Dr. Brand is gifted as a scholar, apologist, pastor, and student of contemporary culture and religion. He also serves as Associate Dean of Biblical and Theological Studies at Boyce College.

Before coming to Louisville, he taught at North Greenville College. He has taught over 25 different types of courses and seminars and has delivered over 30 papers to groups, such as the Evangelical Theological Society, the American Academy of Religion, The Society for Pentecostal Studies, Evangelical Ministries to New Religions, and The Baptist Center for Theology and Ministry at New Orleans Baptist Theological Seminary where he is also a Fellow.

Dr. Brand is the author of many articles and reviews in publications such as Trinity Journal, Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society, and Journal of Biblical Manhood and Womanhood.

He has also published essays on contemporary religion and Baptist studies in several volumes edited by John Piper, Millard Erickson, Doug Blount, and R. Stanton Norman. He is co-editor and author of the Holman Illustrated Bible Dictionary. He is also editor and author of Five Views of Church Governance, Perspectives on Spirit Baptism, and Perspectives on Election, as well as co-author of One Sacred Effort: The Cooperative Program of Southern Baptists.

He is also co-editor and co-author of The Apologetics Study Bible. Dr. Brand has served as pastor of two churches in Texas. He is also pastor of the Northside Baptist Church in Elizabethtown, KY. He is married to Tina, and they have three children and six grandchildren.