Why the Topic of Church Polity Belongs in the “Ethics” Section of a Christian Library Jonathan Leeman Jonathan Leeman (Ph.D., Wales) serves as editorial director for 9Marks Introduction Does the New Testament prescribe a particular form of church government for all times and places?[1] “No,” many Christian academics have long believed. The New Testament’s materials…
The Fulfillment of the Land Promise in The Epistle to the Hebrews: A Critique of Dispensationalism Matthew H. Emadi Matthew H. Emadi (Ph.D.) is the pastor of Crossroads Church in Sandy, Utah and an adjunct professor for Gateway Seminary at the Salt Lake School of Theology Teaching Site in Salt Lake City, Utah. Abstract: Dispensationalism…
Prophets, Priests, and Kings Through Christ: The Two Witnesses in Revelation 11:3–13 and the Regenerate Church Joshua M. Greever Joshua M. Greever is the Associate Dean of Seminary Programs & Associate Professor of New Testament at Bethlehem College and Seminary Abstract: Traditionally Covenant Theology has affirmed that the inaugurated new covenant community is “mixed” in…
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 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? 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 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 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…
Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism: Missional, Intellectual, Theologically Diverse, Complex, and Increasingly Global by Ryan A. Brandt and Amber Thomas Reynolds Twentieth-Century Evangelicalism: Missional, Intellectual, Theologically Diverse, Complex, and Increasingly Global Ryan A. Brandt and Amber Thomas Reynolds Ryan A. Brandt is Professor of Christian History and Theology at Grand Canyon University; Amber Thomas Reynolds is Adjunct Assistant…
American Evangelical Missions Since 1910 by A. Scott Moreau American Evangelical Missions Since 1910 A. Scott Moreau Scott is Professor of Intercultural Studies Emeritus and former Academic Dean of Wheaton College Graduate School Abstract: This article provides a brief synopsis of US evangelical missions over the course of the twentieth century. Each of the four…