Professor of New Testament and Greek
(The Rev. Dr.) Klausli joined the faculty of Columbia Biblical Seminary in 2013, where he teaches New Testament, Greek, as well as Biblical Hermeneutics. Before coming to Columbia, he served as an adjunct professor at Southwestern Theological Seminary and then as a lecturer for New Testament and dean at CIU’s European School of Culture and Theology in Korntal, Germany, where he continues as an adjunct professor. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and is an ordained presbyter in the Anglican Church in North America (ACNA). He has taught in South Africa and served as a pastor in Germany.
He is married to Julia, his CIU sweetheart, and they have four lovely daughters who are on the cusp of adulthood. His research interests are NT Theology and the General Epistles, especially 1 Peter.
Education
- PhD, Dallas Theological Seminary
- STM, Dallas Theological Seminary
- MDiv, Columbia International University
- BA, Seattle Pacific University
Selected Publications
- Contributing author (Titus & Philemon) to A Daily Greek Devotional: 365 Devotions on the Greek New Testament, edited by Jared M. August, Bennington, VT: NEBP, 2023.
- Review of In All the Scriptures: The Three Contexts of Biblical Hermeneutics, by Nicholas G. Piotrowski (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2021), Journal for the Evangelical Theological Society 65:3 (September 2022: 581–583)
- Review of Letters for the Church: Reading James, 1–2 Peter, 1–3 John, and Jude as Canon, by Darian R. Lockett (Downers Grove: IVP Academic, 2021), Journal for the Evangelical Theological Society 65;2 (June 2022: 387–80).
- “Judgement and suffering 1 Peter 4:17.” Presented at the 73rd Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Fort Worth, TX, November 2021.
- “Theological-based perceptions of God as a Possible Assessment of Spirituality.” Presented together with Julia F. Klausli at the Annual Conference of the Christian Association of Psychological Studies, Atlanta, GA, March 13, 2020.
- “Christians and the Judgment of God: Exploring the Warning in 1 Peter 3:12b.” Presented at the 71st Annual Meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, San Diego, CA, November 2019.