David W. Cooke

I live in Fernandina Beach Florida with my wife. I grew up in north central Illinois and worked for 32 years at a Nuclear Power plant in the operations, chemistry, and radiation protection departments, having retired in 2014. I became a Christian when I was 22 years old. I have always loved reading the scripture and consider myself very well informed on the doctrines of the Christian faith. I enjoy theology and reading works from the great minds of the faith. My favorite Christian authors would include Meredith Kline, G.K.Beale, Richard Gaffin, Herman Ridderbos, and G. Vos. I would describe myself as a conservative Christian.

I wrote my first book, A Resurrection Like Christ's, which was published in 2023. I have thoughts on a few others which will also deal with Christian theology. This book is certain to be controversial in theological circles due to its differing view of the bodily resurrection of the Christian. The thesis of my book is that at death, the Christian transitions to their new spiritual body and enters heaven. Traditional theology delays the receipt of the new body until the end of time when Christ returns on Judgment Day. This period in traditional theology where the Christian resides in heaven without a body as a soul is called the Intermediate State. This book defends my position and refutes the case for the Intermediate State. The importance of the Resurrection and having a correct view of it is not an issue which should not concern everyone, it is the core theme of the gospel.