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The Meaning of μάλιστα in 2 Timothy 4:13 and Related Verses [Published in Journal of Theological Studies, NS 53/2: 523-532.] (External Link)
Translating λέγω in Acts 1:3 [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 64/2 (2002): 273-278. Used with permission.]
2 Thessalonians 1 Supports Amillennialism [Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 37/4 (1995): 529-38. Used with permission.]
Currents within Amillennialism [Published in Presbyterion 26/1 (2000): 21-25. Used with permission.]
Indifferentism and Rigorism in the Church: With Implications for Baptizing Small Children [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 59/1 (1997) 13-29. Used with permission.]
Linking Small Children with Infants in the Theology of Baptizing [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 59/2 (1997): 143-158. Used with permission.]
Analyzing Today's NIV Below the Surface [Originally appearing at <www.keptthefaith.org> and <www.cbmw.org>]
Avoiding Generic 'He' in the TNIV [Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 7/2 (fall, 2002): 21-30. Used with permission.]
Bible Translation and Contextualization: Theory and Practice in Bangladesh
The English Standard Version (Explanation by Dr. Vern S. Poythress)
Extended Definitions in the Third Edition of Bauer's Greek-English Lexicon [JETS 45/1: 125-31. Used with permission.]
Gender and Generic Pronouns in English Bible Translation[Originally published in Language and Life: Essays in Memory of Kenneth L. Pike, ed. Mary Ruth Wise, Thomas N. Headland, Ruth M. Brend (Dallas, TX: SIL International and The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003), 371-380. Copyright held by the author.]
Gender in Bible Translation: Exploring a Connection with Male Representatives [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 60/2:225-53. Used with permission.]
Greek Lexicography and Translation: Comparing Bauer's and Louw-Nida's Lexicons [JETS 44/2: 285-296. Used with permission.]
"Hold Fast" Versus "Hold Out" in Philippians 2:16 [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 64/1: 45-53. Used with permission.]
How Have Inclusiveness and Tolerance Affected the Bauer-Danker Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (BDAG)? [Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 46/4: 577-88. Used with permission.]
Male Meaning in Generic Masculines in Koine Greek [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 66: 325-36. Used with permission.]
The Meaning of μάλιστα in 2 Timothy 4:13 and Related Verses [Published in Journal of Theological Studies, NS 53/2: 523-532.] (External Link)
Political Correctness and Bible Translation: A Preliminary Response to Ellis W. Deibler [First posted at www.keptthefaith.org]
Searching Instead for an Agenda-Neutral Bible [World 13/45 (November 21, 1998) 24-25 -- a review of D. A. Carson, The Inclusive Language Debate: A Plea for Realism, and Mark L. Strauss, Distorting Scripture? The Challenge of Bible Translation & Gender Accuracy].
Small Changes in Meaning Can Matter: The Unacceptability of the TNIV [originally published as an internet article at <www.cbmw.org> and <www.keptthefaith.org>.]
Systematic Pattern in TNIV [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 64/1: 185-192. Used with permission.]
The TNIV Debate: Is This New Translation Faithful in its Treatment of Gender? No. [ Christianity Today 46/11 (October 7, 2002): 37-45. (Response by Vern Poythress to the parallel piece by Mark Strauss is included on pp. 43, 45.)]
TNIV's Altered Meanings: An Evaluation of the TNIV [originally published as an internet article, at <www.cbmw.org> and <www.keptthefaith.org>.]
Translating λέγω in Acts 1:3 [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 64/2 (2002): 273-278. Used with permission.]
Kinds of Biblical Theology [Originally published in the Westminster Theological Journal 70/1 (2008) 129-42. Used with permission.]
The Marriage of Biblical & Systematic Theology [Published in Westminster Today 1/1 (spring, 2008) 11-13. Used with permission.]
Ground Rules of New Testament Interpretation: A Review Article [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 41/1:190-201. Used with permission.]
Review of A. Berkeley Mickelsen'sDaniel & Revelation: Riddles or Realities? [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 47 (1985): 350-51. Used with permission.]
Review of Anthony C. Thiselton's Interpreting God and the Postmodern Self: On Meaning, Manipulation and Promise [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 59/1:131-33. Used with permission.]
Review of Anthony Thiselton's New Horizons in Hermeneutics [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 55:343-346. Used with permission.]
Review of C. John Collins's Science & Faith: Friends or Foes? [Review by Vern S. Poythress for the Westminster Theological Journal .]
Review of Charles M. Wood's The Formation of Christian Understanding [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 44/1:140-143. Used with permission.]
Review of Colclasure's The Overcomers: The Unveiling of Hope, Comfort, and Encouragement in the Book of Revelation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 44/1 (spring 1982): 163-164. Used with permission.]
Review of Combrink's Structural Analysis of Acts 6:8–8:3 [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 42/2 (spring 1980): 440-441. Ued with permission.]
Review of D. L. Baker's Two Testaments, One Bible. Downers Grove: InterVarsity, 1976. [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 40/1: 194-95. Used with permission.]
Review of Edgar Krentz's The Historical-Critical Method. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1975. [Published in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 19/3: 260. Used with permission.]
Review of Francis Watson's Text, Church and World: Biblical Interpretation in Theological Perspective [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 57/2: 475-478. Used with permission.]
Review of G. K. Beale's The Book of Revelation: A Commentary on the Greek Text and G. K. Beale's Johns Use of the Old Testament in Revelation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 62/1 (2000): 143-146. Used with permission.]
Review of G. K. Beale's The Use of Daniel in Jewish Apocalyptic Literature and in the Revelation of St. John. [Published in In Westminster Theological Journal 47 (1985): 348-50. Used with permission.]
Revew of Gerhard Maier's Das Ende der historisch-critischen Methode [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 38/3: 415-17. Used with permission.]
Review of Harold N. Levinson's A Scientific Watergate: Dyslexia [Uploaded as a reader review to amazon.com.]
Review of Harry Boer's Above the Battle? The Bible and its Critics [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 40/1: 195-97. Used with Permission.]
Review of Harry L. Down's The Distinction Between Power-Word and Text-Word in Recent Reformed Thought: The View of Scripture Set Forth by Some Representatives of The Philosophy of the Law-Idea. Nutley, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 1974. [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 37/3: 410-413.]
Review of Henry Vander Goot: Interpreting the Bible in Theology and the Church [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 47 (1985): 337-40. Used with permission.]
Review of Henry A. Virkler's Hermeneutics [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 44/1:143-146. Used with permission.]
Review of J. P. Moreland's Christianity and the Nature of Science. [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 52/1 (1990): 173-175. Used with permission.]
Review of John Goldingay's Models for Interpretation of Scripture [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 58/2:316-19. Used with permission.]
Review of John Wimber's Power Healing [In Eternity 38/10 (Oct., 1987) 46-47. Used with permission.]
Review of Kevin J. Vanhoozer's Is There a Meaning in This Text? The Bible, the Reader, and the Morality of Literary Knowledge [Published In Westminster Theological Journal 61/1 (1999) 125-128. Used with permission.]
Review of Kistemaker's The Parables of Jesus [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 43/2: 380-82. Used with permission.]
Review of Marshall's The Gospel of Luke. A Commentary on the Greek Text [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 42/2 (spring 1980): 438-440. Used with permission.]
Review of Patte's Structural Exegesis: From Theory to Practice. Exegesis of Mark 15 and 16. Hermeneutical Implications [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 42/2 (spring 1980): 441-444. Used with permission.]
Review of Peter R. Carrell's Jesus and the Angels: Angelology and the Christology of the Apocalypse of John [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 60/1:159-62. Used with permission.]
Review of Ricoeur's Essays on Biblical Interpretation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 43/2 (spring 1981): 378-380. Used with permission.]
Review of Robert Detweiler's Story, Sign, and Self: Phenomenology and Structuralism as Literary-Critical Methods. Philadelphia: Fortress, 1978. [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 41/1: 210-11. Used with permission.]
Review of Ronald Pitkin's Theological Dictionary. Volume X. Index Volume. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1975 [Published in Westminster Theological Dictionary 39/2: 418-20. Used with permission.]
Review of Samuel J. Schultz and Morris A. Inch: Interpreting the Word of God [Published in Westminster Theological Journal. 39/2: 408-409. Used with permission.]
Review of Sandra Wackman Perpich's A Hermeneutic Critique of Structuralist Exegesis, with Specific Reference to Lk 10.29-37 [Published as a book review in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 28 (1985):343-344. Used with permission.]
Review of Scott Gambrill Sinclair, Revelation: A Book for the Rest of Us. J. Ramsey Michaels, Interpreting the Book of Revelation. Robert L Thomas, Revelation 1-7. Robert W. Wall, Revelation. [Published In Westminster Theological Journal 55:164-166. Used with permission.]
Review of Simon J. Kistemaker's New Testament Commentary: Exposition of the Book of Revelation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 64/1: 201-2. Used with permission.]
Review of Stein's An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 44/1 (spring 1982): 158-160. Used with permission.]
Review of Stephen Prickett's Narrative, Religion and Science: Fundamentalism versus Irony, 1700-1999 [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 65/2: 392-96. Used with permission.]
Review of Stock's Textentfaltungen. Semiotische Experimente mit einer biblischen Geschichte [Published in Wesminster Theological Journal 43/1:189. Used with permission.]
Review of Thiselton's The Two Horizons. New Testament Hermeneutics and Philosophical Description with Special Reference to Heidegger, Bultmann, Gadamer, and Wittgenstein [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 43/1 (fall 1980): 178-180. Used with permission.]
Searching Instead for an Agenda-Neutral Bible [World 13/45 (November 21, 1998) 24-25 -- a review of D. A. Carson, The Inclusive Language Debate: A Plea for Realism, and Mark L. Strauss, Distorting Scripture? The Challenge of Bible Translation & Gender Accuracy].
Linguistic and Sociological Analyses of Modern Tongues-Speaking: Their Contributions and Limitations [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 42/2:367-388. Reprinted in Speaking in Tongues: A Guide to Research on Glossolalia. Ed. Watson E. Mills. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986. Pp. 469-489. Used with permission.]
Modern Spiritual Gifts as Analagous to Apostolic Gifts: Affirming Extraordinary Works of the Spirit within Cessationist Theology [Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 39/1 (1996): 71-101. Used with permission.]
The Nature of Corinthian Glossolalia: Possible Options [Originally published in Westminster Theological Journal 40/1:130-35. Used with permission.]
Indifferentism and Rigorism in the Church: With Implications for Baptizing Small Children [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 59/1 (1997) 13-29. Used with permission.]
Copyrights and Intellectual Property: Why the Laws Should be Changed
Hermeneutical Factors in Determining the Beginning of the Seventy Weeks (Daniel 9:25) [Originally published in Trinity Journal 6 NS: 131-149. Used with permission.]
The Ten Commandments: The Greatest Commandment: The Very Heart of the Matter [Published in Decision 41/12 (December 2000) 31-34 and The Ten Commandments: A Bible Study. From Decision Magazine www.decisionmag.org. Minneapolis, MN: World Wide Publications, 2001. Used with permission.]
Territorial Spirits: Some Biblical Perspectives [Published in Urban Mission 13/2 (Dec., 1995) 37-49. Used with permission.]
Digital Ethics and File Formats
How I Helped My Boys to Become Christian Men [Unpublished.]
Presbyterianism and Dispensationalism [In The Practical Calvinist: An Introduction to the Presbyterian and Reformed Heritage. Ed. Peter A. Lillback. Fearn, Great Britain: Christian Focus. Pp. 415-424.]
2 Thessalonians 1 Supports Amillennialism [Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 37/4 (1995): 529-38. Used with permission.]
Currents within Amillennialism [Published in Presbyterion 26/1 (2000): 21-25. Used with permission.]
Millennio ["Millennium"] [Published in Dizionario di teologia evangelica. Ed. Pietro Bolognesi, Leonardo De Chirico, and Andrea Ferrari. Marchirolo (Varese): Edizioni Uomini Nuovi, 2007. Pp. 451-452. Used with permission. An English version is also available.]
Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 37/1 (Fall 1974), 74-94. Used with permission.]
Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody (Concluded) [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 37/2 (Winter 1975), 219-235. Used with permission.]
Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 37/1 (Fall 1974), 74-94. Used with permission.]
Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody (Concluded) [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 37/2 (Winter 1975), 219-235. Used with permission.
How I Helped My Boys to Become Christian Men [Unpublished.]
Digital Ethics and File Formats
The Ten Commandments: The Greatest Commandment: The Very Heart of the Matter [Published in Decision 41/12 (December 2000) 31-34 and The Ten Commandments: A Bible Study. From Decision Magazine www.decisionmag.org. Minneapolis, MN: World Wide Publications, 2001. Used with permission.]
Feeling Guilty? Then You Probably Are, and Christ is the Remedy [Published in World Magazine. External Link.]
Analysing a Biblical Text: Some Important Linguistic Distinctions [Published in Scottish Journal of Theology 32/2 (1979) 113-31. Used with permission.]
Analysing a Biblical Text: What Are We After? [Published in Scottish Journal of Theology 32/4:319-31. Used with permission.]
Christ the Only Savior of Interpretation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 50/2 (1988): 305-321. Used by permission.]
Divine Meaning of Scripture [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 48 (1986): 241-279. Used with permission.]
Genre and Hermeneutics in Rev 20:1-6 [Published in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 36 (1993) 41-54. Used with permission.]
God's Lordship in Interpretation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 50/1 (1988): 27-64. Used with permission.]
Ground Rules of New Testament Interpretation: A Review Article [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 41/1:190-201. Used with permission.]
Hermeneutical Factors in Determining the Beginning of the Seventy Weeks (Daniel 9:25) [Originally published in Trinity Journal 6 NS: 131-149. Used with permission.]
Linguistic and Sociological Analyses of Modern Tongues-Speaking: Their Contributions and Limitations [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 42/2:367-388. Reprinted in Speaking in Tongues: A Guide to Research on Glossolalia. Ed. Watson E. Mills. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986. Pp. 469-489. Used with permission.]
Philosophical Roots of Phenomenological and Structuralist Literary Criticism [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 41/1: 165-171. Used with permission.]
The Presence of God Qualifying Our Notions of Grammatical-Historical Interpretation [A paper presented at 10:35am to 11:15am, Friday, Nov. 18, 2005, annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Nov. 16-18, 2005, Valley Forge Convention Center, King of Prussia, PA. Published in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 50/1 (2007) 87-103. Used with permission.]
Structuralism and Biblical Studies [Published in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 21/3 (September 1978), 221-237. Used with permission.]
Truth and Fullness of Meaning: Fullness versus Reductionistic Semantics in Bible Interpretation [ A version of this essay is to appear in the Westminster Theological Journal 67/2 (2005). An earlier version was presented at the 56th annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Marriott Rivercenter Hotel and Riverwalk Hotel, San Antonio, TX, at 8:30 a.m., Nov. 18, 2004. Also to appear in a multi-author book on translation, to be published by Crossway Books.]
What Does God Say Through Human Authors? [Published in Inerrancy and Hermeneutic: A Tradition, A Challenge, A Debate. Ed. Harvie M. Conn. Grand Rapids: Baker. Pp. 81-99. Used with permission.]
Why Must Our Hermeneutics Be Trinitarian? [Published in The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 10/1 (Spring, 2006), 96-98. Used with permission.]
Problems for Limited Inerrancy [Published in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 18/2:93-104. Reprinted in Evangelicals and Inerrancy. Ed. Ronald Youngblood. Nashville: Nelson, 1984. Pp. 174-185. Used with permission.]
Copyrights and Intellectual Property: Why the Laws Should be Changed
Johannine Authorship and the Use of Intersentence Conjunctions in the Book of Revelation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 47 (1985): 329-36. Used with permission.]
Testing for Johannine Authorship by Examining the Use of Conjunctions [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 46: 350-369. Used with permission.]
The Use of the Intersentence Conjunctions De, Oun, Kai, and Asyndeton in the Gospel of John [Published in Novum Testamentum 26/4:312-340. Used with permission.]
Do Modern People Have Room for the Wrath of God?
It's Not Fair: We Need a God Who Is Just [Published in World Magazine. External Link]
Extended Definitions in the Third Edition of Bauer's Greek-English Lexicon [JETS 45/1: 125-31. Used with permission.]
Greek Lexicography and Translation: Comparing Bauer's and Louw-Nida's Lexicons [JETS 44/2: 285-296. Used with permission.]
How Have Inclusiveness and Tolerance Affected the Bauer-Danker Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (BDAG)? [Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 46/4: 577-88. Used with permission.]
Reforming Ontology and Logic in the Light of the Trinity: An Application of Van Til's Idea of Analogy [Westminster Theological Journal 57:187-219.]
How I Helped My Boys to Become Christian Men [Unpublished.]
The Church as a Family: Why Male Leadership in the Family Requires Male Leadership in the Church as Well [Wheaton, IL: Council on Biblical Manhood and Womanhood; also published in Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood, ed. John Piper and Wayne Grudem. Wheaton, IL: Crossway Books. Pp. 237-50. Used with permission.]
A Biblical View of Mathematics [In Foundations of Christian Scholarship, ed. Gary North. Vallecito, CA: Ross House. Pp. 159-88. Used with permission.]
Creation and Mathematics; or What Does God Have to Do with Numbers? [Published in The Journal of Christian Reconstruction 1/1:128-40. Used with Permission.]
Mathematics as Rhyme [Published in Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35/4:196-203. Used with permission.]
Newton's Laws as Allegory [Published in Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35/3:156-161. Used with permission.]
Johannes Oecolampadius, In Iesaiam Prophetam HUPOMNEMATON, hoc est, Commentariorum, Ioannis Oecolampadii Libri VI. Basel: Andreas Cratander, 1525. [A rough translation by Vern S. Poythress and Diane M. Poythress. Unpublished.]
Reforming Ontology and Logic in the Light of the Trinity: An Application of Van Til's Idea of Analogy [Westminster Theological Journal 57:187-219.]
"Hold Fast" Versus "Hold Out" in Philippians 2:16 [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 64/1: 45-53. Used with permission.]
The Quest for Wisdom [Published in Resurrection and Eschatology: Theology in Service of the Church: Essays in Honor of Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. Ed. Lane G. Tipton & Jeffrey C. Waddington. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2008. pp. 86-114. Used with permission.]
Keep On Praying! [Published in Decision 39/10 (October, 1998): 31-35. Used with permission.]
Presbyterianism and Dispensationalism [In The Practical Calvinist: An Introduction to the Presbyterian and Reformed Heritage. Ed. Peter A. Lillback. Fearn, Great Britain: Christian Focus. Pp. 415-424.]
An Interview with Vern Poythress on the History of Salvation [A written interview by David Gibson on the topic of history of salvation and Christ in the Old Testament. It appeared first at <http://beginningwithmoses.blogspot.com>. It is now available at <http://www.esvstudybible.org/blog/wp-content/uploads/2008/09/poythress-interview.pdf>. It appears on this website with permission.]
Overview of the Bible: A Survey of the History of Salvation [Published in The English Standard Version Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008. Available at <http://www.esvstudybible.org/images/excerpt-salvation-ot-overview.pdf>. Used with Permission.]
Reversing the Fall and Setting Creation Free [published as "The Reversal of the Curse," Tabletalk 28/3 (March, 2004): 7-12.]
Counterfeiting in the Book of Revelation as a Perspective on Non-Christian Culture [Published in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 40/3:411-418. Used by permission.]
Genre and Hermeneutics in Rev 20:1-6 [Published in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 36 (1993) 41-54. Used with permission.]
Johannine Authorship and the Use of Intersentence Conjunctions in the Book of Revelation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 47 (1985): 329-36. Used with permission.]
Interview with Vern Poythress about the book Redeeming Science [ Originally published in The Book Report (fall, 2006) 11-12, published by Crossway Books, and available online at <http://www.gnpcb.org/assets/pdfs/book.report.2006.fall.pdf>. Used with permission.]
Redeeming Physics: Biblical and Theological Resources for a God-Centered Approach [A paper presented at 10:00am, Nov. 17, 2006, at the national annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, Washington Hilton Hotel, 1919 Connecticut Avenue, Washington, D.C. 20009.]
Science as Allegory [Published in Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35/2:65-71. Used with permission.]
Why Scientists Must Believe in God: Divine Attributes of Scientific Law [Published in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 46/1: (2003): 111-23. Used with permission.]
Divine Meaning of Scripture [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 48 (1986): 241-279. Used with permission.]
Overview of the Bible: A Survey of the History of Salvation [Published in The English Standard Version Study Bible. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008. Available at <http://www.esvstudybible.org/images/excerpt-salvation-ot-overview.pdf>. Used with Permission.]
Problems for Limited Inerrancy [Published in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 18/2:93-104. Reprinted in Evangelicals and Inerrancy. Ed. Ronald Youngblood. Nashville: Nelson, 1984. Pp. 174-185. Used with permission.]
What Does God Say Through Human Authors? [Published in Inerrancy and Hermeneutic: A Tradition, A Challenge, A Debate. Ed. Harvie M. Conn. Grand Rapids: Baker. Pp. 81-99. Used with permission.]
Modern Spiritual Gifts as Analagous to Apostolic Gifts: Affirming Extraordinary Works of the Spirit within Cessationist Theology [Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 39/1 (1996): 71-101. Used with permission.]
The Nature of Corinthian Glossolalia: Possible Options [Originally published in Westminster Theological Journal 40/1:130-35. Used with permission.]
Territorial Spirits: Some Biblical Perspectives [Published in Urban Mission 13/2 (Dec., 1995) 37-49. Used with permission.]
Philosophical Roots of Phenomenological and Structuralist Literary Criticism [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 41/1: 165-171. Used with permission.]
Structuralism and Biblical Studies [Published in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 21/3 (September 1978), 221-237. Used with permission.]
The Marriage of Biblical & Systematic Theology [Published in Westminster Today 1/1 (spring, 2008) 11-13. Used with permission.]
Me, Myself, and IPhone [Published in World Magazine. External Link.]
2 Thessalonians 1 Supports Amillennialism [Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 37/4 (1995): 529-38. Used with permission.]
Today's New International Version (TNIV)
Analyzing Today's NIV Below the Surface [Originally appearing at <www.keptthefaith.org> and <www.cbmw.org>]
Avoiding Generic 'He' in the TNIV [Journal for Biblical Manhood and Womanhood 7/2 (fall, 2002): 21-30. Used with permission.]
Gender and Generic Pronouns in English Bible Translation[Originally published in Language and Life: Essays in Memory of Kenneth L. Pike, ed. Mary Ruth Wise, Thomas N. Headland, Ruth M. Brend (Dallas, TX: SIL International and The University of Texas at Arlington, 2003), 371-380. Copyright held by the author.]
Male Meaning in Generic Masculines in Koine Greek [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 66: 325-36. Used with permission.]
Political Correctness and Bible Translation: A Preliminary Response to Ellis W. Deibler [First posted at www.keptthefaith.org]
Small Changes in Meaning Can Matter: The Unacceptability of the TNIV [originally published as an internet article at <www.cbmw.org> and <www.keptthefaith.org>.]
Systematic Pattern in TNIV [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 64/1: 185-192. Used with permission.]
The TNIV Debate: Is This New Translation Faithful in its Treatment of Gender? No. [ Christianity Today 46/11 (October 7, 2002): 37-45. (Response by Vern Poythress to the parallel piece by Mark Strauss is included on pp. 43, 45.)]
TNIV's Altered Meanings: An Evaluation of the TNIV [originally published as an internet article, at <www.cbmw.org> and <www.keptthefaith.org>.]
How Have Inclusiveness and Tolerance Affected the Bauer-Danker Greek Lexicon of the New Testament (BDAG)? [Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 46/4: 577-88. Used with permission.]
Linguistic and Sociological Analyses of Modern Tongues-Speaking: Their Contributions and Limitations [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 42/2:367-388. Reprinted in Speaking in Tongues: A Guide to Research on Glossolalia. Ed. Watson E. Mills. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1986. Pp. 469-489. Used with permission.]
The Nature of Corinthian Glossolalia: Possible Options [Originally published in Westminster Theological Journal 40/1:130-35. Used with permission.]
Johannes Oecolampadius, In Iesaiam Prophetam HUPOMNEMATON, hoc est, Commentariorum, Ioannis Oecolampadii Libri VI. Basel: Andreas Cratander, 1525. [A rough translation by Vern S. Poythress and Diane M. Poythress. Unpublished.]
Reforming Ontology and Logic in the Light of the Trinity: An Application of Van Til's Idea of Analogy [Westminster Theological Journal 57:187-219.]
Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 37/1 (Fall 1974), 74-94. Used with permission.]
Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody (Concluded) [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 37/2 (Winter 1975), 219-235. Used with permission.
Reforming Ontology and Logic in the Light of the Trinity: An Application of Van Til's Idea of Analogy [Westminster Theological Journal 57:187-219.]
The Quest for Wisdom [Published in Resurrection and Eschatology: Theology in Service of the Church: Essays in Honor of Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. Ed. Lane G. Tipton & Jeffrey C. Waddington. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed, 2008. pp. 86-114. Used with permission.]
New Testament Worldview [Published in Revolutions in Worldview: Understanding the Flow of Western Thought. Ed. W. Andrew Hoffecker. Phillipsburg, NJ: Presbyterian and Reformed. Pp. 71-99. Used with permission.]
Do Modern People Have Room for the Wrath of God?