Professor, Bible and Theology
Phone: 916.577.2265
Email: jmcfarland@jessup.edu
“I want to know Christ and the power of his resurrection and the fellowship of sharing in his sufferings, becoming like him in his death, and so, somehow, to attain to the resurrection from the dead.”
Expertise
Bible and Theology; New Testament; Systematic Theology; Historical Jesus studies; Gospels; 19th & 20th century philosophy
Education
M.Div., Doctrine and Philosophy - Lincoln Christian Seminary - 1972
B.S., Ministry – Pacific Christian College - 1968
Courses Taught
NT244: Gospel of John
NT308: Romans
NT310: Early Pauline Epistles
NT311: Pastoral Epistles
NT423: Hebrews
PHIL331: Christian Ethics
THEO255: Theology of the Hebrew Scriptures
THEO301: Historical Theology
THEO306: Johannine Theology
THEO451: Christian Theology
THEO452: Contemporary Theology
BIBL102: Christian Foundations II
BIBL249: Biblical Interpretation
BIBL302: Luke-Acts
BLG215: Greek
Publications
“Worship and The Will of God”, Christian Standard
Associations, Board & Committees
Member: Society of Biblical Literature