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MICHAEL L. BROWN

C.V.

MINISTRY EXPERIENCE

2001 to present – senior leader of the FIRE leadership team, which has
  responsibility for the oversight of FIRE School of Ministry, FIRE Church,
  and FIRE International, our missions sending organization which services
  over 190 FIRE graduates serving as missionaries in more than 20 nations;
  serving in particular as mentor and spiritual father to several generations
  of ministry students (in FIRE School of Ministry and in previous schools,
  listed below)
   
1984 to present – ministry to leaders in many settings, throughout America and in
 
more than 15 nations
   
1983 to present – teaching and training ministry students in various undergraduate
 
and graduate institutions
   
1973 to present – itinerant preaching, teaching, and conference speaking,  
  throughout America and in more than 100 ministry trips outside of the
  USA, including Australia (2x), Canada (12x), Czech Republic, England
  (12x), Finland (4x), Germany (8x), Holland (4x), India (14x), Israel (7x),
  Italy (18x), Jamaica, Japan, Kenya, Korea (11x), Mexico (5x), New
  Zealand, Nigeria, Norway, Philippines (2x), Portugal, Scotland, Singapore,
  Sweden (2x); see www.icnministries.org
   
1973 to present – debate and dialogue with Jewish leaders about the Messiahship
 
of Jesus, including numerous public debates


POSITIONS HELD

 2001 to present – FIRE School of Ministry, Concord, North Carolina (originally
Pensacola, Florida), President and Professor of Practical Theology
1996 to 2000 – Brownsville Revival School of Ministry, Pensacola, Florida,
President and Professor of Practical Theology
1998 – Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Visiting Professor of Old Testament

1997 -- Fuller Theological Seminary School of World Mission, Visiting Professor of
Jewish Apologetics
1995 -- Regent University School of Divinity, Adjunct Professor of Old Testament
and Jewish Studies
1987--1993 -- Messiah Biblical Institute and Graduate School of Theology, Dean
and Associate Professor of Hebrew Bible and Jewish Studies (President in 1993)
1983--1987 -- Christ for the Nations Institute of Biblical Studies, Assistant
Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew Language
1983--1985 -- Valley Forge Christian College, New York Extension School,
Instructor of Old Testament and Hebrew

DEGREES

1985 -- New York University, Ph.D., Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

1981 -- New York University, M. A., Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

1977 -- Queens College, B. A., Hebrew Language


PUBLICATIONS: BOOKS
Forthcoming – Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 5: Traditional Jewish
  Objections (Grand Rapids: Baker)
 
Forthcoming – A Queer Thing Happened to America: How a Stealth Agenda Is
  Changing Our Nation
   
Forthcoming – “Jeremiah,” in The Expositor’s Bible Commentary (Grand
  Rapids: Zondervan)
 
2007 – What Do Jewish People Think about Jesus? And Other Questions
  Christians Ask about Jewish Beliefs, Practices and History (Grand
  Rapids: Chosen)
 
2006 – Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 4: New Testament Objections
  (Grand Rapids: Baker)
   
2003 – Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 3: Messianic Prophecy
  Objections (Grand Rapids: Baker)
 
2002 – Revolution in the Church: Challenging the Religious System with a Call for
  Radical Change (Grand Rapids: Chosen)
   
2001 – The Revival Answer Book: Rightly Discerning the Contemporary Revival
  Movements (updated and revised version of Let No One Deceive You;
  Ventura, CA: Renew)
   
2000 – Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 2: Theological Objections
  (Grand Rapids: Baker)
   
2000 – Revolution! The Call to Holy War (Ventura, CA: Renew)
   
1999 – Answering Jewish Objections to Jesus, Vol. 1: General and Historical
  Objections (Grand Rapids: Baker)
   
1999 – Go and Sin No More: A Call to Holiness (Ventura, CA: Regal)
   
1997 – Let No One Deceive You: Confronting the Critics of Revival
  (Shippensburg, PA: Revival Press)
   
1996 – From Holy Laughter to Holy Fire: America On the Edge of Revival
  (expanded version of High-Voltage Christianity; Shippensburg, PA:
  Destiny Image)
   
1995 – Israel’s Divine Healer (Studies in Old Testament Biblical Theology;
  Grand Rapids: Zondervan)
   
1995 – High-Voltage Christianity (Lafayette, LA: Huntington House)
   
1993 – It’s Time to Rock the Boat: A Call to God’s People to Rise Up and Preach
  a Confrontational Gospel (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image)
   
1992 – Our Hands Are Stained With Blood: The Tragic Story of the “Church” and
  the Jewish People (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image)
   
1991 – Whatever Happened to the Power of God: Is the Charismatic Church Slain
  in the Spirit or Down for the Count? (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image)
   
1990 – How Saved Are We? (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny Image)
   
1989 – The End of the American Gospel Enterprise (Shippensburg, PA: Destiny
  Image)
   
1985 – Compassionate Father or Consuming Fire: Who is the God of the Old
  Testament? (Bethesda, MD: Messianic Vision Press)
   
   
PUBLICATIONS: ARTICLES AND REVIEWS
   
2005 – Review of David Klinghoffer, Why the Jews Rejected Jesus: The
  Turning Point of Western History (New York: Doubleday, 2005), Mishkan
  44
   
2004 – “rapa’,” in Theological Dictionary of the Old Testament 13:593-602 (Eng.
  version of “rapa’,” 1991, below)
   
2000 – “Messianic Judaism and Jewish Jesus Research,” Mishkan 31
   
1999 – “Was There a West Semitic Asklepios?”, Ugarit Forschungen 29
  (1998), 133-154.
   
1998 – “Kipper and Atonement in the Book of Isaiah,” in Kî Barukh Hû’:
  Ancient Near Eastern, Biblical, and Judaic Studies for Baruch A. Levine,
  R. Chazan, W. W. Hallo, and L. H. Schiffman, eds. (Winona Lake, IN:
  Eisenbrauns), 189-202.
   
1998 – Review of Dan Cohn-Sherbok, The Crucified Jew (Grand Rapids:
  Eerdmans, 1997), in JETS
   
1997 – “Abba Saul,” and 27 other articles in the Oxford Dictionary of Jewish
  Religion, G. Wigoder and R. J. Werblosky, eds. (New York: Oxford
  University Press)
   
1997 – “Lamentations, Theology of,” in The New International Dictionary of
  Old Testament Theology and Exegesis, W. VanGemeren, ed. (Grand
  Rapids: Zondervan), 4:884-93
   
1997 – “repa’îm,” in The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology
  and Exegesis, 3:1173-1180
   
1997 -- “b-r-k,” in The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology
  and Exegesis, 1:757-767
   
1997 -- “’-š-r, ’ašrê,” in The New International Dictionary of Old Testament
  Theology and Exegesis, 1:570-572
   
1997 -- “r-p-’,” with A. Kam-Yau Chan and Thomas B. Song, in The New
  International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis, 3:1162-
  1172
   
1997 -- “qeren,” in The New International Dictionary of Old Testament Theology
  and Exegesis, 3:990-92
   
1997 -- “Flock, etc.,” with Michael S. Moore, in The New International
  Dictionary of Old Testament Theology and Exegesis
   
1996 -- “Remnant; Proverb; Prophetic Symbolism; Sickness and Disease;
  Servant of the Lord,” in The Everyday Study Bible, Tremper Longman,
  III and Joel Green, eds. (Dallas: Word)
   
1994 -- “The Issue of the Inspired Text: A Rejoinder to David Bivin,”
  Mishkan 20:53-63
   
1993 -- “Unequal Weights and Measures: A Critique of the Methodology of
  the Anti-Missionaries,” Messianic Literature Outreach
   
1992 -- “Recovering the Inspired Text? An Assessment of the Work of the
  Jerusalem School in the Light of Understanding the Difficult Words of
  Jesus,” Mishkan 17/18: 38-64
   
1991 -- “rapa’,” Theologische Wörterbuch zum alten Testament, H.-J. Fabry and
  H. Ringgren, eds. (Stuttgart: Kohlhammer), 7:618-626
   
1987 -- “‘Is it Not?’ or ‘Indeed!’: hl in Northwest Semitic,” MAARAV 4:201-
  219 
   
   
PUBLICATIONS: POPULAR SHORT STUDIES
   
1999 – “True and False Conversion,” in Randy Clark, ed., Power, Holiness,
  and Evangelism (Shippensburg: Destiny Image), 41-50
   
1996 -- “Tradition or Truth,” in Sid Roth, ed., They Thought for Themselves
  (Brunswick, GA: MV Press), 101-118
   
1990 -- “Advanced Dialogue,” and “Keys to Understanding Messianic
  Prophecy,” in Sid Roth, Time is Running Short (Shippensburg, PA:
  Destiny Image), 125-163
   
1987 -- Yeshua: Who is He? (Bethesda, MD: Messianic Vision Press)


ACADEMIC AWARDS


1986/7 -- Listed in the first edition of Who’s Who in Biblical Studies and Archaeology 1986-1987 (Washington, D.C: Biblical Archaeology Society, 1986)

1981 -- New York University -- Grant for the Study of Near Eastern Languages and Literatures

1980 -- New York University -- Abraham I. Katsch Scholarship

1978 -- Queens College -- Labor Zionist Alliance Pact Award for Excellence in Hebrew

1978 -- Queens College -- Honors in Hebrew

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