B.S., Illinois State University
M.A., The Master’s College
M.Div., The Master’s Seminary

Chris is currently a Ph.D. student in New Testament Exegesis at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, in Deerfield, Illinois. His current research interests include (1) Jewish Background material of the Second Temple period (i.e., OT Apocryphal & Pseudepigraphical books, and the Sedarim and tractates of the Mishnah, Talmud, and Tosephta), (2) the development of an “Apostolic Hermeneutic” that is normative for Christian interpretation (derived from an analysis of intra-testamental exegesis, i.e., the use of the OT in the NT), and (3) philosophical hermeneutics (particularly how certain philosophy of language concerns impact one’s understanding of biblical revelation). Epistemologically, he is a soft/moderate (i.e., contemporary and non-classical) foundationalist (as all rational creatures are), and he is willing to admit it, even if many in the academy will not. Although appreciative of his dispensational heritage, and the insights offered by advocates of the so-called “New Covenant Theology,” Chris believes that redemptive history is best read through the lens of a classically covenantal framework. Chris, his wife Laura, and their sons Christopher Jr. and Calvin Nicholas currently live in Central Illinois.