Professional Employment or Service

Distinguished Research Professor of Biblical and Theological Studies, Faith Evangelical Seminary, Tacoma, Washington. Courses in Christian Origins, New Testament Introduction, Systematic Theology, Cults, and Apologetics. 1999-. Overlapping of one year with Trinity Law School.

Adjunct Professor of Law (Trinity Law School; previously Professor of Law). Religion and the Law. 2000-2007.

Professor of Law (Trinity Law School) and Professor of Theology and Culture (Trinity Graduate School). Courses in law school: Constitutional Law, Criminal Law, Religion and the Law, Legal History; Courses in the graduate school: Systematic Theology, Current Issues in Theology, Social and Cultural Exegesis. 1997-2000. Overlapping of one year with Michigan Theological Seminary, and one year with Faith Seminary.

Radio Talk host of “Talk from the Heart,” WMUZ Radio. Guest host on Christian talk program. 1997-1998. Host M-F, 3 hours each day.
Academic Dean and Professor of Theology, Michigan Theological Seminary, Plymouth, MI. Administrated the academic program of the school, and teach courses in theology, Bible, and apologetics. 1996-1998. Overlapping of one year with Trinity Law School.

Radio Talk host of “Sound Off,” KYKN Radio. This was a secular program on the most listened to station in the Willamette Valley, Oregon. The program concentrated on politics, public policy, and societal and cultural issues. 1995-1996. Host M-F, 1 hour each day.

Professor-at-Large, Simon Greenleaf University, Schools of Christian Apologetics and Law. Represent the University. Taught classes in apologetics and law. In apologetics teach in the areas of doctrine of Scripture and the history of Christian thought. In law, concentrate on first amendment law and the biblical foundations of law.1994-1996

Radio Talk host, “Lifetime Ministries,” KHPE Radio. This is a Christian talk-radio program widely heard throughout most of Oregon. I hosted this program several times each month. I dealt with theology, cultural and ethical issues. 1994-1998. Host 2 hours each week.

Adjunct Professor, Southern Evangelical Seminary, Charlotte, North Carolina. 1993-

Academic Vice President, Academic Dean, and Professor of Theology, Western Baptist College, Salem, Oregon. Administrated the academic program of the school, served on the Administrative Council, and taught courses in theology, ethics, and business law. 1990-1992

Associate Professor of Systematic Theology, Dallas Theological Seminary, Dallas, Texas. Taught classes in the areas of contemporary social issues, soteriology, theology proper, ecclesiology, and sanctification. 1986-1990

Assistant Professor of Bible and Theology, LeTourneau University, Longview, Texas. Taught Greek, New Testament Literature, various Bible courses, ethics, and theology. 1976-1983

Assistant Pastor, Highland Park Baptist Church, Abilene, Texas. Served as a youth pastor and director of church music while attending Abilene Christian University. 1975-1976

Assistant Professor of Bible and Greek, Northwestern College, Roseville, Minnesota. Taught elementary and intermediate Greek and various Bible exposition courses. 1974-1975

Teaching Fellow, and then Visiting Lecturer in Greek, Western Conservative Baptist Seminary, Portland, Oregon. Taught elementary and intermediate Greek. 1973-1974

Pastor, Church of God of Prophecy, Tye Texas. I grew up in this denomination and pastored this church some of the time I was in college. 1967-1969

Education

University of Stellenbosch, South Africa. D.Phil. begins spring, 2009 on topic The Nature and Use of the Natural Law in Irenaeus of Lyons

Received Certificate in International Human Rights from the famed Institute International des Droits de I’Homme, Strasbourg, France (1998)

Regent University School of Law. Studied law, culminating in a Juris Doctor degree. Served on law review as editor-in-chief and was research assistant to the Academic Dean. Chosen by faculty to receive Corpus Juris Secundum award for outstanding legal scholarship. Received American Jurisprudence award for Corporations Law. 1983-1986

Concordia Seminary, St. Louis. Doctor of Theology degree in Exegetical Theology, majoring in New Testament. Dissertation was on feminist hermeneutics relating to Paul’s teaching on the role of women in the church. 1977-1986

Abilene Christian University. Master of Arts degree in Biblical and Patristic Greek. Thesis was on the ministerial role of women in the ante-Nicene church. 1975-1983

Western Conservative Baptist Seminary. Master of Theology in Biblical Studies. Thesis was on divorce and remarriage in the New Testament. 1973-1974

Western Conservative Baptist Seminary. Master of Divinity in Pastoral Studies. 1970-1973

Hardin-Simmons University. Bachelor of Arts in Classical and Hellenistic Greek. 1968-1970

Tomlinson College. Majored in Bible 1966-1967

Dr. J. B. Hixson serves as the President of Not By Works Ministries. He is the author of the books Getting the Gospel Wrong, The Gospel Unplugged, The Great Last Days Deception, Freely By His Grace, and What Lies Ahead, as well as numerous theological journal articles. Dr. Hixson earned his B.A. from Houston Baptist University, Th.M. from Dallas Theological Seminary, and Ph.D. from Baptist Bible Seminary. J.B. and his wife Wendy have been married for 25 years and have six children.

Dr. Hixson's personal pilgrimage in the Christian faith is not unlike many others. He was raised by committed Christian parents who introduced him to the Gospel at a young age. At the age of six, while his family lived in West Virginia, the Holy Spirit brought conviction to his heart through the pastor’s message at a Sunday evening service. He realized that he was a sinner who needed a Savior. Later that night, his father reiterated the Gospel message that the pastor had presented earlier that night. Namely, that Christ took his place on the cross, died for his sin, and rose again. J.B.'s dad led him to faith in Christ that night. He was baptized a short time thereafter in the Baptist church his family attended at the time as a public profession of his faith in Christ alone for eternal life.

Throughout his childhood, J.B.'s family moved numerous times to several cities and states, finally settling in Houston, Texas during his high school years. J.B.'s faith in the Lord grew significantly during this time thanks to the influence of his Christian family and a dynamic Bible-teaching pastor at his home church, Northwest Memorial Baptist Church in Houston, Texas. He devoted his life to full-time Christian ministry in the summer of 1985.

After graduating from high school, he attended Houston Baptist University where he earned a B.A. degree in Spanish and Kinesiology in 1990. As He often does, the Lord used a crisis in his life during college to get J.B.'s attention and teach him many life lessons (Proverbs 15:31). As a result of sophomoric and foolish behavior at the age of twenty, he found himself at the center of a legal struggle that could have adversely impacted his life in a significant way. But thankfully, a gracious judge ultimately dismissed the case against him without any record. This experience redirected his life and led him to Dallas Theological Seminary. This was the fulfillment of a lifelong goal to attend the same seminary that had profoundly impacted his grandfather's life, a pastor himself.

J.B. met his wife Wendy after his first year of seminary at a church where he was doing an internship. They were married a year later. Wendy is an unbelievable blessing in J.B.'s life. Traveling the road of ministry together has been wonderful, challenging, rewarding, at times heart wrenching, and through it all very fruitful. J.B. and Wendy thank the Lord every day for the privilege of serving the Lord through this ministry.

During and after the completion of his Master of Theology degree from Dallas Seminary in 1993, J.B. spent several years in pastoral ministry. Over the years God's hand of blessing has been evident in his ministry, as he served in various pastorates in Illinois and Texas. Eventually, his ministry journey led him into the field of higher education. He spent six years teaching at the college level. Following the completion of his Ph.D. degree from Baptist Bible Seminary in 2007, he moved to the graduate level where he served as a professor and administrator for several more years. Currently, he continues serving on the adjunct faculties of several colleges and seminaries, while traveling with his family for speaking engagements at conferences, churches, and academic institutions.

J.B. and his family have traveled to all 50 states, and J.B. has spoken in more than 500 churches and conferences. They have educated all six of their children at home, where they seek to foster a home and learning environment that makes God's grace and the Gospel of the Lord Jesus Christ central to all that they do. They spend regular time in prayer and in the Word as a means of discerning the Lord's will and cultivating spiritual growth and family harmony.