Instructors – BWSC 2025
Dr. Schultz is Dean of the College of Arts and Sciences at Liberty University. He previously served as Chair of the History Department at Liberty and has taught at Virginia Intermont College, the University of Arkansas, and Oak Hills Christian College. He is a member of the Phi Beta Kappa Society.
His specialty is American religious history, and he is interested in the interaction of religion and culture. His recent work deals with Jonathan Edwards, Christians in the American Revolution, and Biblical principles of government. His essays and reviews have appeared in numerous publications and have been translated into Hungarian and Spanish. Dr. Schultz frequently preaches in local churches and speaks at academic and Christian conferences.
The Schultzes have nine children and 25 grandchildren. All nine children are Liberty alumni. A native Minnesotan, Schultz enjoys hunting and fishing. Given the chance, he will spin bear and moose stories of the north woods and tell of his adventures as a canoe guide in the Boundary Waters Wilderness Area.
Ben grew up in the Finger Lakes region of New York. In 1999, he received his juris doctor degree from Oak Brook College of Law, and was subsequently admitted to the California bar. Thereafter, he attended Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, receiving his master of divinity degree in 2005. He served as associate pastor of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church in Franklin Square, New York, from December 2005 to September 2011. In September 2011, he became the organizing pastor of Trinity Church, where he still serves. He and his beloved wife Sarah have been blessed with four children, Katie, Andrew, Kenton, and Brieyn. Among his favorite things (next to his family) are hiking, beaches, bonfires, conversation, fine bourbon, and a lively game of chess.
John Eidsmoe is a retired Air Force Lt. Colonel and Alabama State Defence Force Colonel, and a graduate of the Air Command & Staff College and the Air War College. He is Professor of Law at the Oak Brook College of Law and Government Policy and in his various teaching assignments his students have given him the Outstanding Professor Award or Prof of the Year Award five times. He has served as Senior Staff Attorney with the Alabama Supreme Court and is currently Legal Counsel for the Foundation for Moral Law.
He is an ordained pastor with the Association of Free Lutheran Congregations and serves on the Board of Lutherans for Life, on the Board of the Plymouth Rock Foundation and on the Board of the Gospel Martial Arts Union. Col. Eidsmoe is a constitutional attorney who has defended home schoolers, Christian schools, the right of students to study the Bible in public schools, and the right to display the Ten Commandments in the public arena.
He has authored numerous books, including the three volume Historical and Theological Foundations of Law, Christianity & the Constitution, God & Caesar and Columbus & Cortez. He has produced numerous audio and video lecture albums including The Institute on the Constitution and Here I Stand: A Biblical Worldview for a New Millennium.
He holds seven academic degrees in Law, Theology, History, and Political Science. A lifelong student of the Crusades, he is a Knight Commander and Chaplain for the Sovereign Military Order of the Temple of Jerusalem (smotj.org). He is a Third Degree Black Belt with the American Taekwondo Foundation, a Fifth Degree Black Belt with the Gospel Martial Arts Union, and a Fifth Degree Black Belt with Black Belts of the Faith International. Colonel Eidsmoe is an avid horseman and skier and tries to get 8 hours of sleep every week. He and his wife Marlene have been married since 1970, have three children (David, Kirsten, and Justin) and live in Alabama.