Dr. VanDrunen, a minister of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church, began teaching at
Westminster Seminary California in 2001. He formerly served as a pastor of Grace
Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Hanover Park, IL, and currently serves on the
Orthodox Presbyterian Church’s Committee on Christian Education and Subcommittee
on Ministerial Training. His present research interests include natural law, the
two kingdoms doctrine, and bioethics. He was the recipient of the Acton
Institute’s Novak Award in 2004 and was a visiting fellow at the Center for the
Study of Law and Religion at Emory University in the spring of 2009.
Dr. VanDrunen is the author or editor of five books, most recently Bioethics and
the Christian Life: A Guide to Making Difficult Decisions, The Law is not of
Faith: Essays on Works and Grace in the Mosaic Covenant, and A Biblical Case for
Natural Law. His scholarly articles have appeared in many journals, including
the American Catholic Philosophical Quarterly, Calvin Theological Journal,
International Journal of Systematic Theology, Journal of Church and State, and
Journal of Law and Religion.
Dr. VanDrunen and his wife, Katherine, a WSC alumna, live in Escondido with
their son.
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