About Mark DeVine

Dr. Mark DeVine is currently Associate Professor of Christian Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminaryand Bi-vocational Pastor of First Calvary Baptist Church in Kansas City, Missouri. He returned to Midwestern after serving with the International Mission Board in Bangkok, Thailand since 1998. He taught theology from 1994 to 1998. DeVine received his undergraduate degree in Electrical Engineering from Clemson University, and both the M.Div. and Ph.D. from Southern Baptist Theological Seminary. A popular interim pastor with Missouri congregations, DeVine pastored First Baptist Church, Crothersville, Indiana; Sycamore Baptist Church in Charleston, South Carolina; and Black Lick Baptist Church in Glendean, Ky. DeVine, author of “Bonhoeffer Speaks Today: Following Jesus at All Costs” (Nashville: Broadman & Holman, 2005) has written extensively for theological journals and contributed to the Disciple's Study Bible.

Free Theological Resources

These resources were written by Dr. Mark DeVine and are offered here for your edification:

:: NEW! Two Treatises on Penance: An Inquiry into Tertullian's Exegesis and Montanism

:: Evangelicals and Karl Barth: Friends or Foes?

:: Empowered Dependence: The Trinitarian Status of the Holy Spirit and the Christian Life

:: The Original Promise Keeper: The Doctrine of the Final Perseverance of the Saints

:: Freedom Through Prohibition: Sabbath Observance for Lovers of Liberty

:: Friendship and the Cradle of Liberalism: Revisiting the Moravian Roots of Schleiermacher's Theology