The editor of Quartz Hill Journal of Theology and Academic Vice President of Quartz Hill School of Theology. He also serves as the School's Professor of Bible and Biblical Languages.
       He has several published science fiction short stories to his credit (see The Locus Index: Science Fiction, Fantasy and Horror). His first published novel, What Dreamers Be These Rocks - Tableland Trilogy: Book One, is now available. He is a graduate of Los Angeles Baptist College with a B.A. (Summa Cum Laude) in history and a minor in Bible; he has a M.A. in Semitic Languages from UCLA (in the Department of Near Eastern Languages and Cultures) where he has completed the course work for a Ph.D. in the same subject.
       He has published articles in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society and Biblical Research Monthly. He is listed in Who's Who in Religion and Who's Who in America and Who's Who in the World. He is married to Ruth Nettelhorst (a third grade teacher at Nancy Cory Elementary School). They have three children, all daughters: a six year old in first grade named Vanessa, a three year old named Nichole (who goes by the name "Toni"), and a two-and-a-half year old named Brittany (or "Ti-ti"). An assortment of tropical fish, two cats, and a Golden Retriever allow them to share their house in Southern California.