Education
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Gordon College in 1975, and his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1983 and 1986 respectively.
He earned his Bachelor of Arts in Psychology from Gordon College in 1975, and his Master of Divinity and Doctor of Philosophy degrees from Fuller Theological Seminary in 1983 and 1986 respectively.
He is currently Lecturer in Theology at Montreat College (in Montreat, North Carolina), Editor of Participatio: The Journal of the Thomas F. Torrance Theological Fellowship, and General Editor of The Ray South. Anderson Collection (Wipf and Stock Public Company). His most recent jobs were as Director of Education at The Village Academy of Village Behavioral Health (in Louisville, Tennessee), and Director of College Preparatory Academy of West Knoxville (in Knoxville, Tennessee). Born in Chicago, Illinois, he is the second child of Review
Henry and Ruth Speidell, who raised him in Paterson, New Jersey, and is a relative of General
Doctor Hans Speidel. His theological mentors were Ray South. Anderson, Geoffrey West. Bromiley, and J.B. and T.F. Torrance. He has served as professor, chaplain, or administrator at University of California at Los Angeles, American Baptist Seminary of the West, Fuller Theological Seminary, Knoxville College, Webb School of Knoxville, Tennessee Wesleyan College, College Preparatory Academy of West Knoxville, The Village Academy, and Montreat College.