David Janssen

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.
Share:

RECENTLY ADDED

Did Moses See God Face to Face? Exodus 33:11 vs 33:20 

While editing Geoff Stevens’s commentary on Exodus for the soon-to-be-released “Volume 1, The Torah,” of our Grace Old Testament Commentary, I came across a discrepancy I’d not noticed before. Geoff and I...

Do the Birds in the Parables of Matthew 13 and Mark 4 Represent Satan?

Welcome to the Grace in Focus podcast. Bob Wilkin and Ken Yates are answering a question about birds that appear in parables. There is the...

Did the Church Replace Israel? (Luke 4:26-27) 

In Luke 4:18-27, Jesus preaches a sermon in the synagogue at Nazareth. In the sermon, He mentions two OT Gentiles—one a widow, the other a military leader—who responded favorably...

GRACE IN FOCUS RADIO

Listen on Apple Podcasts
Listen on Spotify
Listen on YouTube

GRACE IN FOCUS MAGAZINE

Grace in Focus is sent to subscribers in the United States free of charge.

The primary source of Grace Evangelical Society’s funding is through charitable contributions. GES uses all contributions and proceeds from the sales of our resources to further the gospel of grace in the United States and abroad.