Volume 10 Issue 1

Scribal Treatment of Extra-Biblical Citations in the New Testament

Gregory R. Lanier

This study sits at the intersection of two well-trodden fields in New Testament (NT) scholarship—citation practices and scribal habits—but covers an aspect that has received relatively limited attention.[1] The former field focuses on citations/quotations/allusions to Israel’s Scriptures in the NT, the voluminous details of which need not be rehearsed here.[2] The latter has tended to... READ MORE

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Theological Preaching for Repentance in Augustine’s Christmas Sermon 187

Jonatán C. Simons

When we consider the work of a pastor in the patristic era, extant texts usually provide us with intellectual history, namely recorded sermons or theological treatises, but we rarely discover the impact of these preacher’s efforts.[1] The theological preaching in Augustine’s Christmas sermons provides us with a glimpse, with winsome descriptions of the hypostatic union,... READ MORE

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Voting for Christian Liberty: The Making of Chapter 20 in the Westminster Confession of Faith

Chad B. Van Dixhoorn

Presbyterians have long loved Chapter 20 of the Westminster Confession of Faith, perhaps especially presbyterians living on this side of the Atlantic. As a case in point, when some newly-minted Americans met in Philadelphia, in 1788, to create what they called a “Constitution” for the Presbyterian Church in the United States of America, they quoted... READ MORE

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Pastoral Formation as Wisdom, or Requiem for an Adjective

Michael J. Glodo

Him we proclaim, warning everyone and teaching everyone with all wisdom, that we may present everyone mature in Christ. — Colossians 1:28[1] I. Introduction & acknowledgements A. Gratitude Let me begin by expressing gratitude to my colleagues, the administration, and the Trustees of Reformed Theological Seminary for the privilege and the stewardship which mark this... READ MORE

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