Dr. David Owen Filson is incoming President's Professor of Apologetics and Systematic Theology. He is the Interim Senior Pastor at Christ Presbyterian Church (PCA) and Head of Spiritual Life for Christ PresbyterianAcademy in Nashville, TN. David served previously as Adjunct Professor of Apologetics and Director of Alumni Relations at Westminster Theological Seminary. He co-chairs the theological examining and credentials committee for the Nashville Presbytery, and previously chaired the theological examining committee for the PCA's General Assembly.
His PhD dissertation (WTS) focused on post-Princetonian developments in theological epistemology, with a special emphasis on the thought of Cornelius Van Til and J. Oliver Buswell.
This December, David will celebrate 28 years of marriage to Diane. They have two adult children, Lydia (21) and Luke (23), a wonderful new daughter-in-law, Lucy, and a Cocker Spaniel, named Gabby. David loves to collect books, play guitar, lift heavy things, and is becoming a bit of a coffee snob. He looks forward to smoking his pipe with C.S. Lewis and J.R.R. Tolkien in the new heavens and new earth.