Dr. David Ackerman's Profile and Publications

Educational Qualifications

 

Doctor of Philosophy in Religious and Theological Studies, The University of Denver and Iliff School of Theology, Denver, Colorado (2000)

Major: Biblical Interpretation

Dissertation: “Lo!  I Tell You a Mystery”: Cross, Resurrection, and Paraenesis in the Rhetoric of 1 Corinthians

Comprehensive exams on the Parables of Jesus, the Book of Hebrews, and 1 Corinthians

Faculty assistant to Dr. Gregory Robbins (DU) and Dr. Dennis McDonald (Iliff), Biblical Studies.

 

Master of Divinity, Cum Laude, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri (1992)

Faculty assistant two years to Dr. Morris Weigelt, Biblical Studies.

 

Bachelor of Arts in Religion (Pre-Seminary), Magna Cum Laude, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho (1989)

 Faculty assistant three years to Dr. A. E. Sanner, Theology.

 

Academic Experience

 

Academic Dean and Professor of New Testament, Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary (2023-present); overseeing the academic programs on campus and by extension throughout the Asia-Pacific Region; teaching courses on the Bible; thesis advising of doctoral students; editor of The Mediator journal.

 

Adjunct Professor, Nazarene Theological College, Thornlands, Queensland, Australia (2017-present); taught four courses by extension in the CALD program in Mongolia and South Pacific.

 

Affiliate Faculty, Indiana Wesleyan University, Marion, Indiana (2009-present); taught over 75 online courses; wrote four courses.

 

Adjunct Professor, Nazarene Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri (2010-17); wrote six courses, which were taught a total of 24 times.

 

Adjunct Professor, Simpson University, Redding California (2015-2019); wrote and taught five online courses.

 

Adjunct Professor, Nazarene Bible College, Colorado Springs, Colorado (2009-16); taught over 55 online courses.

 

Adjunct Professor, Northwest Nazarene University, Nampa, Idaho (2011-12); taught four online courses.

 

Adjunct Course Writer, Union University of California, Westminster, California (2014, 2017); wrote three courses, taught one online.

 

Adjunct Professor, George Fox Evangelical Seminary, Portland, Oregon (2010-11); wrote and taught two online courses.

 

Professor of New Testament, Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, Taytay, Rizal, the Philippines (2005-08); full-time teaching, wrote 20 different courses; edited The Mediator journal.

 

Lecturer in Bible, Nazarene Theological College, Thornlands, Queensland, Australia (2002-04); full-time teaching, wrote 10 different courses.

 

Assistant and Associate Professor of New Testament, Asia-Pacific Nazarene Theological Seminary, Taytay, Rizal, The Philippines (1999-2002); full-time teaching; course writing.

 

Adjunct Professor, Colorado Christian University, Lakewood, Colorado (1996); taught one campus course.

 

Publications

 

      Books

 

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 (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2012), 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

 

“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.

“Conscience.” Global Wesleyan Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology, ed. Robert D. Branson. Kansas City: The Foundry, 2020.

“Rest.” Global Wesleyan Encyclopedia of Biblical Theology, ed. Robert D. Branson. Kansas City: The Foundry, 2020.

“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.

“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, 1988.

 

Curriculum

“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.