• Ph.D., Marquette University (1985-95) Systematic Theology Summa Cum Laude (Phi Beta Kappa)
• M.Div., Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary (1979-82) Systematic Theology Summa Cum Laude
• B.A., Grove City College (1975-79) Theology, Philosophy and Economics Magna Cum Laude

• Reasons to Believe: How to Understand, Explain, and Defend the Catholic Faith; (New York: Doubleday, 2007)
• Canon Criticism and Theological Interpretation Scripture and Hermeneutics Series VII; co-editor with Craig Bartholomew, Anthony Thiselton, Robin Parry (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006)
• Ordinary Work, Extraordinary Grace: My Spiritual Journey in Opus Dei (New York: Doubleday, 2006)
• Letter and Spirit: A Journal of Catholic Biblical Theology Vol. 2: The Authority of Mystery – The Word of God and the People of God, co-editor with David Scott (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 2006)
• Letter and Spirit: A Journal of Catholic Biblical Theology Vol. 1: Reading Salvation – Word, Worship, and the Mysteries, co-editor with David Scott (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 2005)
• Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Letters of St. Paul to the Galatians and Ephesians, with Curtis Mitch (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005)
• Understanding the Scriptures (Chicago: Midwest Theological Forum, 2005)
• Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Letters of St. Paul to the Philippians, Colossians, and Philemon, with Curtis Mitch (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2005)
• Letter and Spirit: From Written Text to Living Word in the Church’s Liturgy (New York: Doubleday, 2005)
• Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The First and Second Letters of Saint Paul to the Corinthians, with Curtis Mitch (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2004)
• Catholic for a Reason II: Scripture and the Mystery of the Mother of God (2nd edition), co-editor with Leon J. Suprenant. (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 2004)
• Swear to God: The Promise and Power of the Sacraments (New York: Doubleday, 2004)
• Catholic for a Reason III: Scripture and the Mystery of the Mass, co-editor with Regis J. Flaherty (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 2004)
• Scripture Matters: Essays on Reading the Bible from the Heart of the Church (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 2003)
• Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Letter of Saint Paul to the Romans , with Curtis Mitch (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2003)
• Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Gospel of John , with Curtis Mitch (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2003)
• Lord, Have Mercy: The Healing Power of Confession (New York: Doubleday, 2003)
• Living the Mysteries: A Guide for Unfinished Christians, with Mike Aquilina (Huntington, IN: Our Sunday Visitor Publishing Division, 2003)
• First Comes Love: Finding Your Family in the Church and the Trinity (New York: Doubleday, 2002)
• Understanding Our Father: Biblical Reflections on the Lord's Prayer (Steubenville: Emmaus, 2002)
• Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Gospel of Mark, with Curtis Mitch (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2001)
• Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Gospel of Luke, with Curtis Mitch (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2001)
• Hail Holy Queen: The Mother of God in the Word of God (New York: Doubleday, 2001).
• Ignatius Catholic Study Bible: The Gospel of Matthew, with Curtis Mitch (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 2000).
• The Lamb's Supper: The Mass as Heaven on Earth (New York: Doubleday, 1999).
• Catholic for a Reason: Scripture and the Mystery of the Family of God , co-editor (Steubenville: Emmaus, 1998).
• A Father Who Keeps His Promises: God's Covenant Love in Scripture (Ann Arbor, MI: Servant, 1998).
• "Kinship by Covenant: A Biblical Theological Analysis of Covenant Types and Texts in the Old and New Testaments" Ph.D. Diss, Marquette Univ (Ann Arbor: UMI, 1995; revision to be published by T&T Clark, forthcoming 2001).
• Rome Sweet Home: Our Journey to Catholicism , with Kimberly Hahn (San Francisco: Ignatius Press, 1993).

• “Canon, Cult and Covenant: Towards a Liturgical Hermeneutic,” in Canon Criticism and Theological Interpretation Scripture and Hermeneutics Series VI; eds., Craig Bartholomew, Scott Hahn, Anthony Thiselton (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2006).
• “Worship in the Word: Toward a Liturgical Hermeneutic” Letter & Spirit: A Journal of Catholic Biblical Theology 1 (2005), pp. 101-136.
• “Kingdom and Church in Luke-Acts: From Davidic Christology to Kingdom Ecclesiology,” in Reading Luke: Interpretation, Reflections, Formation Scripture and Hermeneutics Series VI; eds., Craig Bartholomew, Joel Green, Anthony Thiselton (Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2005), pp. 294-326.
• “Noah’s Nakedness and the Curse on Canaan (Genesis 9:20-27),” with John Seitze Bergsma, Journal of Biblical Literature 124.1 (Spring 2005), pp. 25-40.
• “Covenant in the Old and New Testaments: Some Current Research (1994–2004)” Currents in Biblical Research 3.2 (2005), 263-292.
• “Covenant Oath and the Aqedah: Diaqh/kh in Galatians 3:15-18” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 67.1 (2005), pp. 79-100.
• “Scripture is Sacramental,” Lay Witness (December 2005)
• “Covenant, Cult, and the Curse-of-Death: Diaqh/kh in Hebrews 9:15-22” in Hebrews: Contemporary Methods - New Insights, ed. Gabriella Gelardini (Leiden: Brill, 2005).
• “A Broken Covenant and the Curse-of-Death: A Study of Hebrews 9:15–22” Catholic Biblical Quarterly 66.3 (2004), pp. 416-436.
• “What Laws Were Not Good: A Canonical Approach to the Theological Problem of Ezekiel 20:25-26,” with John Bergsma, Journal of Biblical Literature 123.2 (2004), pp. 201-218
• “What Laws Were Not Good: A Canonical Approach to the Theological Problem of Ezekiel 20:25-26,” with John Bergsma, Journal of Biblical Literature 123.2 (2004), pp. 201-218
• “The Correlation of Biblical Types and Marian Dogmas,” Keynote Address for the Mariological Society of America (May 2004)
• “A Healthy Dose of Reality,” The Catholic Answer (2004)
• “The Gospel of Fulfillment,” St. Anthony Messenger (December 2004)
• "Pater Noster", a ten-part series of articles on the Lord's Prayer, appearing in Lay Witness throughout 2002 and 2003
• "Grace and Conversion in the Writings of Blessed Josemaria", Academic Paper presented at conference "The Grandeur of Ordinary Life", Pontifical University of the Holy Cross, Rome, January 2002
• "The Use of Scripture in the Writings of Blessed Josemaria" Romana, (forthcoming 2002)
• "Mary Co-Redemptrix: Doctrinal Development and Ecumenism," in Mary Co-Redemptrix: Doctrinal Issues Today, Mark Miravalle (ed.), (Goleta, CA: Queenship, 2002), pp. 263-74
• "Search the Scriptures: Reading the Old Testament with Jesus, John and Thomas Aquinas", Saint Austin Review 2 (March 2002), pp. 12-15; originally presented at a Conference, "Reading St. John with Thomas Aquinas: Ressourcement and the Fourth Gospel" (Lansing, Michigan; October 2001
• "The Family Spirit," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4:6, 2001)
• "Scripture at Work: How a Modern Spiritual Master Read the Bible, Blessed Josemaria Escriva," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4:5, 2001)
• "Search the Scriptures," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4:4, 2001)
• "Adam's Family Values," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4.3, 2001)
• "Shaking Out the Psalter, Part 2," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4.2, 2001)
• "Shaking Out the Psalter, Part 1," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4.1, 2001)
• "Provocative Misreading or Evocative Exegesis? Paul's View of the Identity and Salvation of 'All Israel' in Romans 9- 11", presented at the International Convention of the Society of Biblical Literature ( Rome; July 2001)
• "Introduction" to Michael Barber, Singing in the Reign (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 2001)
• "Foreword" to Kimberly Hahn, Life Giving Love, (Servant Publications, 2001)
• "Foreword" to Paul Hinnebusch, O.P., God's Kinship With Us: Human Relationships in Hesed (Oak Lawn, IL: CMJ Marian Publishers, 2001)
• "Foreword" to Patrick Madrid, Search and Rescue (Sophia Press, 2001)
• "Family Ties," Scripture Matters (Envoy 5.6, 2001)
• "Foreword" to Mike Aquilina, The Mass of the Early Christians (Our Sunday Visitor, 2001)
• "Foreword" to Timothy Gray, The Sacraments in the Scriptures (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 2001)
• "Foreword" to Russia and the Universal Church (San Diego: Catholic Answers, 2001)
• "Power Beside the Throne," Scripture Matters (Envoy 5.5, 2001)
• "Scholars and Sense," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4.4, 2000)
• "Heaven on Earth: What I found and My First Mass," Lay Witness (November, 2000) pp. 4-5
• First Comes Love: How to Evangelize, with Jeff Cavins (Encinitas, CA: Missionaries of Faith Foundation, 2000)
• "The Angelic Doctor and the Good Book," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4.3, 2000)
• "The Church as Kingdom: Davidic and Eucharistic," Crisis (July/August 2000), pp. 36-40
• "Every Mother's Son," New Covenant (May 2000), pp. 10-11
• "How to Read the Bible," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4.2, 2000)
• "She Gave the Word Flesh," in M. Miravalle (ed.), Contemporary Insights on Marian Dogma (Goleta, CA: Queenship, 2000), pp. 169-80
• "Venerators of the Lost Ark: The Woman in Revelation 11-12," Scripture Matters (Envoy 4.1, 2000)
• "The Mass as Heaven on Earth," Antiphon 4:3 (1999), pp. 5-6, 9
• "Foreword" to Edward P. Sri, Mystery of the Kingdom (Steubenville: Emmaus Road, 1999)
• "The Lamb's Supper: The Book of Revelation for the Masses," Scripture Matters (Envoy 3.6, 1999)
• "Going on Vocation: Why Fathers are Priests and Priests are Fathers," Scripture Matters (Envoy 3.5, 1999)
• "The Times of the Signs: A Biblical Approach to Pentecostal Phenomena," Scripture Matters (Envoy 3.4, 1999)
• "Indecent Exposure (Jn 8:1-11): Unadulterated Truth of Mercy & Judgment," Scripture Matters (Envoy 3.3, 1999)
• "The Hour is Coming: A Liturgical Reading of John's Gospel," Scripture Matters (Envoy 3.2, 1999)
• "Sex, Lies and Sacraments," Our Sunday Visitor (February 21, 1999), pp. 6-7
• "Foreword" to Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, Many Religions, One Covenant (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1999)
• "Where is the Temple," New Covenant (March 1999), p. 14
• A New Oxford Movement?," Sacerdos 6 (Jan-Feb 1999), pp. 6-11
• "Why Faith is Such a Royal Pain," Our Sunday Visitor (December 20, 1998), pp. 18-19
• "St. Thomas and the Bible," Lay Witness (December 1998), 30-33, 43
• "Reading Scripture 'Deep Down'," Scripture Matters (Envoy 2.6, 1998)
• "Coming to Our Senses: Rediscovering the Lost Art of Spiritual Exegesis," Lay Witness (Sept 1998), pp. 4-6
• "The First Family: Scripture and the Mystery of the Trinity," Scripture Matters (Envoy 2.5, 1998)
• "Deuteronomy Points to the Heart of the Problem," Scripture Matters (Envoy 2.4, 1998)
• "Idol Time for Sacrifice," Scripture Matters (Envoy 2.3, 1998)
• "Utter Mysteries: What Does Scripture Tell Us About Tongue-Speaking?" New Covenant (June 1998), pp. 18-19
• "Israel's Calf-Hearted Response," Scripture Matters (Envoy 2.2, 1998)
• "A Tale of Three Pentecosts," New Covenant (January 1998), pp. 9-11
• "Beloved Backsliders: Israel in the Wilderness," Scripture Matters (Envoy 1.6, 1997)
• "She Gave the Word Flesh," Inside the Vatican (October 1997), pp. 62-65
• "Holy Moses," New Covenant (September 1997), pp. 10-14, 31
• "The Priest as Spiritual Father," Sacerdos (July/August 1997), pp. 7-11
• "Spiritual Exegesis," in R. Shaw (ed.), Encyclopedia of Catholic Doctrine (Huntington: OSV, 1997)
• "Priesthood (in the Old Testament)," in Encyclopedia of Catholic Doctrine (Huntington: OSV, 1997)
• "Like Father, Like Priest," Sacerdos 3 (April-June 1996), pp. 13-16
• "The Bible Politicized: Roots & Fruits of Historical Criticism," Bulletin of Applied Biblical Studies 3/3-4 (1996)
• "LikeTwo Sides of a Coin: Family and Covenant in Scripture," Bulletin of Applied Biblical Studies 3/1-2 (1996)
• "Substitute Teachers: The Priestly Caste of Levi," Bulletin of Applied Biblical Studies 2/4 (1995)
• "Fathers & Sons as Priests in the Domestic Church," Bulletin of Applied Biblical Studies 2/3 (1995)
• "Returning to Our Senses: Spiritual Exegesis in Catholic Tradition," Bulletin of Applied Biblical Studies 2/1-2 (1995)
• "Foreword" to Karl Adam, The Spirit of Catholicism (Steubenville, OH: University Press, 1995)
• "Foreword" to Patrick Madrid (ed.), Surprised By Truth (San Diego: Basilica Press, 1994), pp. 9-11
• "The Fourth Cup: A Biblical Approach to the Eucharist," Bulletin of Applied Biblical Studies 1/3-4 (1994)
• "Time & Eternity Intersect: John's Vision of the Church in Revelation," Bulletin of Applied Biblical Studies 1/2 (1994)
• "Apocalyptic Liturgy in the Heavenly Temple," Bulletin of Applied Biblical Studies 1/1 (1994)
• "Foreword" to Joseph Cardinal Ratzinger, The Meaning of Christian Brotherhood (San Francisco: Ignatius, 1993)
• "Prima Scriptura: Magisterial Perspectives on the Primacy of Scripture," in A. J. Mastroeni (ed.), The Church and the Universal Catechism (Steubenville, OH: Fellowship of Catholic Scholars, 1993), pp. 83-116
• "Christian Marriage and the Crisis of Faith," H. Owen (ed.), A Warning is Given: The Crisis of Faith and the Call of God's Mercy (Woodstock, VA: Apostolatus Uniti, 1992), pp. 5-6
• "Foreword" to Frank Sheed, Catholic Evidence Training Outlines (Ann Arbor: Catholic Evidence Guild, 1992)
• "The Hunt for the Fourth Cup," This Rock (October 1991), pp. 7-12
• "Faith Up to the Facts: A Catholic Presentation of the Gospel," Familia Dei 1 (1992), pp. 1-4
• "Facing the Truth: Free and Home at Last," Fatima Family Messenger (January-March 1991), pp. 16-21
• "Protestant Minister Becomes Catholic," Fatima Family Messenger (October-December 1990), pp. 8-11
• "Why I Became a Catholic," Marian Conferences 3 (1990), pp. 29-34.
• "The Bible and Birth Control," Touchstone: A Journal of ecumenical Orthodoxy 3 (Spring 1990).
• "The Outcome of Income Tax." Freeman (March 1980), 134-40.

Society of Biblical Literature; Catholic Biblical Association; Catholic Theological Society of America; Fellowship of Catholic Scholars; North American Patristic Society; Society of Catholic Social Scientists; Society of Christian Ethics.

St. Paul Center for Biblical Theology (Founder and President); Catholics United for the Faith (Former Chairman of the Board); Fellowship of Catholic University Students (FOCUS, Co-Founder and Trustee); Emmaus Road Publishing (Editorial Advisor); Coming Home Network (Co-Founder and Advisory Board Member); Couple to Couple League (Board of Advisors); Redeemer Pacific College (Advisory Board Member); Pro-Life League (Lagos, Nigeria - Consultant).

Age: 51; Height: 6' 1", Birth: 10/28/57 (Pittsburgh, PA); Married to Kimberly Kirk; Children: Michael (25), Gabriel (24), Hannah (21), Jeremiah (17), Joseph (14), David (9).