Mark L. Ward, Jr., Ph.D.
Logos Pro, Faithlife
Books
Authorized
The Use and Misuse of the King James Bible
By Mark Ward
Biblical Worldview
Creation, Fall, Redemption
By Mark Ward
Bible Truths
The Story of the Old Testament
By Mark Ward
Can I Smoke Pot?
Marijuana in Light of Scripture
By Tom Breedan and Mark Ward
More Books
Bible Truths F: Patterns for Christian Living
student text, 2011
Bible Truths A: The Life of Christ
complete rewrite of Unit 4, Sermon on the Mount, 2012
Ten Ways to Improve Your Bible Study with Digital Tools
promotional ebook, Logos Bible Software, 2016
Articles and Papers
Highlights
“The Allure of the Iron Cage: Reactions to Steven D. Smith’s The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse”
Bible Faculty Summit paper
“The Dwarfs are for the Dwarfs: Stanley Fish, The Pragmatic Presuppositionalist”
Answers Research Journal
“Atheists Agree: Truth Is a Moral Issue”
Answers Magazine
“American Idol, American Culture, the Christian Church, and Your Bible Study”
Modern Reformation
“Love”
The Jonathan Edwards Encyclopedia
Full List
“The Baptist General Conference”
Mack Library Research Report, June 2005
“The Young Fundamentalists Survey: Summary and Analysis”
Mack Library Research Report, June 2005
“Choosing Bible Software”
Today’s Christian Preacher, Summer 2007, pp. 7-9
“Christian’s Dangerous Book”
Modern Pilgrim
“Gospel-Centered Buzzwords”
FrontLine Magazine, July/Aug, 2012
“Straight Cuts: Proverbs 1:7”
FrontLine Magazine, Sep/Oct, 2012
“Introduction to the Bible”
For all Bibles produced by Bibles International, 2012
“Introduction to the Old Testament”
For all Bibles produced by Bibles International, 2012
“Introduction to the New Testament”
For all Bibles produced by Bibles International, 2012
“How To Do Word Studies (And How Not To Do Them)”
FrontLine Magazine, Nov/Dec, 2012
“The Dwarfs Are for the Dwarfs: Stanley Fish The Pragmatic Presuppositionalist” PDF, HTML
Answers Research Journal, vol. 6, 2013; first presented at Bible Faculty Summit, Aug 1, 2012, Northland International University
Review: Culture Making: Recovering Our Creative Calling, by Andy Crouch, in The Artistic Theologian, vol. 1, 2012.
“The Hermeneutics of Homosexuality”
FrontLine Magazine, Nov/Dec, 2013
“The Allure of the Iron Cage: Reactions to Steven D. Smith’s The Disenchantment of Secular Discourse.”
Bible Faculty Summit, Aug 6, 2014, Baptist Bible Seminary, Clarks Summit, PA.
“The Ardennes Counteroffensive and Luke’s Account of the Virgin Birth”
FrontLine Magazine, Nov/Dec, 2014
“Wicked Ignorance: A Creationist Agrees with Richard Dawkins”
Answers Magazine; October, 2015
“Labeling Your Bible Reading Intuitions”
Bible Study Magazine, May/June 2016
“And They Were Exceedingly Astonished”
Bible Study Magazine, May/June 2016
“The Story of ͗Ἀρσενοκοίτης according to BDAG”
Bible Faculty Summit, July 27, 2016, Maranatha Bible Univeristy, Watertown, WI.
“A Muslim Reads the Bible”
FrontLine, July/Aug 2016)
“Dear Paul”
Bible Study Magazine, July/Aug 2016
“Run a Quick Search for Rhetorical Questions”
Bible Study Magazine, Nov/Dec 2016
“American Idol, American Culture, the Christian Church, and Your Bible Study”
Modern Reformation, Nov/Dec 2016).
“Exploring the Old Testament Law in Context”
Bible Study Magazine, Jan/Feb 2017
“New Tools for Teaching Textual Criticism to Laypeople”
Bible Faculty Summit, Aug 2, 2017, Appalachian Bible College, Mount Hope, WV.
“Typography in Early Reformation Vernacular Bibles”
Evangelical Theological Society annual meeting, Nov 17, 2017, Providence, RI.
"Can We Trust the Biblical Manuscripts?"
Cover story, Bible Study Magazine, Sep-Oct 2018.
“On Language & Scripture” (FrontLine Magazine, regular column)
- March/April 2014—“How long halt ye between two opinions?”
- May/June 2014—“The lines are fallen unto me in pleasant places”
- July/August 2014—“But God commendeth his love toward us”
- Sep/Oct 2014—“Is-ree-uhl”
- Nov/Dec 2014—“Etymological Fallacy 1: Words don’t necessarily mean what they used to mean”
- Jan/Feb 2015—“Etymological Fallacy 2: Fabulous”
- Mar/Apr 2015—“Etymological Fallacy 3: Greek and Hebrew are the result of language change”
- May/June 2015—“Imminent, Immanent, and Eminent“
- July/August 2015—“Pure Religion”
- Sep/Oct 2015—“Wimmin”
- Nov/Dec 2015—“Biblical Worldview”
- Jan/Feb 2016—“John McWhorter and Bible Study”
- Mar/Apr 2016—“Conservatism, Progressivism, and the English Language, part 1”
- May/June 2016—“Conservatism, Progressivism, and the English Language, part 2”
- July/August 2016—“The OED, part 1”
- Sep/Oct 2016—“The OED, part 2”
- Nov/Dec 2016—“Give Me the Text”
- Jan/Feb 2017—“Let’s Stop Capitalizing Deity Pronouns”
- Mar/Apr 2017—“How the KJV Takes God’s Words out of People’s Hands”
- May/June 2017—“The Generic He”
- July/August 2017—“Other People’s Grammar and Spelling Mistakes”
- Sep/Oct 2017—“Water Closets and the Euphemism Treadmill”
- Nov/Dec 2017—“Lexiles, Seuss, and the Bible”
- Jan/Feb 2018—“Semantic Conservatism”
- Mar/Apr 2018—“The Barbarians Might Could Getcha”
- May/June 2018—“In the Greek”
- July/Aug 2018—"David Bellos Is Wrong about the Bible and Language"
- Sep/Oct 2018—"Australian English
- Nov/Dec 2018—“The Etymology of 'Atonement'”
- Jan/Feb 2019—“Written vs. Spoken Language in Scripture'”
Logos Blog
Over 200 articles and counting
Top Articles
- “Which Bible Translation Is Best? All the Good Ones.”
- “Is the Word “Easter” in the Bible?”
- “What Agape Really Means”
- “Why We Should Stop Capitalizing Pronouns Referring to God”
- “4 Simple Language Principles That Will Improve Your Bible Study”
- “How to Use—and How Not to Use—the Amplified Bible”
- “How to Do Bible Word Studies: A Fool-Proof Guide”
- “The Most Used Words in the Bible”
- “How to Write a Funeral Sermon”
- “How to Apply a Psalm to Your Situation”
- “Middle-Eastern Man Forgiven 450 Gazillion Dollar Debt”
- “How to Highlight a Book Like a Bible Nerd”
- “The Question That Reveals Everything You Believe About the Old Testament”
- “What Your View of Judges 11 Says About Your View of the Entire Bible”
- “Why Pastors Should Use a Different Greek Text”
- “Which Are More Accurate: Literal or Non-Literal Bible Translations?”
Logos Academic Blog
Lexham Press Blog
Faithlife Blog
A few articles (plus this interview)
Lectures and Seminars
Multiple BibleWorks and Logos Training Sessions, 2004ff.
Approximately 100 Bible and Bible Integration Presentations, 2007ff.—BJU Press
“Shaping a Biblical Worldview through the Study of Literature”
online CHART webinar, BJU Press, Nov. 10, 2011
“Technology Giveth” and “Technology Taketh Away”
Reformed Baptist Seminary, Jan 24, 2012
“Stanley Fish and Christian Apologetics”
two lectures, Bob Jones Seminary Apologetics course, Jan 22 and 24, 2013
“Using BibleWorks and Logos”
Mount Calvary Baptist Church Whetstone Conference, June 6, 2013.
“The One Story of Scripture”
Bob Jones Academy Faculty In-Service, Aug 12, 2013.
West Virginia Christian Education Association Conference, Sep 25–26, 2013 & Grandview Christian School ACTS Conference, Oct 24–25, 2013
- “How to Set Up a Cheap but Attractive Church/School Website”
- “The One Story of Scripture”
- “By Faith We Understand: Forming a Biblical Worldview”
“Which Bible Software Should I Buy? Accordance, BibleWorks, or Logos?”
BJU Greek Forum, April 10, 2014
Reformed Baptist Seminary Hermeneutics Module, May 9, 2014. BibleWorks, Logos, Accordance lectures.
- Part 1: Guidelines for Choosing and Using Bible Software
- Part 2: BibleWorks
- Part 3: Logos
- Part 4: Accordance
Screencasts supporting and extending NT 251 (“The Sermon on the Mount”) and NT305 (New Testament Theology); Logos Mobile Ed; 2014–2015.
“Why Bible Typography Matters”
Mount Calvary Baptist Church combined adult Sunday School, Jan 25, 2015.
“Why Bible Typography Matters”
Logos’ BibleTech Conference, May 1, 2015.
Creation, Fall, Redemption
Three messages at Grace Baptist Church of Victoria, British Columbia; Oct 11–12, 2015.
Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption
Block class, Foundation Baptist College, Edmonton, Alberta; May 9–14, 2016.
“Why the Standard View of Agape Is Wrong and What We Should Preach Instead”
Pastors FAST Class, Meadowlands Baptist Church, Edmonton, Alberta; May 9–10
Asia Center for Advanced Studies Advanced Hermeneutics Lectures
Let’s Talk Marijuana, hosted by InDoubt.ca, part of Back to the Bible Canada; Feb 22, 2018, Surrey, B.C.
Hill Creek Christian School kick-off message, Sep 5, 2018
Bible and Apologetics Family Conference; Sep 8, 2018
- How Can Christians Know that We Know the Truth?
- Who Decided What’s in My Bible?
Bibliology Lectures for Communion Church, Mount Vernon; Oct 3 and 17, 2018
- Transmission: How Were the Words of the Bible Preserved and Copied?
- Translation: How Was the Bible Translated from Its Original Languages?
"Publishing Your Research" (lecture); March 25, 2019
Asia Center for Advanced Christian Studies
SNT 614, Exposition of Romans; Spring, 2019
BJU Seminary Online MDiv
BibleTech Conference, Seattle; April 11–12, 2019
Select Interviews
- InDoubt Podcast, Back to the Bible Canada: Can I Smoke Pot?
- Shaun Tabbat Show, Can I Smoke Pot?
- InDoubt Podcast, Back to the Bible Canada: English Bible Translations
- Many more interviews on podcasts, radio shows, and websites for my book Authorized.
- John McWhorter, Lexicon Valley
- Isaac Dagneau, InDoubt podcast from Back to the Bible Canada
- John Marino, CrossView podcast
- Travis Montgomery, Exegetical Tools podcast
- Shaun Tabbat, Shaun Tabbat Show
- Tyler Robbins, Sharper Iron
- Kristin Tetteh, Faithlife
- Eric Walker, Ignite a Nation
- the Bible Gateway
- Kerby Anderson on Point, View Live
- Janet Mefferd on Janet Mefferd Today
- Kevin Thompson, Basic Bible podcast
- Joe Taylor, Faith on the Edge
- Carmen Laberge, Reconnecting Faith
- Bob Crittenden, The Meeting House
- DJ Harry, Let's Talk Church
- Roger Marsh, The Bottom Line on KBRT
- Zach Bartels, These Go to 11 podcast
- Zack Groff, Confessing Our Hope Podcast, Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary
- Aimee Byrd, Carl Trueman, and Todd Pruit on Mortification, Spin
Education
B.A. in Bible (minor: Graphic Design)
Bob Jones University, 2001
M.A. in Bible
Bob Jones Seminary, 2003
Ph.D. in New Testament Interpretation
Bob Jones Seminary, 2012
Positions Held
2015—present
Academic Editor and Logos Pro, Faithlife
- Writes regular articles for the Logos Academic Blog, the Logos Talk Blog, and Bible Study Magazine.
- Edits books and special projects for Lexham Press and Logos Bible Software.
2006–2015
Secondary Bible Writer, BJU Press
- Wrote Bible textbooks for 7th-12th graders in Christian schools and home schools, including the 500-page 12th grade textbook, Biblical Worldview: Creation, Fall, Redemption.
- Assisted the Biblical Worldview Team in consulting with authors of all product lines to ensure that BJU Press materials are truly shaping a Christian worldview and not just claiming to do so.
2002–2010
National newsletter editor
Produced a monthly newsletter for churches summarizing major news stories in religion, government, and society.
2001–2006
Research Assistant
Read, categorized, and summarized 3,000 articles covering all aspects of religion and society for use in a religious study center.
2001–present
Designer for Whatever Churches Need, Especially Websites, Forward Design
(A persistent side job) Logo design, branding, site design, consultation, photography, and web hosting for churches.