Jason S. DeRouchie

Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology

Contact Information

jderouchie@mbts.edu
Personal Website

Hi! My name is Jason S. DeRouchie, and I serve as Research Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology at Midwestern Baptist Theological Seminary. My heart beats “for the Church” of Jesus both near and far, and I am delighted to serve with Midwestern’s strong, God-dependent faculty in helping to mobilize biblically faithful, Christ-exalting, globally minded Christian leaders who will seek the obedience of faith for the sake of Christ’s name among the nations. I am committed to spread a passion for God’s supremacy in all things for the joy of all people through Jesus. We glorify God most when he satisfies us most, and I seek to enter the classroom as a lead worshipper, guiding rigorous original language exegesis that leads to faithful theology, life, and ministry.

I teach both MDiv and PhD students and direct doctoral dissertations. My personal research interests include biblical hermeneutics, the New Testament use of the Old Testament, Hebrew discourse analysis, Deuteronomy, Zephaniah, the nature and relationship of the biblical covenants, seeing and savoring Jesus in all of Scripture, and the Christian’s relationship to Old Testament laws and promises. The Lord has called me to train future and current church leaders to faithfully handle the Old Testament and to help them articulate how the whole of Christian Scripture progresses, integrates, and climaxes in Christ, for the glory of God and the good of his church. I fulfill this through teaching Old Testament and biblical theology, mentoring students, leading oversees missional training and service trips, and writing clear, compelling, and faithful works that can serve the church worldwide.

I am a churchman with a heart for global missions, and my family and I are committed to regular engagement in Africa’s horn to help the church there to train her leaders, care for the poor, evangelize the lost, and reach the unreached. My wife Teresa and I have been married since 1994, and God has blessed us with six children, three of whom came from Ethiopia. Together we cherish investing in men and women who are training for ministry. As a family, we also enjoy camping, hiking, canoeing, and moose-watching, and our favorite place to get away is the north shore of Lake Superior.

Education

BA, Taylor University
MDiv, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary
PhD, The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
Additional Study: Jerusalem University College, Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, Harvard Divinity School

Past Academic and Local Church Ministry Positions

Instructor of Hebrew and Greek Language, Gordon College, Wenham, MA, and Gordon-Conwell Theological Seminary, South Hamilton, MA (1997–2000)
Associate Pastor for Adult Discipleship, Oak Park Baptist Church (SBC), Jeffersonville, IN (2001–2005)
Assistant Professor of Old Testament and Hebrew, Northwestern College, St. Paul, MN (2005–2009)
Adult Sunday School Teacher, Bethlehem Baptist Church, Minneapolis, MN (2006–2019)
Associate Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology, Bethlehem College & Seminary, Minneapolis, MN (2009–2016)
Professor of Old Testament and Biblical Theology, Bethlehem College & Seminary, Minneapolis, MN (2016–2019)
Elder, Bethlehem Baptist Church (Converge), Minneapolis, MN (2017–2019)

Local Church:

Master’s Community Church

Publications:

A Call to Covenant Love: Text Grammar and Literary Structure in Deuteronomy 5–11 — GD30/BS2. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias, 2007.
A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew — co-author with D. A. Garrett. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2009.
A Modern Grammar for Biblical Hebrew: Workbook — co-author with D. A. Garrett. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2009).
What the Old Testament Authors Really Cared About: A Survey of Jesus’ Bible — contributing editor. Grand Rapids: Kregel, 2013.
For Our Good Always: Studies on the Message and Influence of Deuteronomy in Honor of Daniel I. Block — contributing co-editor with J. Gile and K. J. Turner. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013.
How to Understand and Apply the Old Testament: Twelve Steps from Exegesis to Theology — Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2017.
“Zephaniah.” Pages 561–604 in Daniel–Malachi. — ESV Expository Commentary, vol. 7. Edited by Ian M. Duguid, James M. Hamilton Jr., and Jay Sklar. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2018.
40 Questions on Biblical Theology — co-authored with Oren R. Martin and Andrew David Naselli. Grand Rapids: Kregel, forthcoming.
“Circumcision in the Hebrew Bible and Targums: Theology, Rhetoric, and the Handling of Metaphor.” — Bulletin for Biblical Research 14.2 (2004): 175–203.
“Deuteronomy as Didactic Poetry? A Critique of D. L. Christensen’s View.” — Journal of Asia Adventist Seminary 10.1 (2007): 1–13.
“Christ or Family as the ‘Seed’ of Promise? An Evaluation of N. T. Wright on Galatians 3:16,” — co-authored with J. C. Meyer. The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 14.3 (2010): 36–48.
“Shepherding Wind and One Wise Shepherd: Grasping for Breath in Ecclesiastes.” — The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 15.3 (2011): 4–25.
“The Profit of Employing the Biblical Languages: Scriptural and Historical Reflections.” — Themelios 37.1 (2012): 32–50.
“The Blessing-Commission, the Promised Offspring, and the Toledot Structure of Genesis.” — Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 56.2 (2013): 219–47.
“Counting the Ten: An Investigation into the Numbering of the Decalogue.” — Pages 93–125 in For Our Good Always: Studies on the Message and Influence of Deuteronomy in Honor of Daniel I. Block. Edited by J. S. DeRouchie, J. Gile, and K. J. Turner. Winona Lake, IN: Eisenbrauns, 2013.
“Making the Ten Count: Reflections on the Lasting Message of the Decalogue.” — Pages 415–40 in For Our Good Always.
“From Condemnation to Righteousness: A Christian Reading of Deuteronomy.” — The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 18.3 (Fall 2014): 87–118.
“The Heart of YHWH and His Chosen One in 1 Samuel 13:14.” — Bulletin for Biblical Research 24.4 (2014): 467–89.
“Counting Stars with Abraham and the Prophets: New Covenant Ecclesiology in OT Perspective.” — Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 58.3 (2015): 445–85.
“Father of a Multitude of Nations: New Covenant Ecclesiology in OT Perspective.” — Pages 7–38 in Progressive Covenantalism: Charting a Course Between Dispensational and Covenant Theologies, ed. S. J. Wellum and B. E. Parker. Nashville: Broadman and Holman, 2016.
“Confronting the Transgender Storm: New Covenant Reflections on Deuteronomy 22:5.” — Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 21.1 (2016): 58–69.
“Is Every Promise ‘Yes’? Old Testament Promises and the Christian.” — Themelios 42.1 (2017): 16–45.
“Zephaniah.” Pages 1619–27 in NIV Biblical Theology Study Bible. — Edited by D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids: Zondervan, 2018.
“YHWH’s Future Ingathering in Zephaniah 1:2: Interpreting אָסֹף אָסֵף.” — Hebrew Studies 59 (2018): 173–91.
“Lifting the Veil: Reading and Preaching Jesus’s Bible through Christ and for Christ.” — The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 22.3 (2018): 157–79.
“Who Should Seek YHWH Together? The Addressees in Zephaniah 2:1, 3.” — Bulletin for Biblical Research: forthcoming.
“The Mystery Revealed: A Biblical Case for Christ-Centered Old Testament Interpretation.” — Themelios: forthcoming.
“Zephaniah.” In Baker Illustrated Bible Background Commentary. — Ed. J. Daniel Hays and J. Scott Duvall. Grand Rapids: Baker, forthcoming.
“Waw and Asyndeton as Guides to Macrostructure in Biblical Hebrew Prose.” — In Like Nails Firmly Fixed: Essays on the Text and Language of the Hebrew and Greek Scriptures. Ed. John D. Meade, Phillip S. Marshall, and Jonathan Kiel. Leuven: Peeters, forthcoming.
"Why the Third Day? The Promise of Resurrection in All of Scripture" — (MJT, 2021)
Understanding and Applying Exodus 19:4-6: A Case Study in Exegesis and Theology — JBTS 6.1 (2021)