Faculty/Staff Directory

Dongsu Kim, PhD

Adjunct Faculty, New Testament (Korean Global Campus)

Dr. Dongsu Kim is adjunct faculty in the New Testament department, serving with the Korean Global Campus. He holds a PhD in Biblical Hermeneutics and an MDiv from Western Theological Seminary, and an MA and BA in International Relations from Seoul National University. 

In addition to his role with Denver Seminary, he is also the founder and president of the Saint Paul Academy of Theology in New Jersey, a teaching elder at the New York East Presbytery of Korean American Presbyterian Church, and associate pastor of Milahldongsahn Church in New Jersey. 

개혁주의적 성경해석과 적용. 바울신학대학원 설립 10주년 기념 논문집 (Amazon, 2024) forthcoming 

Perseverance and Apostasy in the New Testament: Unpacking the Dynamic of God’s Sovereignty and Human Responsibility. Bloomington, IN: WestBow Press, 2022 

로마서주석. 대전: 엘도론, 2013 

신약의 심포니. 대전: 엘도론, 2010 

An Exegesis of Apostasy Embedded in John’s Narratives of Peter and Judas Against the Synoptic Parallels. Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity 61. Lewiston, NY; Lampeter, UK; Queenston, Canada: The Edwin Mellen Press, 2004 

“Justification, Sanctification, and Perseverance in Paul: A Critique of Seyoon Kim’s Modified New Perspective on Paul” (unpublished paper, February 2020). 

“A Theological Assessment of ‘Back to Israel Movement’” (unpublished paper, May 2020). 

“The Strength of the Weakness in Christ.” In The Kingdom of God and the Disabled. Ed. J. S. Lee, et al. 145–80. Seoul: Milal Publications, 2015. 

“Reading Paul’s καὶ οὕτως πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ σωθήσεται (Rom 11:26a) in the Context of Romans.” CTJ 45 (2010): 317–34. 

“Johannine Epistles and Johannine Community.” In How to Preach the Epistles of John. HOWCS 49. 47–62. Seoul: Tyrannus Academy, 2007. 

“Who Killed Jesus.” Ministry and Theology (April 2004): 232–37. 

“The Peter-Paul Cycle Embedded in Acts 11:19–12:25 and the Divine Necessity of the Gentile Evangelism.” In How To Preach the Book of Acts. HOWCS 5. 239–58. Seoul: Tyrannus Press, 2003. 

“The Motif of War in the New Testament.” Ministry and Theology (June 2003): 90–99. 

“An Age of War.” Ministry and Theology (May 2003): 239–44. 

“The Peter-Paul Cycle Embedded in Acts 11:19–12:25 and the Divine Necessity of the Gentile Evangelism.” The Word (May 2002): 81–93. 

“A Survey of the Interpretation of the Synoptic Problem.” Ministry and Theology (August 2001): 116–28. 

“Epistles of John and the Johannine Community.” The Word (July 2001): 36–45. 

성경해석학. 서울: IVP, 2000, from Dan G. McCartney and C. Clayton, Let the Reader Understand: A Guide to Interpreting and Applying the Bible. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1994. 

Contributor, Baker Illustrated Bible Dictionary. Ed. Tremper Longman III. et al. Grand Rapids: Baker Books, 2013. 

“John’s Redaction of Peter’s Denial against Its Synoptic Parallel.” ETS Annual 

Meeting. November 2023. San Antonio, TX. 

“Simon Magus’ Faith in Terms of Pisteuein Used in Acts.” ETS Annual Meeting. November 2022. Denver, CO. 

“The Parable of the Sower and God’s Sovereignty over Human Will.” An annual meeting of the Korean Reformed and Presbyterian Theological Society. August 2019. Philadelphia, PA. 

“A Critical Assessment of ‘Seeker’s Service.’” KAPC New York East Presbytery. August 2019. Pocono, PA. 

“What Is Gospel?” Korean American General Assembly of CM&A. April 2019. New York, NY. 

“A Study of the Relationship of Justification and Sanctification in Paul’s Teaching.” Retreat of the KAPC New York East Presbytery. August 2018. Warwick, RI. 

“A Critical Analysis of Back-to-Israel Movement in the Church Today.” KAPC New York East Presbytery. August 2018. Pocono, PA. 

“Eschatological Suffering of the Believers.” Saint Paul Academy of Theology Symposium. September 2016. Paramus, NJ. 

“Dispensationalism, Israel, and US Foreign Policy.” Graduate Institute of Peace Studies, Kyung Hee University. May 2016. Seoul, Korea. 

“A Holistic Approach to Understanding the Warning Passages of Hebrews 6:4–6.” Nyack Scholars Symposium. November 2015. New York, NY. 

“Eschatological Salvation of the Jews in Romans.” Saint Paul Academy of Theology Symposium. Oct 2015. Norwood, NJ. 

“The Strength of the Weakness in Christ.” The 10th Annual Conference of the Theology of the Disabled. May 30, 2015. Seoul, Korea. 

“An Analysis of the Grammatical Function of εἴ γε in Col 1:22–23.” ETS Northeast Annual Meeting. March 28, 2015. Clarks Summit, PA. 

“Abraham Our Forefather Has Discovered According to the Flesh: A Critique of R. B. Hays’s Rendering of Rom 4:1.” ETS Annual Meeting. November 20, 2014. San Diego, CA. (Also read at Nyack Scholars Symposium, November 2014, New York, NY.) 

“An Assessment of the New Perspective on Paul.” The Council of Korean Churches of New Jersey. July 2014. Ridgefield, NJ. 

“Unpardonable Sin (Matt 12:31–32) in the Context of the Matthean Motif of Apostasy.” ETS Northeast Section. April 6, 2013. Nyack, NY. (Also read at ETS Annual Meeting, Nov 20, 2013, Baltimore, MD.) 

“A Critique of the New Perspective in Light of Paul’s Pneumatology.” Nyack Scholars Symposium. February 2011. New York, NY. 

“The Spirit’s Intercession and Saints’ Perseverance through Trials (Rom 8:26–27).” Nyack Scholars Symposium. October 2010. Nyack, NY. (Also presented at the ETS Annual Meeting, November 2009, New Orleans, LA.) 

“Revisiting Paul’s Concept of Suffering in Rom 8:17: Christological vs. Generic.” SBL International Annual Meeting. July 2009. Rome, Italy. (Also presented at the ETS Annual Meeting, November 2008, Providence, RI.) 

“Reading Paul’s καὶ οὕτως πᾶς Ἰσραὴλ σωθήσεται in the Context of Romans.” SBL International Annual Meeting, July 2008, Auckland, New Zealand. 

“Paul’s concept of δικαιοσύνη θεοῦ in Rom 1:17: A New Look from the Perspective of Athens vs. Jerusalem.” SBL International Annual Meeting. July 2007. Vienna, Austria. (Also presented at the ETS Annual Meeting, Nov 2006, Washington, DC.) 

“The Synoptic Logion of the Blasphemy against the Holy Spirit: Is It Missing, Unknown, or Embedded in John’s Gospel?” ETS Annual Meeting. Nov 2005. King of Prussia, PA. 

“A Search for a Theme of Leadership in the Johannine Writings: A Collaborative Leadership Model.” ETS Annual Meeting. Nov 2004. San Antonio, TX. 

“Leadership in the Johannine Literature.” Annual Meeting of the Korean American New Testament Society. 2002. Los Angeles, CA. 

“The Johannine Anti-Apostasy Motif and Its Effect on the Narratives of Peter and Judas.” The ETS Annual Meeting. Nov 1998. Orlando, FL.