Name: Lorin Lee Cranford
Position:
Professor of Religion
Department
of Religious Studies and Philosophy
Gardner-Webb University
Boiling Springs, North Carolina
Teaching since 1998
Address:
Gardner-Webb University
PO Box 1415
PO Box 7241
Boiling Springs, NC 28017-1415
Boiling Springs, NC 28017-7241
704 434-5657 phone
704 406-4461 phone
704 434-0472 fax
704 406-3013 fax
lorin@cranfordville.com
lcranford@gardner-webb.edu
Birth:
November 3, 1941; Perrin, Texas
Wife:
Claire M. Cranford, July 2, 1944
Children:
Carrie Lynn Allen (step-daughter), April 9, 1977
Angie Kelley (step-daughter), June 9, 1970
Brian Kelley (son-in-law), Nov. 4, 1971
Gregory Scott Cranford (son), October 29, 1969
Jennifer Cranford (daughter-in-law), June 26, 1971
Donald Lynn Cranford (son), August 2, 1966
Hallie Cranford (daughter-in-law), February 14,
1972
Christopher Wayne Cranford (son), August 9, 1963
Charis Cranford (daughter-in-law), May 5, 1965
Grandchildren:
Michael Heath Cranford, July 24, 1987
Mary Kathryn Cranford, August 4, 1988
Aaron Foster Cranford, February 4, 1991
Susanna Helen Cranford, March 24, 1992
Brittany Nicole Cranford, October 18, 1994
Clayton Douglas Kelly, February 14, 1995
Preston Reid Cranford, June 26, 1996
Trevor Ryan Cranford, November 4, 1997
Church Membership:
First
Baptist Church of Shelby, North Carolina
Education:
Wayland Baptist University,
B.A., 1964
Southwestern
Baptist Seminary, M.Div., 1968; Th.D., 1975
Goethe Institut,
Zertifikat Deutsch Als Fremdsprache, 1980
Additional Study:
University of Texas
at Arlington
Abert Ludwigs
Universität, Freiberg Germany
Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms
Universität, Bonn Germany
Alliance
Française, Paris, France
Ruprecht-Karls-Universität,
Heidelberg Germany
Previous Positions:
Professor of New Testament, School of Theology,
Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, 1974-1997
Pastor, Springdale Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas,
1968-74
Pastor, First Baptist Church, Graford, Texas, 1964-68
Publications:
"A New Look at II Corinthians 5:1-10," Southwestern
Journal of Theology, Spring, 1977.
"Encountering Heresy: Insight from the Pastoral
Epistles," Southwestern Journal of Theology, Spring 1980.
Workbook for Elementary Greek, 2 vols (Scripta
Publishing), 1980; rev. ed. 1988, 1989
Workbook for New Testament Greek, 2 vols.
(Scripta Publishing) 1981, 1982; rev. ed. 1989
A Study Manual of the New Testament, 2 vols.
(Scripta Publishing), 1981
Youth in Discovery: Teacher, Jan.-Mar., 1983 (SBC
S.S. Board)
Theologische Auszüge zur Leseübung,
2 vols., ed., (Scripta Publishing) 1984
Galatians Diagramed, (Scripta Publishing)
1984
James Diagramed, (Scripta Publishing) 1984
A Study Guide to the Sermon on the Mount,
(Scripta Publishing) 1985, rev. ed. 1988
A Study Manual on the Epistle of James: English
Text, (Scripta Publishing) 1987
Laymen's Bible Dictionary (Broadman) articles:
"Future Hope," "Judgment Day," "Sanctification," 1986
"What About Your Faith? An Exposition of James 2,"
Southwestern
Journal of Theology, fall 1986
Translator of German Article: "The Scofield Bible:
A Challenge From Fundamentalism," Southwestern Journal of Theology,
summer 1986
A Study Manual on the Epistle of James: Greek
Text, (Scripta Publishing) 1988, rev. ed. 1991
A Study Manual on the Epistle of Paul to the
Galatians: English Text, (Scripta Publishing) 1986, rev. ed. 1988
A Study Manual on the Epistle of Paul to the
Galatians: Greek Text, (Scripta Publishing) 1988, rev. ed. 1991
A Study Manual on the Parables of Jesus: English
Text, (Scripta Publishing) 1988
Mercer Dictionary of the Bible (Mercer Univ.
Press) articles: "Conflict Story," "Principalities and Powers," "James,
the Person,"
"Cynics,"
"Trophimus," "Artemis," "Emmaus," "Upper Room," "Tychicus," 1989
Encyclopedia of Early Christianity (Garland
Press) article: "Revelation," 1987
Exegeting the New Testament: vol 1, A
Seminar Working Model, (Scripta Publishing) 1989, rev. ed. 1991
Exegeting the New Testament: vol 2, Research
Updates and Bibliography, (Scripta Publishing) 1991
"Bibliography for the Sermon on the Mount," Southwestern
Journal of Theology, Fall 1992
"Predigthören - Mit Konsequenzen", Die Gemeinde,
July 1992
"A Rhetorical Reading of Galatians," Southwestern
Journal of Theology, Fall 1994
"Inspiration," Encyclopedia of Early Christianity,
rev ed (Garland Press), 1996
"Gipfel im Leben", Die Gemeinde, May 1995
"Modern New Testament Interpretation," chapter seven
of Biblical Hermeneutics, Broadman Press, 1996
"The Bridge" a non-religious short story published
in 1997 on The Short Story Page at http://jhedge.simplenet.com/story/fiction/fiction.htm
"The Lost and Found," Decision Magazine,
Billy Graham Evangelistic Association, (February, 1998)
The Parables of Jesus, C&L Publications,
2000, (released in CD-ROM form)
Learning Biblical Koine Greek, Scripta Publishing
Inc., 3rd ed., 2001 (released in CD-ROM form).
The Letter of Paul to the Galatians, in Biblical
Insights: An Exegetical and Expository Commentary on the New Testament,
C&L Publications, Inc., 2002 (in preparation; to be released on CD-ROM
and on the internet at http://cranfordville.com/Cranfordville/Commentary.html)
Areas of Expertise:
Languages: Greek, Hebrew, German, Latin, French
New Testament studies
Exegetical Theory and Procedure
Computer Applications to Christian Ministry
Memberships:
Society of Biblical Literature
Southwest Region of SBL (NT Program Chairperson,
1995, Vice-President, 1996, President-Elect, 1997)
National Association of Baptist Professors of Religion
Seminar on the Development of Catholic Christianity
(Convener, 1991-92, 1992-93)
Southwest Biblical Seminar, (Convener, 1985-86;
Co-Convener, 1997-98)
Institute for Biblical Research
Texas Faculty Association
Honors:
Honorary Life Member of Texas Association, P.T.A.
Who's Who Among Colleges and Universities, 1963-64,
1974-75
Who's Who in Religion in America, 1975-78, 1995,
1998
Outstanding Young Men of America, 1977-78
Who's Who in Computers, 1989
Gastdozent at the Theologisches Seminar, Hamburg,
Germany, 1983, 1990
Issue Editor for Southwestern Journal of Theology
for fall 1990 edition on Acts
Issue Co-Editor for Southwestern Journal of Theology
for fall 1994 edition on Galatians
Gastwissenschaftler (Visiting Scholar) in the Wissenschaftlich-Theologisches
Seminar of the University of Heidelberg, 1990-91
Gastdozent (Guest Lecturer) of the Neutestamentlichen
Societät at the Wissenschaftlich-Theologisches Seminar of the University
of Heidelberg, 1991
Gastdozent (Guest Lecturer) at the Englisches Seminar
in the Sociologischen Fakultät of the University of Bonn, 1991
Gastdozent (Guest Lecturer) at the University of
Göttingen, 1991
Who's Who in the Southwest, 1995, 1997
Who's Who among American Teachers, 2002
Interim Pastorates:
Arlington Heights Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas,
1974-75, 1977-78
First Baptist Church, Perrin, Texas, 1976-77, 1989-90
First Baptist Church, Argyle, Texas, 1978
Normandale Baptist Church, Fort Worth, Texas, 1979,
1983, 1994
First Baptist Church, Grandfield, Okla., 1979
First Baptist Church, Bellevue, Texas, 1981
Walnut Creek Baptist Church, Azle, Texas, 1983
First Baptist Church, Iowa Park, Texas, 1986
Grace Baptist Church, Sandhausen, Germany, 1991
Ridgecrest Baptist Church, Haltom City, Texas 1997