Ted Cabal

Visiting Scholar

Ted Cabal is professor of Christian apologetics at Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he has taught apologetics and philosophy since 1998.

Biography

Ted Cabal is professor of apologetics at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he has taught apologetics and philosophy since 1998. Previously he taught at Dallas Baptist University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he received his PhD in philosophy of religion. Ted coauthored Controversy of the Ages: Why Christians Should Not Divide over the Age of the Earth (Weaver, 2017), is general editor of The Apologetics Study Bible (B&H, 2nd ed., 2017), and maintains a blog at tedcabal.com. Ted has been especially interested in the relationship of faith and reason ever since he came to faith in Christ as a professional rock guitarist and atheist while reading the book of Matthew.

Ted’s life has also been dramatically shaped by a diagnosis of terminal cancer (multiple myeloma) in 2001 followed by years of chemotherapy. Remarkably, Ted’s cancer has remained “asleep” for more than a decade without need of treatment. He and his wife, Cheri, have three married sons and eight grandchildren.

Biography

Ted Cabal is professor of apologetics at the Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, Kentucky, where he has taught apologetics and philosophy since 1998. Previously he taught at Dallas Baptist University and Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, where he received his PhD in philosophy of religion. Ted coauthored Controversy of the Ages: Why Christians Should Not Divide over the Age of the Earth (Weaver, 2017), is general editor of The Apologetics Study Bible (B&H, 2nd ed., 2017), and maintains a blog at tedcabal.com. Ted has been especially interested in the relationship of faith and reason ever since he came to faith in Christ as a professional rock guitarist and atheist while reading the book of Matthew.

Ted’s life has also been dramatically shaped by a diagnosis of terminal cancer (multiple myeloma) in 2001 followed by years of chemotherapy. Remarkably, Ted’s cancer has remained “asleep” for more than a decade without need of treatment. He and his wife, Cheri, have three married sons and eight grandchildren.