Dr. Matthew Y. Emerson

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Dr. Matthew Y. Emerson is Dean of Theology, Arts, & Humanities, Professor of Religion, and Floyd K. Clark Chair of Leadership at Oklahoma Baptist University. He earned a bachelor’s degree from Auburn University and an M.Div. and Ph.D. from Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary. Emerson joined the OBU faculty in 2015. He previously taught at California Baptist University, where he served as Chair of the Arts and Sciences Department in the OPS Division. Emerson has authored or co-authored over 20 publications, including "He Descended to the Dead: An Evangelical Theology of Holy Saturday" with IVP Academic. His research interests include the Old Testament’s use in the New Testament, early Christian interpretation, and theological method. He serves as co-Executive Director of the Center for Baptist Renewal, co-editor of the Journal of Baptist Studies, steering committee member of the Scripture and Hermeneutics Seminar, and Senior Fellow for the Center of Ancient Christian Studies. He is also a member of a number of scholarly societies, and blogs at Biblical Reasoning. Emerson and his wife, Alicia, are both from Huntsville, AL. Married in 2006, they have five daughters. He has served in local churches, both vocationally and as a volunteer, as a guest preacher, Sunday school teacher, small group leader, and men’s ministry director. He and his wife are both members at Immanuel Baptist Church in Shawnee.

Jesus’s crucifixion and resurrection rightly get the emphasis in both academic and pastoral treatments of Christ’s work. The cross and the empty tomb are the crux of God’s work of salvation, the fulcrum on which everything else included in that...

Author - Matthew Y. Emerson

Holy Saturday: What Happened after Jesus Died?