Grenville Kent
Lecturer in the Old Testament, Cultural Apologetics
BA (Theol), BA (Media), MA (Film), MA Hons (Theol), Grad. Cert. Commerce (Marketing), PhD, D.Min (Cand.)
Rev Dr Grenville Kent has taught Old Testament and Arts/Theology (Cultural Apologetics) at Wesley Institute since 2003.
His PhD in Old Testament is from the University of Manchester and examined the Witch of En-Dor narrative (1 Samuel 28) using film theory. His Masters from Morling College studied the Song of Solomon. Grenville attends the Evangelical Theological Society and Society of Biblical Literature in the US and Tyndale Fellowship in the UK. He has guest-lectured in the Philippines and Trinidad.
Grenville co-edited the InterVarsity Press book, ‘He Began With Moses’: Preaching the Old Testament Today and co-authored The Da Vinci Decode www.thedavincidecode.net. He has published articles in various journals and a dictionary.
Grenville is producing a film series titled Big Questions, which looks at evidence for the existence of God in reply to the New Atheists. He has presented on Christian apologetics for the Cambridge Scholars Network, European Leadership Forum (Eger, Hungary) and Campus Life. An ordained minister of the gospel, he has presented in 25+ countries, particularly to young adults and teens.
Grenville is the besotted husband of Carla and the proud father of five young children. He enjoys sports with his family.
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