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Books

Refereed Articles

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

  • “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

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

Bible Studies