Education

  • B.S. in Electrical Engineering, North Dakota State University, Fargo, 1979.
  • Th.M. in Pastoral Ministry, Dallas Theological Seminary, 1986.
  • D.Min, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, Portland, 1996.

Ministry Experience

  • Taught “Walk Thru the Prophets” in Lay Institute at Dallas Theological Seminary, Fall 1985.
  • Taught “The Charismatic Movement” in Lay Institute at Dallas Theological Seminary, Spring 1986.
  • High School (10th-12th grades) Released Time Bible Teacher at the Minidoka Christian Education Association, Rupert, ID. Full time, five days a week during the school year. 1986-2000.
  • OT Seminar instructor with Walk the Bible Ministries, 1988-90.
  • Taught “Walk Thru the Prophets” at Jackson Hole Bible College, Jackson, WY. One week class, one time a year. 2011-2023.
  • Taught “Walk Thru the Prophets” or “The Minor Prophets” at His Hill Bible College, Comfort, TX. One week class, one time a year. 2016 – present.
  • Pastor of Spiritual Growth, Grace Community Bible Church, Sandy, UT. 2000 – present.

Publications

  • D.Min. Dissertation Project: “A Curriculum Design Manual for a High School Released Time Program,” 1996.
  • “Hebrews Provides a Model for How to Encourage ‘Stuck’ Believers to Get Growing,” Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society (volume 23, number 44), Spring 2010, pp. 75-92.
  • “Why It Matters That Hebrews Was Written to Believers,” Grace in Focus, July & August, 2014, pp. 20-23.
  • “The Usefulness of Faith (James 2.14-26),” Grace in Focus, January & February 2015, pp. 9-11.
  • “Faith Without Works is Still Faith,” Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society (volume 37, number 72), Spring 2024, pp. 21-40.