About
I’ve always loved to write.
In the early nineties I became a prolific writer mainly in the Christian Evangelical market–even to the point of putting food on the table and paying rent at some points. But, obviously, I didn’t do it just for the money. I did it because that was who I was.
I published many articles and book reviews in magazines and periodicals such as Christianity Today, World magazine, Chuck Colson’s Breakpoint Radio, Biblical Horizons newsletter, Biblical Worldview magazine, ghostwrote some books, and co-authored a couple.
After awhile I also discovered I could teach in public settings and I got chances to improve in that way as well. This led me to go to Covenant Theological Seminary. There I mostly alleviated my need to write by doing papers for classes. (I earned the 1997 Aiken Taylor Church History award for my theological history paper, Real Union or Legal Fiction? John Williamson Nevin’s Controversy with Charles Hodge Over the Imputation of Adam’s Sin.) I also wrote a couple of book reviews for Christianity Today and a few articles for Table Talk.
The invention of blogging was pretty much like giving me free crack. My column-writing and editorializing and book-reviewing jones could be satisfied anew. But not completely. I also wrote for The Dallas Morning News and later John Armstrong’s Acts 3 Journal (which was Reformation & Revival Journal).
While I have pastored in various church settings I now write for a living again. In addition to some great ghostwriting projects I have had the privilege to complete and see published, I authored, under my own name, The Victory according to Mark: an Exposition of the Second Gospel (Canon Press, 2003). More are on the way.
I have also professionally freelanced by providing direct marketing product for a PR firm, written business letters for customers, produced catalog copy, blogged for corporations and ghost-written more books.
Another side of my professional life are seminars and conferences on various and Biblical topics.
Some other gratuitous background information:
I met Jennifer at Coral Ridge Ministries where she was even my supervisor for awhile (a tough job, I promise you). I came to my senses in time to marry her.
Jennifer and I have been married for almost two decades, and have been given four young children as a reward for not being able to stay away from each other.
My brother, Jay, is the tech guy behind my web presence here. Before blogging, I forgot to mention, we started a Christian theological site, named, with great originality, Theologia. I haven’t added anything to it in a long time mainly because I do my writing here now on this blog–at least all my free writing.
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