(B.A., University of Nebraska, 1984; M.Div., Westminster Seminary California, 1987; D.Phil., St Annes College, University of Oxford, 1998).

Professor of Church History and Historical Theology at Westminster Seminary California. Associate Pastor at Oceanside United Reformed Church.

Scott preaches semi-regularly and occasionally teaches the Adult catechism class at OURC. He was pastor of Hope Reformed Church/Walnut Creek Presbyterian Church (now Northland Reformed Church) in Kansas City, Missouri from 1987-1993.

He has taught at Wheaton College (1995-1997), Reformed Theological Seminary (Jackson; 1996) and Concordia University, Irvine, California (2000).

He is the author of:

• Recovering the Reformed Confession: Our Theology, Piety, and Practice,
• Caspar Olevian and the Substance of the Covenant: The Double Benefit of Christ, 

and the editor of

• Classic Reformed Theology
• Covenant, Justification, and Pastoral Ministry: Essays by the Faculty of Westminster Seminary California 

and co-editor of

• Protestant Scholasticism: Essays in Reassessment.

He writes regularly for Modern Reformation magazine, Tabletalk magazine, and The Outlook as well as for academic journals and volumes. You can see a complete list of his publications here.

Some favorite authors are P. G. Wodehouse, James Thurber, Dorothy Sayers, John Calvin, Louis Berkhof, Martin Luther, and Geerhardus Vos. Some of his favorite books: Johannes Wollebius, Compendium of Christian Theology; Geerhardus Vos, Biblical Theology; Francis Turretin, Institutes of Elenctic Theology; Dorothy Sayers, Creed or Chaos?; Martin Luther, The Bondage of the Will.