Christopher Cone, ThD, PhD, PhD
Dr. Christopher Cone is a dedicated transformative educator, writer, leader, and organizational developer.
He holds three earned doctorates in philosophy, theology, and Biblical studies, and serves as president and research professor at Agathon University. He also serves as the executive editor of the Journal of Transformative Learning and Leadership and is the author or general editor of more than twenty books. He is the host of The Transformative Pursuit on Grace Global Radio and VyrsityTV, and has written several hundred articles hosted at www.drcone.com.
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Ezekiel 36:22-38 and The New Covenant (Slides)
These are slides presented to the Duluth Conference, on Ezekiel 36:22-38, and considering the unique and important Purpose, People, and Promises related to the New Covenant. The passage demonstrates that: •God made promises to Israel, will keep those promises to...
Hermeneutic Priorities and Process in AI and LLMs and Their Place in the Exegetical Process
HERMENEUTIC PRIORITIES AND PROCESS IN AI AND LLMS AND THEIR PLACE IN THE EXEGETICAL PROCESS Christopher Cone, ThD, PhD, PhD www.drcone.com President / Research Professor of Transformative Learning and Leadership Agathon University Presented to the Council on...
What Did God Foreknow? A Biblical Approach to Foreknowledge
When we examine the relationship between God’s foreknowledge and His predestining, one might wonder if one precedes the other, and how that impacts metaphysical realities. As part of this line of reasoning, it is important to examine the Scriptures to discover what...
“The most effective leadership, management, and efficiency models share traits common with each other, and traits that are ultimately traceable to the pages of the Bible. While these models are often not intentionally rooted in Biblical concepts by those that promote the models, the models illustrate how applying Biblical principles can set a trajectory of success in enterprise and in life. Led By a Lion is designed to introduce some of these leadership, management, and efficiency models, but goes a step further in identifying the Biblical genesis of many of the core traits that fuel the success of these models.”
How a Multi-Dimensional Hermeneutic Perspective Dethrones the Author: A Postmodern Celebration From Barthes
In Roland Barthes’ 1977 essay, “The death of the author,”[1] Barthes celebrates the intended outcome of deconstructing single meaning as a necessary step toward empowering the reader. The design is ultimately to produce the death of the Author (who Barthes identifies...
Does the Bible Teach Eternal Security, “Once Saved Always Saved?”
The question of whether the Bible teaches eternal security or that believers are “once saved always saved” is not uncommon at all. We might recall Nicodemus – a brilliantly educated Jewish leader – asking Jesus how things related to the new birth and...
A Response to Israel Steinmetz on His Critique of “The Book of Revelation is Not Apocalyptic Literature”
In a FB post on February 28, 2025, Israel Steinmetz offered a critique of an article I wrote entitled, “The Book of Revelation is Not Apocalyptic Literature.” While I don’t often engage critiques on social media (it is a very difficult medium for establishing civil...
“This approach has the advantage of seeking to view all knowledge through the lens of Scripture, and to subject all knowledge to the authority of Scripture. It encourages science and research within the field of psychology. It offers a Biblical balance of description and prescription. Of course, if the Bible is unreliable, then the refractive power of Scripture is distortive rather than corrective, but the epistemological premise of this approach is that God’s word is authoritative and sufficient for our understanding, for our equipping, and for our practice. There are many extra-biblical resources that we can employ, but in seeking out how and when to do that, we mustn’t lose sight of the one reliable constant that God has provided for us – the Bible.” –Chapter 9
“The Green Tree is an exceptional work…provides a vital tool for every Bible interpreter…Just as the root system is the foundation of a tree and directly impacts the health of a tree, hermeneutic method is at the root of one’s worldview. This illustration demonstrates that the hermeneutic method that an interpreter of the Bible employs will significantly affect the outcome. The tree will either be healthy, or it will not be healthy…The authors provide a unique examination of Revelation, Genesis, and Job that demonstrates that the LGH hermeneutic is derived from within Scripture, something that other hermeneutical methods fail to demonstrate. This is perhaps the most crucial principle demonstrated in The Green Tree, and it effectively demonstrates that the LGH hermeneutic is also the Biblical hermeneutic.” – Andrew Friend (Amazon Review)