Division of Biblical Studies

Faculty Excellence

The following is a list of professional activities by JBU faculty in the past 18 months.

Awards/Honors

Holly Allen, Department of Christian Ministries
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
2005

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Faculty Excellence Award
John Brown University
April 2006

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
2006

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"Rookie of the Year"
John Brown University
Spring 2005
An award given by Alpha Chi to an outstanding professor who has been at JBU three years or less

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"The Tribulation in Revelation and Its Literary-Theological Milieu"
JBU - Annual Lee Balzer Lecture
September 2005

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Who's Who Among America's Teachers
2005

Bonita F Osmon, Department of Family Ministries
Certified Family Life Educator
National Council on Family Relations
2006
The CFLE designation recognizes professionals in the family life education field as qualified family life educators. The credential denotes a proven background and knowledge in ten Family Life Substance Areas including: Families and Society, Internal Family Dynamics, Human Growth and Development, Human Sexuality, Interpersonal Relationships, Family Resource Management, Parent Education, Family Law and Public Policy, Ethics, and Family Life Education Methodology.

Book Published

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Historical Dictionary of the Puritans
Scarecrow Press
July 2007
Co-author with Charles Pastoor

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Prisoner of Conscience: John Bunyan on Self, Community and Christian Faith
Paternoster Press
Fall 2003

Daniel W Lambert, Department of Bible
Teaching that Makes a Difference
Zondervan
Fall 2004

Chapter in Book

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"The Tribulation in Revelation and its Literary-Theological Milieu"
Sheffield University Press
2005
In the hardbound volume of 2001-2005 articles from the Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism

David H Vila, Department of Bible
"Abila of the Decapolis"
Enciclopedia Archeologica of the Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana Rome, Italy
2005

Conference Presentation

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"Theological Perspectives on Children in the Church: Anabaptist Perspective"
North American Professors of Christian Education (NAPCE) Conference, Denver, Colorado
October 2006

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"Defining Children's Spirituality from a Christian Perspective."
Second Triennial Children's Spirituality Conference
June 2006

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"Theological Perspectives on Children in the Church: Anabaptist/Believers Church"
Children's Spirituality Conference
June 2006

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"God across the Generations: The Spiritual Influence of Grandparents"
Childre's Spirituality Conference
June 2006
Co-presented with Heidi Schultz (student)

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"Adults and Children Together: Best Practices for Small Groups" and "Five Great Ways to Nurture Children's Spiritual Development"
Northwest Church Planting Workshop, Cascade College, Portland, Oregon
March 2006

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"The Whole Church Taking the Whole Gospel to the Whole World" (A Report from the 2004 World Evangelization Forum)
Pepperdine Lectureship, Malibu, CA
May 2005

James R Blankenship, Department of Bible
"Reading Genesis 2:4-3:24 Against the Background of Adapa and Gilgamesh"
International Society of Biblical Literature, Auckland, New Zealand
July 2008

James R Blankenship, Department of Bible
Seminar Leader, "A Theological Critique of the Health & Wealth Movement" and "A History of the Pentecostal Movement in Europe"
Theological Students Conference, International Federation of Evangelical Students
August 2006

David E Brisben, Department of Christian Ministries
"Evangelism and the Postmodern Culture"
Conference on Evangelism of the General Synod of the Associate Reformed Presbyterian Church
June 2005

Edward C Klotz III, Department of Intercultural Studies
"Using and Creating Simulations to Teach Cultural Values and Dimensions"
Conference on Christianity, Culture, and Diversity in America
November 2005

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"Negotiating the Chronological Boundaries of Puritanism in England and America"
Southwest American Academy of Religion, Irving, TX
March 2008

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"Teaching The Pilgrim's Progress as Summa Theologiae Evangelicae"
International John Bunyan Society, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
August 2007

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"The Pilgrim's Progress in the History of American Public Discourse"
International John Bunyan Society, Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH
August 2007

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"Allegory as Theology in The Pilgrim's Progress"
American Academy of Religion, Southwest Commission on Religious Studies
March 2006

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"Bunyan, Donne, and the Seventeenth-Century Conversation about Suicide"
Southeastern Conference on Christianity and Literature, Campbellsville University
April 2005

Timothy W Kidd, Department of Christian Ministries
Workshop: "Can Leadership Be Taught?"
Wilderness Education Association National Conference on Outdoor Leadership, Indiana Universit.
March 2006

David H Vila, Department of Bible
"Evangelicals and Diversity: Learning from World Literatures"
Conference on Christianity, Culture, and Diversity in America
November 2005

David H Vila, Department of Bible
"Christian Dreamers in a Muslim World: Oneirocriticism in the Hagiography of Early Arabic Christianity"
40th International Medieval Studies Conference, Kalamazoo, MI
March 2005

Grants - External

David H Vila, Department of Bible
Fulbright Scholar Grant
Yarmouk University in Irbid, Jordan
2006-2007

Grants - Internal

James R Blankenship, Department of Bible
Professional Development Grant
JBU
Summer 2008

James R Blankenship, Department of Bible
Shipps Scholar Grant
JBU
2006-2007

James R Blankenship, Department of Bible
Shipps Scholar Grant
JBU
2005-2006

Robbie Castleman, Department of Bible
Shipps Scholar Grant
JBU
2008-2009

Robbie Castleman, Department of Bible
Summer Scholar Fellow
John Brown University
Summer 2007

Ronald T Habermas, Department of Bible
Shipps Scholar Grant
JBU
2008-2009

Ronald T Habermas, Department of Bible
Summer Scholars Fellow
JBU
Summer 2008

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Collaboration on A Historical Dictionary of Puritanism, to be published by Scarecrow Press
JBU Shipps Scholar Research Grant
2004-05
In collaboration with Charles Pastoor, Assistant Professor of English

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Shipps Scholar Grant
JBU
2004-05
With Charles Pastoor, writing of a Historical Dictionary of the Puritans - under contract for publication with Scarecrow Press.

Jason Lanker, Department of Bible
Professional Development Grant
JBU
Summer 2008

Nick Ogle, Department of Bible
Shipps Scholar Grant
JBU
2008-2009

Nick Ogle, Department of Bible
Professional Development Grant
JBU
Summer 2008

David H Vila, Department of Bible
Professional Development Grant
JBU
Summer 2008

Offices

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
Board Member
North American Professors of Christian Education (NAPCE)
2006-2010

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
Editorial Advisory Board
Christian Education Journal
2006 -

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
Conference Co-Chair
Second Tri-Annual Children's Spirituality Conference: Christian Perspectives
June 2005-2006

Robbie Castleman, Department of Bible
Consulting Editor
Themelios
2002-present

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Chair, Richard L. Greaves Book Award Committee
International John Bunyan Society
2008-2010

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Secretary
National Conference on Christianity and Literature
2004-2005

Timothy W Kidd, Department of Christian Ministries
Vice President
Arkansas Challenge Course Network
2002-present

Timothy W Kidd, Department of Christian Ministries
Chair for Schools and Colleges Professional Group
AEE Mid-South Region Council
2000-present

Bonita F Osmon, Department of Family Ministries
Executive Board Member
Arkansas Association of Marriage and Family Therapy
2005-2008

David H Vila, Department of Bible
Board of Directors
Abila Archaeological Project, Jordan
2000-present

Other Activity

James R Blankenship, Department of Bible
Manuscript Reviewer
New Testament Syntax: Companion to Basics of New Testament Syntax and Greek Grammar Beyond the Basics: An Exegetical Syntax of the New Testament, by Daniel B. Wallace and Grant C. Edwards, Zondervan Press
2007

James R Blankenship, Department of Bible
Preaching
Various Churches
Summer 2005
New Life Church, Kokomo, IN, December 19, 2004 Xtreme Christian Fellowship, Clarksville, TN, July 24, 2005 First Assembly of God, Ashland City, TN, July 27, 2005 Morland Assembly of God, Morland, KA, August 7, 2005

Edward C Klotz III, Department of Intercultural Studies
Speaker - "Perspectives on the World Christian Movement"
First Evangelical Free Church in Memphis, TN
November 2005

Edward C Klotz III, Department of Intercultural Studies
Director: Faculty Workshop on Internationalization of the Curriculum
JBU
June 2005

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Manuscript Referee
Modern Philology; The Journal of Religious History
2008

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Review of Grace Overwhelming: John Bunyan, The Pilgrim's Progress, and the Extremes of the Baptist Mind, by Anne Dunan-Page
The Recorder
Spring 2007

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Supply Preacher
Grace Cumberland Presbyterian Church, Fayetteville, Arkansas
2004-present

Timothy W Kidd, Department of Christian Ministries
Accreditation Site Reviewer
AEE
2001-present

Timothy W Kidd, Department of Christian Ministries
Trainer
Leave No Trace
2001-present

Other Presentation

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
Lecture, "Are Children Innocent? Four Views on Children and the Kingdom of God"
Pepperdine University, Malibu, California
May 2007

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"Nurturing Children's Spirituality in Intergenerational Settings"
Mission Alive, a church-planting organization in Dallas, Texas
October 2006

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"Christian Education vs. Christian Formation" and "Three Ways to Nurture Children's Spirituality"
Otter Creek Church of Christ, Nashville, Tennessee
June 2006

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"Seven Ways to Nurture Children's Spiritual Development"
Dayspring Church of Christ, Edmund, Oklahoma
November 2005

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
"Erikson and Spiritual Growth"
Dayspring Church of Christ, Edmund, Oklahoma
November 2005

James R Blankenship, Department of Bible
"Culture and Religion"
University of Foreign Military and Cultural Studies, Fort Leavenworth, KS
May 2008

David E Brisben, Department of Christian Ministries
Two Faculty Development Workshops: "Higher Education as Spiritual Formation" and "Higher Education in a Fallen World"
College of the Ozarks, Branson, Missouri
August 2006

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"Lincoln Memorials"
Siloam Springs Republican Women, Siloam Springs, AR
May 2008

Bonita F Osmon, Department of Family Ministries
Coordinator for 6-hour course and teacher for 4 of those 6 hours
Arkansas Association for Marriage and Family Therapy
September 2006
ArMFT is the state division of AAMFT (American Association for Marriage and Family Therapy), the national professional organization that sets the professional standards for qualifications for Marriage and Family Therapists and their training.

Paper Published

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
Book Review Symposium Editor for James R. Beck, Two Views on Women in Ministry, revised edition, pp. 319-333
Christian Education Journal
Fall 2006

Holly Allen, Department of Family Ministries
Review of Ivy Beck's "Postmodern Children's Ministry: Ministry to Children in the 21st Century"
Christian Education Journal
Spring 2006

Holly Allen, Department of Bible
"Bringing the Generations Together: Support from Learning Theory"
Christian Education Journal
Fall 2005

Robbie Castleman, Department of Bible
"The Last Word" Column
Themelios
2001-present

Ronald T Habermas, Department of Bible
"Letting Kids Be Kids"
InSite (journal of Christian Camp and Conference Association)
September 2006

Ronald T Habermas, Department of Bible
"No Way in a Manger"
Korea Society for Christian Education and Information Technology
April 2005

Ronald T Habermas, Department of Bible
"This Is Love: Helping campers possess godly self-love"
InSite Journal 9.2
April 2005

Edward C Klotz III, Department of Intercultural Studies
"How to Warmly Welcome Guests from Many Ethnic Backgrounds," July/August 2006, pages 24-25
InSite, a magazine for the Christian Camp and Conference Association
July 2006

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Book Review of Timothy George's For All the Saints: Evangelical Theology and Christian Spirituality
Calvin Theological Journal
April 2006

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
Review of Isabel Hofmeyr's The Portable Bunyan: The Transnational History of The Pilgrim's Progress (Princeton, 2004)
Christianity and Literature 54:2
Winter 2005

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"Depictions of the Fall Compared in Milton's Paradise Lost and Bunyan's The Holy War"
Baptist Quarterly, vol. 41
April 2005

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"The Tribulation in Revelation and its Literary-Theological Milieu"
Journal of Greco-Roman Christianity and Judaism
2005

Galen Johnson, Department of Bible
"Of Bowels and Bigotry: Reading John Wesley's Editions of John Bunyan's Fictions"
Archiv fur das Studium der neueren Sprachen und Literaturen
2005

Timothy W Kidd, Department of Christian Ministries
"Empowered for Unity: Using a Challenge Course to Strengthen Your Team"
CampSight, a publication of the Christian Camp and Conference Association
Fall-Winter 2005

Daniel W Lambert, Department of Bible
"Three Keys to Teaching Youth Effectively"
The Clergy Journal
March 2006

David H Vila, Department of Bible
"Rawh al-Qurayshi and the Development of an Arabic Christian Community"
Christianity and Native Cultures
Forthcoming

David H Vila, Department of Bible
"Early Arabic Christian Apologetics in a Muslim Context"
Middle East Association Theological Journal
Summer 2005

David H Vila, Department of Bible
Information Technology and the Current State of Research in Arabic Christianity
Journal of Religious and Theological Information
Spring 2005

David H Vila, Department of Bible
"Arab Christians and Islam: Conflicts and Contributions"
Christian Scholars Review
Spring 2005

David H Vila, Department of Bible
"Abila of the Decapolis"
Enciclopedia Archeologica of the Instituto della Enciclopedia Italiana; Rome, Italy
2005

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