In this episode of We Are Vineyard, Jay and Caleb Maskell talk with Craig Keener. Craig shares about growing up as an atheist, asking the big questions when he was a small child, and having a physical experience of the Holy Spirit when he prayed to accept Jesus at fifteen. Craig talks about why he chose to be a Biblical scholar instead of an astrophysicist, how he got started writing books about miracles, and he shares some stories of miracles and opportunities he’s had for his faith to be strengthened.  

Craig S. Keener (PhD, Duke University) is F. M. and Ada Thompson Professor of Biblical Studies at Asbury Theological Seminary. He is the author of thirty-five books, together 19,000 pages, with some 1.4 million copies of his books in circulation. The books have won fifteen national or international awards, including six in Christianity Today. At a popular level, these include The IVP Bible Background Commentary: New Testament. He has also authored roughly one hundred academic articles, seven booklets, and roughly two hundred popular-level articles. In 2020 Craig was president of the Evangelical Theological Society. Craig is married to Dr. Médine Moussounga Keener, who was a refugee in her home country of Congo for eighteen months; her experience and their romance appear in Impossible Love (Chosen, 2016). They attend a Vineyard church where Médine is an elder. 

Show Notes: 

Register for the 2024 Vineyard USA National Conference: Seed & Soil 

Craig’s Blog

Craig’s Youtube Channel

Miracles Today by Craig S. Keener

Miracles: The Credibility of New Testament Accounts by Craig S. Keener

Testing Prayer by Candy Gunther Brown 

Vineyard History and Identity Resources: 

The Way It Was by Carol Wimber 

The Quest For The Radical Middle by Bill Jackson 

Empowered Evangelicals by Rich Nathan and Ken Wilson

“I’m a Fool For Christ”– John Wimber’s testimony