First Christian Church, Dalhart, TX, June 1977
• Son, Lukas Neal (1980), and daughter, Melissa Charis (1985), both married