About Me

My Work

Dr. Wallace Alcorn is a Bible expositor focusing on a theology of the Christian experience.

He claims not to be retired but merely. "under-employed," although admitting to being retired from institution employment and the army. His principal professional involvements have been as a pastor, college and seminary professor, army chaplain, and writer.

He and his nurse wife, Ann, of sixty-three years live in Windsor Park in Carol Stream, Illinois (a Chicago suburb) adjacent to and oriented on Wheaton and Wheaton College. They are parents of three adult children (public high school teacher/coach, university musicologist, district judge) and grandparents.

Education |

public schools, Milwaukee

Marquette University (Thomistic philosophy), 1950

BA (philosophy), Wheaton College, 1952

MA (New Testament), Wheaton College Graduate School of Theology, 1959

Thesis: "The Pauline Concept of the Nature of Sin"

MDiv, Grand Rapids Baptist Theological Seminary, 1959

Graduate studies in guidance and counseling, Michigan State University, 1959-1960

Graduate studies in child development, University of Michigan, 1961-1962

ThM, Princeton Theological Seminary, 1965

Project: "Teaching About the Bible in Public Schools and Colleges"

PhD (history and philosophy of education), New York University, 1974

Dissertation: "The Biblical Concept of Discipleship as Education for Ministry"

Post-doctoral studies in psychotherapy, Pacific Lutheran University, 1975-1976

Post-doctoral studies in management and leadership, University of Minnesota, 1980-1981

Professional |

Pastor, Bloomfield Hills Baptist Church, Bloomfield Hills, Michigan, 1960-1961

Pastor, Community Baptist Church, Neptune, New Jersey, 1962-1967

Member of Faculty, Moody Bible Institute, Chicago, 1967-1974

Associate Professor of New Testament and Director of the Library, Northwest Baptist Seminary, Tacoma, Washington

Pastor, First Baptist Church, Austin, Minnesota 1976-1983

Adjunct instructor in literature and writing,Riverland College, Austin,Minnesota, 1990-1995

Dr. Alcorn has taught (at least as a substitute or adjunct) at every level from kindergarten through doctoral candidates.

Military |

US Naval Reserve, 1947-1952 (quartermaster/signalman, personnel man)

US Army active duty, 1952-1954 (instructor, The Adjutant General's School, counter-intelligence agent)

US Army Reserve, 1954-1960 (counter-intelligence agent, military police officer)

US Army Reserve, 1960-1990 (Chaplain, Colonel; unit chaplain - clinical pastoral care - chaplain trainer - Chaplain School instructor and course manager - instructor, Command & General Staff College - staff chaplain, US Army Military District of Washington)

Total of forty-three years of enlisted, commissioned line officer, commissioned chaplain

Decorations include Meritorious Service Medal, Army Commendation Medal, Navy Commendation Medal, Army Achievement Medal

Foreign duty includes the Atlantic sea duty, Germany, Honduras, Panama

Radio |

"Morning Chapel Hour," WJLK, Asbury Park, NJ, 11962-1967

"Dial the Pastor," "Forum," "Class In Session," "Radio School of the Bible," "In Uniform," WMBI, Chicago and the Moody Radio Network, 1968-1974

"Morning Worship" (weekly), "The Good News Hour" (daily), KQAQ, Austin, Minn, 1967-1983

"My Thought" (weekly commentary), KTIS and the Northwestern College Radio Network, Minneappolis-St. Paul; 1987-1992

Member and award recipient, National Religious Broadcasters; member, Evangelical Press Assn; member, Society of Professional Journalists

Books

Teacher’s Guide to The Life of Christ Visualized

Des Plaines, Illinois: Regular Baptist Press, 1973

Teacher’s Guide to Elijah, Prophet of God

Des Plaines, Illinois: Regular Baptist Press, 1974

Knowing and Using the Bible

Des Plaines, Illinois: Regular Baptist Press, 1975

Teacher’s Guide to Knowing and Using the Bible

Des Plaines, Illinois: Regular Baptist Press, 1975

Momentum

Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 1986

The Book We Love: History of the Bible and Principles of Interpretation. With David W. Drullinger, Schaumburg, Illinois: Regular Baptist Press, 1993

El Libro de los Libros: La Historia de la Biblia y los Principios de Interpretación. Sebring, Florida: Editorial Bautista Independiente, 2006.

Contributor to Other Works

Wycliffe Bible Encyclopedia, 2 volumes

Edited by Charles F. Pfeiffer, Howard F. Vos, and John Rea

Chicago: Moody Press, 1975

The Upper Room Disciples, 1976

Edited by Mary Ruth Coffman, et al

Nashville: The Upper Room, 1975

New Commentary on the Whole Bible

New Testament Volume

Edited by J.D. Douglas and Philip W. Comfort

Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 1989

New Commentary on the Whole Bible

Old Testament Volume

Edited by J.D. Douglas and James K. Hoffmeier

Wheaton, Illinois: Tyndale House Publishers, 1990

Stones of Remembrance

Wheaton, Illinois: Wheaton College, 1995

The Complete Book of Who’s Who In the Bible

Edited by Philip Comfort and Walter A. Elwell

Wheaton: Tyndale House Publishers, 2005

Austin Remembers

Edited by Joan Claire Graham

Austin, Minnesota: The Friends of the Austin Public Library, 2007

Encyclopedia of Activism and Social Justice, edited by Gary L. Anderson and Kathryn Herr. Thousand Oaks, California: Sage Reference, 2007.

Voices of Chaplaincy, Volume One

Arlington, Virginia: Military Chaplains Association, 2012

Scholarly and Educational Monographs

John Mark: A Critical Investigation Into His Life and Ministry and the Influences Upon Their Development