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- The Carl and Erna Weinrich Professor of New Testament and Early Church Studies
Biography
Dr. Bushur joined the CTSFW faculty in the fall of 2006, specializing in patristics. In May 2017 he was named The Carl and Erna Weinrich Associate Professor of New Testament and Early Church Studies.
He received his BA in biblical literature from Taylor University, Upland, Indiana (1989) and earned an MDiv (1993) and STM (Thesis: “The Flesh of Christ and the Economy of Salvation in the Teaching of St. Irenaeus, Bishop of Lyons,” 1998) from Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana. He completed his PhD at the University of Durham, UK, in 2010.
He served as pastor at Immanuel Lutheran Church, Decatur, Indiana (1999–2006), and Trinity Lutheran Church, Goodland, Indiana (1994–1999). He served as director of Deaconess Formation at CTSFW from 2011–2025.
Bushur is a member of the North American Patristics Society.
He and his wife, Lori, have three children.
Selected Works
The titles below, as well as others by Dr. Bushur, are available in the CTSFW Media Collection. For a complete list of Dr. Bushur's works, please refer to his curriculum vitae (CV), which is available on this page.
- The Rhetoric of Death: Preaching the Death that Conquers Death-video
- The Rhetoric of Death: Preaching the Death that Conquers Death-audio
- Lectionary Podcast-Pentecost-Series B
- 2015 Deaconess Placement
- Exegetical - "The Sacramental Chracter of the Scriptures in Early Christian Interpretation" - Audio
- First and Second Century Martyr Polycarp
- The Early Christian Appropriation of Old Testament Scripture
- The Early Christian Appropriation of Old Testament Scripture: The Canonical Reading of Scripture in 1 Clement
- Panel Discussion - The Council of Nicaea 1700 Years Later: Old and New Controversies
- Who Spoke by the Prophets: Inspiration in the Early Church
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - June 20, 2011
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - June 24, 2015
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - September 20, 2000
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - Thursday, April 21, 2022
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - March 31, 2016
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - November 02, 2018
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - April 04, 2017
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - Monday, June 10, 2024
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - May 04, 2018
- Kramer Chapel Sermon - May 31, 2007
To see those works by James Bushur available in the CTSFW Media collection, please click here. To search for works associated with Bushur from other third-party publishers, you can search through our CTSFW Bookstore by clicking here.