Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Editor, Southwestern Journal of Theology, Editor, BaptistTheology.org, Director, Oxford Study Program, and Director, Center for Theological Research

• Doctor of Philosophy, Oxford University, 2000
• Master of Theology, Duke University, 1996
• Master of Divinity with Biblical Languages, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1990
• Bachelor of Science, Finance, Summa Cum laude, Louisiana State University in Shreveport, 1986

• Birchman Baptist Church

• Assistant Dean, Theological Studies Division, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, July 2003-December 2007
• Academic Dean and Vice President for Academic Affairs, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, July 2001-August 2003
• Assistant Professor of Theology, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, August 2000-June 2001
• Pastor, Tabbs Creek Baptist Church, Oxford, North Carolina, August 1994-June 1997
• Pastor, Lakeview Baptist Church, Shreveport, Louisiana, March 1992-May 1994
• Pastor, Willows Apartment Mission Congregation, Fort Worth, Texas, 1990
• Chief Financial Officer, Bossier Crossroads, Inc., Louisiana, 15 years
• Assistant Vice President, United Mercantile Bank, Louisiana, 2 years
• Staff Sergeant, Air Force Reserves, 6 years

• American Academy of Religion
• Evangelical Theological Society
• 16th Century Society
• Research Institute, Ethics & Religious Liberty Commission

• Commentary on the LifeWay Research Division Study of Private Prayer Language, White Paper 17, Center for Theological Research, 2007.
• First Freedom: The Baptist Perspective on Religious Liberty, ed. Thomas White, Jason G. Duesing, and Malcolm B. Yarnell III, B&H Academic, 2007.
• The Formation of Christian Doctrine, B&H Academic, 2007.
• The Heart of a Baptist, White Paper 2, Center for Theological Research, 2005
• Jeremiah, Lamentations: Explore the Bible Adult  Commentary, LifeWay, 2005.
• Restoring Integrity in Baptist Churches, ed. Thomas White, Jason G. Duesing, and Malcolm B. Yarnell III, Kregel, 2008.
• Shall We "Build Bridges" or "Pull Down Strongholds"?, White Paper 20, Center for Theological Research, 2008.
• Speaking of "Tongues," What Does the Bible Teach?, White Paper 8, Center for Theological Research, 2006.
• Were it So? An Appeal to the Christian Nobility of the Southern Baptist Convention, White Paper 15, Center for Theological Research, 2007.

• "A Baptist Scholar's Concern for a Baptist College," Guest Columnist for The Pathway: Official Newsjournal of the Missouri Baptist Convention, January 14, 2003.
• "Are Southern Baptists Evangelicals? A Second Decadal Reassessment," Ecclesiology 2.2 (2006): 195-212.
• "Article VI: The Church," in The Baptist Faith and Message 2000: Critical Issues in America's Largest Protestant Denomination, ed. Douglas K. Blount and Joseph D. Wooddell, Rowman & Littlefield, 2007, 55-70.
• "Baptist Identity or Evangelical Anonymity? Part II," SBC Tomorrow, April 2008.
• "The Baptist Renaissance at Southwestern," Southwestern News, Winter 2006.
• "The Book of Hebrews: Introduction and Notes," Holman Christian Standard Study Bible, B&H Academic, Forthcoming. 
• Book Review Essay,The praier and complaynte of the ploweman unto Christe, ed. Douglas H. Parker, Southwestern Journal of Theology 46 (2004): 65-71.
• Book Reviews in the areas of History and Theology published in Anglican & Episcopal History, Faith & Mission, Journal of Ecclesiastical History, Midwestern Journal of Theology, Southwestern Journal of Theology.
• "The Broken Heart of a Baptist," SBC Today, May 2008.
• "Calvinism: Cause for Rejoicing, Cause for Concern," in Calvinism: A Southern Baptist Dialogue, ed. Brad Waggoner and Ray Clendenen, B&H Academic, 2008, 73-95.
•  "Changing Baptist Concepts of Royal Priesthood: John Smyth and Edgar Young Mullins," in The Rise of the Laity in Evangelical Protestantism, ed. by Deryck Lovegrove, Routledge, 2002, 236-52.
• "Christian Justification: A Reformation Baptist View," Criswell Theological Review, new series, 2 (2005): 53-65.
• "Christopher Blackwood: Exemplar of the Seventeenth Century Particular Baptists," Andrew Fuller Center Conference, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary, 25 August 2008 (to be published)
• "Congregational Priesthood and the Inventio or Invention of Authority," Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry 3 (2005): 110-35.
• "Democratic Congregationalism," SBC Today, September 2007.
• "The Development of Religious Liberty: A Survey of its Progress and Challenges in Christian History," Paper presented, Loving God, Loving America Conference, Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri, March 2008.
• "Doctrines and Dogmas," in The Encyclopedia of Christian Civilization, ed. George Kuriakon, Blackwell, Forthcoming.
• "Editorial: The British Baptists: Sources for Free, Believing, Baptizing Churches," Southwestern Journal of Theology 48.2 (2006): 123-26.
• "Editorial: The Family," Southwestern Journal of Theology 49.1 (2006): 1-2.
• "Expository Notes on 1 Corinthians," in Helping Your Church Stay on Course: Studies in 1 Corinthians, January Bible Study, Lifeway Church Resources, 2002, 19-77.
• "The First Evangelical Sinner's Prayer Published in English: William Tyndale's 'Here foloweth a treates of the pater noster'," Southwestern Journal of Theology 47 (Fall 2004): 27-43.
• "From Christological Ecclesiology to Functional Ecclesiasticism: Developments in Southern Baptist Understandings of the Nature and Role of the Churches," Paper presented to the Anglican-Baptist International Conversations.
• "History," in Holman Dictionary of the Bible, Rev. ed., Broadman & Holman, 2004.
• "The History of Systematic Theology," in A New Dictionary of Theology, Rev. ed., InterVarsity Press, Forthcoming.
• "A Love Letter Regarding the Beginning of Life," SBC Today, November 2007.
• "Memorandum on the Camel Method," Jeremy L. Green, July 2007.
• "Mullins, Edgar Young," in Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals, ed. Timothy Larsen, InterVarsity Press, 2003, 458-60.
• "'My Son, Be Strong in the Grace that is in Christ Jesus': The Baptist Family at Worship," Southwestern Journal of Theology 49.1 (Fall 2006): 49-64.
• "The Person and Work of the Holy Spirit," in A Theology for the Church, ed. Daniel L. Akin, B&H Academic, 2007, 604-84.
• "Oikos Theou: A Theologically Neglected but Important Ecclesiological Metaphor," Midwestern Journal of Theology 2 (Fall 2003): 53-65.
• "Political Theology at the Foundation of the Southern Baptist Convention," in First Freedom: The Baptist Perspective on Religious Liberty, ed. Thomas White, Jason G. Duesing, and Malcolm B. Yarnell III, B&H Academic, 2007, 67-94.
• "The Priesthood of All Believers: Rediscovering the Biblical Doctrine," in Restoring the Integrity of Baptist Churches, ed. Thomas White, Jason G. Duesing, and Malcolm B. Yarnell III, Kregel, 2008, 219-42.
• "The Problem with Postmodern Hermeneutics," SBC Life (February 2004): 14-15.
• "The Progress and Hope of Radical New Testament Discipleship: The Contributions of Pilgram Marpeck and Karl Barth," Paper presented, Divinity School Seminar, King's College, Aberdeen University, Aberdeen, Scotland, March 2008.
• "SBC Seminaries," 2003 Seminary Emphasis Day, Church Bulletin Service, Lifeway, 2002.
• "Self-perpetuating trustee boards violate historic Baptist principles," Guest Columnist, The Pathway: Official Newsjournal of the Missouri Baptist Convention, October 28, 2002.
• "The Sufficiency of Scripture in Addressing the State of Humanity," Paper presented, 2nd Annual Biblical Counseling Conference, Riley Center, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, Fort Worth, Texas, August 2007.
• "The TULIP of Calvinism: In Light of History and the Baptist Faith and Message," SBC Life (April 2006).
• "The Theology of Elizabeth I," Paper presented to the British Reformation Seminar, Oxford University, Oxford, England, May 2007.
• "To the End of Glorifying Jesus: The Scholar's Calling to the Churches," Faith & Mission 19 (Fall 2001): 25-33.
• "To Forgive Unqualifiedly," Guest Analysis, Baptist Press, September 13, 2000.
• "Which Denomination, Which Convention?," SBC Life (December 2004): 10.
• "Whose Jesus? Which Revelation," Midwestern Journal of Theology 1 (Spring 2003): 33-53.

• Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry, May 2008.
• Reformed Catholicism, December 2007.
• SBC Today, November 2007.
• "Building Bridges: Calvinism," Ridgecrest LifeWay Conference Center, Roundtable Part 1, Roundtable Part 2, November 2007.

• Spouse: Karen Annette Yarnell
• Children: Malcolm Truett, Matthew Garrett, Graham Wayne, Kathryn Grace, Elizabeth Joy

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