1) He is a professor of New Testament at Luther Seminary in St. Paul, MN. Although Luther is an ELCA seminary, Skinner is ordained as a teaching elder by the Presbyterian Church.
2) He has an M.Div. and a Ph.D. from Princeton Theological Seminary and an A.B. with a concentration in philosophy from Brown University.
3) He is a prolific writer, and his writing include two books of his own (Intrusive God, Disruptive Gospel: Encountering the Divine in the Book of Acts, and The Trial Narratives: Conflict, Power, and Identity in the New Testament), some co-authored books, contributions to commentaries, dictionaries, and encyclopedias, articles for Huffington Post, small group materials, blog articles, and material for EnterTheBible.org (a resource mentioned just a few posts back in this blog as an excellent resource for study).
4) He co-hosts a podcast called Sermon Brainwave, which is intended to help pastors interpret sermon texts and prepare for sermons.
5) He does a fair amount of public speaking: for conferences, congregations, colleges, seminaries, retreats, and continuing education for pastors.
To learn more about Matthew L. Skinner, visit his website here: http://www.matthewskinner.org/. I especially appreciate this statement from his site:
When people read scripture together, they learn about the foundations of their religious beliefs, yet they also learn about one another and the God they follow. The conversations we have around the Bible can transform us, informing our hopes and propelling us to serve and love the wider world.
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