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A 'Day of Small Things': Get Ready to Serve the Casualties of a Coming Cultural Ugliness (2008) by Vern Poythress

Published in World Magazine 23/5 (March 8/15): 64. Offsite Link.

Interview of John Frame by Steve Hays (2006)

Review of Doug Wilson's A Serrated Edge

This review, and Wilson ’s reply, appear also on Wilson’s blog, and they are posted here by his permission.

The Local Church and Cultural Transformation (2007) by John M. Frame

Published in Nine Marks Journal (Nov. -Dec., 2007). Used with permission.

The Collected Works of John M. Frame

Kinds of Biblical Theology (2008) by Vern S. Poythress

Originally published in the Westminster Theological Journal 70/1 (2008) 129-42. Used with permission.

Science and Hermeneutics: Implications of Scientific Method for Biblical Interpretation (1988) by Vern S. Poythress

Used with permission.

Science as Allegory (1983) by Vern S. Poythress

Published in Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35/2:65-71. Used with permission.

Newton's Laws as Allegory (1983) by Vern S. Poythress

Published in Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35/3:156-161. Used with permission.

Mathematics as Rhyme (1983) by Vern S. Poythress

Published in Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35/4:196-203. Used with permission.

The Shadow of Christ in the Law of Moses

Millennio (2007) by Vern Poythress

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.

Understanding Dispensationalists (1987) by Vern S. Poythress

New Testament Worldview (2007) by Vern S. Poythress

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.

Keyboard Entry of Polytonic Greek and Biblical Hebrew in GNU/Linux (2007) by Vern S. Poythress

“Preface” to Andrew Sandlin's New Flesh, New Earth by John M. Frame

Primer on Perspectivalism by John M. Frame

Is Natural Revelation Sufficient to Govern Culture? (2006) by John M. Frame

A shorter version of this article was published in Christian Culture (Aug., 2006), 1-3. It is posted here by permission.

Is Realignment a Biblical Option? (1989) by John M. Frame

Published in New Horizons 10:6 (June-July, 1989), 18.

Church Creeds and Christian Schools

Note, 2007: This is a series of articles dealing with a constitutional crisis in the National Union of Christian Schools, now known as Christian Schools International. The first article, “Will the NUCS Remain Christian?” was originally published in The Outlook (April, 1972), 13-16. It also appeared in Christian Educators Journal (May, 1972), 22-23, as "Constitutional Revision in the NUCS: Counting the Cost." The second article, from Christian Home and School, deals with the issue in a more popular way. The third article, from 1982, "Are the Reformed Creeds Worth Keeping in Schools?" The Outlook 32 (Jan., 1982), 7-9 and (Feb., 1982), 6-8, deals with a similar issue, raised ten years later. In all these cases, the issue was the influence of the philosophy of Herman Dooyeweerd as reflected in the Association for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship (AACS) and the Institute for Christian Studies in Toronto (ICS). On these, see my booklet The Amsterdam Philosophy, http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_books/1972Amsterdam.htm, and my articles filed under the title “Dooyeweerd and the Word of God” at the same web site. These articles are posted with the permission of the original publishers.

Dooyeweerd and the Word of God by John Frame

Note, 2/19/07: In the early 1970s, I got involved in some theological battles with some disciples of the great Dutch Christian philosopher Herman Dooyeweerd. These disciples had founded the Institute for Christian Studies (ICS) in Toronto, Canada. They held conferences throughout North America and published books and papers. Under the influence of this movement, a number of our students at Westminster Seminary, Philadelphia, where I taught at the time, attacked traditional Reformed theology as “scholastic,” dualist,” and so on, especially because of our teaching concerning the Bible. Other ICS-influenced zealots tried to influence other Christian organizations (schools, churches, seminaries) to follow their lead.

I took issue with the ICS teaching, particularly about the Word of God, but also more broadly (see my booklet, The Amsterdam Philosophy, at http://www.frame-poythress.org/frame_books/1972Amsterdam.htm). The following articles deal with various aspects of this controversy. “The Word of God in the Cosmonomic Philosophy” was published in the Presbyterian Guardian in 1972.The second article, also from the Guardian, consists of notes taken by the Guardian’s editor, the Rev. John Mitchell, of a lecture by me. The notes are accurate. I was trying there to present a positive view of Scripture, interacting with AACS formulations. Dr. Bernard Zylstra of the ICS was gracious enough to respond to me, and so the third article here is my reply to him. The fourth article, “Toronto, Reformed Orthodoxy, and the Word of God” appeared in Vanguard, the publication of the Association for the Advancement of Christian Scholarship, (AACS) which supported the ICS position. After that third paper, there was a kind of truce: they and I more or less agreed to disagree. They, and I, toned down our militant rhetoric, and the atmosphere quieted. There were not many attempts after that by the ICS people to disrupt institutions committed to traditional Reformed views.

TWOTH Interview of John Frame

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.

Foreword to The Art of Worship by Paxson Jeancake by John Frame

Wipf and Stock Publishers, 20o6

The Spirit and the Scriptures (1986) by John Frame

Published in Donald Carson and John Woodbridge, ed., Hermeneutics, Authority and Canon ( Grand Rapids : Zondervan), 217-235. Used with permission.

No Scripture, No Christ (1972) by John Frame

Published in Synapse II 1:1 (Jan., 1972), 1. Used with permission.

Review of N.T. Wright's The Last Word by John Frame

Published in Penpoint 17.4 (Aug., 2006). Used with permission.

Review of N.T. Wright's The Last Word by John Frame

Abortion and the Christian (1970) by John Frame

Published in The Presbyterian Guardian 39 (Nov., 1970), 78-80. Used with permission.

The Law, Theology and Abortion (1972) by John Frame

Published in The Christian Lawyer 4 (Winter, 1972), 24-27. Used with permission.

Antithesis and The Doctrine of Scripture (2006) by John Frame

Inaugural lecture on assuming the J. D. Trimble Chair of Systematic Theology at Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando, FL.

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Abortion and the Lonely Modern Woman (1976) by John Frame

Published in The New Community 2 (Jan., 1976), 1-5. Used with permission.

Debate With Michael Martin on the Transcendental Argument for the Non-Existence of God (offsite link) by John M. Frame

Response to “What Was It Like?” (1989) by John Frame

Published in New Horizons 10:5 (May, 1989), 2-3. Used with permission.

Response to 'Redeeming the Arts' (2005) by John Frame

Published in Creative Spirit 4.2 (Nov., 2005), 19-21. Used by permission.

Foreword to Andrew Sandlin, ed., A Comprehensive Faith: Festschrift for Rousas J. Rushdoony (1996) by John Frame

San José: Friends of Chalcedon, 1996). Used with permission.

Capital Punishment (1977) by John Frame

Published in The New Community 3 (Sept., 1977). Used with permission.

Psalm-Singing in the OPC and PCA (1987) by John Frame

Published in Reformed Worship (Spring, 1987), 32-24. Used with permission.

Do Modern People Have Room for the Wrath of God? (2007) by Vern Poythress

Redeeming Physics: Biblical and Theological Resources for a God-Centered Approach (2006) by Vern Poythress

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.

“Cornelius Van Til,” (2003) by John Frame

Published in Timothy Larsen, ed., Biographical Dictionary of Evangelicals (Leicester/Downers Grove, Inter-Varsity Press, 2003), 682-4. Used with permission.

Review of Greg Bahnsen's Theonomy in Christian Ethics (1977) by John Frame

Originally published in The Presbyterian Journal 36 (Aug. 31, 1977), 18. Used with permission.

Review of John Beardslee's Reformed Dogmatics (1977) by John Frame

Originally published in The Presbyterian Journal 36 (Oct. 5, 1977), 19-20. Used with permission.

Review of Robert A. Morey's A Christian Handbook for Defending the Faith (1980) by John Frame

Originally published in The Presbyterian Journal 38 (Feb. 20, 1980). Used with permission.

Guidelines for Church Union (1983) by John Frame

Originally published in Presbyterian Journal 42 (Aug. 24, 1983), 8-10. Used with permission.

D. Clair Davis: A Grateful Appreciation (2003) by John Frame

This article is taken from The Practical Calvinist: An Introduction to the Presbyterian and Reformed Heritage (ISBN 1-85792-814-8) ed. Peter A. Lillback, which is published in the Mentor imprint of Christian Focus Publications (www.christianfocus.com) and is used with their kind permission.

Interview with Vern Poythress about the book Redeeming Science (2006)

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 Science: A God-Centered Approach (2006) by Vern S. Poythress

A new book published by Crossway. From their website: "We live in God's world, and today this world is continually experiencing the impact of science, scientific ideas, and technological fruits of science. So if this is God's world, then how does God relate to science?"

The Use of the Intersentence Conjunctions De, Oun, Kai, and Asyndeton in the Gospel of John (1984) by Vern S. Poythress

Published in Novum Testamentum 26/4:312-340. Used with permission.

Review of Colclasure's The Overcomers: The Unveiling of Hope, Comfort, and Encouragement in the Book of Revelation (1982) by Vern Poythress

Published in Westminster Theological Journal 44/1 (spring 1982): 163-164. Used with permission.

Review of Ricoeur's Essays on Biblical Interpretation (1981) by Vern Poythress

Published in Westminster Theological Journal 43/2 (spring 1981): 378-380. Used with permission.

Review of Stein's An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus (1982) by Vern S. Poythress

Published in Westminster Theological Journal 44/1 (spring 1982): 158-160. Used with permission.

Review of Combrink's Structural Analysis of Acts 6:8–8:3 (1980) by Vern Poythress

Published in Westminster Theological Journal 42/2 (spring 1980): 440-441. Ued with permission.

Review of Marshall's The Gospel of Luke. A Commentary on the Greek Text (1980) by Vern Poythress

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 (1980) by Vern Poythress

Published in Westminster Theological Journal 42/2 (spring 1980): 441-444. Used with permission.

Review of Kistemaker's The Parables of Jesus (1981) by Vern S. Poythress

Published in Westminster Theological Journal 43/2: 380-82. Used with permission.

Review of Thiselton's The Two Horizons. New Testament Hermeneutics and Philosophical Description with Special Reference... (1980) by Vern Poythress

Published in Westminster Theological Journal 43/1 (fall 1980): 178-180. Used with permission.

Review of Stock's Textentfaltungen. Semiotische Experimente mit einer biblischen Geschichte (1980) by Vern Poythress

Published in Wesminster Theological Journal 43/1:189. Used with permission.

Review of Griffin's Evil Revisited (1992) by ohn M. Frame

Published in Calvin Theological Journal 27:2 (Nov., 1992), 435-38. Used with permission.

"Rationality and Scripture" (1983) by John M. Frame

Published in H. Hart, J. Vander Hoeven, and N. Wolterstorff, Rationality in the Calvinian Tradition (Lanham , MD : University Press of America), 293-317. Used with permission.

"Death of God Theology" (1988) by John Frame

Published in Sinclair B. Ferguson and David F. Wright, New Dictionary of Theology ( Downers Grove , IL : Inter-Varsity Press), 188-189. Used with permission.