
Chris Morgan, Ph.D.
Dean, School of Christian Ministries
Professor of Theology
Office Phone: 951-343-4369
E-mail: cmorgan@calbaptist.edu
Office Location: Eugene and Billie Yeager Center B217
Office Hours: By appointment only
Degree | Major Emphasis | Institution | Year |
---|---|---|---|
Ph.D. | Theology | Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary | 1999 |
M.Div. | Theology | Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary | 1996 |
B.A. | Political Science | Southeast Missouri State University | 1993 |
APT365
Doctrine of the Church
APT371
Christian Theology I
APT372
Christian Theology II
APT482
Pastoral Leadership
Teaching and Administrative Experience
¥ean (7/11-present) & Professor of Theology (8/99-present), 17勛圖, Riverside, CA
㎜h.D Faculty, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (8/13-present)
/ssociate Dean (8/02-6/11), 17勛圖, Riverside, CA
㎏isiting Professor, Southern Baptist Theological Seminary (2011)
/djunct Professor, Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (7/11; 8/01-5/02)
㎏isiting Professor, Singapore Baptist Theological Seminary (6/10-7/10)
/djunct Instructor, Union University, Jackson, TN (1/99-5/99)
/djunct Instructor, Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, Germantown, TN (2/98-5/98)
㎜rimary Courses Taught: Systematic Theology, The Church, New Testament Theology, God, Sin, Pastoral Leadership, Preaching, Ephesians, James, Reading Seminar
Editorial Roles for a Series and a Study Bible:
£eneral Editor, Theology in Community, Crossway (8 volumes currently).
$o-Editor, ESV Systematic Theology Study Bible, Crossway (2014).
£eneral Editor (along with David S. Dockery and Nathan A. Finn), Theology for the People of God, B&H (15 volumes planned; 2016-present).
$o-editor, NIV This Verse in History Study Bible, Zondervan (in process; scheduled for 2024).
Books:
$hristopher W. Morgan, Jonathan Edwards and Hell (Fearn, Scotland: Mentor, 2004).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., Hell under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2004).
$hristopher W. Morgan and B. Dale Ellenburg, James: Wisdom for the Community, Focus on the Bible Commentaries (Fearn, Scotland: Christian Focus, 2008).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., Faith Comes by Hearing: A Response to Inclusivism (Downers Grove: InterVarsity Press Academic, 2008).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., Suffering and the Goodness of God, Theology in Community (Wheaton: Crossway, 2008).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, What Is Hell? Basics of the Faith Series (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 2010).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., The Glory of God, Theology in Community (Wheaton: Crossway, 2010).
$hristopher W. Morgan, A Theology of James: Wisdom for God's People, Explorations in Biblical Theology (Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian & Reformed, 2010).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., The Deity of Christ, Theology in Community (Wheaton: Crossway, 2011).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., Is Hell for Real? (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2011).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., The Kingdom of God, Theology in Community (Wheaton: Crossway, 2012).
/nthony L. Chute, Christopher W. Morgan, and Robert A. Peterson, eds., Why We Belong: Denominational Identity and Evangelical Unity (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., Fallen: A Theology of Sin, Theology in Community (Wheaton: Crossway, 2013).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Kendell Easley, eds., The Community of Jesus: A Theology of the Church (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2013).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, eds., Heaven, Theology in Community (Wheaton: Crossway, 2014).
$hristopher W. Morgan, ed., The Love of God, Theology in Community (Wheaton: Crossway, 2016).
¥avid S. Dockery and Christopher W. Morgan, eds., Christian Higher Education: Faith, Teaching, and Learning in the Evangelical Tradition (Wheaton: Crossway, 2018).
$hristopher W. Morgan, ed., Biblical Spirituality, Theology in Community (Wheaton: Crossway, 2019).
$hristopher W. Morgan, Christian Theology: The Biblical Story and Our Faith (Nashville: B&H, 2020).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, A Concise Dictionary of Theological Terms (Nashville: B&H, 2020).
$hristopher W. Morgan, Matthew Y. Emerson, and R. Lucas Stamps, eds., Baptists and the Christian Tradition: Towards an Evangelical Baptist Catholicity (Nashville: B&H Academic, 2020).
/llison, Gregg R. and Andreas J. K繹stenberger, The Holy Spirit, Theology for the People of God, David S. Dockery, Nathan A. Finn, and Christopher W. Morgan, eds. (Nashville: B&H, 2020).
Books under Contract/in Process:
$hristopher W. Morgan and Robert A. Peterson, The Glory of God according to Paul, New Studies in Biblical Theology, ed. D. A. Carson (Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, scheduled 2022).
/nthony L. Chute and Christopher W. Morgan, The Church, Theology for the People of God (Nashville: B&H, scheduled 2024).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Stephen J. Wellum, The Theological Task, Theology for the People of God (Nashville: B&H, scheduled 2022).
$hristopher W. Morgan and Benjamin M. Skaug, Sin, Theology for the People of God (Nashville: B&H, scheduled 2023).
Translated Books:
%ell under Fire (Korean)
%ell under Fire (Indonesian)
㎡heology of James (Korean)
¢aith Comes by Hearing (Braille and larger fonts)
㏄hat Is Hell? (Indonesian)
%eaven (Korean)
$hristian Higher Education (Korean)
Journal Articles:
$hristopher W. Morgan, Why Is Christ the Only Way? Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, 16/2, Summer 2012.
$hristopher W. Morgan, Suffering according to James, Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, 17/4, Winter 2014. http://www.sbts.edu/resources/journal-of-theology/sbjt-174-winter-2013/suffering-according-to-james/
﹪atthew Y. Emerson and Christopher W. Morgan, Toward a Holistic Hermeneutic: Exegesis, Narrative, Doctrine, the Church, and Application in Concert, Journal of Mid-America Baptist Theological Seminary, vol. 1, 2014. http://www.mabts.edu/sites/all/themes/midamerica/uploads/pdf/emerson_morgan.pdf
$hristopher W. Morgan, The Comfort of Hell, Southern Baptist Journal of Theology, 18.1, Spring 2014. http://www.sbts.edu/resources/journal-of-theology/sbjt-181-spring-2014/sbjt-forum/
$hristopher W. Morgan, Baptists and the Unity of the Church, Journal of Baptist Studies, vol. 7, 2015. http://baptiststudiesonline.com/the-journal-of-baptist-studies-7-2015/
﹪atthew Y. Emerson and Christopher W. Morgan, The Glory of God in 2 Corinthians, Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 19/3, Fall 2015. http://www.sbts.edu/resources/journal-of-theology/sbjt-193-fall-2015/the-glory-of-god-in-2-corinthians/
Essays:
$hristopher W. Morgan, Gods Wrath, NIV Zondervan Study Bible, D. A. Carson, ed. (Grand Rapids: Zondervan, forthcoming, 2015).
$hristopher W. Morgan, The Bible and the Intellectual Tradition, Christian Worldview Study Bible, David S. Dockery, ed. (Nashville: B&H, scheduled 2016).
£regory C. Cochran and Christopher W. Morgan, Gospel Confidence in a New Marriage Culture, Ministry in a New Marriage Culture, Jeff Iorg, ed. (Nashville: B&H, 2015).
$hristopher W. Morgan, The Biblical Evidence for Hell, The State of American Theology: Knowing the Truth, Loving the Church, Reaching Our Neighbors (Nashville: Ligonier and LifeWay, 2015).
$hristopher W. Morgan, Theological Method, Systematic Theology Study Bible (Wheaton: Crossway, essay in process, scheduled 2016).
/nthony L. Chute and Christopher W. Morgan, Missional Spirituality Is Congregational, Spirituality for the Sent: Toward a Missional Spirituality, Nathan Finn and Keith Whitfield, eds. (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2016).
$hristopher W. Morgan, Theology of the New Testament, Theology, Church, and Ministry: A Handbook for Theological Education, David S. Dockery, ed. (Nashville: B&H, 2018).
$hristopher W. Morgan, "The Bible and Intellectual Pursuit," Christian Worldview Handbook, David S. Dockery and Trevin Wax, eds. (Nashville: Holman, 2019).
Book Reviews:
㎞eview of Gary Dorrien, The Word as True Myth: Interpreting Modern Theology (Louisville, KY: Westminster/John Knox, 1997) in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43/3 (September 2000): 558-59.
㎞eview of Darrell L. Bock, ed., Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1999) in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 43/3 (September 2000): 565-66.
㎞eview of D. A. Carson, The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 1996) for Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.
㎞eview of Richard G. Hutcheson, Jr. and Peggy Shriver, The Divided Church: Moving Liberals and Conservatives from Diatribe to Dialogue (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1999) for Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.
㎞eview of Edward William Fudge and Robert A. Peterson, Two Views of Hell: A Biblical and Theological Dialogue (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 1999) in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 45/4 (December 2002): 727-30.
㎞eview of Terrance L. Tiessen, Providence and Prayer: How Does God Work in the World? (Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2000) in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 45/1 (March 2002): 155-57.
㎞eview of Reaching Generation Next: Effective Evangelism in Todays Culture by Lewis Drummond in Journal of Evangelism and Missions 2 (Spring 2003): 131-32.
㎞eview of Preaching to a Postmodern World: A Guide to Reach Twenty-First Century Listeners by Graham Johnston in Journal of Evangelism and Missions 2 (Spring 2003): 142-43.
㎞eview of James W. Thompson, Pastoral Ministry according to Paul: A Biblical Vision in Presbyterion 34:1 (2008): 59-60.
㎞eview of Robert W. Caldwell, III, Communion in the Spirit: The Holy Spirit as the Bond of Union in the Theology of Jonathan Edwards in Fides et Historia 40:1 (2008): 92-93.
㎞eview of Russell Moore, Adopted by God, Presbyterion 36:1 (2010): 60-61.
㎞eview of Thomas J. Nettles, J. P. Boyce, Fides et Historia (they are behind on their journal).
㎞eview of Andrew David Naselli, From Typology to Doxology, Themelios 37.3, 2012. http://tgc-documents.s3.amazonaws.com/themelios/37-3/Themelios37.3.pdf
Presentations
TThe Theologians Dilemma: A Case Study of A. H. Strongs Theological Response to a Changing Intellectual Climate, Annual Conference on Christianity in the Academy (3/99)
TAn Examination of the Methodologies Used in Refuting Annihilationism in Contemporary Evangelicalism, Evangelical Theological Society, Annual Meeting (11/99)
TThe Doctrine of God in the Theological Method of Prominent Annihilationists in Contemporary Evangelicalism, Evangelical Theological Society, Far West Region Annual Meeting (4/00)
TOpen-minded Orthodoxy? A. H. Strongs Theological Response to an Emerging Fundamentalist-Modernist Debate, Conference on Faith and History, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (9/00)
TJonathan Edwardss God-Centered Defense of Endless Punishment, Evangelical Theological Society, Far West Regional Meeting, San Diego, CA (4/01)
"The Doctrines of God and Sin in Jonathan Edwardss Defense of Endless Punishment, Evangelical Theological Society, Annual Meeting, Colorado Springs, CO (11/01)
THell and Systematic Theology, Evangelical Theological Society, Far West Regional Meeting, Sun Valley, CA (4/02)
TClosing Appeals to the Unconverted in the Sermons of Jonathan Edwards," Jonathan Edwards Conference, St. Louis, MO (3/03).
TThe Doctrines of God and Sin in Jonathan Edwards' Theology of Hell," Jonathan Edwards Conference, St. Louis, MO (3/03).
TBiblical Theology: Three Pictures of Hell, Evangelical Theological Society, Annual Meeting, Atlanta, GA (11/03)
TInclusivism and Its Forms: Recent Developments at the Evangelical Theological Society, Annual Meeting, Washington, D.C. (11/06)
TThe Doctrine of God in James at the Evangelical Theological Society, Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (11/07)
TTheological Praxis in James at the Evangelical Theological Society, Southeastern Regional Meeting (by special invitation by conference chair), Memphis, TN (3/07)
"The Glory of God: Tracing the Theological Tensions," Evangelical Theological Society, Annual Meeting, Providence, RI (11/08)
"The Glory of God as a Church Ethic" Evangelical Theological Society, Annual Meeting, New Orleans, LA (11/09)
TWhat about Those Who Have Never Heard? Inclusivism and Exclusivism in Recent Baptist History, Baptist Studies Group, Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, San Francisco, CA (11/11)
TThe SBC Academy: Future Theological Responsibilities and Challenges, panel discussion with David Dockery, Jeff Iorg, and Al Mohler Golden Gate Baptist Theological Seminary (11/11)
TBaptists and the Unity of the Church, Evangelical Theological Society Annual Meeting, San Diego, CA (11/14)
TTheological Collaboration, Interviewed by Keith Whitfield, Baptist Professors Fellowship, Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, CA (11/14)
/nnual sermons for various associations in California; conference sermons for CSBC Ministers Bible Conference; CSBC Pastors Retreat; California Baptist Foundation Retreat; etc.
㏎ermons on Apologetics for Pastors Conference for California Baptist Convention/National Baptists
㏎ermon for Nevada Baptist Convention Pastors Conference
/nnual sermon for CSBC, 2009
㏎ermon for CSBC Pastors Conference, 2010
$ommittee on Committees, SBC, 2010
㎏ice-President, CSBC Pastors Conference, 2010
㎜resident, CSBC Pastors Conference, 2011
㏎ermon for CSBC Pastors Conference, 2017
$hapel, Gateway Seminary, 2017
$hapel, Beeson Divinity School
﹩ectures, Immanuel Theology Conference, 2018
㏎ermon for CSBC Pastors Conference
Professional Memberships
〒vangelical Theological Society
Various types of evangelism and ministry through the local church
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