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THE OLD TESTAMENT SCHOLAR When he and Davis were fellow seminary students, Henry remembers Davis’ eager capacity for scholarship. “We were in our Homiletics class and we’d received our assignment to come up with a sermon outline based on a certain passage of Scripture. I had worked and worked and worked on an outline, and when we came to class, Davis showed up with four [outlines].” Davis has contributed numerous articles to various books, dictionaries and journals, including: Harper’s Bible Dictionary, The Higley Sunday School Commentary, The Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia, the Evangelical Commentary, The New
COMMUNITY CONNECTOR / Dr. Davis is a
prolific writer and has authored more than 15 books, many of them on the Old Testament.
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International Dictionary of Biblical Archaeology, Holman Bible Dictionary, and Hermeneutics, Inerrancy & The Bible. He has served as a translator for the New International Version of the Bible and is a contributor to the study edition of that Bible. He has also contributed to the study edition of the New American Standard Bible and the Christian Life Edition of the New King James Version of the Bible. He’s published 19 books and has taught in 45 different countries. Chairman of the Grace Board Dr. Jim Custer (BA 60, BD 63, ThM 77, DD 91) says, “Davis’ knowledge of the land of Israel, its customs, history and folklore, plus his understanding of the Old Testament law, literature and covenant is profound and prophetic.”
THE STALWART Although the counseling program under the seminary was increasing when Davis became president, the M.Div enrollment was declining. Davis was one of the few who discerned early on that something was awry. Bill Male (BD 55), who hired Dr. Larry Crabb as director of the counseling program, says although the master’s program thrived under the leadership of Crabb, several years into the program, Crabb began to change his position on the purpose of the degree. “Originally, we were all in agreement that the counseling program should be about developing counseling skills for pastors. But it started to become more about counseling than pastoring,” recalls Male. Davis began
THE FISHERMAN / Dr. Davis is an avid outdoorsman and an award-winning outdoor writer.
1990 Admitted to the membership of Independent Colleges of Indiana Foundation
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