Speaking
For speaking or other requests:
Frequent Lecture Topics
- Gospel and Transformation — grace, faithfulness, and Christian vocation
- The Apostle Paul — theology, history of interpretation, Jewish backgrounds, ethics
- Jesus’/Paul’s Bible — key passages that show how Jesus and Paul understood the OT
- Romans — themes or passages from this foundational book
- Revelation — insight into this strange but compelling book
- Sermon on the Mount — Jesus’ most famous sermon
- Other NT books, especially Galatians, James, Mark, Matthew, Luke, John, Hebrews
- C. S. Lewis/Inklings — fiction, nonfiction, as reader of the Bible, etc.
- Israel and the Church/Jewish-Christian Relations — antisemitism, Christian Zionism, etc.
- Apocalypticism and Eschatology — Jewish and Christian views of the end times
- Old Testament Law and the Christian — exploring its relevance for ethical reflection
- Prophets (Jeremiah, Isaiah, Amos, Hosea, etc.)
- Justice and Economics in biblical, Jewish, and Christian frameworks
- Christianity and race — engagement with critical theory and more
- Textual Criticism — how we got our Bibles and what’s in them; how reliable is the Bible?
- Boethius, Consolation of Philosophy
- Christ/Paul among the Philosophers —Christianity in conversation with Plato, Aristotle, etc.
- Apocrypha/Pseudepigrapha — ancient books that didn’t make it into the Bible
- Tough Passages in the Bible — parables, legal interpretation, slavery, mistreatment of women, warfare, strange laws, baffling stories, etc.
- The Lord’s Prayer — exploring the Old Testament background of Jesus’ prayer
Venues
- Universities
- Conferences
- Churches
- Synagogues
- Retreats
Selected Prior Speaking Engagements
“Paul and Israel”
Founded in Truth Fellowship
Rock Hill, SC
10 Jan 2026
Christendom Lectures
Church of the Redeemer
West Monroe, LA
6–7 Jan 2026
“The Gospel of Transformation” and “Biblical Narrative through New Testament Eyes”
Churches of God General Conference Bible Study Day
Harrisburg, PA
17 May 2025
“Death Works Backwards” and “The Art of Gentle Reading: Reading Scripture with CS Lewis”
Inklings Fellowship Retreat
Montreat, NC
4–5 April 2025
“Israel’s Restoration in Romans 9–11”
Theological Seminary of Finland
20 March, 2025
“Salvation by Moral Transformation”
Campbell University
Buies Creek, NC
19 Nov 2024
“Discipleship Dialogue: The Jewish Paul and His Christian Mission: Misconceptions and Future Hopes”
Kenwood Baptist Church
Cincinnati, OH
11 Apr 2024
“Restoring Israel: The Jewish Paul and His Gentile Mission”
Hebrew Union College-Jewish Institute of Religion
Cincinnati, OH
11 Apr 2024
“How Reliable Is the New Testament?”
Ratio Christi, NC State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
26 Oct 2023
Theology Conference Panel: A Conversation with Jason Staples, Rafael Rodríguez, and Lynn Cohick
Houston Christian University
24 Feb 2023
“Paul within Jewish Eschatology: Reading the Apostle in His Restorationist Context”
Houston Christian University
23 Feb 2023
“The Gospel with a Side of Football”
First Presbyterian Church of Laurens
Laurens, South Carolina
18 Sept 2022
“Varieties of Modern Judaism”
Ratio Christi, NC State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
28 March 2022
“Jesus and Biblical Prophecy”
Ratio Christi, NC State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
21 Feb 2022
“The Apocrypha: Those Other Books in Some Bibles”
Ratio Christi, NC State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
14 Feb 2022
“Time as the Moving Image of Eternity: Boethius, Determinism, and Free Will”
Ratio Christi, NC State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
25 Oct 2021
“Christianity and Critical Race Theory: The Demands of Neighbor Love”
Ratio Christi, NC State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
26 April 2021
“We’re All Hypocrites Now: Constitutional Originalists and Their (Originalist) Critics”
“Who’s Reading Who: Authority and Authorities” Seminar
Virginia Tech University/BRANE Collective
28 Jan 2021
“How Reliable Is the New Testament?”
Ratio Christi, NC State University
Raleigh, North Carolina
26 October 2020
Panelist, Discussion on Christianity and Race
New City Church
Raleigh, North Carolina
5 July 2020
“Christian Interpretations of the Binding of Isaac”
First Baptist Church of Raleigh Interfaith Series
Raleigh, North Carolina
15 March 2017
World Premier Panel (with Jodi Magness, Brendan Thornton, Lauren Leve, and James Younger)
“The Story of God with Morgan Freeman”
National Geographic Channel
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
23 March 2016
“Treasure in Jars of Clay: Meditations on the Foundations of the Christian Faith”
UNC Graduate InterVarsity
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
24 Oct 2014
“Judged According to What?”
UNC Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
30 Jan 2012
“The Good News of Transformation”
UNC Fellowship of Christian Athletes
Chapel Hill, North Carolina
4 April 2011