Dr. Friedeman speaks regularly in church contexts, invited academic settings, and other public venues, including media and podcast appearances.
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Conference Keynotes
Co-Keynote Speaker with Craig S. Keener
Pastor’s Leadership Day, Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Mount Vernon, OH), February 19, 2026
Co-Keynote Speaker with Kevin M. Watson
West Virginia South District Holiness Summit (Church of the Nazarene), February 26–March 2, 2025
Pastor’s Leadership Day, Mount Vernon Nazarene University (Mount Vernon, OH), February 19, 2026
Co-Keynote Speaker with Kevin M. Watson
West Virginia South District Holiness Summit (Church of the Nazarene), February 26–March 2, 2025
Preaching
Selected Preaching Engagements
- Entiat Valley Family Camp (Entiat, WA), 2025
- Beulah Holiness Camp Meeting (AL), 2025
- Westside Church of the Nazarene (Indianapolis, IN), multiple occasions
- Liberty Chapel (Liberty Center, OH), revival services, 2025
- West Central District Missions Celebration (Churches of Christ in Christian Union), 2024
- Village Chapel (Ashville, OH), three-sermon series, 2023
Sermon Samples
Teaching
Selected Teaching Engagements
- “Preaching Holiness,” North Central Ohio District Clergy Excellence Session (Church of the Nazarene), 2025
- Bible teacher, Hollow Rock Campmeeting (Toronto, OH), 2024
- Bible teacher, Beulah Holiness Camp (Eldorado, IL), 2023
- Westside Church of the Nazarene (Indianapolis, IN), multiple four to five-week courses
Sample Workshops & Mini-Courses
- Doctrine of Good Works
- How to Read the Gospels
- Inductive Bible Study
- Preaching Holiness
- Sexuality in the Bible
- Theology of Holiness
Invited Academic Lectures
Annual Lectureships
“The Jesus-Shaped Life: The Telos of the Gospels and the Testimony of Acts.” Cowman Lectures, Institute for the Study of Modern Christianity, Seoul Theological University, October 4, 8, 2024.
“Reclaiming Holiness in the New Testament: The Normative Christian Life.” Chamberlain Holiness Lectures, Wesley Biblical Seminary, October 24, 2023.
“Reclaiming Holiness in the New Testament: The Normative Christian Life.” Chamberlain Holiness Lectures, Wesley Biblical Seminary, October 24, 2023.
Other Invited Lectures
“Gospel Birth Narratives and the Historical Jesus: Reopening a Closed Case.” Institute for the Fourfold Gospel, Seoul Theological University, October 4, 2024.
Author presentation and panel for The Doctrine of Good Works, with Thomas H. McCall and Matt T. Friedeman, Symposium on Faith and Works, Ohio Christian University, September 28, 2023.
Author presentation and panel for The Doctrine of Good Works, with Thomas H. McCall and Matt T. Friedeman, Symposium on Faith and Works, Ohio Christian University, September 28, 2023.
Public Scholarship & Media
Video & Film
Featured scholar, Searching for People and Places of the Bible. The Great Courses, 2025.
Seven Minute Seminary (Seedbed): “Praying to God as Our Father” (July 2017); “Christians Should Read the Apocrypha” (September 2016).
Seven Minute Seminary (Seedbed): “Praying to God as Our Father” (July 2017); “Christians Should Read the Apocrypha” (September 2016).
Podcasts (Selected)
Interview on Gospel birth narratives. Stone Chapel Podcast, interviewed by David Capes, February 17, 2026.
Interview on Gospel Birth Narratives and Historiography. Et al. (Baylor University Press), interviewed by Anna Kate Velasquez, December 23, 2025.
Interview on Birth Stories in the Ancient World. Biblical Time Machine, interviewed by Helen Bond and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, December 7, 2025.
Interview on The Revelation of the Messiah. New Books in Biblical Studies, interviewed by Michael Morales, March 7, 2023.
Additional podcast appearances include Faith Lab, Life-Changing Discipleship, More to the Story, ProveText, The Call Continues, and The Kingdom Way.
Interview on Gospel Birth Narratives and Historiography. Et al. (Baylor University Press), interviewed by Anna Kate Velasquez, December 23, 2025.
Interview on Birth Stories in the Ancient World. Biblical Time Machine, interviewed by Helen Bond and Lloyd Llewellyn-Jones, December 7, 2025.
Interview on The Revelation of the Messiah. New Books in Biblical Studies, interviewed by Michael Morales, March 7, 2023.
Additional podcast appearances include Faith Lab, Life-Changing Discipleship, More to the Story, ProveText, The Call Continues, and The Kingdom Way.