Dr. Shane J. Wood serves as associate academic dean, director of the Bachelor of Theology program, and professor of New Testament and critical backgrounds at Ozark Christian College in Joplin, Missouri. He received his Master of Divinity in New Testament Studies from Lincoln Christian Seminary, and his doctorate from the University of Edinburgh in the United Kingdom. Shane was named one of Christian Standard’s 40 Leaders Under 40 in 2013, and was recognized by Theology Degrees Online as one of the 100 Remarkable Professors & Scholars Theology Students Should Know About. He is the author of Between Two Trees. Shane and his wife, Sara, have three children.