Who is Dr. Powell?
Mark Allan Powell is Professor of New Testment at Trinity Lutheran Seminary and an internationally known biblical scholar, specializing in the Gospel of Matthew. He is editor of the HarperCollins Bible Dictionary and author of more than 25 books on the Bible and religion, including the widely used textbook, Introducing the New Testament (Baker Academic). He has also writen in the areas of spiritual formation (Loving Jesus), Stewardship (Giving to God), and homiletics (What Do They Hear? Bridging the Gap Between Pulpit and Pew). Powell's DVDs How Lutherans Understand the Bible have received widespread use throughout the ELCA and were excerpted for inclusion in the Lutheran Study Bible. His newest DVD resource, released on September 1, 2010, is Stewardship: Duty and Delight (Select Learning).