As Nazarenes, we affirm the full inspiration of the Bible. We affirm that the Bible inerrantly reveals the will of God for us in all things necessary to our salvation.

The Church of the Nazarene, from its origin, has not made a claim about "how" the Bible came to us. The strength of our Manual statement (Article of Faith IV) on the Bible is what it does not say about the "how" of the Bible's history.

The Bible is an intricate, complex, and beautiful document. When we read it we are only seeing the final product of an even more complex history.

What is one of your hobbies?
Visiting baseball stadiums.

Do you have a favorite team?
New York Yankees [baseball].

Who is the most famous person you've ever met?
I drove Joe Torre (then manager of the New York Yankees) to a restaurant one night in Seattle when he couldn't find a taxi after a Yankees/Mariners game.

Do you miss being a parish pastor?

Humankind is chosen of God to reflect the image of God. What an awesome truth! This is the major vein of Christian holiness teaching.

The image finds expression in a four-fold relationship:

1. To God. This relationship is what makes us human beings (Genesis 1:26).

Q: If God created everything, how did He come to exist?

A: This question has occupied philosophers and theologians for centuries. It is a sub-set of the question about the existence of God.

Perhaps the most famous proof for the existence of a Divine Being is Anselm's (1033-1109) ontological argument. It has been refuted and refined countless times over the ensuing centuries.