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2008
A 'Day of Small Things': Get Ready to Serve the Casualties of a Coming Cultural Ugliness [Published in World Magazine 23/5 (March 8/15): 64. External Link.]
He Makes The Wind Blow: Storms and Natural Disasters Proclaim the Regularity of God [Published in World Magazine 23/11 (May 31/June 7): 62. External Link.]
Kinds of Biblical Theology [Originally published in the Westminster Theological Journal 70/1 (2008) 129-42. Used with permission.]
Me, Myself, and IPhone [Published in World Magazine. External Link.]
2007
Do Modern People Have Room for the Wrath of God?
Keyboard Entry of Polytonic Greek and Biblical Hebrew in GNU/Linux
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.]
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.]
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.]
2006
The English Standard Version (Explanation by Dr. Vern S. Poythress)
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.]
Why Must Our Hermeneutics Be Trinitarian? [Published in The Southern Baptist Journal of Theology 10/1 (Spring, 2006), 96-98. Used with permission.]
2005
Bible Translation and Contextualization: Theory and Practice in Bangladesh
Copyrights and Intellectual Property: Why the Laws Should be Changed
Digital Ethics and File Formats
An Interview with Vern Poythress by Marco Gonzalez
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.]
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>.]
TNIV's Altered Meanings: An Evaluation of the TNIV [originally published as an internet article, at <www.cbmw.org> and <www.keptthefaith.org>.]
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.]
2004
Male Meaning in Generic Masculines in Koine Greek [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 66: 325-36. Used with permission.]
Reversing the Fall and Setting Creation Free [published as "The Reversal of the Curse," Tabletalk 28/3 (March, 2004): 7-12.]
Review of C. John Collins's Science & Faith: Friends or Foes? [Review by Vern S. Poythress for the Westminster Theological Journal .]
2003
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.]
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.]
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.]
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.]
2002
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.]
Extended Definitions in the Third Edition of Bauer's Greek-English Lexicon [JETS 45/1: 125-31. Used with permission.]
"Hold Fast" Versus "Hold Out" in Philippians 2:16 [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 64/1: 45-53. 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]
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.]
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.]
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.)]
Translating λέγω in Acts 1:3 [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 64/2 (2002): 273-278. Used with permission.]
2001
Greek Lexicography and Translation: Comparing Bauer's and Louw-Nida's Lexicons [JETS 44/2: 285-296. Used with permission.]
2000
Currents within Amillennialism [Published in Presbyterion 26/1 (2000): 21-25. 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.]
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.]
1999
How I Helped My Boys to Become Christian Men [Unpublished.]
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.]
1998
Gender in Bible Translation: Exploring a Connection with Male Representatives [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 60/2:225-53. Used with permission.]
Keep On Praying! [Published in Decision 39/10 (October, 1998): 31-35. Used with permission.]
Review of Harold N. Levinson's A Scientific Watergate: Dyslexia [Uploaded as a reader review to amazon.com.]
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.]
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].
1997
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.]
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.]
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.]
1996
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.]
Review of John Goldingay's Models for Interpretation of Scripture [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 58/2:316-19. Used with permission.]
1995
2 Thessalonians 1 Supports Amillennialism [Published in The Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 37/4 (1995): 529-38. 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.]
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.]
Territorial Spirits: Some Biblical Perspectives [Published in Urban Mission 13/2 (Dec., 1995) 37-49. Used with permission.]
1993
Genre and Hermeneutics in Rev 20:1-6 [Published in the Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 36 (1993) 41-54. 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 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.]
1990
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.]
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.]
1988
Christ the Only Savior of Interpretation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 50/2 (1988): 305-321. Used by permission.]
God's Lordship in Interpretation [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 50/1 (1988): 27-64. 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.]
1987
Review of John Wimber's Power Healing [In Eternity 38/10 (Oct., 1987) 46-47. Used with permission.]
1986
Divine Meaning of Scripture [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 48 (1986): 241-279. Used with permission.]
1985
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.]
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.]
Review of A. Berkeley Mickelsen'sDaniel & Revelation: Riddles or Realities? [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 47 (1985): 350-51. 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.]
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 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.]
1984
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.]
1983
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.]
Science as Allegory [Published in Journal of the American Scientific Affiliation 35/2:65-71. Used with permission.]
1982
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 Henry A. Virkler's Hermeneutics [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 44/1:143-146. 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.]
1981
Review of Kistemaker's The Parables of Jesus [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 43/2: 380-82. 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.]
1980
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.]
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 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 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.]
1979
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.]
Philosophical Roots of Phenomenological and Structuralist Literary Criticism [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 41/1: 165-171. Used with permission.]
1978
Ground Rules of New Testament Interpretation: A Review Article [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 41/1:190-201. 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.]
Structuralism and Biblical Studies [Published in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society 21/3 (September 1978), 221-237. Used with permission.]
1977
The Nature of Corinthian Glossolalia: Possible Options [Originally published in Westminster Theological Journal 40/1:130-35. Used 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 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 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.]
1976
A Biblical View of Mathematics [In Foundations of Christian Scholarship, ed. Gary North. Vallecito, CA: Ross House. Pp. 159-88. 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.]
Revew of Gerhard Maier's Das Ende der historisch-critischen Methode [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 38/3: 415-17. Used with permission.]
1975
Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody (Concluded) [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 37/2 (Winter 1975), 219-235. 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.]
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.]
1974
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.]
Ezra 3, Union with Christ, and Exclusive Psalmody [Published in Westminster Theological Journal 37/1 (Fall 1974), 74-94. Used with permission.]