Joel D. Heck

Dr. Joel D. Heck
Concordia University Texas
11400 Concordia University Drive
Austin, TX 78726
Telephone: 512-313-5408, or ext. 35408
joel.heck@concordia.edu

Family

Born October 1, 1948. Son of the Rev. Donald E. and Lucille E. M. (nee Kohlhoff) Heck. Married July 10, 1976 to Cheryl. Three grown children Peter, Brenda, and Alan.

Education

Concordia College High School, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1966
Concordia College, Milwaukee, Wisconsin, 1968, A.A.
Concordia Senior College, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1970, B.A.
Concordia Theological Seminary, Springfield, Illinois, 1974, M.Div.
Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois, 1975, Th.M.
Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, 1984, Th.D.

Ministry since Ordination

Pastor, Zion Lutheran Church, Valley Park, Missouri, 1975-1984
Associate Professor of Religion, Concordia University Wisconsin, Mequon, Wisconsin, 1984-1998
Vice President of Academic Services (1998-2007), Professor of Theology, Concordia University Texas, Austin, Texas, 1998-present

Other Areas of Service

Instructor, Milwaukee Lutheran High School, 1974
Visiting Professor, Concordia Seminary, St. Louis, Missouri, 1977-1978
Pastoral Counselor, Central St. Louis County LWML Zone, 1975-1979
Chair, Missouri District Board of Evangelism, 1978-1984
Member, Missouri District Board of Directors, 1978-1984
Director, St. Louis Ongoing Ambassadors for Christ, 1976-1982
Member, Ongoing Ambassadors for Christ Board of Directors, 1978-1980
District Congregational Editor, The Evangelgram, 1979-1981
Sectional Leader, Great Commission Convocation, 1984, 1988, 1993
Founding editor of Evangelism, 1986-1996
Chair, Steering Committee, South Wisconsin District Great Commission Convocation, 1986
Program Coordinator, All Concordia Evangelism Conference, 1987
Member, South Wisconsin District Evangelism Committee, 1985-1992
Chair, South Wisconsin District Evangelism Committee, 1988-1992
Campus Pastor and Dean of Chapel, CUW, 1989-1990
Visiting Professor, Concordia Theological Seminary, Fort Wayne, Indiana, 1990
Chair, Faculty Development Committee, CUW, 1990-1991
Editor, Concordia University Press, 1991-present
Oak Hill Visiting Professor, London, England, Fall, 1995
Chair, South Wisconsin District Festival of Evangelism, Fall, 1996

Books Written

Many of these books are available by searching online for used books at www.amazon.com or www.bn.com. In the event that such a search is unsuccessful, I own the copyright of both Make Disciples and New Member Assimilation and can authorize photocopying.

Make Disciples: Evangelism Programs of the Eighties (Concordia Publishing House, 1984).
New Member Assimilation (Concordia Publishing House, 1988).
The Art of Sharing Your Faith (Revell, 1991).
All of the Above: Your Choice to Collegiate Success, editor (Concordia University Press, 1992). A limited number of copies is available by writing to me.
264 Great Outreach Ideas (Concordia Publishing House, 1993).
Evangelism and the Christian College (Evangelism, 1994). A limited number of copies is available from me.
From Guest to Disciple (Concordia Publishing House, 2001). Order this item from Concordia Publishing House, 3558 S. Jefferson Ave., St. Louis, MO 63118-3968 or call 1-800-325-3040.

Irrigating Deserts: C. S. Lewis on Education (Concordia Publishing House, 2006).

The Personal Heresy: A Controversy (Concordia University Press, 2008). Editor (authored by C. S. Lewis and E. M. W. Tillyard).

Other Publications

"The Missing Sanctuary of Deut 33:12," Journal of Biblical Literature, Vol. 103, No. 4 (1984).
"Issachar: Slave or Freeman? (Gen 49:14-15)" Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, Vol. 29, No. 4 (1986).
"Sponsoring New Members," Book 18 in The Evangelism Resource Book, edited by Erwin J. Kolb, Board for Evangelism Services, LCMS, 1988.
"A History of Interpretation of Genesis 49 and Deuteronomy 33," Bibliotheca Sacra, Vol. 147, No. 585 (1990).
"Was Cain's Offering Rejected by God Because It Was Not a Blood Sacrifice?" in The Genesis Debate (Thomas Nelson, 1986; reprinted by Baker, 1990).
"Share Your Faith with a Friend," The Lutheran Witness, January, 1996
"Praeparatio Evangelica" in C. S. Lewis: Light-bearer in the Shadowlands, Angus Menuge, ed. (Crossway, 1997).
"Irrigating Deserts: C. S. Lewis on Education," The Canadian C. S. Lewis Society Journal, Autumn 1999.
"Obstacles to Evangelism," in Christ and Culture, Angus Menuge, ed. (Concordia Publishing House, 1999).
"Benjamin," "Issachar," and "Tamar," articles in Dictionary of the Old Testament: Pentateuch (InterVarsity Press, 2003).
"Love for the Stranger," a six-session Bible Study on Evangelism and Hospitality," Item No. S01760 available from dcs.lcms.org/Evangel.

Chapter 3, Volume 3, “Mere Christianity: Uncommon Truth in Common Language.” Pages 51-73. In C. S. Lewis: Life, Works, and Legacy, 2007, edited by Bruce L. Edwards, Praeger Publishers, Westport, Connecticut.

“JBS: The Life and Work of J.B.S. Haldane, Intersections with C. S. Lewis.” CSL: The Bulletin of The New York C. S. Lewis Society, Nov/Dec 2007.

“Learning in War-Time,” for the HarperCollins website on C. S. Lewis. January 2008. See http://booksbycslewis.blogspot.com/.

“Religion and Rocketry,” for the HarperCollins website on C. S. Lewis. April 2008. See http://booksbycslewis.blogspot.com/.

“The Personal Heresy: Scholars Can Be Gentlemen.” CSL: The Bulletin of The New York C. S. Lewis Society, Vol. 39, No. 6, Whole No. 428, Nov/Dec 2008, pages 1-8.

“The Personal Heresy,” for the HarperCollins website on C. S. Lewis. January 2009. See http://booksbycslewis.blogspot.com/.

“C. S. Lewis: A Grand Miracle.” Advent devotions based on

thoughts of C. S. Lewis. St. Louis: Creative Communications for the Parish, 2009.

Present Position

Professor of Theology, Concordia University Texas

Executive Editor, Concordia University Press

Fellow, The Hill Country Institute for Contemporary Christianity