Faculty Since 2011
BS, University of Florida
JD, University of Florida
MA, Reformed Theological Seminary
PhD, Trinity International University
224.392.8149 (mobile)
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In his previous career, Dr. Simons practiced law in Atlanta, Georgia, and Ocala Florida for more than ten years. His legal practice included commercial litigation, business law, health care law, and real estate law. In Fall of 2010, he stepped down from his legal practice to pursue advanced theological education. His research explores the intersection of church history, theology, and legal history. His dissertation focuses on the relationship between puritan theology and the work of the magistrates who governed the colonies of Connecticut and New Haven in the second half of the Seventeenth Century. He has taught in a variety of contexts at the undergraduate and graduate level.
John and his wife, Lynn, have three adult children. John enjoys woodworking and cycling. He is an avid fan of University of Florida athletics.
Manuscripts in Preparation
“Godly Lawmaking in the Colonies of Connecticut and New Haven, 1638-1665.”
“The New Haven Code: Written Law in a Bible Commonwealth.”
“Taming Unruly Affections: A Puritan Perspective on Genesis 1-3.”
Other Publications
“Good News Bible” in Encyclopedia of the Bible and its Reception, ed. Hans-Josef Klauck, et al. Berlin: de Gruyter. 2009-2012.
Book Reviews
2019 Robert W. Caldwell, III. Theologies of the American Revivalists From Whitefield to Finney. IVP Academic, 2017. 39 Trin. J. 102-04 (2019)
2018 Chad B. Van Dixhoorn. God’s Ambassadors: The Westminster Assembly and the
Reformation of the English Pulpit, 1643-1653. Reformation Heritage, 2017. 39
Trin. J. 256-58 (2018)
2016 William Perkins. J. Stephen Yuille, ed. The Works of William Perkins: Vol. 1. Reformation Heritage, 2014. 37 Trin. J. 286-88 (2016)
LEGAL PUBLICATIONS
1998 Note: Is the Doctrine of Necessaries Necessary in Florida?: Should the
Legislature Accept the Challenge of Connor v. Southwest Regional Medical
Center?, 50 Fla. L. Rev. 933 (1998).
1997 Case Comment: Changing Assumptions: Disentangling Title I Remedial
Education at Parochial Schools, Agostini v. Felton, 117 S. Ct. 1997 (1997), 49
Fla. L. Rev. 651 (1997).