51½ÖÉä

Mark DeVine joined the Beeson Divinity School faculty in 2008 and teaches church history and doctrine. He is the author of ,  and . He has written extensively for theological journals and contributed to ,  and The Disciple’s Study Bible. DeVine writes on the intersection of faith, work, culture and politics for , ,  and is the author of blog. He has served as pastor for churches in Indiana, South Carolina, Kentucky, Missouri and Alabama. From 1998 to 2000, DeVine served as a missionary in Bangkok, Thailand. DeVine speaks and preaches regularly in churches and serves frequently in interim pastorates. He and his wife, Jackie, have two grown sons.

Education

• MDiv, PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
• BS, Clemson University

Books

• Shalom Yesterday, Today, and Forever: Embracing All Three Dimensions of Creation and Redemption. Wipf & Stock, 2019.
• RePlant: How a Dying Church Can Grow Again. David C. Cook Publishers, 2014.
• Bonhoeffer Speaks Today: Following Jesus at All Costs. Broadman & Holman Publishers, 2005.

Selected Articles and Book Chapters

• “Promising the Impossible: Baptist Covenants Then and Now.” Criswell Theological Review. Spring, 2021.
• “The Lord’s Supper,” A Handbook of Theology, eds. David S. Dockery, Nathin Finn, and Daniel Akin. B&H Publishers, 2021. 
• “The Dogma Lives Loudly in Everyone, Including Democrats.” American Thinker. October 3, 2020. 
• “Princeton’s Woke Letter on Systemic Racism Backfires." The American Spectator. September 26, 2020. 
• “Jesus 2020: Why Evangelicals Are Voting for Trump.” The American Spectator. September 13, 2020.
• “Drew Brees Involuntarily and Interminable Catechized by the Church of the Left.” The American Spectator. June 14, 2020. 
• “Leftist Tyranny in Academia is Forcing Christians and Atheists to Join Forces.” American Thinker. May 30, 2020. 
• “Sowell At 90. Isn’t It High Time More of Us Listened to This Man?” American Thinker. July 13, 2020. 
• “An Unacknowledged Heritage.” Worship, Tradition, and Engagement: Essays in Honor of Timothy George. Wipf & Stock, 2018. 
• “Never Forsaken: Khessed From Genesis to Revelation.” Midwestern Journal of Theology. Spring, 2017.
• “Who’s Afraid of Church Discipline? Entering Forbidden Terrain in order to Recover a Church Practice." Credo. April 2014. 
• “Where in the World Did All These Pentecostals and Charismatics Come From?" The Gospel Coalition. November 18, 2013. 
• "Total Depravity: A Biblical and Theological Evaluation." in Whomever He Wills: A Surprising Display of Sovereign Mercy, eds. Matthew M. Barrett and Thomas J. Nettles. Founders Press, 2012.
• "Can the Church Emerge Without or With Only the Nicene Creed?" in Evangelicals and Nicene Faith: Reclaiming the Apostolic Witness, ed. Timothy George. Baker Academic, 2011.
• "Emerging or Emergent?: Questions for Southern Baptists and North American Evangelicals," in Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Evangelicalism, ed. David S. Dockery. B&H, 2011.
• "Faith and Works." Holman Christian Study Bible. 2010.
• "The Emerging Church: One Movement, Two Streams." in Evangelicals Engaging Emergent: A Discussion of the Emergent Church Movement, eds. William D. Henard and Adam W. Greenway. Broadman & Holman, 2009.
• "The Enlightenment and a Turning Point." in A Question of Power: A Study Guide for the film Theologians Under Hitler, ed. Steven D. Martin. Vital Visions, 2006.
• "The History of the Christian Doctrine of Humanity." The Disciples Study Bible. Holman Publishers, 1988. 

Involvement 

• Evangelical Theological Society
• Society of Biblical Literature
• Center For Baptist Renewal
• Oikonomia Network
• Hunter Street Baptist Chruch

Get to Know Dr. DeVine