I am a biblical philologist, a teacher of ancient languages, and an academic leader committed to the careful study, preservation, and transmission of the textual inheritance that has shaped Christian faith, Western civilization, and the life of the mind.

My work stands at the intersection of New Testament philology, textual criticism, manuscript studies, biblical interpretation, and higher education. I have spent my academic life studying texts closely—not merely as artifacts of the past, but as witnesses to history, theology, culture, and the enduring importance of words. Whether examining Greek New Testament manuscripts, training students in biblical languages, supervising doctoral research, editing scholarly work, or developing academic programs, my central conviction remains the same: serious scholarship begins with reverence for the text.

I serve as Associate Professor of Biblical Studies at Liberty University, where I teach New Testament, Greek, biblical interpretation, and language-based research methods. I also serve as Program Director for the M.A. in Biblical Languages and as Editorial Secretary of Filología Neotestamentaria, an international journal devoted to New Testament philology.

My academic formation reflects a sustained investment in both rigorous textual scholarship and educational leadership. My first doctorate was completed under the supervision of David Alan Black, for whom I also served as a research assistant. That early formation deepened my love for Greek, New Testament interpretation, textual criticism, and the habits of disciplined scholarly inquiry. I later completed a Ph.D. in Ancient World Studies at the Complutense University of Madrid under Antonio Piñero, where my research focused on New Testament philology, textual criticism, early Christian literature, and the history of the biblical text.

A defining feature of my scholarly work has been direct engagement with primary sources. My research has included the close examination of Greek New Testament manuscripts, including work in the Biblioteca Apostolica Vaticana. Those experiences have shaped my understanding of scholarship as a form of stewardship: the task of the scholar is not simply to propose new ideas, but to listen carefully to the evidence, weigh it with intellectual honesty, and transmit what is true with clarity and care.

My research interests include the transmission of the New Testament, the Synoptic Problem, the formation and reception of the fourfold Gospel, early Christian literature, textual variants, lexical semantics, and the relationship between exegesis and Christian doctrine. I am especially drawn to projects that bring together rigorous philology, historical judgment, and constructive theological reflection. At their best, biblical studies and theological scholarship are not isolated from the broader intellectual tradition; they contribute to it by reminding us that language, memory, interpretation, and truth remain central to human flourishing.

As a teacher, I am deeply invested in forming students who can read carefully, think clearly, and handle primary sources with integrity. I want students to see that language matters—that tense, aspect, voice, mood, word order, clause structure, discourse flow, textual variants, and manuscript evidence are not academic ornaments but essential features of responsible interpretation. The best education does not merely transfer information; it trains judgment, cultivates intellectual virtue, and prepares students to serve churches, schools, universities, and the broader public with wisdom.

As a research supervisor, I work with students across biblical studies, theology, education, counseling, and the behavioral sciences. My work with doctoral students focuses on clarity, alignment, methodological soundness, and disciplined engagement with the scholarly literature. I am particularly concerned to help emerging scholars ask better questions, use evidence responsibly, and produce research that is both academically credible and genuinely useful.

I am also committed to institution-building. Much of my work is animated by the conviction that serious scholarship requires more than individual achievement; it requires strong programs, careful mentoring, excellent publications, meaningful conferences, responsible editorial work, and institutions willing to preserve and advance the study of foundational texts. In an age of distraction, fragmentation, and technological acceleration, the careful preservation and interpretation of our textual heritage is not a luxury. It is a public good.

At the heart of my work is a simple conviction: words matter, texts endure, and the careful study of both remains one of the great responsibilities of scholarship.