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- Books
- Refereed Articles
- Other Articles and Chapters
- Curriculum
- Other Writing
- Conference Presentations
- Unpublished Papers
Books
- Galatians, Ephesians: Devotional Thoughts and Commentary for Life. Living Water Commentaries, vol. 8, Amazon, 2024.
- Editor, A Plain Account of Christian Spirituality: In Honor of Floyd T. Cunningham. Manila: Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, 2023.
- 1 & 2 Timothy, Titus, Philemon: Devotional Thoughts and Commentary for Life. Living Water Commentaries, vol. 10, Amazon, 2023.
- 1 and 2 Corinthians: Devotional Thoughts and Commentary for Life. Living Water Commentaries, vol. 7, Amazon, 2022.
- The Pauline Epistles. Reading and Interpreting Series. Kansas City: The Foundry Publishing, 2022.
- Romans: Devotional Thoughts and Commentary for Life. Living Water Commentaries, vol. 6, Amazon, 2021.
- Editor, along with Larnie Sam Tabuena. Making Christlike Disciples. Cebu: Central Philippine Nazarene College, 2021.
- Hebrews & James: Devotional Thoughts and Commentary for Life. Living Water Commentaries, vol. 11; Amazon, 2021.
- Grammatical Notes for New Testament Greek. Amazon, 2020.
- The Emmaus Model: Discipleship, Theological Education, and Transformation. With Bruce G. Allder. Global Nazarene Publications, 2019.
- Transformation in Christ: Paul’s Experience of the Divine Mystery. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2019.
- 1 and 2 Timothy, Titus, New Beacon Bible Commentary. Kansas City: Beacon Hill Press, 2016.
- Lo, I Tell You a Mystery: Cross, Resurrection, and Paraenesis in the Rhetoric of 1 Corinthians, Princeton Theological Monograph Series 52. Eugene: Pickwick Publications, 2006.
- Editor, Scripture’s Distinctives and Dynamics: Toward an Asia-Pacific Hermeneutic of Holiness. Taytay, Philippines: Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, 2004.
- Editor, The Challenge of Culture: Articulating and Proclaiming the Wesleyan-Holiness Message in the Asia-Pacific Region. Taytay, Philippines: Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, 2002..
Refereed Articles
- “The Revenge of the Man of God: Conflict and Resolution in The Rise and Fall of the Divided Monarchies.” Sanctum Domine: Jurnal Teologi, 19:2 (2020), 1-16.
- “O death, where is thy sting? : Death and Grief in the Thought of John and Charles Wesley,” Wesleyan Theological Journal (Fall 2019), 170-84.
- “Atonement and Community Reconciliation in Paul’s Letters: The Shame of the Cross as the Means for Restoration,” Wesleyan Theological Journal (Spring 2015), 83-99.
- “Review of Jeffrey S. Lamp, The Greening of Hebrews? Ecological Readings in the Letter to the Hebrews,” Wesleyan Theological Journal (Spring 2015), 204-6.
- “Forward in Christ: Ephesians as Source for Unity in Diversity,” Didache: Faithful Teaching Vol. 14, Issue 1, (August 2014).
- “The Bible as a Community Encounter: An Essay on Challenges for Faculty and Students of Scripture,” Didache: Faithful Teaching Vol. 11, Issue 2, (2012).
- “The High Priesthood of Jesus and the Sanctification of Believers: New Covenant Possibility in Hebrews 7-10,” Wesleyan Theological Journal 45:1, (Spring 2010), 226-45.
- “Fighting Fire with Fire: Community Formation in 1 Corinthians 12-14,” Evangelical Review of Theology 29:4, (October 2005), 347-62.
- Review of Joel B. Green and Mark D. Baker, Recovering the Scandal of the Cross: Atonement in New Testament and Contemporary Contexts, in Evangelical Review of Theology 29:4 (October 2005), 378-79.
Other Articles and Chapters
- “Jesus, the Founder and Perfecter of Faith: Spirituality in Hebrews,” in A Plain Account of Christian Spirituality: In Honor of Floyd T. Cunningham. Manila: Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, 2023.
- “The Cost of Being a Disciple (Luke 14:25-35),” in Making Christ-like Disciples through Theological Education. Cebu: Central Philippines Nazarene College, 2021, 85-106.
- “The Promise of the Holy Spirit: The Power for Discipleship in John 14:15-21,” in Making Christ-like Disciples through Theological Education. Cebu: Central Philippines Nazarene College, 2021, 141-58.
- “The Way of Freedom in Christ: Discipleship in Galatians 2:15-21,” in Making Christ-like Disciples through Theological Education. Cebu: Central Philippines Nazarene College, 2021, 181-94.
- “Love Empowered Knowledge: How the Way of the Cross determines Behavior in 1 Corinthians 8,” in Listening Again to the Text: New Testament Studies in Honor of George Lyons, ed. Richard P. Thompson; Claremont Studies in New Testament and Christian Origins 5 (Claremont: Claremont Press, 2020), 117-32.
- “Rest,”“Rest.” Global Wesleyan Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology, ed. Robert D. Branson. Kansas City: The Foundry, 2020.
- “Conscience,” Global Wesleyan Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology, ed. Robert D. Branson. Kansas City: The Foundry, 2020.
- “No Room in the Inn? A Glimpse at Early Christian Hospitality through Lukan Redaction,” The Mediator (Volume 7 Issue 1, 2009), 29-59.
- Co-authored the Thesis Handbook, Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, Taytay, Rizal, Philippines.
- “New Covenant in Christ: A Biblical Theology of Holiness,” in International Nazarene Festschrift in Commemoration of Dr. Kim, Young Baik (Korea Nazarene Publishing House, 2007), 590-607.
- “Fruit of the Spirit: Peace,” Holiness Today (March, 2003). “Paul and Wesley on Grace, Conscience, and the Law,” The Mediator (April 2002), 23-66.
- The Mediator, The Theological Journal of Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, editor from 2000 to 2003, associate editor from 2003 to 2012.
- “Proclaiming Biblical Holiness for the Twenty-First Century: The Central Task of Wesleyan Biblical Studies,” The Mediator (October 2000), 1-25.
- “The Crisis of the Cross,” in What Generation X is Saying to the Church of the Nazarene, ed. Thomas Oord (Kansas City, Missouri: Beacon Hill Press, 1999).
- “What Ever Happened to Our Women Preachers?” Preachers Magazine, 1989.
Curriculum
- “Signs of the Times,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2024.
- “The Angel Michael,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2023.
- “The Angel Gabriel,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2023.
- Commentaries on Titus and Philemon, in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2022.
- Three Commentaries on 2 Peter 1:12-21, 2 Timothy 3:10-4:8, and Psalm 119:97-112,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2021.
- “Judging in the New Testament,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2021.
- Six Commentaries on Romans, Illustrated Bible Life. For Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2020.
- Five commentaries on the Ten Commandments, in Illustrated Bible Life. For Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2019.
- “Gifts from God,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2018.
- “Mercy,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2017.
- “Titus,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2016.
- “Who do You Say that I Am?” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2015.
- “Self-Control,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2015.
- “Sin the Epistles of John,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2015.
- Six Commentaries, “Encounters with God,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2014.
- “Stone Stories,” in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2013.
- Commentary on Titus, in Illustrated Bible Life, for Word Action Sunday School Curriculum, Beacon Hill Press, 2012.
Other Writing
- “We have this Treasure,” The Sheridan Press, Sheridan, Wyoming, May 31, 2011.
- “Being and Doing,” The Sheridan Press, Sheridan, Wyoming, January 18, 2011.
- “What is Thankfulness all about?” The Sheridan Press, Sheridan, Wyoming, November 20, 2010.
- “Spring into Life,” The Sheridan Press, Sheridan, Wyoming, April 25, 2010.
- “The God of the Earthquake,” The Sheridan Press, Sheridan, Wyoming, January 19, 2010.
- “Seeking the Resource for Life,” The Sheridan Press, Sheridan, Wyoming, September 14, 2009.
Conference Presentations
- Paper, “The Promised Land and Its Care as a Means of Grace for God’s People,” presented at the Australasian Centre for Wesleyan Research, August 4-6, 2023, Sydney, Australia.
- Paper, “The God of All Compassion: A Wesleyan Theology of Grief,” presented at the Wesleyan Theological Society annual meeting, March 6-7, 2015.
- Paper, “Atonement and Community Reconciliation in Paul’s Letters: The Shame of the Cross as the Means for Restoration,” presented at the Wesleyan Theological Society annual meeting, March 8, 2014.
- Workshop, “Community: The Indispensible Link between Bible and Church,” presented at the “Bible Tells Me So” Wesley Center Conference, Northwest Nazarene University, February 2011.
- “The High Priesthood of Jesus and the Sanctification of Believers: New Covenant Possibility in Hebrews 7-10,” presented at the Wesley Theological Society annual meeting, March 2009.
- “A Dialogue with Church Planting Movements by David Garrison,” Workshop Presentation, Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, January 10, 2005.
- “Jesus’ Victory over the Forces of Evil: A Biblical Perspective,” presented at the Asia-Pacific Regional Theology Conference, Korea Nazarene University, South Korea; published in Scripture’s Distinctives and Dynamics, 2003.
- “Passing the Faith Along,” presented at the Nazarene Asia-Pacific Regional Theology Conference, Korea Nazarene University, South Korea, 2003;
- “Covenant as a Key to Unlocking the Story of the Bible,” Sydney, NSW, Australia, 2003.
- “Discipleship, Prayer, and Evangelism Training,” Mackay, QLD, Australia, 2003.
- “Biblical Theological Reflections on the Y2K Bug,” Harris Memorial College, Antipolo, The Philippines, 1999.
Unpublished Papers
- “An Exploration of Dietrich Bonhoeffer’s Ethics.“
- “Baptism in the Church of the Nazarene” (with Dr. Neville Bartle).
- “Holiness and Shame.”
- “Marcion, The Quasi-Gnostic-Christian.“
- “Ministry in the Pastoral Epistles.”
- “The Cost of Being a Disciple (Luke 14:25-35).“
- “The Promised Land: Towards a Theology of Exile.”
- “The Unmerciful Servant (Matthew 18:21-35).”
Bible Studies