Ken Lenz

Kenneth P. Lenz, Ph.D., has served for over twenty-five years in church ministries and as a chaplain. He has also served on the religion and Bible/theology faculties of several colleges. Courses Ken has taught include “Understandings of Religion,” “History of Christian Thought,” "Survey of the New Testament," and “New Testament Epistles,” among others. He has also taught writing-intensive courses in literature and composition related to our "Western Heritage."

His earned Ph.D. included an emphasis in the Eastern church history and liturgy, and he excels in the area of hermeneutics (i.e., biblical interpretation). Ken and his loving wife, Helen, have also enjoyed music ministries and have three grown children: Carrie, Evan, and Bryce.

A̲ ̲P̲e̲r̲s̲o̲n̲a̲l̲ ̲w̲o̲r̲d̲ ̲f̲r̲o̲m̲ ̲t̲h̲e̲ ̲a̲u̲t̲h̲o̲r̲:

Thank you for your interest in the books I've written. I had never planned to become an author, but in my reading and research on certain topics in recent years, I became very concerned over some prevalent misunderstandings of God's Word. Those misunderstandings included such important issues as: biblical salvation, church ordinances (also referred to as "sacraments"), and Christ's "𝑰 𝑨𝒎" statements that teach of Him being God in the flesh--who then went to the cross to bear our sins.

Unlike many authors, my goals do not include earning money from book sales. Rather, my ultimate goal is to 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒅 through an accurate teaching of His Word, so that you may understand and apply God's Word in your life. Therefore, the prices for my books are low cost so as to be available to any reader (often listed for 99 cents or offered for free). You will not be disappointed.

Published books available b̲o̲t̲h̲ ̲i̲n̲ ̲pr̲i̲n̲t (hardcover and softcover) and a̲s̲ ̲e̲-̲b̲o̲o̲k̲s̲ include the following four:

- 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕, 𝒕𝒉𝒆 "𝑰 𝑨𝒎": 𝑆𝑒𝑣𝑒𝑛 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑡𝑒𝑚𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑠 𝑜𝑓 𝐶ℎ𝑟𝑖𝑠𝑡—𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝑊ℎ𝑎𝑡 𝐻𝑒 𝑂𝑓𝑓𝑒𝑟𝑠 𝑈𝑠

- 𝑮𝒐𝒅’𝒔 𝑺𝒐𝒏 “𝑭𝒐𝒓𝒔𝒂𝒌𝒆𝒏,” 𝑯𝒊𝒔 𝑺𝒂𝒄𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒆 “𝑭𝒊𝒏𝒊𝒔𝒉𝒆𝒅!”—𝑓𝑟𝑜𝑚 𝐻𝑖𝑠 𝑂𝑤𝑛 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒

- 𝑪𝒐𝒏𝒇𝒆𝒔𝒔𝒊𝒐𝒏 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑪𝒐𝒎𝒎𝒖𝒏𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝐴𝑠 𝑇𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠

- 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝑩𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎: 𝐴𝑠 𝑇𝑎𝑢𝑔ℎ𝑡 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑐𝑟𝑖𝑝𝑡𝑢𝑟𝑒𝑠

Other books available in softcover pr̲i̲n̲t̲-̲o̲n̲-̲d̲e̲m̲a̲n̲d̲ ̲a̲n̲d̲ ̲e̲-̲b̲o̲o̲k̲ ̲f̲o̲r̲m̲a̲t̲s̲ include:

- 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒂𝒏𝒅 𝑺𝒑𝒊𝒓𝒊𝒕 𝑩𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎: 𝐸𝑥𝑝𝑎𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑑 𝐸𝑑𝑖𝑡𝑖𝑜𝑛

- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑶𝒓𝒕𝒉𝒐𝒅𝒐𝒙 𝑪𝒉𝒖𝒓𝒄𝒉: 𝐼𝑛𝑐𝑙𝑢𝑑𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑎𝑛 𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒

- 𝑳𝒐𝒓𝒅𝒔𝒉𝒊𝒑 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝐴𝑛 𝐸𝑣𝑎𝑛𝑔𝑒𝑙𝑖𝑐𝑎𝑙 𝑃𝑒𝑟𝑠𝑝𝑒𝑐𝑡𝑖𝑣𝑒 (for all sides to consider)

- 𝑫𝒊𝒇𝒇𝒊𝒄𝒖𝒍𝒕 𝑷𝒂𝒔𝒔𝒂𝒈𝒆𝒔: 𝐼𝑛 𝐻𝑒𝑏𝑟𝑒𝑤𝑠, 𝐽𝑎𝑚𝑒𝑠, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑠𝑡 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛

- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑩𝒓𝒆𝒂𝒅 𝒐𝒇 𝑳𝒊𝒇𝒆: 𝐴 𝐶𝑜𝑛𝑠𝑖𝑠𝑡𝑒𝑛𝑡 𝑆𝑒𝑛𝑠𝑒 𝑜𝑓 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 6

- 𝑩𝒓𝒂𝒏𝒄𝒉𝒆𝒔 𝒐𝒇 𝒕𝒉𝒆 𝑽𝒊𝒏𝒆: 𝐴 𝐹𝑟𝑒𝑠ℎ 𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑘 𝑎𝑡 𝐽𝑜ℎ𝑛 15

- 𝑷𝒆𝒏𝒕𝒆𝒄𝒐𝒔𝒕𝒂𝒍 𝑩𝒆𝒍𝒊𝒆𝒇𝒔: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑎𝑝𝑡𝑖𝑠𝑚 𝑖𝑛 𝑡ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑝𝑖𝑟𝑖𝑡 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐹𝑖𝑟𝑒

- 𝑰𝒔 𝑻𝒉𝒆𝒓𝒆 𝒂 𝑴𝒊𝒅-𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝒐𝒓 𝑷𝒐𝒔𝒕-𝑨𝒄𝒕𝒔 𝑫𝒊𝒔𝒑𝒆𝒏𝒔𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏?

- 𝑰𝒔 𝑾𝒂𝒕𝒆𝒓 𝑩𝒂𝒑𝒕𝒊𝒔𝒎 𝒇𝒐𝒓 𝑻𝒐𝒅𝒂𝒚?

- 𝑩𝒊𝒃𝒍𝒊𝒄𝒂𝒍 𝑺𝒂𝒍𝒗𝒂𝒕𝒊𝒐𝒏: 𝐻𝑜𝑤 𝑌𝑜𝑢 𝐶𝑎𝑛 𝐵𝑒 𝑆𝑎𝑣𝑒𝑑 𝑓𝑜𝑟 𝐸𝑡𝑒𝑟𝑛𝑖𝑡𝑦!

- 𝑻𝒉𝒆 𝑾𝒐𝒏𝒅𝒆𝒓 𝒐𝒇 𝑪𝒉𝒓𝒊𝒔𝒕𝒎𝒂𝒔: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑉𝑖𝑟𝑔𝑖𝑛, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐶ℎ𝑖𝑙𝑑, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑀𝑎𝑔𝑖, 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝑆𝑡𝑎𝑟

- 𝑳𝒆𝒕'𝒔 𝑩𝒆 𝑯𝒐𝒏𝒆𝒔𝒕: 𝑇ℎ𝑒 𝐵𝑒𝑔𝑖𝑛𝑛𝑖𝑛𝑔 𝑜𝑓 𝐿𝑖𝑓𝑒, 𝐺𝑒𝑛𝑑𝑒𝑟 𝐼𝑑𝑒𝑛𝑡𝑖𝑡𝑦, 𝑎𝑛𝑑 𝐷𝑟𝑢𝑔 𝐴𝑏𝑢𝑠𝑒

A̲ ̲Q̲u̲e̲s̲t̲i̲o̲n̲ ̲W̲a̲s̲ ̲A̲s̲k̲e̲d̲:

What are your goals in offering such books?

The three goals I had posted in my home office are for my writings to be “clear, concise, and convincing.” I should also like to assure any reader that my research and writings are bathed in prayer and meditation on God’s Word, relying on the Holy Spirit’s illumination of the inspired Word. My objective is always to arrive at what I call the “A B C’s of interpretation”: being accurate, biblical, and consistent.

Ultimately, my goal in offering the books I’ve written is to 𝒈𝒍𝒐𝒓𝒊𝒇𝒚 𝑮𝒐𝒅 and make an impact in the understanding and receiving of His Word––first in the lives of the reader, and then beyond that, in the Christian community, which I have served as a pastor, teacher, and chaplain.