French L. Arrington, PhD.

Professor Emeritus of New Testament Greek and Exegesis

• Lee College, Cleveland Tn 1953-1955
• B.A., University of Chattanooga, Chattanooga, TN. Major: Psychology. Minor: Languages 1957
• MDiv. Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA 1960
• ThM. Columbia Theological Seminary, Decatur, GA. Thesis: The Evidence of Immortality in This Present Mortal Condition as Reflected in II Corinthians 4:18-5:10 1968
• PhD. St. Louis University, St. Louis, MO. Biblical Languages with specialization in the Pauline Corpus. Dissertation: Paul’s Aeon Theology in I Corinthians 1975

The ministry of French L. Arrington has involved him in evangelical and Pentecostal circles around the world.  He has served as a pastor and for seventeen years was on the faculty of Lee University, where he was chairman of the Department of Bible and Theology and received the Excellence in Teaching Award.  He has been a guest lecturer at theological seminaries in Korea, Puerto Rico, Guatemala, Philippines, Indonesia, Ecuador, Virgin Islands, China and Russia.  He also has served as special lecturer for the Staley Foundation and has taught a course to Th.M. and Th.D students for St. Charles University in Guam.  In addition to his teaching ministry he is a speaker at seminars and conferences and frequently ministers in local churches.  He served as Professor of New Testament Greek and Exegesis at the Church of God Theological Seminary from 1981-2002.

He has been active in professional theological societies and has served on a number of denominational boards and committees, including the General Board of Education, the Commission on Doctrine, and chairman of the Core Faculty of External Studies of Lee University.

Dr. Arrington is well known for his published works  on the New Testament.  His books include two scholarly monographs: Paul’s Aeon Theology in I Corinthians and New Testament Exegesis: Examples, published by University Press of America, and three book studies: Divine Order in the Church (1 Corinthians), The Ministry of Reconciliation (2 Corinthians), and Maintaining the Foundations (1 Timothy).  He was a contributor to Dictionary of Pentecostal and Charismatic Movements, The Complete Biblical Library,  and The New International Dictionary of Pentecostal Charismatic Movements.  Hendrickson Publishers published his work Acts of the Apostles: Introduction, Translation and Commentary.

Arrington was on the editorial committee for Life in the Spirit Study Bible and was a general editor of the Life in the Spirit New Testament Commentary and contributor of the exposition on Luke-Acts in the commentary—all published by Zondervan. 

Pathway Press has published his three-volume work Christian Doctrine: a Pentecostal Perspective.  His most recent works are Encountering the Holy Spirit: Paths of Christian Growth and Service, Exploring the Declaration of Faith, and Unconditional Eternal Security: Myth or Truth?.