Theological Journals, Part 2

Westminster Theological Journal (Nov 2021, 355-381): “Abstracts of Doctoral Dissertations:” Dr. William Wood presents his OT work on Zechariah with an “author-oriented” perspective, exegetically, but with surveys of treatments. Mid-America Journal of Theology (Fall 2021): in “Should Effectual Calling and Regeneration be Distinguished,” Dr. Cornelius Venema comes to Turretin’s fifth proposition which is micro-detail on the two subjects. Global Anglican (Spring 2022): in “John Owen on the Dangers of Biblicism,” Rev. Rich Duncan (CoE, Peterborough, UK) lays it down on Socinianism essential Pelagianism in the prelapsarian and postlapsarian period. This has disastrous consequences for the other loci. Nice job and straight-talking. “The Fundamentals—A Testimony to the Truth, Vol. 1: in in “The Mosaic Authorship of the Pentateuch,” Professor George Frederick Wright, DD, LLD, faults the Graffie-Cultists, not just on textual and literary grounds, but on their misunderstanding and misrepresentations of the Hebrew sacrificial system. No kidding! Dad’s OT Prof. at Knox, Un. of Toronto, had a visceral hatred of Leviticus and Hebrews bordering on the irrational. “Theologians You Should Know: Apostolic Fathers to the 21st Century,” Dr. Michael Reeves discusses Justin Martyr’s textual details in his discussion with Trypho, accusing him of misreading the OT. Princeton Theological Review (Vol.22, No.1, Spring 2007): in “Justice, Mercy, and Forgiveness: Jesus’ Cross to Bare,” Sharon L. Baker chokes on Aquinas’s merit-theology and predestination. She tosses him off in a footnote. Good grief, let the pain end and this article end. She’s a Socinian of some sort, if a taxonomic view is sought. She definitely doesn’t like the idea of God’s have infinite, eternal, and unchangeable justice (which she redefines of course). Reformed Faith and Practice (May 2022): in “Geerhardus Vos and the Interpretation of Romans 1:3-4,” Dr. J. V. Fesko, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson, tours several post-Reformation exegetes with the “vertical dimension” on the text. Concordia Theological Journal (January 2022), in “Confessional Loyalty or `Should I Let that Subscription Lapse?’,” Rev. Scott Murray makes his case for keeping his subscription up-to-date and not letting it lapse. Themelios (Dec 2021): in “Raised up from the Dust: An Exploration of Hannah’s Reversal Motif in the Book of Esther as Evidence of Divine Sovereignty,” Dr. Justin Jackson gloriously sustained the thesis. The title is the thesis. Bravo, Sir! Reformed Presbyterian Theological Journal (1837): the Editor summarizes Rev. James Smythe’s sermon on Is. 13. Christ is supreme. He rails on Erastianism in the CoE. Bravo! A King is the Head of the Church? Sorry, Henry VIII. Glad that has been tossed. Southwestern Theological Journal (Fall 2021), in “THE USE OF THE OLD TESTAMENT IN THE APOCALYPSE,” Dr. Gregory Beale is working around on Ezekiel and Exodus motifs in Revelation. The Biblical Repertory/Princeton Review (Volume 9, Issue 1, 1837, pages 29ff.). James Waddel Archibald reviews Art. 1V.—Plea for Voluntary Societies and a Defense of the Decisions of the General Assembly of 1836 against the Strictures of the Princeton Reviewers and others.— By a member of the Assembly, New-York, John S. Taylor, 1837, pp. 187. Rev. Alexander is continuing the painful quibbling about the Constitutional authority of the GA to found an independent Board of Foreign Missions.