Columbia Faith & Life Conference

2025 – Dr. Carmen Imes

Dr. Carmen Joy Imes is Associate Professor of Old Testament at Talbot School of Theology, Biola University, in Southern California. She is the author of Bearing God’s Name: Why Sinai Still Matters and Being God’s Image: Why Creation Still Matters. The trilogy will be complete this fall with the release of Becoming God’s Family: Why the Church Still Matters. Carmen has a YouTube channel where she releases weekly Torah Tuesday videos and you can find her writing on various websites, including Christianity Today, The Well, and The Politics of Scripture blog.
Carmen is passionate about equipping the church to engage the Old Testament well and to see its relevance for the Christian life.