About
Biblical Authority Ministries exists to promote the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ and the absolute authority of the 66 books of Scripture. It is the official website for Bodie Hodge.
Bodie Hodge Biography
Mr. Bodie Hodge was saved by faith through the grace of God via the shed blood of Jesus Christ at the age of 9 in 1983. He grew up on a farm in Western Illinois and attended Southern Illinois University at Carbondale (SIUC) earning his B.Sc. and M.Sc. degree in Mechanical Engineering and specialized in Advanced Materials Processing.
His research centered around TiB2 processing and
developed a new method of its production via a grant from Lockheed-Martin. Though he also worked with other
materials such as TiC, SiC, ZrO2 as well as piezoelectric and pyroelectric
materials and various material methodologies. He taught all levels of undergraduate engineering at SIUC for two years beginning at the age of 24 before accepting a position at Caterpillar, Inc., through Aerotek Engineering to work at Cat’s Proving Ground.
He began his study of apologetics in his late college years
and began teaching youth apologetics at both Carbondale and Peoria, Illinois.
He ran his own website answering difficult questions for youths on sciences, the
Bible, world religions, history, and a general defense of the faith.
After 3 years at Caterpillar
in 2003, he felt the call to missions and accepted a position at Answers in Genesis (AiG), where he worked as a speaker,
author, and researcher for the ministry for over 20 years. He was also a co-host for Answers News.
He has been on numerous books, videos, interviews, and is a popular live
speaker and prolific web author.
He worked at Answers in Genesis as a speaker, writer, and researcher for over two decades speaking on creation, biblical authority and the gospel. As head of the Oversight Counsel, he helped write, direct, and edit content for the world's largest apologetics ministry for many years. He even co-wrote the authoritative book on the world famous debate between Bill Nye and Ken Ham (Inside the Nye Ham Debate).
Bodie has published numerous books and spoken in churches, colleges, and universities on multiple continents. He has been a long time authority on issues like creation, the Fall of mankind, the Fall of Satan, the Flood of Noah, the Tower of Babel, dinosaurs, world religions, logic and philosophy, and hosts of other biblical and scientific topics. Whether general or creation apologetics, his involvement has been crucial for decades. For one year, he helped update a theological dictionary/encyclopedia adding apologetic and scientific content.
Mr. Hodge is married Ken Ham's oldest daughter and they have four children. He has co-published and coedited many things together with Ken Ham, his father-in-law over the years. He is a reconstructionist and a popular presuppositionalist. This shows in his response style. He has a heart to answer questions and promote the gospel of our Lord and Savior Jesus Christ.
Bodie is a survivor of two 100% blockage heart attacks in the "widow maker". He's suffered serious damage from the first attack. He also suffered another 90% blockage. Interestingly, Bodie has survived brushes with death about 50 times (including these heart issues), from electrocution (twice) to drowning (twice) to a bullet missing his head by about a half an inch and so much more.
Just as painful is that his wife has suffered with cancer in recent times and that has been a difficult ordeal. Between health and stresses of ministry and other subsequent attacks, these types of "monkey wrenches" in life are like unsuspecting "curve balls" that help you rely entirely on God. May He receive the honor and glory in all circumstances.
Biblical Authority Ministries
is solely a ministerial outreach of Bodie Hodge. It was goes back to August 11, 2015 but was organized as a 501(c)(3) entity in 2025. Mr. Hodge’s hope is that you will help support the ministry to contend for the Gospel of Jesus Christ.
