Dale Ralph Davis

Ralph comes to the Bolton Conference for the first time this year. His work has alternated between serving in Presbyterian churches and in college or seminary teaching. After completing his Master of Divinity degree he was pastor in Kansas for four years before moving to Louisville, KY where he completed doctoral work and was a youth pastor for part of that time. Thereafter he taught three years in the Bible Department at Belhaven College in Jackson, MS before moving across town to teach for the first time at Reformed Seminary. This was followed by two pastorates in Maryland for ten years. He returned to Reformed Seminary in 1994 until 2002 as professor of Old Testament. His last pastorate was in Hattiesburg, MS before retiring to write and speak. Among other publications, Ralph has written commentaries on each of the books of Joshua through Second Kings, Micah and the first twelve Psalms. Ralph is married and has three children.

Gregory K. Beale

Greg also comes to the Bolton Conference for the first time but is no stranger to New England. Greg completed his Ph.D. in 1981 from Cambridge University. After teaching in the Philosophy and Religion Department at Grove City College from 1980-84 he began what would be fifteen years in the New Testament department at Gordon-Conwell Seminary in Hamilton, MA. He also inaugurated a degree program in Biblical Theology there in 1992. During this time he was instrumental in the formation of a still flourishing K-12 Christian school in Peabody, MA. Greg moved to the Wheaton College (IL) Graduate School in 1999 to be Chair of Biblical Studies. He was there until the fall of 2010 when he became Professor of Biblical Theology and New Testament at Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia. Greg has authored numerous article and books, including a commentary on the book of Revelation and most recently New Testament Biblical Theology. Greg is married and has two children.