Drew Trotter – Founding Director

Drew Trotter served as Executive Director of the Consortium of Christian Study Centers from 2009 to 2020, and as Senior Scholar from 2021 to 2023. In his previous position, Drew was the Executive Director of the Center for Christian Study in Charlottesville, VA for 22 years. Drew has written on film and popular culture for over thirty years in such publications as Books & Culture, Christianity Today, and Critique, and in the field of Biblical studies published Interpreting the Epistle to the Hebrews (Baker, 1997).

For over twenty-five years, he has presented a seminar entitled Show and Tell: How to View a Movie Responsibly, helping laypeople and students in churches, Christian college and secular university environments understand this powerful medium and how to think about its influence both on the individual and society. He has taught seminars on popular culture, university education in America today, a Biblical model of discipleship and how to interpret the Scriptures. Also a well-respected Bible teacher, Drew has lectured and preached at seminaries, churches and colleges throughout the United States and Canada on a wide variety of topics including prayer, discipleship and Christian cultural awareness. Drew has three sons, three daughters-in-law and six grandchildren and lives with his wife of fifty years, Marie, in Charlottesville, VA.

• “Sociobiology: The Philosophy of E. O. Wilson” and “Film: The Despair of Ingmar Bergman.” In A Faith and Culture Devotional: Daily Readings in Art, Science and Life, edited by K. Kullberg and L. Arrington. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan Publishing, 2008.

• “The Movies and America: The Five Academy Award Nominees for Best Picture and What They Tell Us About Ourselves.” Books and Culture (May/June 2005).

• “My Day in Narnia.” Christianity Today Online (August 2005).

• “What Did C. S. Lewis Mean, and Does It Matter?” LeaderU, November 11, 2005.

• “Gaining the Whole World: Reflections on Movies and What They Tell Us About Ourselves.” Findings (Spring 2003).

• “Trinity and Christian Life: Why Believe the Trinity Today?” Modern Reformation (November, 2003).

• The Interpretation of the Epistle to the Hebrews. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1997.

• “Ascension of Jesus Christ.” In Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, edited by Walter Elwell. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1996.

• “Atonement.” In Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, edited by Walter Elwell. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1996.

• “Cross, Crucifixion.” In Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, edited by Walter Elwell. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1996.

• “Grace” In Evangelical Dictionary of Biblical Theology, edited by Walter Elwell. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1996.

• “A Journey to Bountiful: The Christian and the Movies in America Today.” Charis (April, 1996).

• “Justification in John.” In Right with God, edited by D. A. Carson. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1993.