Dr. Paul M. Blowers

Books

General Editor, with Douglas A. Foster, Anthony L. Dunnavant, and D. Newell Williams, The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004.

 Translator, with Robert L. Wilken, On the Cosmic Mystery of Jesus Christ:  Selected Writings from St. Maximus the Confessor, Popular Patristics Series.  Crestwood, N.Y.: St. Vladimir’s Seminary Press, 2003. Editor, with Angela Russell Christman, David E. Hunter, and Robin Darling Young, In Dominico Eloquio / In Lordly Eloquence: Essays on Patristic Exegesis in Honor of Robert Louis Wilken. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002. 

Author, with Anthony L. Dunnavant and Richard T. Hughes, Founding Vocation and Future Vision: The Self-Understanding of Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.  St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1999.

Editor and translator, The Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity, The Bible through the Ages, vol. 1. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997. 

Author, Exegesis and Spiritual Pedagogy in Maximus the Confessor:  An Investigation of the Quaestiones ad Thalassium, Christianity and Judaism in Antiquity, vol. 7. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1991.

Chapters and Articles in Books

 “Apokatastasis,” “Celsus,” “Conversion,” “Divinization,” “Dualism,” “Fathers of the Eastern Church,” “Paschal Controversy,” “Perfectionism,” and “Quartodecimans,” in the Westminster Dictionary of Church History. Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, in press and forthcoming.

“Eastern Orthodox Biblical Interpretation,” in A History of Biblical Interpretation, vol. 2, ed. Alan Hauser and Duane Watson.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, in press and forthcoming.

“Bodily Inequality, Material Chaos, and the Ethics of Equalization in Maximus the Confessor,” Studia Patristica.  Leuven: Peeters, in press and forthcoming.

“A Psalm ‘Unto the End’:  Eschatology and Anthropology in Maximus the Confessor’s Commentary on Psalm 59,” in The Harp of Prophecy: The Psalms in Early Christian Exegesis, ed. Brian E. Daley.  Notre Dame, Indiana:  University of Notre Dame Press, in press and forthcoming.

Articles in The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement, ed. Douglas A. Foster, Paul M. Blowers, Anthony L. Dunnavant, and D. Newell Williams. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2004:

                Authored:  “Barclay, James Turner” (pp. 69-70) ; “Consensus Fidelium” (pp. 234-235); “Creeds and Confessions” (pp. 252-256); “DeGroot, Alfred T.” (p. 266); “Democratization” (p. 267); “Elmore, Robert E.” (p. 299); “Fathers of the Church, Appeal to the” (pp. 332-333); “Fife, Robert Oldham” (pp. 336-337); “God, Doctrine of” (pp. 356-359); “Jews and Judaism, Views of in the Movement” (pp. 426-430); “Liberty” (pp. 476-478); “Ministry” (pp. 521-533); “Richardson, Robert” (pp. 649-652); “Robinson, William” (pp. 654-655)

                Co-authored:  “Africa, Missions in—Christian Churches/Churches of Christ” (pp. 9-10); “Anthropology” (pp. 29-32); “Baptism” (pp. 57-67); “Calvinism” (pp. 108-112); “Declaration and Address” (pp. 263-266); “Emmanuel School of Religion” (pp. 299-300); “Grace, Doctrine of” (pp. 364-367); “Hispanics in the Movement—Christian Churches/Churches of Christ” (p. 400); “Justification, Doctrine of” (pp. 438-440); “Lord’s Supper” (pp. 480-496); “Latin America and Caribbean, Missions in—Christian Churches/Churches of Christ” (pp. 459-460); “Revelation” (pp. 647-649); “Stone-Campbell History over Three Centuries:  A Survey and Analysis” (pp. xxi-xxxv); “Theology—Christian Churches/Churches of Christ” (pp. 738-740); “Worship—Nineteenth Century” (pp. 786-788).

“Rule of Faith” and “School of Caesarea,” in The Westminster Handbook to Origen, ed. John A. McGuckin.  Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press

“A Tribute to Robert Louis Wilken,” in In Dominico Eloquio / In Lordly Eloquence:  Essays on Patristic Exegesis in Honor of Robert Louis Wilken, ed. Paul M. Blowers, Angela Russell Christman, David E. Hunter, and Robin Darling Young.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002, pp. x-xiv.

“The World in the Mirror of Holy Scripture:  Maximus the Confessor’s Short Hermeneutical Treatise in Ambiguum ad Joannem 37,” in In Dominico Eloquio / In Lordly Eloquence:  Essays on Patristic Exegesis in Honor of Robert Louis Wilken, ed. Paul M. Blowers, Angela Russell Christman, David E. Hunter, and Robin Darling Young.  Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2002, pp. 408-26.

“A Response to Richard Hamm’s Paper on Disciples Polity” (in symposium on “Cane Ridge at 200:  Stone-Campbell Voices in Dialogue”), Mid-Stream: The Ecumenical Movement Today 40 (2001):  39-45.

“The Passion of Jesus Christ in Maximus the Confessor:  A Reconsideration,” Studia Patristica 37, ed. M. F. Wiles and E. J. Yarnold.  Leuven: Peeters, 2001, pp. 361-377.

“Gregory of Nyssa,” and “Maximus the Confessor,” in the Biographical Dictionary of Christian Theologians, ed. Joseph Lienhard and Patrick Carey.  (Westport, Connecticut: Greenwood Press, 2000), 221-226, 354-357.

“Restoring the One, Holy, Catholic and Apostolic Church: The Declaration and Address as Interpreted by William Robinson and Frederick Doyle Kershner,” in The Quest for Christian Unity, Peace, and Purity: Texts and Studies, ed.  Thomas H. Olbricht and Hans Rollmann, ATLA Monograph Series 46.  Lanham, Maryland: Scarecrow Press, 2000, pp. 365-388.

“Neither Calvinists nor Arminians, but Simply Christians:  The Stone-Campbell Movement as a Theological Resistance Movement,” Lexington Theological Quarterly 35 (2000):  133-154.

“Keeping the ‘Current Reformation’ Current:  The Challenge of Ongoing Self-Interpretation in the Stone-Campbell Tradition,” in Founding Vocation and Future Vision:  The Self-Understanding of Disciples of Christ and Churches of Christ.  (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 1999), pp. 75-101.

“Realized Eschatology in Maximus the Confessor, Ad Thalassium 22,” in Studia Patristica 32, ed. Elizabeth Livingstone.  Leuven, Belgium: Peeters Press, 1997, pp. 258-263.  

“The Regula Fidei and the Narrative Character of Early Christian Faith,” Pro Ecclesia 6 (1997): 199-228.

“The Bible and Spiritual Doctrine:  Some Controversies within the Early Eastern Christian Ascetic Tradition,” in Paul M. Blowers, ed., The Bible in Greek Christian Antiquity, The Bible through the Ages, vol. 1.  Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997, pp. 228-255.

“Gentiles of the Soul:  Maximus the Confessor on the Substructure and Transformation of the Human Passions,” Journal of Early Christian Studies 4 (1996): 57-85.

“The Anagogical Imagination:  Maximus the Confessor and the Legacy of Origenian Hermeneutics,” in Origeniana Sexta: Origène et la Bible/Origen and the Bible.  Actes du Colloquium Origenianum Sextum, Chantilly, 30 août - 3 septembre 1993, ed. Gilles Dorival and Alain le Boulluec, Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, vol. 118. Leuven, Belgium: Peeters/Leuven University Press, 1995, pp. 639-654.

With Robert Wilken and John Levenson, “Interpreting the Bible: Three Views” (a response to the Pontifical Biblical Commission Report on “The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church”) First Things no. 45 (Aug./Sept. 1994):  40-42.  Also reprinted in James Leslie Houlden, ed., The Interpretation of the Bible in the Church.  London: SCM Press, 1995.

“The Analogy of Scripture and Cosmos in Maximus the Confessor,” Studia Patristica 27, ed. Elizabeth Livingstone. Leuven: Peeters Press, 1993, pp. 145-149.

“Theology as Integrative, Visionary, Pastoral:  The Legacy of Maximus the Confessor,” Pro Ecclesia 2 (1993):  216-230.

“‘Living in a Land of Prophets’:  James T. Barclay and an Early Disciples of Christ Mission to Jews in the Holy Land,” Church History 62 (1993):  494-513. Also reprinted in Michael W. Casey and Douglas A. Foster, eds., The Stone-Campbell Movement: An International Religious Tradition.  Knoxville: University of Tennessee Press, 2003, pp. 271-291.

“Nearly ‘Stone Silence’:  Barton Warren Stone in the Memory of the Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ,” in Cane Ridge in Context:  Perspectives on Barton Stone and the Revival, ed. Anthony Dunnavant. Nashville: Disciples of Christ Historical Society, 1992, pp. 21-40.

“The Logology of Maximus the Confessor in His Criticism of Origenism,” in Origeniana Quinta, ed. Robert J. Daly, Bibliotheca Ephemeridum Theologicarum Lovaniensium, vol. 105. Leuven: Peeters/Leuven University Press, 1992, pp. 570-576.

“Gregory of Nyssa, Maximus the Confessor, and the Concept of ‘Perpetual Progress,’” Vigiliae Christianae 46 (1992):  151-171.

Articles on “Creation,” “Fall,” and “Original Sin;” minor articles on “Cerinthus,” “The Gospel according to the Hebrews,” “Heracleon,” and “Simon Magus,” in The Encyclopaedia of Early Christianity, ed. Everett Ferguson, et al. 2nd ed. New York: Garland Publishing, 1996.

“Origen, the Rabbis, and the Bible:  Toward a Picture of Judaism and Christianity in Third-Century Caesarea,” in Origen: His World and His Legacy, ed. Charles Kannengiesser and William Petersen. Notre Dame, Indiana: University of Notre Dame Press, 1988, pp. 96-116.  Also reprinted in Everett Ferguson, ed., Christianity in Relation to Jews, Greeks, and Romans, Recent Studies in Early Christianity, vol. 2.  New York: Garland, 1999.

Book Reviews

Longer Reviews

 Andrew Louth, St. John Damascene: Tradition and Originality in Byzantine Theology, in Journal of Early Christian Studies 13 (2005): in press and forthcoming.

Richard Sorabji, Emotion and Peace of Mind: From Stoic Agitation to Christian Temptation, in Journal of Early Christian Studies 13 (2005): 128-130.

Pauline Allen and Bronwen Neil, eds. Scripta saeculi VII vitam Maximi Confessoris illustrantia. Corpus Christianorum, Series Graeca, vol. 39, in Speculum:  A Journal of Medieval Studies 77 (2002): 461-462.

Robert C. Hill, ed. and trans., Theodoret of Cyrus: Commentary on the Psalms, 2 vols., Fathers of the Church 101-102, in Journal of Early Christian Studies 10 (2002):294-296.   

Keith Watkins, Christian Theological Seminary, Indianapolis: A History of Education for Ministry, in Encounter 63 (2002): 360-363.

Frances Young, Biblical Interpretation and the Formation of Christian Culture, in Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 18 (2000): 147-149.

Eugene Boring, Disciples and the Bible: A History of Disciples Biblical Interpretation in North America, in Encounter 60 (1999): 91-93.

Averil Cameron, Changing Cultures in Early Byzantium, in Journal of Early Christian Studies 6 (1998): 690-692.

Thomas Olbricht, Hearing God’s Voice: My Life with Scripture in the Churches of Christ, in the Stone-Campbell Journal 1 (1998): 104-106.  

Lars Thunberg, Microcosm and Mediator:  The Theological Anthropology of Maximus the Confessor, 2nd ed., in Journal of Early Christian Studies 5 (1997): 604-605.

Derek Krueger, Symeon the Holy Fool: Leontius’s “Life” and the Late Antique City, in Journal of Early Christian Studies 5 (1997): 616-617.

Andrew Louth, Maximus the Confessor, in Christian Spirituality Bulletin 5 (1997): 35-36.

Jack Rogers, Claiming the Center: Churches and Conflicting Worldviews, in Encounter 58 (1997): 302-305.

Frances Young, Virtuoso Theology: The Bible and Its Interpretation, in First Things, no. 68 (Dec. 1996): 33-36.

Charles E. Hill, Regnum Caelorum: Patterns of Future Hope in Early Christianity, in Cistercian Studies Quarterly 30 (1995): 41-43.

Aidan Nichols, Byzantine Gospel: Maximus the Confessor in Modern Scholarship, in Pro Ecclesia 4 (1995):  375-378.

Michel Fédou, Christianisme et religions païennes dans le “Contre Celse” d’Origène, in Journal of Early Christian Studies 2 (1994): 219-221.

Columba Stewart, “Working the Earth of the Heart”: The Messalian Controversy, Texts, and Language to AD 431, in Cistercian Studies Quarterly 28 (1993): 26-29.

Brian E. Daley, The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology, in Restoration Quarterly 34 (1992): 255-256.

Panayiotis Nellas, Deification in Christ: Orthodox Perspectives on the Nature of the Human Person, in Patristics 20, no. 1 (July 1991): 9-10.

John Meyendorff, Imperial Unity and Christian Divisions: The Church 450-680 A. D., in Patristics 20, no. 1 (July 1991): 8-9.

David Flusser, Judaism and the Origins of Christianity, in Shofar: An Interdisciplinary Journal of Jewish Studies 8 (1989): 73-75.

Antonia Tripolitis, Origen: A Critical Reading, in The Second Century 7 (1989-90)  110-111.

Shorter (Note-Length) Reviews

J. E. Merdinger, Rome and the African Church in the Time of Augustine, in Religious Studies Review 25 (1999): 429.

Michael A. G. Haykin, The Spirit of God: The Exegesis of 1 & 2 Corinthians in the Pneumatomachian Controversy of the Fourth Century, in Religious Studies Review 24 (1998): 201.

Elizabeth Clark, The Origenist Controversy: The Cultural Construction of an Early Christian Debate, in Religious Studies Review 20, no. 3 (July 1994): 243.

Duane W. H. Arnold, The Early Episcopal Career of Athanasius of Alexandria, in Religious Studies Review 19 (1993): 80.

Hubertus R. Dröbner and Christoph Klock, eds., Studien zu Gregor von Nyssa und der christlichen Spätantike, in Religious Studies Review 18 (1992): 232.

Alexandre Faivre, The Emergence of the Laity in the Early Church, in Religious Studies Review 17 (1991): 165.

George C. Berthold, trans., Maximus Confessor: Selected Writings, in Religious Studies Review 12 (1986): 299.

Papers/Lectures Presented

“John of Damascus on the ‘Gnomic’ Will in Christ:  Clarity and Ambiguity,” for the Eighteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 2 June 2005.

“Spiritual Feeding, Mutually Indwelling:  Toward a Sacramental Interpretation of John 6:51c-58 for the Churches of the Stone-Campbell Tradition,” Leaven journal symposium, Pepperdine University Bible Lectures, Pepperdine University, Malibu, California, 5 May 2005.

Class Presenter on The Encyclopedia of the Stone-Campbell Movement project for the annual Abilene Christian University Bible Lectureship, Abilene, Texas, 21-23 February 2005.

“The Analogy of Divine Playfulness in Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 71,” for the annual conference of the North American Patristics Society, Seventeenth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 28 May 2004.

“Bodily Inequality and the Ethics of Equalization in Maximus the Confessor, Ambiguum 8,” for the Fourteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies, University of Oxford, 21 August 2003.

6 Lectures on Themes and Practices of the Stone-Campbell Movement, Christian Heritage Conference, Wi-Ne-Ma Christian Camp, Cloverdale, Oregon.  May 2003.

“Maximus Scholasticus?  A Response to Averil Cameron’s Portrait of Maximus the Confessor in His Early Byzantine Theological and Polemical Context,” for the Sixteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 24 May 2002.

“ Psalms ‘Unto the End’:  The Function of a Psalm Title in Some Select Patristic Commentators,” for the Fifteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society,” 25 May 2001.   

“Neither Calvinists nor Arminians, but Simply Christians:  The Stone-Campbell Movement as a Theological Resistance Movement,” lecture for Cane Ridge Day, Cane Ridge Meeting House shrine, Cane Ridge, Kentucky, 16 September 2000.

Lectures on “What I Would Say to Churches of Christ:  Your Strengths and Challenges from the Viewpoint of a Member of the Independent Christian Churches”; “The Current Shape of the Independent Christian Churches: Strengths and Challenges from the Viewpoint of an Insider”; and “What I See Ahead for the Stone-Campbell Movement Churches,” delivered for the Abilene Christian University Bible Lectureship, Abilene Christian University, Abilene, Texas, 22 February 2000.

“The Passion of Jesus Christ in Maximus the Confessor:  A Reconsideration,” Thirteenth International Conference on Patristic Studies, University of Oxford, 19 August 1999.

“A Psalm ‘unto the End’:  Eschatology and Anthropology in Maximus the Confessor’s Commen-tary on Psalm 59,” for “The Harp of Prophecy:  The Psalms in Early Christian Exegesis,” conference at the University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, October 1998.

“The Place of the Passion of Jesus Christ in the Theology of Maximus the Confessor,” Thirteenth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, May 1998.

“God’s Play, Christ’s, and Ours:  Elements of the ‘Theodramatic’ in Maximus the Confessor,” for the Twelfth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 31 May 1997.

Lectures on Theology and Practice in the Stone-Campbell Movement, Christian Heritage Conference, Wi-Ne-Ma Christian Camp, Cloverdale, Oregon, 24-26 May 1996.

“A New Decalogue:  Gregory Nazianzen’s Rule of Faith in Oration 40 (De baptismo),” for the Eleventh Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 31 May 1996.

“The Regula Fidei and the Narrative Character of Early Christian Faith,” for the Dulles Colloquium of the Institute on Religion and Public Life, Sheraton Park Ave. Hotel, New York City, 16 May 1996.

“Realized Eschatology in Maximus the Confessor, Ad Thalassium 22,” for the Twelfth International Conference on Patristic Studies, University of Oxford, 26 August 1995.

“The Regula Fidei and the Narrative Dimension of Early Christianity,” for the Tenth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 28 May 1994.

“Maximus the Confessor and the Legacy of Origenian Hermeneutics,” for the Sixth International Colloquium of Origen Studies, Les Fontaines, Chantilly, France, 4 September 1993.

“The Substructure and Transformation of the Human Passions in Maximus the Confessor,” for the Ninth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 5 June 1993.

“Patterns of New Testament Exegesis in the Messalian Controversy,” for the Eighth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 30 May 1992.

“The Category of Story as a Means for Understanding the Regula Fidei and Other Early Christian Creedal Formulations,” for the regional meeting of the Southeastern Commision for the Study of Religion (AAR-SBL), Atlanta, Georgia, 15 March 1992.

“Barton Warren Stone in the Memory of the Independent Christian Churches and Churches of Christ,” lecture for the Cane Ridge Meeting House Bicentennial Symposium, Lexington Theological Seminary, Lexington, Kentucky, 3 October 1991.

“The Analogy of Scripture and Cosmos in Maximus the Confessor,” for the Eleventh International Conference on Patristic Studies, University of Oxford, England, 21 August 1991.

“New Testament Testimonia and the Messalian Crisis,” for the regional meeting of the Southeastern Commission for the Study of Religion (AAR-SBL), Atlanta, Georgia, 16 March 1991.

“Patterns of Perfection in Hebrews,” for the Fellowship of Professors, Johnson Bible College, Kimberlin Heights, Tennessee, 21 September 1990.

“An Historical Perspective on Origen’s Relations with Jews,” for the Sixth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 26 May 1989.

“The ‘Logology’ of Maximus the Confessor in His Criticism of Origenism,” for the Fifth International Colloquium of Origen Studies, Boston College, Chestnut Hill, Massachusetts, 18 August 1989.

“Origen, the Rabbis, and the Bible:  Toward a Picture of Judaism and Christianity in Third-Century Caesarea,” for the Origen Colloquium, University of Notre Dame, Notre Dame, Indiana, 13 April 1986.

“Contemplative Theology and Monastic Ethics in the Quaestiones ad Thalassium of Maximus the Confessor,” for the 24th International Congress on Medieval Studies, Western Michigan University, Kalamazoo, Michigan, 5 May 1989.

“Antisemitism in the Early Christian Church:  An Ongoing Inquiry and Reassessment,” lecture for the “Noon Series” of the Jewish Studies Program, Purdue University, West Lafayette, Indiana, 18 January 1989.

“Monastic Spirituality and the New Testament in Seventh-Century North Africa:  The Evidence of Thalassius and Maximus the Confessor,” for the Society of Biblical Literature Regional Meeting, Garrett-Evangelical Theological Seminary, Evanston, Illinois, 29 January 1989.

“Fixed Ever-Movement or Ever-Moving Fixity:  Maximus the Confessor and Gregory of Nyssa’s Concept of Perpetual Progress,” for the Fifth Annual Meeting of the North American Patristics Society, Loyola University of Chicago, 27 May 1988. 

Videorecordings

1991 Cane Ridge Lectures, Lexington Theological Seminary. [Videorecording]. Lexington, IN: Lexington Theological Seminary, 1991.

Books

The ABCs of VBS. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1983, 1994.

The Effect of Knowledge of Instructional Objectives. Privately Published, 1975.

Introduction to Christian Education with John W. Wade and Charles Gresham. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1980, Rev. ed., 1987.

Kidoggyo Kyoyughag Kaeron. Translation of Introduction to Christian Education. Seoul, Korea: Dongsuh Nambuk Press, 1993.

Teach with Success, Rev. ed. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1979.

Teaching (How to Teach the Bible). Equipping an Every-Member Ministry, 3. Cincinnati: National Bicentennial Committee, 1975.

Training for Service, Rev. ed. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1982.

VBS Ideas: How-To’s for a Successful Summer Ministry, Rev. ed. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1986.

What the Bible Says About Sexual Identity. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1982.

Chapters and Articles in Books

Contributor to Devotion (July–August–September 1967).

Contributor to Youth Like to Get Involved, ed. Eleanor Doan. Gospel Light, 1967.

“Summer Bible Ministries.” In Church Educational Ministries. Wheaton, IL: Evangelical Teacher Training Association, 1986.

Three entries in Leadership Handbooks of Practical Theology, Vol. 2, ed. James D. Berkley. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1994.

Two entries for Harper’s Encyclopedia of Religious Education, eds. Iris V. Cully and Kendig B. Cully. New York: Harper & Row, 1990.

In Preparation

Seven entries in Dictionary of Christian Education. Baker Book House.

Journal Articles

Article on Group Dynamics. Bible Teacher and Leader. 1973.

“A Bible Just for Children.” Primary Teacher. Standard Publishing Curriculum, 1983.

“The Big Little School.” Seminary Review (March 1981): 1–52.

“Bring VBS Home.” Lookout 89:17 (April 1977): 3.

“Bring Your Class Alive through Activity Teaching.” Key to Christian Education 12:3 (1974): 32.

“Celebrate Our Heritage.” Key to Christian Education 14:4 (1976): 29.

“Changes in Education,” Reflections Column. Christian Standard 116 (January 1981): 53.

“Choosing and Using Curriculum.” Key to Christian Education 25:1 (1987): 1.

Church Growth Column. Lookout 84:27 (July 1972): 7.

“Classroom Fit for A King.” Key to Christian Education 19 (Fall 1980): 1.

“Curriculum for Church Growth.” Key to Christian Education 19 (Summer 1981): 45.

“Faith: A Developmental View for Teachers.” Key to Christian Education 25:2 (1987–88): 1.

“Family Bible Time.” Today’s Christian Parent. 1983: 9–11.

“Five Steps to VBS Success.” Key to Christian Education 19 (Spring 1981): 18.

“Games Teach Too!” Key to Christian Education 22 (Winter 1983–84): 19.

“God Gave His Son.” Christian Standard 105 (March 1970): 267.

“Grasp the Basics in Discipline.” Key to Christian Education 23 (Winter 1984–85): 18.

“Group Dynamics.” Bible Teacher and Leader (1973).

“Growing Schools are Goal-Oriented.” Key to Christian Education 12:3 (1974): 1.

“The Harvesters Had Discovered New Life.” Lookout 91:49 (December 1979): 8.

“Hey, Mister, Can You Spare a Dime?” Reflections Column. Christian Standard 116 (July 1981): 660.

“How to Correct Behavior.” Key to Christian Education 18 (Summer, 1980): 13.

“Involve Parents in Your VBS.” Lookout 92:16 (April 1980): 9.

“Involve the Family in VBS.” Key to Christian Education 22 (Winter 1982–83): 20.

“It’s a Very Long Table.” Communion Meditation. Christian Standard 132 (September 21, 1997): 123.

“It’s Bad Form, All Right!” Reflections Column. Christian Standard 116 (October 1981): 959.

“Learn By Doing.” Section following each lesson. Bible Teacher and Leader (1983).

“Looking for a Map to Success?” Key to Christian Education 14:1 (1975): 3.

“The Occupation of Educational Minister.” Vocational Guidance Quarterly (March 1972).

“A Pioneer Work in India—Frontier Evangelism in India.” Christian Standard 130 (July 1995): 648.

“Please Pass the Steak,” Reflections Column. Christian Standard 116 (April 1981): 367.

“Please Pass the Steak.” Lookout 108:25 (June 1996): 8.

“A Question Method.” Key to Christian Education 28:1 (1989) 4.

“Recruit Them—Teach Them—Watch Them Grow.” Key to Christian Education 18 (Fall 1979): 1.

“Recruitment: Plan for Success.” Key to Christian Education 22 (Spring 1984): 14. Also in Connection (May/June 1985): 5.

“The Relationship of the Paid Staff to the Sunday School.” Christian Standard 117 (December 1982): 1124.

“Say Yes! If Asked to Teach in VBS.” Key to Christian Education 12:1 (1974): 4.

“The Secret of Endurance.” Guest Editorial. Lookout 87:25 (June 1975): 2.

“The Shape of Things to Come.” Two Parts. Lookout 93:9 (March 1981): 2; 93:10 (March 1981): 4.

“Sharpen Your Aim.” Key to Christian Education 20 (Fall 1981): 1.

“Significant Problems of Bible College Students and Implications for the Bible College.” Christian Educator’s Journal (1970).

“Something Special.” Lookout 91:7 (February 1979): 6.

“The Sunday School is Still Alive.” Lookout 91:37 (September 1979): 6.

“The Teaching/Learning Encounter.” Christian Standard 115 (August 1980): 764.

“Teaching Preschoolers.” Key to Christian Education 24:2 (1986–87): 25.

“Today’s Youth—Tormented or God-Directed?” Christian Standard 100 (January 30, 1965): 69.

“Try Learning Activities.” Key to Christian Education 28:1 (1989): 4.

“Try VBS in a Nursing Home.” Key to Christian Education 17 (1978–79): 20.

“VBS + Family Evangelism = New Life.” Lookout 90:18 (April 1978): 3.

“We Have Something New For You.” Christian Standard (July 1987): 321.

“We Recommend Weekday Church School.” Lookout 75:40 (October 1963): 3.

“What is Camp?” Christian Standard 101 (February 5, 1966): 91.

“When Should Your Child be Baptized?” Lookout 94:43 (October 1982): 2.

“Who is God’s Teacher?” Key to Christian Education 18 (Spring 1980): 1.

“Your Classroom Tells on You.” Key to Christian Education 14 (1976–77): 3.

Christian Standard: Reflections Columnist, 1998.

Devotion: Two one-week series of devotions.

Family Time Read and Do: 1981.

Key to Christian Education: Editor, adult section, 1989–91; nine bulletin board ideas for Youth section, 1974–77.

Leaven: Book editor for all issues. Has written several book reviews.

Lookout: Wrote a regular weekly column April 1982–November 1985 and May 1988–August 1988; regular every-other-week column December 1985–August 1992 (except for period in 1988 when it was weekly); regular monthly column September 1993–February 1996.

VBS Director’s Manual: Closing program and teacher dedication service, 1967; “Bullseye!”, 1974; wrote entire manual for 1976–87. Wrote portions of the manual for 1988–1993.

Book Reviews

God’s Choice: The Total World of a Fundamentalist Christian School, by Alan Peshkin. Religious Education 83 (Spring 1988): 308–310.

Imagination: Embracing a Theology of Wonder, by Cheryl Forbes. Religious Education 82 (Summer 1987): 512.

Inside America’s Christian Schools, by Paul Parsons. Religious Education 84 (Spring 1989): 305–306.

Parents, Kids, and Sexual Integrity, by Donald M. Joy. Religious Education 83 (Fall 1988): 630–632.

Paul, the Leader, by J. Oswald Sanders. Christian Education Journal 6:1 (1985): 77.

Numerous short book reviews in Seminary Review, Christian Standard, and Leaven.

Curriculum

Beginner Teacher. VBS Curriculum for 1988, 1994. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1988, 1994.

Bible Teacher and Leader. “Learn by Doing.” Fall 1981, Fall 1982, Fall 1983, two quarters in 1984 and 1988, one quarter each year 1985–1994. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing.

Christian Youth Hour. Six-weeks units for 1963, 1964, 1965.

Junior and Youth AV Pak. Produced record for 1973. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1973.

Junior Teacher. One quarter junior church for 1985. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1985.

Junior Teacher. VBS Curriculum for 1973, 1975–1988, 1990, 1991. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing.

Middler Teacher. One quarter for 1977, 1981, 1985. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1977, 1981, 1985.

Middler Teacher. VBS Curriculum for 1988, 1994. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1988, 1994.

My Weekly Bible Reader. One quarter for 1967. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1967.

Nursery Teacher. VBS Curriculum for 1987. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1987.

Primary Teacher. One quarter for 1967. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1967.

Training Successful Teachers. Leader’s Guide and consultant for development of the project. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1984.

Young Teen Teacher. One quarter for 1987. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1987.

Youth Teacher. One quarter for 1979, 1981. Cincinnati: Standard Publishing, 1979, 1981.

Videorecordings/Sound Recordings

Some to Be Teachers. Series and Leader’s Guide. [Videorecording] Joplin, MO: Good News Productions, 1989.

Training for Service: A Survey of the Bible, by Orrin Root. Revised by Eleanor Daniel. 4th ed., Rev. [Sound Recording] Milwaukee: Volunteer Services for the Visually Handicapped, Inc., 1995.

Books

In Preparation

Revision of dissertation, “Christianity and Culture in Kenya: An Encounter Between the African Inland Mission and the Marakwet Belief Systems and Culture.” Orbis Books.

Edited Books

In Preparation

Religion and the Democratization Process in the African States After the Cold War, edited with Teresia Hinga. William B. Eerdmans.

Chapters in Books

In Preparation

“African Expressions of Christianity: The Case of the African Inland Church,” edited by Thomas Spear and Isaria Kimambo.

“Missionary Education in Africa During and After the Colonial Period,” edited by Alfred Kisubi and Bola Delano.

Chapters in Books

“1 Cor. 7:4: Authority Over the Body.” In Essays on Women in Earliest Christianity, vol. 2, ed. Carroll D. Osburn. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1995.

Articles on “Nomina Sacra” and “Philemon.” In Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, 2nd ed., ed. Everett Ferguson et al. New York: Garland Press, 1997.

“Called ‘Christians’ at Antioch: Christian Identity and the ‘Sacred Names’ in Early Christian Manuscripts.” In Building Up the Church: Scripture, History, and Growth: A Festschrift in Honor of Henry E. Webb, ed. Gary E. Weedman. [Shoals, IN: Old Paths Tract Society], 1993.

“A Prayer to Sarapis in P.Oxy. 1070.” In Prayer from Alexander to Constantine, ed. and intro. Mark Kiley et al. London and New York: Routledge, 1997.

“The Use of the Old Testament in the New Testament.” In Christian Doctrine, ed. William J. Richardson. Cincinnati, OH: Standard, 1983.

Journal Articles

“Did Jesus Teach Us to Love Ourselves?” Christian Standard 114 (1979): 92–93.

“Exegesis of the Epistle Lesson” for March 26, Lectionary Homiletics 6 (1995): 22–24.

“Exegesis of the Gospel Lesson” for March 29, Lectionary Homiletics 3 (1992): 32–33.

“Exegesis of the Gospel Lesson” for March 5, 12, 19, Lectionary Homiletics 6 (1995): 1–2, 10–11, 27–28.

“Exegesis of the Old Testament Lesson” for March 22, Lectionary Homiletics 3 (1992): 24–25.

“Getting Our Stories Straight: A Meditative Reading of Philippians 3:2–11.” Leaven 5 (1997): 20–23.

“It’s You We Need.” Christian Standard 130 (1995): 10–11.

“’Lucanisms’ in the Western Text of Acts? A Reappraisal.” Journal of Biblical Literature 107 (1988): 695–707.

“Peace Proposals for Warring Brothers.” Christian Standard 116 (1981): 716–718.

“Please Don’t Partake....” Christian Standard 120 (1985): 1023.

“The Translators to the Reader: Clearing Up Some Misconceptions About the King James Version.” Christian Standard 112 (1977): 367–368.

“What Language Shall I Borrow?” Christian Standard 125 (1990): 4–5.

“Wisdom as a Way of Life: The Two Ways.” Christian Standard 125 (1990): 483.

Book Reviews

Peter Hofrichter. Im Anfang war der ‘Johannesprolog’: Das urchristliche Logosbekenntnis—die Basis neutestamentlicher und gnosticher Theologie. Regensburg: Friedrich Pustet, 1986. Patristics 17/2 (January, 1989) 3–4.

Lee Martin McDonald. The Formation of the Christian Canon. Nashville: Abingdon, 1988. Pastristics 19/1 (July, 1990) 4.

Stanley E. Porter, ed. The Language of the New Testament: Classic Essays. Sheffield: JSOT Press, 1991. Religious Studies Review 19 (1993) 164.

Buist M. Fanning. Verbal Aspect in New Testament Greek. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1990. Religious Studies Review 19 (1993) 261–262.

Geoffrey Mark Hahneman. The Muratorian Fragment and the Development of the Canon. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1992. Journal of Early Christian Studies 3 (1995) 89–91.

Reider Hvalvik. The Struggle for Scripture and Covenant: The Purpose of the Epistle of Barnabas and Jewish-Christian Competition in the Second Century. Tuebingen: Mohr/Siebeck (1996). Journal of Early Christian Studies 6 (1998) 325–327.

Christopher A. Hall. Reading Scripture with the Church Fathers. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998. Journal of Early Christian Studies 7 (1999) 607–608.

C. David Grant. Thinking Through our Faith: Theology for Twenty-First Century Christians. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998. Restoration Quarterly 42 (2000) 61–62.

Thomas C. Oden and Christopher A. Hall, eds. Mark (Ancient Christian Commentary on Scripture, New Testament II) Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 1998. Journal of Early Christian Studies 8 (2000) 297–298.

D. H. Williams, Retrieving the Tradition and Renewing Evangelicalism: A Primer for Suspicious Protestants. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 1999. Journal of Early Christian Studies 9 (2001) 278-280.

Lee Martin McDonald and James A. Sanders, eds. The Canon Debate. Peabody, MA: Hendrickson, 2002. Journal of Early Christian Studies 11 (2003) 555-557.

L. William Countryman. Changing the Paradigm of Biblical Studies. Harrisburg, PA: Trinity Press International, 2003. Theology Today 61/4 (January, 2005) 545-548.

S.A. Nigosian, From Ancient Writings to Sacred Texts: The Old Testament and Apocrypha. Baltimore: Johns Hopkins, 2004. The Stone-Campbell Journal 9/1 (Spring, 2006) 136, 138.

John G. Stackhouse, Jr. Finally Feminist: A Pragmatic Christian Understanding of Gender. Grand Rapids: Baker Academic, 2005. The Stone-Campbell Journal 9/2 (Fall, 2006), 272-273.

Richard B. Hays, The Conversion of the Imagination: Paul as Interpreter of Israel’s Scripture. Grand Rapids: Eerdmans, 2005. Religious Studies Review 33/1 (January 2007) 75-76.

Dr. Jack B. Holland

Dr. Frederick W. Norris

Books

The Apostolic Faith: Protestants and Roman Catholics. Collegeville, MN: The Liturgical Press, 1992.

Faith Gives Fullness to Reasoning: The Five Theological Orations of Gregory Nazianzen, with Lionel Wickham and Frederick Williams. Vigiliae Christianae, Supplements, 13. Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1991.

Encyclopedia of Early Christianity, ed. with Everett Ferguson. Garland Reference Library of the Humanities, 846. New York: Garland Publishing, l990; 2nd ed. 1997.

In Preparation

Matthew in The Church’s Bible, a patristic commentary on eight books of Scripture. Series editor, Robert Wilken. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.

Cappadocian Christology for Non-Western Christians.

Chapters and Articles in Books

“Antioch of Syria.” In The Anchor Bible Dictionary, ed. David Noel Freedman. New York: Doubleday, 1992.

“Antioch-on-the-Orontes as a Religious Center, Part I: Paganism Before Constantine.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang de römischen Welt: (ANRW) Bd. 18.4: Religion. Berlin; New York: Walter de Gruyter, 1990.

“Antiochien.” In Theologische Realenzyklopädie, Band III. Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, 1978.

“Antiochien, I. Archäologie and III. Synoden und Schisma.” In Lexikon für Theologie und Kirche, Band 1. Freiburg: Herder Verlag, 1993.

“Apostolic, Catholic, and Sensible: The Consensus Fidelium.” In Essays on New Testament Christianity: A Festschrift in Honor of Dean E.Walker, ed. C. Robert Wetzel. Cincinnati, OH: Standard, 1978.

“The Arian Heresy?” In Telling the Churches’ Stories: Ecumenical Perspectives on Writing Christian History, eds. Timothy J. Wengert and Charles W. Brockwell. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1995.

“Artifacts from Antioch.” In Social History of the Matthean Community: Cross-Disciplinary Approaches, ed. David Balch. Minneapolis, MN: Fortress Press, 1991.

“Asia Minor Before Ignatius: Walter Bauer Reconsidered.” In Studia Evangelica VII, “Texte und Untersuchungen, Band 126.” ed. Elizabeth Livingstone. Berlin: Akademie-Verlag, 1982.

“Authority: The New Testament as Norm, Church History as Guide.” In W. R.; The Man and His Work: A Brief Account of the Life and Work of William Robinson, ed. James Gray. Birmingham, England: Berean Press, 1978.

Biographical Dictionary of Christian Missions, ed. Gerald Anderson. New York: Harper & Row, 1998. [Wrote 35 articles]

“The Catholicity of Great Black Preaching.” In Sharing Heaven’s Music: The Heart of Christian Preaching: Essays in Honor of James Earl Massey, ed. Barry Callen. Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1995.

“Current Issues in Patristic Studies.” In Summary of Proceedings: Forty-second Annual Conference of the American Theological Library Association June 20–24, 1988. St. Meinrad, IN: ATLA, 1988.

Encyclopedia of Early Christianity. Wrote 131 articles for first edition. New York: Garland Press, 1990. [Revised 100 articles, wrote or co-wrote 45 new articles for second edition, 1997].

“Eusebius on Jesus as Deceiver and Sorcerer.” In Early Christianity, Judaism and Eusebius, eds. Harold Attridge and Gohei Hata. Detroit, MI: Wayne State University Press, 1992. [Japanese translation, Tokoyo: Yamamato Shoten, 1992.] Republished in English, Leiden: E. J. Brill, 1993.

“Fantasy and Biography.” In Journey through Fantasy Literature, Vol. II. Johnson City, TN: East Tennessee State University, 1992.

“The Five-Finger Exercise.” In Faith in Practice: Studies in the Book of Acts: Festschrift for Earl and Ottie Mearl Stuckenbruck, eds. David Fiensy and William Howden. Atlanta: European Evangelistic Society, 1995.

“God and the Gods: Expect Footprints.” In Unto the Uttermost, ed. Doug Priest, Jr. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1984.

“Gregory Nazianzen: Constructing and Constructed by Scripture.” In The Bible in Late Antiquity, ed. Paul M. Blowers. Notre Dame: University of Notre Dame Press, 1997.

“Gregory Nazianzen’s Opponents in Oration 31.” In Arianism: Historical and Theological Reassessments, ed. Robert C. Gregg. Patristic Monograph Series, 11. Cambridge, MA: The Philadelphia Patristic Foundation, 1985.

“The Image of God: The Biblical Concept of Man.” In Christian Doctrine: ‘The Faith Once Delivered’, ed. William Richardson. Cincinnati, OH: Standard, 1983.

“Jesus of Nazareth.” In Philosophy of Education: An Encyclopedia, ed. J. J. Chambliss. New York: Garland Press, 1996.

Lexicon of Greek Personal Names, eds. Peter M. Fraser and E. Matthews, Vol. 1, and M. J. Osborne and S. G. Byrne, Vol. 2. [Identification of all the names in the Ecclesiastical Histories of Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen and Evagrius]. Oxford: Clarendon Press, 1987, 1994.

“Preaching to Pagans: Ambiguity and Clarity.” In The Gospel Unhindered: Modern Missions and the Book of Acts, ed. Doug Priest, Jr. Pasadena, CA: William Carey Library, 1994.

“Strategy of Mission in the New Testament.” In Exploring Church Growth, ed. Wilbert Shenk. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans, 1983.

“Theology as Grammar: Gregory Nazianzen and Ludwig Wittgenstein.” In Arianism after Arius, eds. Michel Barnes and Daniel H. Williams. Edinburgh: T&T Clark, 1993.

“Truth and Truthfulness.” In Building Up the Church: Scripture, History, and Growth. A Festschrift in Honor of Henry E. Webb, ed. Gary E. Weedman. [Shoals, IN: Old Paths Tract Society], 1993.

“Universal Salvation in Origen and Maximus.” In Universalism and the Doctrine of Hell: Papers Presented at the Fourth Edinburgh Conference in Christian Dogmatics, 1991, ed. Nigel M. de S. Cameron. Carlisle, U.K.: Paternoster Press; Grand Rapids, MI: Baker Book House, 1992.

“Women Ministers in Constantinian Christianity.” In Essays on Women in Earliest Christianity, Vol. 2, ed. Carrol Osburn. Joplin, MO: College Press, 1995.

In Preparation

“Antioch-on-the Orontes as a Religious Center: Part II, Judaism and Christianity Before Constantine.” In Aufstieg und Niedergang der römischen Welt: (ANRW). Berlin: Walter de Gruyter, accepted 1977, revised 1990.

Article in The Church’s Bible. Commentary on Genesis, eds. Paul Blowers, Robin Darling Young, Nicholas Konstas and Gary Anderson. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.

“Athanasius.” In Evangelische Kirchenlexikon. Göttingen: Vandenhoeck & Ruprecht. [Eng. trans. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans].

“The Cappadocians” and “Apollinaris.” In The Dictionary of Historical Theology, ed. Trevor A. Hart. Paternoster Press.

“Christian Churches, Churches of Christ.” In Responses to Pluralism, ed. S. Mark Heim. Grand Rapids, MI: Eerdmans.

“Didascalia Apostolorum” and “Chronicle of Seert.” In Dictionary of Asian Christianity, ed. Scott Sunquist.

“Encyclopedia Revisited.” In Festschrift for Everett Ferguson, Supplement to Novum Testamentum. Leiden: E.J. Brill.

“Gregory Nazianzen.” In Dictionary of Biblical Interpretation. Nashville: Abingdon Press.

“Gregory of Nazianzus.” In Dictionary of Theology, ed. Joseph Lienhard. Greenwood Press.

“Origen.” In The Early Christian World, ed. Philip F. Esler. Routledge.

“Rhetoric and the Teaching of Church History.” In Conference entitled To Teach, to Delight, and to Move: A Rhetorical Vision for Integrated Theological Education sponsored by the Lily Foundation, to be held at Princeton Theological Seminary.

“The Theologian and Technical Rhetoric: Gregory of Nazianzus and Hermogenes of Tarsus.” In Festschrift for Thomas Halton, ed. John Petruccione. Washington, DC: The Catholic University of America Press.

“The Transfiguration of Christ: The Transformation of the Church.” Festschrift for Rowan Greer. Pennsylvania State University Press.

“Your Honor, My Reputation.” Proceedings of a symposium entitled Greek Biography and Panegyrics in Late Antiquity, eds. Tomas Hägg and Philip Rousseau. Berkeley, CA: University of California Press.

Booklets

The Canon in the Church, in the series The Crucible. Pittsburgh: European Evangelistic Society, 1975.

Dean E. Walker: Missiologist. Johnson City, TN: Emmanuel School of Religion Press, 1997.

Jesus the Magician: A Response to Morton Smith, in the series The Crucible. Atlanta: European Evangelistic Society, 1985.

The Spirit and the Gifts are Ours, in the series The Crucible. Pittsburgh: European Evangelistic Society, 1974.

Journal Articles

“Abortion, No—But Then What?” Christian Standard 125 (January 7, 1990): 8–9.

“The Authenticity of Gregory Nazianzen’s Five Theological Orations.” Vigiliae Christianae 39 (1985): 331–339.

“Black Marks on the Communities’ Manuscripts.” The 1994 North American Patristic Society’s Presidential Address, The Journal of Early Christian Studies 2 (1994): 443–466.

“Christians Only, But Not the Only Christians: Acts 19:1–7.” Restoration Quarterly 29 (1986): 97–105.

“The Consequences of Hypocrisy.” Christian Standard 111 (March 14, 1976): 235.

“Deification: Consensual and Cogent.” Scottish Journal of Theology 49 (1996): 411–428.

“Gregory the Theologian.” Pro Ecclesia 2 (1993): 473–484.

“Gregory the Theologian and Other Religions.” The Greek Orthodox Theological Review 39 (1994): 131–140.

“Hans Küng on Ministry.” Mission (July 1974): 25–28.

“Ignatius, Polycarp and I Clement: Walter Bauer Reconsidered.” Vigiliae Christianae 30 (1976): 23–44. Reprinted in Studies in Early Christianity, ed. Everett Ferguson, David Scholer and Corby Finner, Vol. 4. New York: Garland Press, 1993.

“Inheritors of the Kingdom.” Christian Standard 100 (March 6, 1965): 155.

“Isis, Sarapis, and Demeter in Antioch of Syria.” Harvard Theological Review 75 (1982): 189–207.

“Jesus: Lord and Saviour.” Christian Standard 118 (April 10, 1983): 332–334.

“Mathematics, Physics and Religion: A Need for Candor and Rigor.” Scottish Journal of Theology 37 (1984): 457–470.

“Melito’s Motivation.” Anglican Theological Review 68 (1986): 16–24.

“Of Thorns and Roses: The Logic of Belief in Gregory Nazianzen.” Church History 53 (1984): 455–464.

“An Open Past: A Response to Ulrich Duchrow’s ‘The Spiritual Dimensions of the Scientific World,’” Gospel in Context 1 (1978): 16–18.

“Paul of Samosata: Procurator Ducenarius.” The Journal of Theological Studies. n.s. 35 (1984): 50–70.

“Shut Up But Put Up.” Christian Standard 120 (October 6, 1985): 910.

“Sin is Not One Nation’s Disease.” Christian Standard 110 (October 26, 1975): 963–965.

“The Social Status of Early Christianity.” Gospel in Context 2 (1979): 4–14 & 27–28.

“Social Status Revisited.” Gospel in Context 2 (1979): 37–39.

“Talking in the Spirit.” Christian Standard 120 (February 10, 1985): 127–128.

“The Tetragrammaton in Gregory Nazianzen, Or. 30.17.” Vigiliae Christianae 41 (1989): 339–444.

“Why Do Men Suffer?.” Christian Standard 108 (September 2, 1973): 773–774.

“Wonder, Worship and Writ: Patristic Christology.” Ex Auditu 7 (1991): 59–72.

Book Reviews and Booknotes

Art and the Roman Viewer: The Transformation of Art from the Pagan World to Christianity, by Jas Elsner. Church History 66 (1997): 320–322.

Athens and Jerusalem: An Interpretative Essay on Christianity and Classical Culture, by E. G. Weltin. American Academy of Religion Studies in Religion, 49. Anglican Theological Review 70 (1988): 365–367.

Basil of Caesarea, by Philip Rousseau. Church History 65 (1996): 62–63.

The Bauer Thesis Examined: The Geography of Heresy in the Early Christian Church, by Thomas A. Robinson. Themelios 16 (1991): 248.

Beginning to Read the Fathers: An Introduction to the Classic Preachers and Theologians of the Ancient Church, by Boniface Ramsay. Themelios 13 (1987): 30.

Books and Readers in the Early Church: A History of Early Christian Texts, by Harry Y. Gamble. Church History 65 (1996): 665–667.

Building God’s House in the Roman World: Architectural Adaptation among Pagans, Jews and Christians, by L. Michael White. The ASOR Library of Biblical and Near Eastern Archaeology. Church History 62 (1993): 101–102.

The Byzantine Saint: University of Birmingham, Fourteenth Spring Symposium of Byzantine Studies, ed. by Sergei Haeckel. Studies Supplementary to Sobornost 5. Church History 52 (1983): 261.

Christian Antioch: A Study of Early Christian Thought in the East, by D. S. Wallace-Hadrill. Patristics 12 (1984): 2.

Christian Spirituality: Origins to the 12th Century, ed. by Bernard McGinn, John Meyendorff and Jean Leclercq. World Spirituality, 16. Church History 57 (1988): 528–530.

Christianity and Classical Culture: The Metamorphosis of Natural Theology in the Christian Encounter with Hellenism, by Jaroslav Pelikan. Anglican Theological Review 76 (1994): 527–529.

Christians and Pagans in Roman Britain, by Dorothy Watts. Church History 64 (1995): 256–257.

The “Christians for Christians” Inscriptions of Phrygia, by Elsa Gibson. Church History 49 (1980): 447–448.

Christologische Schriftargumentation and Bildersprache, by Elisabeth Grünbeck. Supplements to Vigiliae Christianae, 26. The Journal of Early Christian Studies 5 (1997): 144–146.

The Clash of Gods: A Reinterpretation of Early Christian Art, by Thomas F. Mathews. Church History 64 (1995): 251–252.

The Diaconate, a Full and Equal Order: A Comprehensive and Critical Study of the Origin, Development and Decline of the Diaconate in the Context of the Church’s Total Ministry and a Proposal for Renewal, by James M. Barnett. Patristics 11 (1982): 2.

The Diversity of Religions: A Christian Perspective, by Joseph DiNoia. Interpretation 48 (1994): 107–108.

The Dynamics of Salvation: A Study in Gregory Nazianzen, by Donald F. Winslow. Patristic Monograph Series, 7. Church History 51 (1982): 446–447.

Enlogema: Studies in Honor of Robert Taft S.J., by Ephrem Carr, Stefano Parenti, Abraham-Andreas Thiermeyer and Elena Velkovska. Studia Anselmaiana/Analecta, 17. Church History 65 (1996): 321–322.

Ephesos: Metropolis of Asia: An Interdisciplinary Approach to Its Archaeology, Religion and Culture, by Helmut Koester. Harvard Theological Series, 41. The Journal of Early Christian Studies 5 (1997): 456–457.

The Extant Works of Eunomius, Bishop of Cyzicus, ed. and trans. by Richard P. Vaggione. Oxford Early Christian Texts. Church History 58 (1989): 85–86.

The Eucharist, by Daniel Sheerin. The Message of the Fathers of the Church, 7. Religious Studies Review 13 (1987): 353.

The First Christian Histories: Eusebius, Socrates, Sozomen, Theodoret and Evagrius, 2nd ed., by Glenn F. Chesnut. Critical Review of Books in Religion 1 (1988): 308–310.

Grace and Human Freedom According to St. Gregory of Nyssa, by Verna E. F. Harrison. Studies in the Bible and Early Christianity, 30. Religious Studies Review 19 (1993): 170.

Heresy and Criticism: The Search for Authenticity in Early Christian Literature, by Robert M. Grant. The Journal of Early Christian Studies 3 (1995): 125–126.

Holy Scripture, trans. by G. C. Berkouwer and ed. by Jack B. Rodgers. Studies in Dogmatics. The Journal of Religion 57 (1977): 96–98.

The Hope of the Early Church: A Handbook of Patristic Eschatology, by Brian E. Daley. The Journal of Early Christian Studies 1 (1993): 444–446.

Icon and Logos: Sources in Eighth-Century Iconoclasm: An Annotated Translation of the Sixth Session of the Seventh Ecumenical Council (Nicaea, 787), by Daniel Sahas. Toronto Medieval Texts and Translations. Manuscripta 31 (1987): 201.

Ignatius of Antioch, by William Schoedel. Hermenia, and Die Briefe des Ignatius von Antiochia und der Polykarpbrief, by Hennig Paulsen. Handbuch zum Neuen Testament, 18. Religious Studies Review 15 (1989): 128–131.

The Metaphor of God Incarnate: Christology in a Pluralistic Age, by John Hick. Interpretation 50 (1996): 96, 98.

The New Handbook of Christian Theology, ed. by Donald W. Musser and Joseph L. Price. Interpretation 47 (1993): 430, 432.

The New Handbook of Other Faiths and A Century of Protestant Ecumenical Thought, by S. Wesley Ariarajah. Ecumenical Trends 22 (1993): 58–61.

The Noble Death: Suicide and Martyrdom Among Christians and Jews in Antiquity, by Arthur J. Droge and James D. Tabor. Church History 62 (1993): 544–545.

Orthodox Visions of Ecumenism: Statements, Messages and Reports on the Ecumenical Movement, 1902–1992, comp. by Gennadios Limouris. Ecumenical Trends 24 (1995): 125–126.

The Pastor: Readings from the Patristic Period, trans and ed. by Philip L. Culbertson and Arthur Bradford Shippee. Second Century 8 (1991): 237.

Preaching the Word, by Thomas K. Carroll. The Message of the Fathers of the Church, 11. Patristics 13 (1985): 2–3.

Presence and Thought: An Essay on the Religious Philosophy of Gregory of Nyssa, by Hans Urs von Balthasar, trans. by Mark Sebanc. Religious Studies Review 23 (1996): 251.

Reading the Past in Late Antiquity, ed. by Graeme Clarke. Patristics 20 (1991): 11–12.

Theodore of Mopsuestia on the Bible: A Study of His Old Testament Exegesis, by Dimitri Zaharopoulos. Religious Studies Review 17 (1991): 166.

Theodoret’s Eranistes: Critical Text and Prolegomena, by Gerard H. Ettlinger. Oxford Patristic Texts. Church History 45 (1976): 99–100.

Trinity and Incarnation: The Faith of the Early Church, by Basil Studer, trans. by Matthias Westerhoff, ed. by Andrew Louth. Theological Studies 56 (1995): 160–162.

Two Kingdoms: The Church and Culture Through the Ages, by Robert G. Clouse, Richard V. Pierard and Edwin M. Yamauchi. The International Bulletin of Missionary Research 18 (1994): 185.

The Virgin Goddess: Studies in the Pagan and Christian Roots of Mariology, by Stephen Benko. Studies in the History of Religions, 59. Church History 63 (1994): 259–261.

Virtuoso Theology: The Bible and Interpretation, by Frances Young. Critical Review of Books in Religion 7 (1994): 380–382.

Word and Spirit: A Monastic Review, 1, In Honor of St. Basil the Great. Church History 50 (1981): 231.

The Word in the Desert: Scripture and the Quest for Holiness in Early Christian Monasticism, by Douglas Burton-Christie. Church History 64 (1995): 87–88.

In Preparation

Geist, der Natur Befreit: Die trinitarische Kosmologie Gregors von Nazianz im Horizont einer ökologischen Theologie der Befreiung, by Sigurd Bergmann. The Journal of Early Christian Studies.

Pagan and Biblical Exampla in Gregory Nazianzen: A Study in Rhetoric and Hermeneutics, by Kristoffel Demoen. Corpus Christianorum, Linguia Patrum, 2. The Journal of Early Christian Studies.

Saint Grégoire de Nazianze: Le Théologien et son temps (330–390), by Jean Bernardi. The Journal of Early Christian Studies.

Journal Articles

“Another Look at Endowment.” Christian Standard 123 (February 7, 1988): 132.

“Are Ministers Human?” Christian Standard 129 (September 11, 1994): 781.

“The Case for the Local Church.” Christian Standard 118 (August 28, 1983): 792.

“The Changing World of the Minister.” Christian Standard 129 (November 30, 1994): 997.

“Cloning—Chicago Style.” Christian Standard 114 (July 29, 1979): 684.

“Contrasting Responses to Faith.” Christian Standard 111 (February 8, 1976): 123.

“The Danger of Hypocrisy.” Christian Standard 102 (June 28, 1967): 59.

“A Declaration of Independence.” Christian Standard 118 (May 29, 1983): 493.

“Facilities Help the Church Perform Its Mission.” Christian Standard 117 (October 24, 1982): 984.

“. . . In All Things Love.” Christian Standard 116 (September 6, 1981): 812.

“Keen Minds and Burning Hearts.” Christian Standard 118 (March 20, 1983): 266.

“Must We Be Number 1?” Christian Standard 118 (November 27, 1983): 1104.

“The New Heaven and Earth.” Christian Standard 92 (December 15, 1956): 793.

“A New Look at Close Communion.” Christian Standard 121 (March 9, 1986): 216.

“Our Future Need to Face Contemporary Issues.” Christian Standard 120 (August 11, 1985): 719.

“Remembering Our Roots.” Christian Standard 129 (March 13, 1994): 231.

“Taking Christ to Chicago.” Christian Standard 105 (April 18, 1970): 389.

“We Are Friends.” Christian Standard 109 (November 17, 1974): 1053.

“What God Has Joined.” Christian Standard 120 (May 28, 1985): 465.

“What is So Great About Baptism.” Christian Standard 123 (January 10, 1988): 38.

“What is Success?” Christian Standard 129 (June 12, 1994): 500.

“You Must Be Born Again.” Christian Standard 114 (February 11, 1979): 124.

Videorecordings

Fulfill Your Ministry [Videorecording]. Joplin, MO: Good News Productions, International/Research and Production Center, 1986.

Books

Romans. Standard Bible Studies. Cincinnati, OH: Standard, 1988.

From The Housetops: Preaching in the Early Church and Today (St. Louis: Chalice Press, 2000)

Chapters in Books

“The Areopagus Sermon as a Model for Apologetic Preaching.” In Faith in Practice: Studies in the Book of Acts, A Festschrift in Honor of Earl and Ottie Mearl Stuckenbruck, eds., David A. Fiensy and William D. Howden. Atlanta: European Evangelistic Society, 1995.

“Campbell on Language and Revelation and Modern Approaches to Language.” In Building Up the Church: Scripture, History, and Growth: A Festchrift in Honor of Henry E. Webb, ed. Gary E. Weedman. Milligan College, TN, 1993.

“John Henry Jowett.” In Concise Encyclopedia of Preaching, eds. William Willimon and Richard Lischer. Louisville: Westminster/John Knox Press, 1995.

Essay on Preaching on Hope and sermons for Ministers Manual, 2000, James Cox, ed. San Francisco: Josey-Bass Publishers, pp. 362–371.

Sermons

The Minister’s Manual, 1995 edition, ed. James W. Cox. San Francisco: Harper, 1994. pp. 94–95, 99–100, 102–103, 107–108, 111–112.

The Minister’s Manual, 1996 edition, ed. James W. Cox. San Francisco: Harper, 1995. pp. 215–216.

The Minister’s Manual, 1998 edition, ed. James W. Cox. San Francisco: Jossey-Bass. 1997. pp. 134–135, 138–139, 142–143, 146–147.

The Ministers Manual, 1999 Edition, pp. 223–224, 227, 231–232, 236.

“Where Cross the Crowded Ways of Life”, Leaven, Vol. 7 No. 1 (Winter, 1999): 33–34.

“Fear God,” from Ezekiel 33, Göttinger Predigthilfe Website, Fall, 1999.

The Ministers Manual 2002 Edition, James Cox, ed., (San Francisco: Josey-Bass Publishers, pp. 178–9, 183–4, 188–9, 194–6.

Journal Articles

“The Areopogus Sermon and Romans 1:18ff.: A Study in Creation Theology.” Restoration Quarterly 20 (1977): 23–40.

“A Biblical Perspective on Creation.” A Journal for Christian Studies 1 (October 1981): 11–15.

“Christian Education of the Mentally Retarded.” Key to Christian Education (October, November, December 1965): 9–10.

“A Few Observations, Personal and Historical, On the June 22–24 Meetings in Nashville.” Mission 18 (1984–85): 22–23.

“Give Them Words, Preacher.” Reflections Column. Christian Standard 132 (September 21, 1997): 4–5.

“Integrating Ministry and Theology: One Seminary’s Story.” Theological Education 33 (Spring 1997): 11–17.

“New Testament Hermeneutics.” Reflections Column. Christian Standard 132 (March 23, 1997): 4–6.

“One Sure Way.” Christian Standard 109 (October 27, 1974): 11–12.

“Paul in Athens.” Christian Standard 109 (January 6, 1974): 12–14.

“Reflecting on Worship.” Reflections Column. Christian Standard 132 (June 22, 1997): 6–7.

“Where in the World? Reflections on a Trip.” Christian Standard 132 (December 21, 1997): 4–5.

“Preaching and Culture”, Homiletic Vol. XXII No. 2 (Winter, 1997), pp. 1–9.

“Readers Guide: Literary Resources for Worship,” Leaven Vol. 6, No. 1 (Winter, 1998): 45–48.

“Campbell, Paul, and the Old Testament” in Stone-Campbell Journal 2/2 (Fall, 1999), pp. 165–175.

“The Reality of Christian Worship as Depicted in Revelation,” in Leaven, 8/1, Winter Quarter, 2000.

Book Reviews

Challenged Parenting, by Bonnie Weller. Christian Standard 119 (1984): 919.

Hearing the Word in a Visual Age, by H. David Schuringa. Encounter 58 (Winter 1997): 122–124.

Helping Children with Learning Disabilities, by Ruth D. Rowan. Christian Standard 118 (1983): 535.

The Modern Preacher and the Ancient Text: Interpreting and Preaching Biblical Literature, by Sidney Greidanus. Journal for Christian Studies 12 (Fall 1993).

Predigtlehre, by Rudolf Bohren. Homiletic 8 (1983): 11–12.

Probleme der Predigt, by Werner Schutz. Homiletic 9 (1984): 7–8.

Slavery as Salvation: The Metaphor of Slavery in Pauline Christianity, by Dale B. Martin. Restoration Quarterly 35 (1993): 56–57.

“Unfinished ‘Errand into the Wilderness’: Tendenzen und Schwerpunkte der Homiletic in den USA 1960–1985” (Doctoral Dissertation, Johannes Gutenberg University, Mainz, Germany), by Jeffrey T. Myers. Homiletic 21 (Summer 1996): 7–9.

H. David Schuringa, Hearing the Word in a Visual Age for Encounter, Winter 1997: 122–124.

Joseph R. Jeter, Jr. Crisis Preaching, (Nashville: Abingdon Press, 1998) in Encounter, Spring, 1999.

André Resner. Preacher and Cross: Person and Message in Theology and Rhetoric (Grand Rapids: William B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1999) in Stone-Campbell Journal, Spring, 2000: 121–123.

Ronald J. Allen and Gilbert L. Bartholomew. Preaching Verse By Verse (Louisville: Westminster John Knox Press, 2000) in Encounter, Summer 2001: 319–320.

Videorecordings

Worship. [Videorecording]. Joplin, MO: Good News Productions, 1989.

Edited Books

Essays on New Testament Christianity: A Festschrift in Honor of Dean E. Walker. Cincinnati, OH: Standard, 1978.