Rick Brumback is a full-time instructor, College of Biblical Studies at Freed-Hardeman University (Henderson, TN). He was the Director of the Southwest School of Bible Studies (SWSBS) from 2001-2017. His teaching duties included courses in New Testament texts, biblical languages, history, and homiletics. He is a 1996 graduate of SWSBS and holds a Ph.D. in Early Church History from Baylor University, as well as holding advanced degrees in physics and engineering. Rick has served as the local evangelist for several congregations in central Texas and has taught college courses at the McCarty Student Center, Texas State University. He has participated in foreign campaigns in Central America, the Czech Republic, Romania, Jamaica, and Cambodia. Prior to becoming a Gospel preacher, Rick was a Research Physicist with the USAF High Explosive Research and Development (HERD) Facility, Eglin AFB, Florida. He is very happily married to Lieh, and they have three great kids: Catherine, Philip, and Edmund.
Luke 2:41-50 41 And his parents went every year to Jerusalem at the feast of the passover. 42 And when he was twelve years old, they went up after the custom of the feast; 43 and when they had fulfilled the days, as they were returning, the boy Jesus tarried behind in Jerusalem; and his parents knew it not; 44 but supposing him to be in…