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Rob O'Lynn

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I currently teach preaching, ministry and Bible courses at Kentucky Christian University, where I am the director of the Bible and Ministry program.

I also preach in Ashland, Kentucky, having previously preached in Arkansas, Texas, West Virginia and elsewhere in Kentucky.

My education includes degrees from Harding University, the Austin Graduate School of Theology, Lubbock Christian University and the Harding School of Theology.

I'm married to a girl from San Diego, and we have two kids -- one loves video games and is learning to play the drums, and the other loves to dance, sing and read. ...more

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Practicing Presence: Theory and Practice of Pastoral Care

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Review: Called to Serve, Gifted to Lead: A Biblical and PracticalCase for Women in Ministry by Dawn Gentry (Cloverdale, IN: Dialoge Press, 2026).

In Acts 18, we are introduced to Priscilla, the wife ofAquila and an early missionary. We do not know much about Priscilla or her andAquila’s ministry, other than they served alongside Paul in Corinth and“explained the Way of God…more accurately” to A

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From Pulpit to Public Square: Faithful Speech beyond Church Walls

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Contesting the Body of Christ: Ecclesiology's Revolutionary Century

by Myles Werntz

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Weathering Change: Seeking Peace Amid Life’s Tough Transitions

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