Hawaii Site Coordinator & Associate Professor of New Testament and Biblical Theology
Chris Bruno is a Christian, husband, father, pastor, and teacher who desires to give his life to helping others see the centrality of Jesus in all the Scriptures for the glory of God. He has served at Northland International University, Cedarville University, and Trinity Christian School in Kailua, HI. Before that, he was pastor of discipleship and training at Harbor Church in Honolulu, HI.
He has written and co-written five books, as well as written articles and reviews for several publications and websites, including The Journal for the Evangelical Theological Society, Tyndale Bulletin, Westminster Theological Journal, Vetus Testamentum, Themelios, The Bulletin for Ecclesial Theology, Reformation 21, and The Gospel Coalition and has presented papers at the Tyndale Fellowship Triennial Meeting, the ETS Annual meeting, the SBL Annual meeting, and the CPT Fellowship. He is a member of ETS, SBL, IBR, and CPT. Chris and his wife Katie have been married since 2001 and have four sons who love to be outdoors playing ball or pretending to be super heroes, all while wrestling their dad.
Academic Credentials
- B.A., Northland International University
- Graduate Certificate, The Bethlehem Institute
- M.Div., The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary
- Ph.D., Wheaton College
- Additional Studies: University of Chicago Divinity School and the University of Oxford
Books
- God is One: The Function of Eis ho Theos as a Ground for Gentile Inclusion in Paul’s Letters (LNTS 497; T&T Clark, 2013),
- The Whole Story of the Bible in 16 Verses (Crossway, 2015)
- The Whole Message of the Bible in 16 Words (Crossway, 2017)
- Churches Partnering Together: Biblical Strategies for Fellowship, Evangelism, and Compassion (Co-Author, Crossway, 2014)
- Biblical Theology according to the Apostles: How the Earliest Christians Told the Story of the Old Testament (Co-Author, New Studies in Biblical Theology; IVP).
Publications
- Various on DesiringGod.org
- The Untapped Tool for Christian Apologetics on The Gospel Coalition
- Tools for Teaching the Overarching Story of the Bible at Crossway
- The Whole Story of the Old Testament in 11 Verses at On Faith
- The Whole Story of the New Testament in 5 Verses at On Faith
- Can You Really Summarize the Whole Story of the Bible in 16 Verses? at Crossway
- Mistaken Monotheism on The Gospel Coalition
- You Asked: How Could Sinful Lot Have Been Righteous? on The Gospel Coalition
- 4 Reasons to Soak Yourself in the Psalms on The Gospel Coalition
- “Jesus is our Jubilee”…But How?: The OT Background and Lukan Fulfillment of the Ethics of Jubilee on The Evangelical Theological Society
- The Deliverer from Zion: The Source(s) and Function of Paul’s Citation in Romans 11:26-27 on Tyndale House
Media
- When and Where Did Sermons Originate? on The Gospel Coalition
- What Does Jesus Look Like? Is It Okay to Wonder? on The Gospel Coalition
- Interview with Chris Bruno: The Whole Story of the Bible in 16 Verses on Books At A Glance
- Small Book, Big Topic: An Interview with Chris Bruno
- Interview: Biblical Strategies for Fellowship, Evangelism, and Compassion (1) on Books At A Glance
- Interview: Biblical Strategies for Fellowship, Evangelism, and Compassion (2) on Books At A Glance
- Video Interview: Tracing the Storyline of Scripture in 16 Verses on The Gospel Coalition