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COURSES TAUGHT
TAYLOR SEMINARY
(Graduate)
Christian Apologetics
Christian Worldview
Church History to 1500
Church History since 1500
Contemporary Theology
Systematic Theology I (Prolegomena to Anthropology)
Systematic Theology II (Christology to Eschatology)
Trinity and Life
The Person and Work of Christ
Christian Ethics
Calvin’s Institutes (1 credit
directed study)
The Doctrine of Hell (1 credit
directed study)
BRIERCREST COLLEGE (Undergraduate)
Introduction to Theology I
Introduction to Philosophy I (Logic,
Metaphysics, Epistemology)
Introduction to Philosophy II (Philosophy of Religion, Ethics,
Social Philosophy)
Philosophy of Religion
ACADEMIC PAPER PRESENTATIONS
Date Topic Location
2008 Nov “Theology
as a Bull Session.” ETS
Conference, Providence,
RI
2007 Nov “Can
Evangelicals Handle the Truth? ETS Conference, San Diego,
Indoctrination in Focus on the
Family’s CA
The Truth Project.”
2004 Nov “If
Trinitarianism Were False, Would Monism ETS Conference, San
Be True?” Antonio, TX
2004 May “Supervenience of the Mind or Resurrection
of AAR,
PNW Regional
the Soul: A Critical Appraisal of
Non-Reductive Conference, Vancouver, BC
Physicalism”
2003 Jan “Conceiving
the Heuristic Trinity: Is the Rhetoric Briercrest
Theologue
of Relation without Substance?” Caronport, SK
2002 Mar “Healing
a Creation Torn Asunder: A Speculative ETS,
NW Regional
Trinitarian Proposal” Conference,
Portland, OR
2001 June “The
Resurrection of the Soul, or, On Taking the Systematic
Theology Seminar
Soul of Christian
History Seriously” King’s
College, London, UK
2001 Feb “Epistemic
Justification by Faith: A Critique of Systematic
Theology Seminar
Bruce Marshall” King’s
College, London
2000 Nov “Plantinga
on Scripture Scholarship, or How I Philosophy
of Religion
learned to Quit Worrying and Love
the Bible” Seminar, King’s
College, London
2000 Oct “On
the History and Possibility of Divine Systematic
Theology Seminar
Illumination” King’s
College, London
2000 June
“Spirit, Consciousness and Concurrence”
Systematic Theology
Seminar
King’s College, London
PUBLIC PRESENTATIONS, LECTURES AND WORKSHOPS
Date Topic Location
2009-Feb- Christian
Apologetics Renaissance Baptist Church
Mar (4 sessions) (Edmonton, AB)
2009-Feb- Christian
Apologetics Greenfield Baptist Church
Mar (4 sessions) (Edmonton, AB)
2009 Feb “Brainwashed?
On the Challenge of Christian Alberta ACSI Educator
Education” (Feature
Address) Convention (Calgary, AB)
2009 Feb “Finding
God in The Shack” (3 sessions) Alberta
ACSI Educator
(1) “God as Mother?” (2) “God as Triune?” Convention (Calgary, AB)
(3) “Why did Missy Die?”
2009 Jan “The
Apostles’ Creed: The Convergence of an Parkview Alliance Church
Ancient Creed, Timeless
Truth, and Vermillion,
AB
Contemporary Life” (1
day seminar)
2008 Nov “Finding
God in The Shack” Greenfield Baptist Church,
Edmonton, AB
2008 Sept “Finding
God in The Shack” McKernan Baptist Church,
Edmonton, AB
2008 Mar “Christianity
in a World of Religions” McKernan Baptist Church
Saturday seminar Edmonton, AB
2008 Feb “Is
Faith Rational or are Religious People Just Mount
Allison University
Nuts?” Sackville, NB
2008 Feb “Disciples of Consumption: How the Church
Sold Alberta ACSI Educator
Out to
Consumerism (and How We Can Buy it Convention
(Sherwood Park,
Back)” AB)
“Arguing Against Atheism in the
Twenty-First
Century”
2007 Dec “Advent
and Consumerism” McKernan Baptist Church
Edmonton, AB
2007 Oct “Sold
Out to Stuff: Consumerism as False Taylor University
College
Religion” Public Lecture Series on
Religion and Culture,
Edmonton, AB
Mp3 available: http://www.taylor-edu.ca/tayloruc/academics/religion/past_lectures.htm
2007 Oct “From
Head to Heart to Hands” McKernan Baptist Church,
Edmonton, AB
2007 Oct “Disciples of Consumption: How the Church Sold BC ACSI Educator
Out to
Consumerism (and How We Can Buy it Convention
(Kelowna, BC)
Back)”
“What is
Truth? Absolute Truth in a Pilate Culture”
“Atheism:
A Worldview in Crisis”
2007 Feb- “Exploring the Passion of the Christ” McKernan Baptist Church
Mar (6
sessions)
2007 Feb “The
Greatest Scandal Ever Told” Plenary Address Manitoba ACSI Educator
Convention
(Winnipeg, MB)
2007
Feb “What is Truth? Absolute Truth in
a Pilate Culture” Manitoba
ACSI Educator
Convention
(Winnipeg, MB)
2007
Feb “The Greatest Scandal Ever Told” Alberta ACSI Educator
“What is
Truth? Absolute Truth in a Pilate Culture” Convention (Calgary, AB)
2007
Jan “What Would Jesus Care About? An
Introduction Jubileers January
Meeting
to Environmental Stewardship” (Edmonton, AB)
2006
Nov “Defending Christian Truth in a
(Post)Modern Ontario ACSI Educator
World” (3 Sessions): (1)
Christianity, Science, Convention
(Toronto, ON)
and Intelligent Design; (2) The
Intolerance of
Religious Pluralism; (3)
Exploring the Problem
of Evil;
“Education
as Vocation”
“The Greatest Scandal
Ever Told”
“Defending the
Resurrection”
2006 Oct “The
Greatest Scandal Ever Told” Keynote
BC
ACSI Educator
Address
Convention
(Abbotsford, BC)
2006
Oct “Defending Christian Truth in a
(Post)Modern BC ACSI Educator
World” (3 Sessions) Convention
(Abbotsford, BC)
2006 Sept/ “Introduction
to Christian Worldview” McKernan Baptist Church
Oct (6 Sessions) (Edmonton, AB)
2006
Sept “The End of Education” (Convocation Address) Taylor
University College
and
Seminary
(Edmonton, AB)
2006
May/ “Debunking the Da Vinci Code” Seminar at Leduc Fellowship (Leduc,
June Alberta area churches AB);
Community
of Hope,
Steele Heights
Baptist, McKernan Baptist (Edmonton,
AB);
Faith Community Baptist (Airdrie, AB)
2006
Apr “Live the Scandal” (Tribute to the Grads) Taylor
Seminary Graduation
(Edmonton, AB)
2006 Mar “Does
Petitionary Prayer Change God’s Mind?” “Growing
in Prayer” Annual
Conference
Park Meadows
Baptist Church,
Lethbridge, AB
2006 Mar “Heaven,
Hell, and the Everyday” (Retreat Alberta Baptist
Association
Speaker-3 Sessions) Men’s Retreat, Caroline, AB
2006 Feb “Defending
Christian Truth in a (Post)Modern Alberta ASCI Educator
World” (3 Sessions): Convention, Edmonton, AB
2005 Nov “What
about those who have never heard?” Refresh
Group at McKernan
Baptist Church,
Edmonton,
AB
2005 Oct “Will
we be Bored in Heaven?” Refresh
Group at McKernan
Baptist Church,
Edmonton,
AB
2005 Oct “How
can a Loving God send People to Hell?” Refresh
Group at McKernan
Baptist Church,
Edmonton,
AB
2005 Oct “Debunking
the Da Vinci Code: What Christian BC
ACSI Educator
Skeptics Don’t Want You to Know”
(3 Sessions) Convention, Surrey, BC
2005 Sept “Does
God Exist?” Refresh
Group at McKernan
Baptist Church,
Edmonton,
AB
2005 Jan/ “Issues
in Baptism” Presentation and Discussion McKernan
and Central
Mar Baptist Church Boards,
Edmonton, AB
2005 Feb “Debunking
the Da Vinci Code: What Christian Alberta ASCI Educator
Skeptics Don’t Want You to Know” (3 Sessions) Convention, Calgary, AB
2005 Feb “The Resurrection and History” West Meadows
Baptist
Church, Edmonton, AB
2004 Dec “Ten
Reasons to be a Substance Dualist” Taylor University
College,
(Guest Lecture) Science
and Religion Class
2004 Nov “God and ET: Christian Reflections on UFOs and Taylor University
College
Little Green Men” Public Lecture Series on
Religion and Culture,
Edmonton, AB
2004 Mar/ “Unforgettable
Stories from Church History” (3 McKernan
Baptist Church
Oct Sessions) Edmonton, AB
2004 July
“Mapping the Christian City:
An Introduction to Campus Crusade for
Christ
Christian Diversity” Edmonton, AB
2003 Feb “Digging
for the Roots of Atheism: A Critique of Goodenough College
Epistemological and Metaphysical
Naturalism” London, UK
2001 Sept
“Materialism as a Contrary Worldview” BC ACSI Educator
Convention in Surrey, BC
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