John B Carpenter

Pastor of Covenant Reformed Baptist Church, near Danville, VA (www.covenantcaswell.org)

Education:

Ph.D. at the Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, Church History, 2001

graduate studies at: The University of Chicago, McCormick Theological Seminary, Seabury-Western Theological Seminary, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary

Dissertation: “Globalization and the City Upon a Hill: The Puritan Economic Ethic and the Fate of New England Puritanism.”

Th.M. in Church History, Lutheran School of Theology at Chicago, 1999

Th.M. in Systematic Theology, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, 1997

Thesis: “Sages and Profits: Christian-Confucian Harmony in the Creation of Prosperity.”

(Harold O.J. Brown and Paul Hiebert, Advisors)

Master of Divinity, Fuller Theological Seminary, 1990

B.A. (English & Religion) Samford University (Birmingham, AL., USA), 1987

Academic Experience:

Adjunct Professor, Carolina Graduate School of Divinity, 2014, Greensboro, NC, USA

Adjunct Professor, Theological Centre of Asia (May 2001 to 2006) Singapore

Teaching Assistant, Robert W. Fogel (Nobel Laureate), University of Chicago (2000)

Lecturer at The Evangelical Theological College (1994 to 1995) Addis Ababa, Ethiopia

Associate Editor at IMPACT magazine of Singapore (Sept. 1992 to June '93)

Guest Lecturer at the Biblical Graduate School of Theology (March to June 1993) Singapore

Lecturer at Asia Theological Centre for Evangelism and Mission (June ‘90 to June ‘92) Singapore

Academic & Professional Publications:

 “The Beginning of Days: A Response to Jeremy Lyon’s “Genesis 1:1–3 and the Literary Boundary of Day One,” Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies, Vol. 6, Issue 1, 2021.

 “Genesis’s Definition of Israel and the Presuppositional Error of Supersessionism,” Trinity Journal, 42NS (2021).

 “The Early Church on the Aniconic Spectrum,” The Westminster Theological Journal Vol. 83, No. 1, May 2021.

 “A New Definition of Puritanism, A Cross-Disciplinary Approach,” The Evangelical Journal, (Vol. 36, 1, Spring 2019).

 “Answering Eastern Orthodox Apologists Regarding Icons,” Themelios, December 2018.

 “Icons and the Eastern Orthodox Claim to Continuity with the Early Church," Journal of the International Society of Christian Apologetics, Vol. 6, No. 1, 2013.

 “New England’s Puritan Century,” Fides et Historia, 2003

 “Genuine Pentecostal Traditioning,” Asian Journal of Pentecostal Studies 6:2 (July 2003).

 “The Whole Word,” Journal of Asian Evangelical Theology, Vol. 10, No. 1, 2002

 “New England Puritans: The Grandparents of Modern Protestant Missions,” Missiology, 2002

 “Costly Discipleship in an Age of Consumerism,” Truth to Proclaim (Simon Chan, editor; Trinity Theological College), 2002

 “The Fourth Great Awakening or Apostasy?” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, December 2001

 “How Firm a Foundation: The Puritan Roots of American Liberty,” Acton Institute, 2001.

 “The Competency of God’s Communication: Biblical Instructions on Women in Church Leadership, Church & Society (Singapore), Vol. 4, No. 1, 2001

 “Puritan Missions and Globalization,” Fides et Historia, 1999

 “The Confucian Politics of C. S. Lewis,” Trinity Theological Journal (Singapore), June 1999.

 “The Tao of Calvin,” Asia Journal of Theology, Vol. 13, No. 2, pp. 294-308

 “Prosperity in Proverbs and Confucius: The Twain Meet,” Asia Journal of Theology, Vol. 13, No. 1, April 1999, pp. 71-93

 “Reaching Addis Ababa: A Drama in Three Parts,” Urban Mission, December, 1998

 “Lee Kuan Yew and Liberation Theology,” Asia Journal of Theology, Vol. 12, No. 2, October 1998, pp. 378-390

 “Asian Solutions to African Destitution,” Asia Journal of Theology, Vol. 11, No. 2, Oc. 1997, pp. 371-386

 “The Parable of the Talents in Missionary Perspective,” Missiology, April 1997

 “Toward a Biblical Political Science: American and Asian Lessons for Africa,” Africa Journal of Evangelical Theology, Vol. 15, No. 1, 1996.

 “Confessions of a Languelical Heretic,” Missiology journal, July 1996

 “How a Bumbling Missionary Started a Thriving Street Kids Ministry,” Urban Mission, Sept. 1995

Popular Publications:

• “The 1620 Project: Puritanism and the Ideological Founding of America,” Touchstone Magazine, May/June, 2021, https://www.touchstonemag.com/archives/article.php?id=34-03-030-f

• “Establishment Evangelicals Children’s Crusade Against Trump,” The Christian Post, September 10, 2020, https://www.christianpost.com/voices/establishment-evangelicals-childrens-crusade-against-trump.html

• “A secular Jew makes a surprising discovery about Christians and American slavery,” Acton Commentary, April 17, 2019, https://acton.org/pub/commentary/2019/04/17/secular-jew-makes-surprising-discovery-about-christians-and-american

• “Rise of the Social Justice Contras,” The Christian Post, March 12, 2019, https://www.christianpost.com/voice/rise-of-the-social-justice-contras.html

• “Scholar responds to Eastern Orthodox apologists,” The Christian Post, December 9, 2018

• “The Social Justice Statement and the Scandal of the Evangelical Conscience,” The Christian Post, October 6, 2018

• “The True Origins of Thanksgiving”, The Christian Post, November 27, 2013, republished 2018

• “An Unexpected Apologist,” Touchstone, July/August, 2014.

• “Recovering From Strange and Friendly Fire”, The Christian Post, November 5, 2013

• “If the Family Is Central, Christ Isn't”, The Christian Post, March 26, 2013

• Sermon illustration, CTI’s Preaching.com, June 2003

• “An Epoch in Ten Days,” The Journal of African Travel Writing, number 3, 1997

• “The Glass Wall,” The Journal of African Travel Writing

• five news reports for Christianity Today: Nov. 3, '93; Dec. 13, '93; April 3, '95; June, '95, Jan. 8 '96.

• Regular “Faith Seeks Understanding” column (2002-08) for Impact magazine (Singapore), and over a dozen more.