Dr. Victor Gordon is senior pastor, First Baptist Church, Wichita, Kansas, where he has served since 1988. Previously he was chaplain and assistant professor of biblical and theological studies at Wheaton College (1983-88) and chaplain and assistant professor of religious studies at Sioux Falls College (1978-83), Sioux Falls, South Dakota. A graduate of Stanford (A.B.), he received his M.Div. (1973) and Ph.D. (New Testament, 1979) from Fuller Theological Seminary. This is his first contribution to Reformation & Revival Journal.