F. David Farnell (born 1958) is an American New Testament scholar, Christian minister, and is the new pastor of theological training at Redeemer Bible Church in Phoenix, Arizona.
His writings on biblical inerrancy have been endorsed by John F. MacArthur,[1] Albert Mohler,[1] and Paige Patterson.
[6] During the 2014 National Apologetics Conference, Farnell addressed the current state in New Testament scholarship.
[7] He has criticized Michael Licona for identifying the canonical gospels with the classical genre of Greco-Roman biography, instead of following Eusebius and Clement in recognizing them as modeled after or fulfilling ancient Hebrew oracles and as eschewing Greek philosophy and historiography.
[10][11] He opposes what he regards as a liberal approach to the study of the Bible, and promotes the Protestant doctrine of biblical inerrancy.
[15] While completing his master's degree, Farnell served as a teaching assistant in New Testament and Bible exposition at Talbot School of Theology.
In June 2021, Farnell left The Master’s Seminary to form a new pastoral training center in Phoenix, Arizona, under the auspices of Redeemer Bible Church (Redeemeraz.org) [22]