Dr. Jim Shaddix has been the Senior Teaching Pastor of Riverside Baptist Church in Denver, Colorado, since 2005. He came to Riverside from New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where he served as Dean of Chapel and Associate Professor of Preaching, and directed both the Professional Doctoral and Field Education programs. Jim earned his Master of Divinity (1986) and Doctor of Ministry (1992) from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, and then went on to earn a Doctor of Philosophy in Preaching (1996) from New Orleans. He is the author of two books, The Passion Driven Sermon forwarded by John MacArthur and Power in the Pulpit co-authored with Jerry Vines.