Theo Con 2006

Rev. Richard D. Phillips
Rev. Phillips is the Senior Minister of First Presbyterian Church, Margate, FL.  He served in the Army for 13 years, holding command and staff positions in a number of combat units.  He was an assistant professor of leadership at West Point and has an MBA from the Wharton School of Business.  Rev. Phillips served on the staff of the historic Tenth Presbyterian Church in Philadelphia.  He currently serves on the board of the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals which was formerly led by his mentor and one-time senior Pastor, the late James Montgomery Boice.  Rev. Phillips also chairs the Philadelphia Conference on Reformed Theology which was founded by Dr. Boice.  He is an accomplished author. His most recent book is Chosen in Christ: The Glory of God’s Grace in Ephesians 1.  He is a regular contributor to Tabletalk. He is a much sought after speaker for Bible and Theology conferences.

Dr. Morton H. Smith
Dr. Smith is a Professor of Systematic and Biblical Theology at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary in Greenville, SC.  He has had a long history as a pastor and a seminarian.  He has served on the faculties of Belhaven College, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, MS, Covenant Theological Seminary, St. Louis, MO, to name just a few.  Dr. Smith was one of the ‘founding fathers’ of the Presbyterian Church in America (PCA) proudly serving as the Stated Clerk of the General Assembly from 1973 to 1988.  He is the author of numerous books including Studies in Southern Presbyterian Theology, The Case for Full Subscription to the Westminster Standards in the Presbyterian Church in America; Systematic Theology, and more.  He has also contributed to Baker’s Dictionary of Theology, Encyclopedia of Theology, Reformed Theology in America, Did God Create in Six Days?, Written for our Instruction: The Sufficiency of Scripture for All of Life, et al.