Gordon L. Isaac

GORDON L. ISAAC, Ph.D.
Berkshire Assistant Professor of Advent Christian Studies, Director of the Advent Christian Studies Program, Director of Th.M. Program in Church History and Theology and MA and MAR Programs, 1997
B.A. (Seattle Pacific University); M.Div. (Western Evangelical Theological Seminary); M.Th. (Luther Theological Seminary); Ph.D. (Marquette University).
 
Dr. Isaac has taught at Gordon-Conwell since 1997. An ordained minister, he has served at a number of Advent Christian churches. He pastored churches in Colton, OR, and Watertown, WI, and served as interim pastor in Lewiston, ID; Arleta, CA; Haverhill, MA, and Goodwin’s Mills, ME. He has also spoken on Martin Luther at a lecture series at Lutheran Seminary Osaka in Japan.

Dr. Isaac holds membership in the Sixteenth Century Society and the American Society of Church History. He is an associate editor of Luther Digest.

He is currently attending First Presbyterian Church in Ipswich, MA. He preaches there occasionally and has taught two adult Sunday school classes: Evangelicals and Social Action and a class on Martin Luther.  

Dr. Isaac's expertise is in Reformation Studies, with special emphasis in the theology of Martin Luther. He is also interested in 19th century popular religion.

His personal interests include gardening and international cooking.

Dr. Gordon L. Isaac’s Publications

Book
•    Left Behind or Left Befuddled: The Subtle Dangers of Popularizing the End Times (Liturgical Press, 2008)

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Articles
    Dr. Isaac has written articles for several publications. His most recent articles are “Peter Abelard,” “Anselm,” and “Eriugena” in New Dictionary of Apologetics. Edited by Campbell Campbell-Jack, Gavin McGrath and C. Stephen Evans. Downers Grove, Illinois; Leicester, England: InterVarsity Press, 2006.

“Luther and the Three Rules: Shaping Pastoral Ministry in the Light of Theology (Oratio, Meditatio, Tentatio). Kobe Lutheran Theological Seminary, Kobe, Japan October 27 and 28, 2003.

“Some Reflections on Luther’s View of Death.” Presented at the Tenth International Congress on Luther Research, Copenhagen, Denmark, August, 2002.