J. Scott Horrell

Scott Horrell, Th.D, until recently was Senior Professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary and continues as adjunct professor at DTS (including the DMin Brazil program), the Seminário Teológico Centroamericano (DET/PhD SETECA) in Guatemala, the Jordan Evangelical Theological Seminary (Amman), and the Centro de Desenvolvimento de Liderança in Maputo, Mozambique. Most of his ministry years have been outside the US and centered on theological education and pastoral training especially in basic doctrines of the faith. While teaching at several schools in Brazil he was coordinator of graduate studies at the Baptist Theological Seminary in São Paulo, and co-founder/editor of Vox Scripturae, at that time the largest Protestant journal in Latin America. He has written and contributed to various books and written multiple articles in Portuguese and English, notably From the Ground Up: Biblical Foundations for the 21st Century Church (Kregel 2004), Exploring Christian Theology, Vol 1, eds. N. Holsteen and M. Svigel (Bethany, 2014), and A Trindade, a Igreja, e a Realidade Social (2021). His current writing centers on the doctrine of the Trinity, the supernatural world, and human personhood.  

His wife Ruth, children, and eight grandchildren currently reside in Dallas and Houston. 

J. Scott Horrell’s Books

J. Scott Horrell’s Publication Articles

  • Extended Review: Trinitarian Theology: Theological Methods and Doctrinal Application. Ed. Keith S. Whitfield. Nashville: B&H, 2019, 197pp. and Trinity Without Hierarchy: Reclaiming Nicene Orthodoxy in Evangelical Theology, ed. Michael F. Bird and Scott Harrower. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2019, 344pp. in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 62.4 (Dec 2019): 855-861.
  • “Translating ‘Son of God’ for Muslim Contexts, Part 2: Historical and Theological Concerns,” Bibliotheca Sacra 172 (Oct-Dec 2015): 162–77.
  • “Translating ‘Son of God’ for Muslim Contexts, Part 1: Tensions and the Witness of Scripture,” Bibliotheca Sacra 172 (July-Sept 2015): 268-85.
  • “In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Toward a Transcultural Trinitarian Worldview,” Evangelical Review of Theology 38:2 (Apr 2014) 126-37.
  • “In the Name of the Father, Son, and Holy Spirit: Toward a Trinitarian Worldview,” Bibliotheca Sacra 166 (Apr-June 2009): 131-46.
  • “Doing Theology: An International Task.” Evangelical Missions Quarterly 41:4 (Oct 2005) 474-78.
  • “Toward a Biblical Model of the Social Trinity: Avoiding Equivocation of Nature and Order.” Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 47:3 (Sept 2004) 399-42.

J. Scott Horrell’s Contributions

Dr. Svigel recording The Table podcast

Catholicism and Protestantism: Contrasting Distinctives of Protestantism and Catholicism

In this episode, Dr. Darrell Bock, Dr. Scott Horrell and Dr. Michael Svigel discuss Catholicism and…
December 17, 2013
Dr. Bock, Dr. Svigel, and Dr. Horrell recording The Table podcast

Catholicism and Protestantism: The History and Organization of the Roman Catholic Church

In this episode, Dr. Darrell Bock, Dr. Scott Horrell and Dr. Michael Svigel discuss Catholicism and…
December 10, 2013

Jesus Son of God: Iconoclast of the World Religions

Dr. Scott Horrell, Professor of Theological Studies at Dallas Theological Seminary, speaks about how the Incarnate…
June 12, 2013
Dr. Bock and guests recording The Table podcast

Challenges of Bible Translation in Muslim Cultures

In this episode, Dr. Mark Bailey, Dr. Darrell Bock, Dr. Scott Horrell, and Dr. Imad Shehadeh…
April 16, 2013
Dr. Horrell recording The Table podcast

General Issues in Bible Translation

In this episode, Dr. Mark Bailey, Dr. Darrell Bock, Dr. Scott Horrell, and Dr. Imad Shehadeh…
April 9, 2013
Dr. Bock and guests recording The Table podcast

What the New Pope Means for the Future of the Church

Evangelical and Lutheran scholars address the character and theology of the first pope from South America,…
April 2, 2013

Do We Worship the Same God? Jews, Christians, and Muslims in Dialogue

Miroslav Volf, editor
Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company

Jesus in the World Religions: Hinduism, Buddhism, & Islam

Dr. Scott Horrell, Professor of Theological Studies, DTS, answers how Jesus is understood in the major…
September 21, 2012

Seven Common Graces: Simple Satisfactions that Make Life Beautiful

Dr. Scott Horrell, Professor of Theological Studies, DTS, shares how the common graces of life, while…
June 13, 2012

Love, Marriage, and Imitating God

Dr. Scott Horrell, Professor of Theological Studies, DTS, explains how the greatest love, Godly love, is…
February 14, 2012

John Calvin: Reformer for the 21st Century

William Stacy Johnson
Westminster John Knox Press

Global Dictionary of Theology: A Resource for the Worldwide Church

William A. Dyrness, Veli-Matti Kärkkäinen, editors
IVP Academic

Death by Love: Letters from the Cross

Mark Driscoll, Gerry Breshears
Crossway

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