Professor Lynn Cohick is Provost and Dean of Denver Seminary and Professor of New Testament. Prior to that, Dr. Cohick taught at Wheaton College since 2000, where she was Professor of New Testament, and before that she taught at Messiah College (Grantham, PA), and the Nairobi Evangelical Graduate School of Theology (Nairobi, Kenya). Lynn earned a BA in Bible and Religion from Messiah College, and her PhD in New Testament and Christian Origins from the University of Pennsylvania. Her research focuses on the ways Jews and Christians lived out their faith in the ancient settings of Hellenism and the Roman Empire, and how Jews and Christians today can better appreciate and understand each other. She also explores women’s lives in the ancient world, most recently focusing on Christian women in the early church. She enjoys studying the Apostle Paul and his epistles within their larger Jewish and Greco-Roman contexts. Her publications include Christian Women in the Patristic World: Their Influence, Authority, and Legacy in the Second through the Fifth Centuries (co-authored with Amy Brown Hughes, Baker Academic, 2017); Philippians in the Story of God Commentary (Zondervan, 2013); Ephesians in New Covenant Commentary (Eugene, OR: Cascade Books, 2010); Women in the World of the Earliest Christians (Baker Academic, 2009).

Professor Cohick gave a series of masterclasses at ADM’s School of Theology, Culture & Public Engagement 2018 on “Philippians Today”, exploring how Paul’s letter to the Philippians offers rich theology, engaging cultural commentary and practical advice for living. Lynn explored each chapter with attendees, as Paul develops his views on Christ as suffering Saviour, and the believers’ salvation and faithful witness, and asked how Paul’s message speaks to our society’s questions today.