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Education

  • Ph.D., Theology and Ethics, Duke University, Durham, North Carolina, 1996
  • M.A., Biblical Studies, New College for Advanced Christian Studies, Berkeley, California, 1990
  • B.A., Christian Education and Social Science, Wheaton College, Wheaton, Illinois, 1979
I am grateful that I have been mentored and discipled by professors and people I have worked with in ministry, and I'm grateful that I now have the opportunity to mentor students here at the Fresno Pacific Biblical Seminary.

Publications & Presentations

  • Ministering in Honor-Shame Cultures: Biblical Foundations and Practical Essentials, co-author with Jayson Georges (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2016).
  • Gálatas, Comentario Bíblico Iberoamericano (Buenos Aires: Ediciones Kairós, 2014).
  • Centrado en Jesús (Lima: Ediciones Shalom and Guatemala: Ediciones Semilla, 2013).
  • Freedom Gospel (in Amharic), co-author with Kefalew Eticha (Addis Ababa: Baranna, 2011).
  • Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament & Contemporary Contexts, revised ed., co-author with Joel B. Green (Downers Grove, IL: IVP Academic, 2011).
  • Korean language edition: Seoul: Joy Mission Press, 2014.
  • Proclaiming the Scandal of the Cross: Contemporary Images of Atonement, editor (Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2006).
  • ¡Basta de religión!: Cómo construir comunidades de gracia y libertad (Buenos Aires: Ediciones Kairós, 2005).
  • Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament & Contemporary Contexts, co-author with Joel B. Green (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 2000).
  • British Edition: Carlisle: Paternoster, 2003.
  • ¿Dios de ira o Dios de amor?: Cómo superar la inseguridad y ser libres para servir (Buenos Aires: Ediciones Kairós, 2000, 2nd edition 2007).
  • Religious No More: Building Communities of Grace and Freedom (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity, 1999).