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LATEST BOOKS, ARTICLES, & REVIEWS
2021
Co-Editor & Contributor, Historical Theology for the Church (B&H Academic, February 2021).
“The Lord’s Remembrancer,” For the Church, February 25, 2021.
General Editor, The Lost Sermons of C. H. Spurgeon, Vol. 5. (B&H Academic, April 2021).
“William Carey: Keeping the Grand End in View,” Midwestern Magazine, Spring 2021.
Book Review: “John Piper Goes Further Up and Further Into the Doctrine of God’s Providence,” Christianity Today, May 11, 2021.
The Moon Speaks (B&H Kids, May 2021). Honorable Mention Recipient, “The Gospel Coalition 2021 Book Awards,” Children’s Category.
“Pre-beginnings: George Liele, William Carey, and Adoniram Judson,” in Making Disciples of All Nations: History of Southern Baptist Missions (Kregel, Summer 2021).
“What Nature Can (and Should) Teach Kids About God,” For The Church, July 15, 2021.
“A Symphonious Approach to the History of Missions,” Midwestern Magazine, Fall 2021.
“Don’t Follow Your Heart,” in Tabletalk (October 2021).
General Editor, The Lost Sermons of C. H. Spurgeon, Vol. 6. (B&H Academic, December 2021).
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“Is There A Baptist Contribution to Political Theology? A Response,” in Proceedings of the ERLC Research Institute (Leland House Press, forthcoming).
“Carl F. H. Henry,” with Jesse Payne in Baptist Political Theology, Andrew Walker, Paul D. Miller, and Thomas S. Kidd, eds. (B&H Academic, forthcoming, June 2022).
“Preface,” in Wyman Richardson ed., The Collected Writings of James Leo Garrett Jr., 1950-2015, Volume 6: Roman Catholic Church (Resource Publications, forthcoming, 2022).
General Editor & co-Volume Editor, The Lost Sermons of C. H. Spurgeon, Vol. 7. (B&H Academic, forthcoming, November 2022).
“An Assessment of a Magnum Opus: James Leo Garrett Jr’s “Baptist Theology” As A Gift to 21st Century Baptists,” in SWJT, forthcoming, Fall 2022.
Baptist Confessions (Tentative Title) (Christian Focus, forthcoming, 2023).
2020
“Packer’s Dusty Puritan Discovery Still Guides and Helps,” For the Church, January 9, 2020.
“The Most Important Discipline I Learned in Seminary,” For the Church, February 19, 2020
“The Great American Novel: Moby-Dick and Unparalleled Theological Symbolism,” Credo Magazine, March 11, 2020.
“The Wittenberg Door of American Evangelical Missions,” ABWE, March 16, 2020.
“A Fisherman in Ireland: The Enduring Relevance of Patrick,” For the Church, March 17, 2020.
“For the Church as a Means to the End at the End,” Midwestern Magazine, March 2020.
“Friendship to the Nth Power,” For the Church, April 10, 2020.
“Shepherding College Students Called to Ministry in the Midst of a Pandemic,” For the Church, May 5, 2020.
“On First Looking into Spurgeon’s Sermons,” The Spurgeon Library, May 14, 2020.
“Baptist Contributions to the Christian Tradition,” in Baptists and the Christian Tradition, Matthew Y. Emerson, Christopher W. Morgan, and R. Lucas Stamps, eds. (B&H Academic, June 2020).
“Reading Slowly to See Heaven on Earth,” For the Church, August 25, 2020.
“The Theological Educator as Sherpa,” For the Church, September 29, 2020
General Editor & Volume Editor, The Lost Sermons of C. H. Spurgeon, Vol. 4. (B&H Academic, 2020).
Book Review: “Reenchanting Humanity: A Theology of Mankind.” Eikon, Fall 2020.
“For us, and our salvation, He came down — An Athanasian Sonnet for Advent.” Credo Magazine, December 11, 2020.
2019
“Faith Alone” in Sola: How the Five Solas are Still Reforming the Church (Moody, 2019).
“The Picture of Hope in Suffering,” For the Church, January 29, 2019.
Book Review: “The Year of Our Lord, 1943,” ERLC (February 25, 2019).
“The Most Important Discovery I Learned in Seminary,” For the Church, March 15, 2019.
“A Fisherman in Ireland: The Enduring Relevance of Patrick,” Evangelical History, March 15, 2019.
“Henry Jessey (1601-1663)” in The British Particular Baptists, vol 1, revised Ed. Michael A. G. Haykin and Terry Wolever, ed. (Particular Baptist Press, 2019)
“Why Every Christian Should Read Mere Christianity,” Midwestern Magazine, Issue 37 (Spring 2019).
“The Silver Chair and the Solas,” For the Church, April 16, 2019.
“Glorify God: The Shared Task of Churches & Seminaries,” Baptist Press, April 18, 2019.
“Is this a Dream? Engaging Today’s Cultural Reality with Hope,” Theology for Life, May 2, 2019.
“Raising Kids in a World of Cynicism and Worry,” in Home Life, June 2019.
“Glorify God: the Shared Task of Churches & Seminaries,” For the Church, June 6, 2019.
“Gentlemen Shepherds and Invisible Sherpas: The Task of Theological Educators,” Permanent Things 1:1 (2019): 58-65.
“Friendship to the Nth Power: Tolkien, a review,” Credo Magazine (June 2019).
“On First Looking into Spurgeon’s Sermons,” For the Church, July 2, 2019.
“The Wittenberg Door of American Evangelical Missions,” For the Church, August 28, 2019.
“Thankfulness Always: Reflections on Five Years as Provost,” For the Church, September 3, 2019.
Book Review: Letters to My Students, Vol. 1, The Spurgeon Library, September 23, 2019
“The Christian, Art, and Rediscovering John the Baptist,” For the Church, October 10, 2019.
“Thankfulness Always: Reflections on Five Years as Provost,” Midwestern Magazine, Issue 38 (Fall 2019).
“Hope Before a Watching World,” in Tabletalk, November 2019.
“A Biblical View of the Nations,” in David S. Dockery and Trevin K. Wax, eds. Christian Worldview Handbook (Holman Reference, 2019), 449-452.
“Christians, Art, Rediscovering John the Baptist,” The Pathway, November 4, 2019.
“The Poetry of Earth is Never Dead,” For the Church, November 14, 2019.
“The Theological Educator as Sherpa,” For the Church, December 4, 2019.
“What did Charles Spurgeon Preach at Christmas?” The Spurgeon Library, December 16, 2019.
“Chesterton, Dickens, and Comfort in the Fog,” The Gospel Coalition, December 22, 2019.
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LATEST PRESENTATIONS
2021
“The Most Important Directive I Learned in Seminary,” Chapel Sermon on 1 Samuel 16, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO, January 20, 2021.
2020
“The Most Important Diagnosis I Learned in Seminary,” Chapel Sermon on 1 Samuel 16, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO, January 20, 2021.
“Loving God: Mid-Winter Bible Study,” Fee Fee Baptist Church, St. Louis, MO, February 9, 2020.
“Beauty for Trials: God Knows the Way Out,” Chapel Sermon on James 1:12-18, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO, August 26, 2020.
“Creeds Added to the Bible? Defining and Defending Baptist Confessionalism,” Paper Presentation at the National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, November 18, 2020.
“Ask the Experts: Why Does Martin Luther’s 500 Year Old Reformation Matter?,” Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO, December 8, 2020.
2019
“The Most Important Discovery I Learned in Seminary,” Chapel Sermon on 1 Corinthians 10:11, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO, January 29, 2019.
“The Most Important Discipline I Learned in My 20s: Conquering Sin by Remembering and Reminding,” Chapel Sermon on Ephesians 2:11-13, Cedarville University, February 20, 2019.
“Is this a dream? No, It’s far worse … and better,” Chapel Sermon on Psalm 73, Cedarville University, February 21, 2019.
“Mere Hope: Ministry in an Age of Cynicism.” 2019 BCI Ministry Life Retreat, April 25-27, 2019 – Hotel Renovo, Des Moines, Iowa
“The Poetry of Earth is Never Dead,” Chapel Sermon on Romans 1:18-21, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, MO, August 21, 2019.
“Theology in a Post-Modern World: Addressing Contemporary Challenges to Key Doctrines,” Workshop Session at the For the Church National Conference, Kansas City, MO, September 24, 2019.
“Conquering Sin by Remembering and Reminding,” Sermon on Ephesians 2:11-13, Liberty Baptist Church, Liberty, MO, October 6, 2019.
“Romans 15, Adoniram Judson, and Reaching the Unreached,” Address at the Faith Community Church Missions Banquet, Kansas City, MO, November 17, 2019.
“Who’s On First: Leile or Carey? Assessing the Implications of the Father of Modern Missions,” Paper Presentation at the National Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, CA, November 20-22, 2019
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LATEST INTERVIEWS & NEWS
2021
“Who Was George Liele? Jason Duesing on the First African-American Missionary,” ABWE Missions Podcast, February 8, 2021.
“Fusion program trains up ‘world Christians,” The Pathway, February 9, 2021.
“Midwestern Seminary to offer online courses featuring live faculty lectures,” Baptist Press, February 11, 2021.
“Midwestern’s Spurgeon Library receives donation, releases latest Lost Sermons volume,” Midwestern Seminary, February 18, 2021.
“Historical Theology for the Church with Nathan Finn,” Preaching & Preachers podcast, April 12, 2021.
“Missions professor Joe M. Allen added to faculty, alongside additional faculty appointments,” Midwestern Seminary, May 3, 2021.
“In-person graduation ceremonies bring sense of normalcy to MBTS,” Baptist Press, May 12, 2021.
“The Moon Speaks,” The Bible for Kids podcast, May 24, 2021.
“Rudy González joins Midwestern Seminary faculty to assist with new Spanish Ph.D. program,” Midwestern Seminary, June 11, 2021.
“MBTS professor’s book points children to revelation in nature,” The Pathway, June 14, 2021.
2020
“Midwestern Seminary announces organizational structure changes,” Baptist Press, January 30, 2020.
“Annual George Liele Day added to SBC calendar,” Baptist Press, February 19, 2020.
“MBTS expands, adapts summer offerings,” Baptist Press, April 14, 2020.
“Chang hired at MBTS Spurgeon Library Curator,” Baptist Press, April 15, 2020.
“Midwestern Seminary & Spurgeon College make the most of commencement 2020,” Baptist Press, May 4, 2020.
“Schreiner to join MBTS faculty,” Baptist Press, May 11, 2020.
“Midwestern Seminary faculty contribute to ’24 Hours with Charles Spurgeon’,” Baptist Press, May 13, 2020.
“Ministry Minded Podcast with Brad Gray,” November 9, 2020.
“Q&A: Jason Duesing and Geoff Chang on Volume 4 of Spurgeon’s Lost Sermons,” For the Church, November 17, 2020.
“Christians Educators Weekly Podcast with Andy Braams,” November 30, 2020.
2019
“MLK taught as ‘Christian hero’ at SBC Seminaries,” Baptist Press, January 18, 2019.
“MBTS introduces two new PhD emphases,” Baptist Press, February 26, 2019.
“None Greater: Matthew Barrett on the Undomesticated Attributes of God (Part 1),” Credo Podcast, March 4, 2019.
“218 degrees mark Midwestern’s largest commencement,” Baptist Press, May 9, 2019.
“Experiencing Hope and Rest at the 2019 Ministry Life Retreat,” Iowa Baptist News, May 9, 2019.
“New MBTS journal addresses cultural engagement,” Baptist Press, June 6, 2019.
“Southern Baptist scholars featured at ETS meeting,” Baptist Press, November 25, 2019.
“The 2019 FTC Book Awards,” For the Church, December 10, 2019.
- Research Fellow, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission
- Academic Editor, Midwestern Journal of Theology
- General Editor, For the Church Resources
- General Editor, The Lost Sermons of C.H. Spurgeon, Vols. 4-7 (B&H Academic)
- Content Editor, B&H Academic
- Editorial Board, Monographs in Baptist History (Wipf & Stock)
- Editorial Board, The Journal of Andrew Fuller Studies
- Member, Baptist Studies Study Group, Evangelical Theological Society
- Review Board, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society