Christianity • Protestantism David Kane Bernard (born November 20, 1956, in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American New Testament scholar and Oneness Pentecostal theologian.
He teaches as a Professor of Biblical Studies and Apostolic Leadership at Urshan Graduate School of Theology, where he is also Chancellor.
[3][4][5][6] His book, The New Birth (1984), is said to have been used more extensively than any other to demonstrate the beliefs of Oneness Pentecostals since publication.
[8] Bernard has also engaged in scholarly dialogue with trinitarians which has been welcomed by some in the wider pentecostal community.
[13] More recently, Amos Young, a professor at Fuller Theological Seminary, wrote that his work "marks the emerging maturation of the Oneness Pentecostal academy.