Theological Journals, Part 2: 9/25/2022

Standard Bearer (September 15,2022): “Reporting of Sexual Abuse and Matthew 18:” Prof. Gritters expertly handles the issue of incest, sexual abuse and the duties of the Church to publicly, not privately, rebuke these private sins. A child must report such to parents and elders who take it from there. Well done inquiry by the Professor who advocates for stated policies in the church and Christian schools.

Bibliotheca Sacra (Jan-Mar 2021): in “Suicide and the Thief in John 10.10,” Dr. James Wisland comments on “knowing” and “not knowing” the Son in John 5-10, focusing on the murderousness of Jesus’s enemies.

Bibliotheca Sacra (April-June 2021): in “Creeds, Canons, Councils and the Contests of Tradition,” Dr. Douglas Sweeney, Dean of Beeson Divinity School, rehearses briefly the history of the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. Pretty basic.

Modern Reformation (July/Aug 2022): in “Travailing We Seek,” the Editor, Joshua Schendel, discusses the interactions of John Owen and Richard Baxter, virtual contemporaries, and their efforts to unify Episcopalians, Presbyterians and Independents while excluding Romanists and Socinians.

Modern Reformation (Sept/Oct 2022): “Arab Christianity, Science and the Doctrine of Scripture,” an interview with Dr. Wageeb Mikhail: Dr. Mikhail notes that 14 centuries of Coptic Christianity has many answers for Western Christians.

Calvin Theological Journal (Spring 2022): “Theological Interpretation in Nigeran Prosperity Preachers:” Dr. Samuel Okanlewon discusses atonement, OT sacrifice, and the NT meaning of katallenge as reconciliation, not wealth production in the atonement.

Westminster Theological Journal (Nov 2021, 355-381): BOOK REVIEW: Michael Jensen’s “Theological Anthropology and Great Literary Genres:” Jensen connect theo-anthropology to literary genres in literature: epic, comedy and tragedy.