The Reformation and Dionysius on Ecclesiology

The Reformation and Dionysius on Ecclesiology J.V. Fesko J.V. Fesko (Ph.D., The University of Aberdeen) is the Harriet Barbour Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology, Reformed Theological Seminary, Jackson Introduction We live in a socially democratized period of history. There are some remnants of social hierarchy where bluebloods are rumored still to roam in places…

Ecclesiology: An Editorial Introduction

Ecclesiology: An Editorial Introduction Justin L. McLendon Justin L. McLendon is Professor of Theology and a Department Chair at Grand Canyon University and Grand Canyon Theological Seminary. He serves as a Managing Editor for JBTS. Introduction This special issue of the Journal of Biblical and Theological Studies features articles exploring current issues in ecclesiology. In…

The Kingdom of God: A Traditional Dispensational View

The Kingdom of God: A Traditional Dispensational View Kyle C. Dunham Kyle C. Dunham is the Associate Professor of Old Testament at Detroit Baptist Theological Seminary in Allen Park, MI. Christ Jesus has initiated the eschatological age, of which the kingdom of God is an integral part. Yet the prophesied Davidic kingdom has not yet…

Introducing Reformed Covenant Theology

Introducing Reformed Covenant Theology Harrison Perkins Harrison Perkins (PhD, Queen’s University Belfast) is pastor at Oakland Hills Community Church (OPC), Senior Research Fellow at the Craig Center for Study of the Westminster Standards, the online faculty in church history at Westminster Theological Seminary, and visiting lecturer in systematic theology at Edinburgh Theological Seminary Covenant theology…

What is Progressive Covenantalism?

What is Progressive Covenantalism? Stephen J. Wellum Stephen J. Wellum is Professor of Christian Theology at The Southern Baptist Theological Seminary in Louisville, KY. In summary form, this is the view of progressive covenantalism. On gospel issues, although there is more agreement than disagreement with covenant and dispensational theology, progressive covenantalism insists that at the…

Progressive Dispensationalism

Progressive Dispensationalism Michael J. Vlach Michael J. Vlach (PhD, Southeastern Baptist Theological Seminary) is Professor of Theology at Shepherds Theological Seminary in Cary, NC Progressive Dispensationalism is a theology that addresses and harmonizes God’s creation, kingdom, and covenant purposes in all their dimensions from Genesis 1 through Revelation 22. Like other systems it addresses sin…

Traditional Dispensationalism

Traditional Dispensationalism James I. Fazio James I. Fazio (PhD, Queen’s University Belfast) is academic dean and Professor of Biblical Studies at Southern California Seminary in El Cajon, CA Dispensationalists are supremely suited to address both the continuity as well as the discontinuity that exists throughout Scripture. While fully embracing the continuity of Scripture, as revealed…