Pastor Rutledge (“Rut”) Etheridge III is assistant professor of biblical studies at Geneva College. A teaching elder ordained in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America, Rut has taught high school, pastored a congregation, served as Geneva‘s chaplain (2013-2019), and is currently an "ABD" PhD student at Westminster Theological Seminary in Philadelphia. He and his wife Evelyn live in Beaver Falls and have five children.  

Disciplines/Field of Instruction

• Biblical Studies

Degrees Received:

• Master of Divinity, The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Seminary, 2006
• B.S., Bible, pastoral studies emphasis, minor: philosophy of religion

Courses Taught:

• BIB 112 – OT Survey
• BIB 113 – NT Survey
• BIB 304 – Psalms
• BIB 302 - Wisdom Literature
• BIB 324 - Introduction to Reformed Tradition 
• MIN 316 - Apologetics
• MIN 210 - Evangelism 

Presentations:

• Frequent speaker at youth conferences and preacher; regular guest on Pittsburgh's 101.5 WORD FM
• "Authentic Human Selfhood According to Holy Scripture" - guest lecture at Westminster Theological Seminary, January 2024.
• Speaker, Annual Conference on Reformed Theology, Lisbon, NY 2016
• Speaker, WAY Seminar, Ottawa – spring 2014, 15
• Speaker, annual Westminster Confession of Faith into the 21 ^st Century Conference, September 2011 and June 2012

Publications:

Imitating God, Gentle Reformation column, July 2016, Reformed Presbyterian Witness

Standing Next to the Skyscraper, Geneva feature, May 2016, Reformed Presbyterian Witness

"Privacy, Please: How Calvin's Christocentric Pneumatology Fortified Protestant Polemics in the Fight for Private Judgment," The Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal, https://journal.rpts.edu/2024/02/12/privacy-please-how-calvins-christocentric-pneumatology-fortified-protestant-polemics-in-the-fight-for-private-judgment/, February 2024.

"Marriage Isn’t Rehab for Sexual Sin," for The Gospel Coalition, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/marriage-not-rehab/, March 2023.

"How to Spot a Wolf: Recognize Abusive Church Leadership Before It’s Too Late," for The Gospel Coalition, https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/article/spot-wolf/, May 2022.

"Encouraging Children to Trust the Bible," for TableTalk Magazine, https://tabletalkmagazine.com/article/2021/06/encouraging-children-to-trust-the-bible/, June 2021.

"Unfathomable Interrelationship," for TableTalk Magazine, https://tabletalkmagazine.com/posts/unfathomable-interrelationship/, April 2021.

"Recovering Jesus’ View of Scripture," for Core Christianity, https://corechristianity.com/resources/articles/recovering-jesus-view-of-scripture, February 2021.

God Breathed: Connecting Through Scripture to God, Others, the Natural World, and Yourself, Crown and Covenant, 2019.

“The Phantom Wall” in The Christian Statesman, Sept.-Oct. 2007

Awards and Distinctions Received:

Cedarville College: Graduated with honors, Academic Scholarship, Dean’s Honor List

Who’s Who Among High School Teachers, 2002

Affiliations:

Ordained Teaching Elder in the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America

Miscellaneous:

Blackbelt in Gosoku Ryu Karate, International Karate Association, 1999

Enjoys the ocean, reading, research and writing, basketball, and coffee, and more coffee…