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About Me
- I’ve worked for InterVarsity Christian Fellowship since 1981.
- I completed my MA in the Philosophy of Religion at Bethel Seminary, St. Paul, MN.
- Currently, I travel to college campuses across the country doing speaking and training in apologetics and student leadership development.
- My wife Sharon and I live in St. Paul and we have two wonderful children and seven grandchildren.
- We are active at Grace Church Roseville where Sharon is in music and women’s ministry, and I’m on the teaching team.
- A serious golfer, I’ve played the game my whole life. Yeah!
Philosophy of Ministry
I am committed to:
- InterVarsity’s Doctrinal Basis, Purpose Statement, Core Values and Vision
- Respectful dialog with “friend and foe” alike in the free exchange of ideas in the University
- Finding common ground with neighboring ministries and other faiths, without having to agree on everything.
Sampling of Authors I Read
In the philosophy of religion
- Christians
- Alvin Plantinga
- C. Stephen Evans
- C.S. Lewis
- Douglas Groothuis
- J.P. Moreland
- James Sire
- Nicolas Wolterstorff
- Paul Copan
- Richard Swinburne
- Robin Collins
- William Lane Craig
- Skeptics of Christian Theism
- Antony Flew
- Christopher Hitchens
- J.L. Mackie
- John Hick
- Kai Nielsen
- Michael Martin
- Richard Dawkins
- Thomas Nagel
- William Rowe
In biblical/historical studies
- Evangelical/orthodox
- Craig Blomberg
- D.A. Carson
- Gordon Fee and Douglas Stuart
- N.T. Wright
- Paul Eddy
- Liberal/critical
- J.D. Crossan
- Marcus Borg
- Robert Price
In Theology
- Evangelical
- Millard Erickson
- John Stott
- Alister McGrath
- Roger Olson
- Liberal/critical
- F. LeRon Shults