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Mark Koller

Doctoral Student in Historical Theology
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Mark is a doctoral student in Historical Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary and is studying under the supervision of Dr. Adriaan Neele, Dr. Bob McKelvey, and Dr. Stephen Myers. His research focuses on the writings of Samuel Rutherford (1600-1661), specifically his ecclesiastical works and his doctrine of the church.

Mark serves as the church planting Pastor of the Dallas Reformed Presbyterian Church, a congregation of the Reformed Presbyterian Church of North America (RPCNA). The Reformed Presbyterians are the direct descendants of the Scottish Covenanters, a primary interest of Mark’s research.

Before coming to PRTS, he completed his Bachelor of Science at the University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences and his M.Div at Whitefield Theological Seminary of Lakeland, Florida. Mark has worked in the field of Cytogenetics for twenty-four years, working in a clinical laboratory setting and with various research projects related to the study of blood cancers and tumors.

Mark is married to his wife Amy and they have three children (Drew, Rachel, and Kate).

“Study to shew thyself approved unto God, a workman that needeth not to be ashamed, rightly dividing the word of truth.”

2 Timothy 2:15

Education

  1. University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences (BSc)
  2. Whitefield Theological Seminary (MDiv)
  3. Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary (PhD - in progress)

Focus

Subject Area and Specialty The Ecclesiology of Samuel Rutherford Research Interests
  • Scottish Covenanters
  • Samuel Rutherford
  • Scottish church history and the development of particular doctrinal distinctives
  • English Puritanism and English Presbyterianism
  • The Westminster Assembly and the Westminster Confession/Larger Catechism
  • Scottish Psalmody
  • The development of Psalmody from the Reformation to the present day
Publications:
  • The Candle of God’s Word – Preparing for Communion (forthcoming)
  • Mark A. Koller, “The Development of the Scottish Doctrine of the Church: The Far Reaching Ministry of John Knox,” Puritan Reformed Journal 9, 2 (2017): 269-302.
  • Mark Koller, “Mediatorial Kingship for the Middle-aged Carpenter and Me,” Reformed Presbyterian Witness (September/October 2016): 12-13, 29.
  • Mark Koller, “Congregation of the Month: Dallas, TX,” Reformed Presbyterian Witness (March/April 2016).
  • Mark Koller, “On the Southern Frontier,” Reformed Presbyterian Witness (January/February 2014).
  • Sawyer JR, Tian E, Thomas E, Koller M, Stangeby C, Sammartino G, et al., “Evidence for a novel mechanism for gene amplification in multiple myeloma; 1q12 pericentromeric heterochromatin mediates breakage-fusion-bridge cycles of a 1q12 approximately 23 amplicon,” British Journal of Haematology 147 (2009): 484-494.
  • Sawyer JR, Swanson C, Koller M, North P, William R, “Centromeric instability of chromosome 1 resulting in multibranched chromosomes, telomeric fusions, and ‘jumping translocations’ of 1 q in a human immunodeficiency virus-related non-Hodgkin’s lymphoma,” Cancer 76, 7 (October 1995).
Unpublished Papers:
  • The Beginnings of English Presbyterianism (2017) 
  • Samuel Rutherford’s Interactions with the Ecclesiology of the English Church (2017)
  • Samuel Rutherford’s Doctrine of the Lord’s Supper (2017) 
  • The Trials and Piety of Samuel Rutherford During His Early Ministry and Aberdeen Exile (2016) 
  • The Arrival of the First Covenanters in America (2012) 
  • Davila O, Garcia R, Garay N, Koller M, Liu YH, Koduru P, Tirado CA. “Secondary Chromosome Aberrations in Non-Hodgkin Lymphoma with IG/MYC Rearrangement defined Burkitt Lymphoma from Diffuse Large B-cell Lymphoma: A meta-analysis of Cytogenetic Data,” American Society of Human Genetics Meeting. Washington DC, November 2-6, 2010.
  • The Development of the Dutch Psalter (2009) 
  • Colin Stangeby, Marian L. Johnson, Mark Koller, Regina Lichti Binz, Jeffrey Sawyer. “A New Complex Variant of the Recurring t(1;19)(q22;q13) in Meningioma,” Cytogenetics Laboratory, Department of Pathology, University of Medical Sciences, Little Rock, Arkansas, AGT Conference, 2007.
  • Mark Koller, Linda Goosen, Nancy Batie, Jessica Anderson, Regina Binz, Jeffrey Sawyer. “A Novel Insertion in (15;12)(q25;p12p11.2) in a Congenital Mesoblastic Nephroma,” AGT Conference, 2002.
  • John Wycliffe, Morning Star of the Reformation (1999)
Websites: www.exclusivepsalmody.com