DBSJ Archive

Volume 30 • 2025

Volume 29 • 2024

Volume 28 • 2023

Volume 27 • 2022
Tim Miller on the Historical Setting of 1 Peter • Mark Snoeberger on Dispensational Discourse • Kyle Dunham on Ecc. 7 • Jeff Straub on Baptists and Freemasonry • Mark Hassler on Psalm 22 • Brett Williams on Augustine’s View of the Church

Volume 26 • 2021
Kyle Dunham on Ransomed from Sheol • Mark Snoeberger on Old Testament Saints and Sheol • Ryan Meyer on Habakkuk’s Call to Faith • Paul Hartog on the “Law of Christ” • Scott Aniol on Text to Expression • Jacob Elwart on Psychology’s Great Heist

Volume 25 • 2020
Kyle Dunham on Creationism and Apologetics • R. Bruce Compton on 1 Corinthians 13 • Mark Ward on Which Textus Receptus? • Timothy Hughes The Fallacy of the Excluded Middle • Jeff Straub on Baptists and Jeremiah Jeter • Alex Francia on Arguements Against Interracial Marraige in Light of the LGBT Revolution

Volume 24 • 2019
Andy Naselli on Divorce and Remarriage • Ryan Meyer on Matthew 10:23b • Tim Miller on 1 Peter 2:1–3 • Scott Aniol on The Holy Spirit’s Work in Worship • Jeff Straub on Thomas Shields • Henry Smith and Kris Udd on Authenticity of Kainan • Tim Miller on Three Greek Readers

Volume 23 • 2018
Kyle Dunham on Zechariah 11 • Tim Miller on Paul and the Words of Jesus • Jon Pratt on The Israel of God • Mark Larson on John Knox • John Aloisi on Augustus Hopkins Strong • Mark Snoeberger on Reading the Bible Supernatually?

Volume 22 • 2017
William Barrick on Divine Persons in Genesis • Mark Snoeberger on Nakedness and Coverings in Genesis 3 • Tim Miller on the Septuagint • Bruce Compton on Prophecy • Jon Moreno on the Problem of Evil • Scott Aniol on Isaac Watts

Volume 21 • 2016
Kyle Dunham on Yahweh War • Matt Postiff on Young Earth Creationism • Michael Harding on Female Apostleship • Ben Edwards on Honoring True Widows • Sam Dawson on God’s Plan • David Huffstutler on 1 Corinthians 7:15 • Michael Riley on Dispensational and “Covenantal” Apologetics • Jared Compton on Davenant’s Dissertation • John Aloisi on Jacob Arminius • Jeff Straub on Pentecostalization • Mark Snoeberger on the NIV Study Bible

Volume 20 • 2015
Robert McCabe on the Authorship of Ecc • Bruce Compton on Church Discipline • Mark Snoeberger on A Biblical Arguement Against Premaritial Sex • Tim Miller on Mere Christianity

Volume 19 • 2014
John Aloisi on John Calvin and Prayer • Bill Combs on Eph 5:18 • Mark Snoeberger on Two Kingdoms • Ben Edwards on Holistic Ministry • Matt Postiff on From Heaven He Came and Sought Her • Jon Pratt on the Canon

Volume 18 • 2013
Mark Snoeberger on 6,000 Years and Inerrancy • Bill Combs on Paul, the Law, and Dispensationalism • Tim Miller on the Ordo Salutis • Todd Beall on OT Scholarship • Robert McCabe on Ecclesiastes

Volume 17 • 2012
Bill Combs on the NIV Translation Controversy • Mark Snoeberger on McClain and Grace Seminary • Paul Hartog on Religious Liberty • Matt Barret on Acts 2 and 10 • Mark Snoeberger on Kingdom through Covenant

Volume 16 • 2011
Mark Snoeberger on Lot-Casting • Paul Hartog on the Spirit in Ethics • Jeff Straub on Fundamentalism and the KJV • Andy Naselli and Philip Gons on the Holy Spirit • Scott Aniol on Isaac Watts

Volume 15 • 2010
Robert McCabe on The Sovereignty of God • Matt Postiff on God and Counterfactuals • Mark Sidwell on the Bible Conference Movement • Ryan Martin on Carnal Affections • Jeff Straub on Institutional Histories

Volume 14 • 2009
Mark Snoeberger on Tongues • John Aloisi on Atonement • Jared Compton on Quirinius’ Census • Charles Bumgardner on Andy Naselli on New Testament Theology • Matt Postiff on Gensis

Volume 13 • 2008
Bill Combs on Fellowship in 1 John • Andy Naselli on Keswick Theology • Jeff Straub on The Emerging Church • Mark Snoeberger on D.A. Carson’s Christ and Culture

Volume 12 • 2007
Bruce Compton on Isaiah 7 • Andy Naselli on Verbal Aspect in Greek • Mark Snoeberger on Romans 14–15 • Gerald Priest on the Philadelphia Baptist Association • Andy Naselli on the PNTC, BECNT, and NIGTC

Volume 11 • 2006
Bill Combs on Romans 12 and Sanctification • Rodney Decker on Verbal-Plenary Inspiration • Robert McCabe on Framework Interpretation • Jeff Straub on George Lasher • Andy Naselli on Logos Gold Library

Volume 10 • 2005
Bill Combs on Prevenient Grace • Robert McCabe on Framework Interpretation • Gerald Priest on T.T. Shields • John Aloisi on Psalm 110:1

Volume 9 • 2004
Roy Beacham on Progressive Dispensationalism • Alan Cole on Prewarth Interpretation • Bill Combs on the Blasphemy of the Holy Spirit • Bruce Compton on 1 Cor 13:8–13 • Dan Davey on the Intrinsic Nature of the Gospel • Sam Dawson on the Person of Christ • David Doran on the Spread of the Gospel • Robert McCabe on the Indwelling of OT Saints • Charles McLain on Daniel’s Prayer • Gerald Priest on Fundamentalism’s Legacy • Mark Snoeberger on Noetic Sin

Volume 8 • 2003
Bruce Compton on Dispensationalism, the Church, and the New Covenant • Gerald Priest on Abel Morgan and Baptist Ecclesiology • Mark Snoeberger on Engaging the Enemy • Rolland McCune on New Evangelicalism • David Doran on a Review of What is Love? • Rolland McCune on a Review of The Younger Evangelicals

Volume 7• 2002
Robert McCabe on the Old Testament and Separation • Bill Combs on Evangelists • Mark Snoeberger on the Ordo Salutis • Jon Pratt on Dispensational Sanctification

Volume 6 • 2001
David Doran on the Great Commission • Bill Combs on Justification and Sanctification • Gerald Priest on Andrew Fuller • Rolland McCune on New Evangelicalism and Apologetics

Volume 5 • 2000
Bill Combs on the Preservation of Scripture • Rodney Decker on Communicating the Text in Postmoderism • Mark Snoeberger on the Pre-Mosaic Tithe • Robert McCabe on Literal Days in the Creation Week • Brian Jones on a Review of Darwin’s Black Box

Volume 4 • 1999
Bruce Compton on Water Baptism • Donald Mills on the Holy Spirit in 1 John • Gerald Priest on William Jennings Bryan and the Scope Trial • Robert McCabe on John 3:5 • Rolland McCune on the Formation of the New Evangelicalism • Bill Combs on Errors in the KJV

Volume 3 • 1998
Rolland McCune on the Formation of New Evangelicalism • Mark Sidwell on Separation and Unity • Bill Combs on 2 Thess 2:3 • David Beale on The Rise and Fall of Harvard • David Doran on the Holy Spirit in Preaching

Volume 2 • 1997
J. Randolph Jaeggli on OT Prophecy • Bruce Compton on James 2 • Robert McCabe on Elihu’s Contribution to Job • Bill Combs on One or Two Natures in the Believer • S. E. Schnaiter on a Review of New Age of Bible Versions • Geral Priest on a Review of Justification by Faith Alone

Volume 1 • No. 2 • 1996
Rolland McCune on Non-Issues in Historic Fundamentalism • David Doran on Market-Driven Ministry • Gerald Priest on Revival and Revivalism • Bill Combs on the Preface to the KJV • Michael Harding on a Review of No Place for Truth

Volume 1 • No. 1 • 1996
Rolland McCune on the Self-Identity of Fundamentalism • Bill Combs on Erasmus and the Textus Receptus • David Doran on Market-Driven Ministry • Robert McCabe on Ecclesiastes • Gerald Priest on A.C. Dixon, Chicago Liberals, and The Fundamentals • Bruce Compton on Hebrews 6:4–6
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Table of All Articles
| Title | Author |
| What the New Testament Teaches About Divorce and Remarriage | Andrew D. Naselli |
| The Interpretation of Matthew 10:23b | Ryan E. Meyer |
| The Meaning of "Milk" in 1 Peter 2:1–3 | Timothy E. Miller |
| The Holy Spirit's Work in Worship: Extraordinary Experience or Disciplined Formation? | Scott Aniol |
| Thomas Todhunter Shields, Jr.: "The Canadian Spurgeon" | Jeffrey P. Straub |
| On the Authenticity of Kainan, Son of Arpachshad | Henry B. Smith Jr., with Kris J. Udd |
| Three Greek NT Readers: A Review Article | Timothy E. Miller |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| Zechariah 11 and the Eschatological Shepherds | Kyle C. Dunham |
| Paul and the Words of Jesus: On the Infrequence of Paul's Use of Jesus's Words | Timothy E. Miller |
| The "Israel of God" in Galatians 6:16 | Jonathan Pratt |
| John Knox, Tyranny, and Radical Resistance Theory | Mark J. Larson |
| Augustus Hopkins Strong's Attempt to Reconcile Orthodox Theology and Modern Philosophy | John A. Aloisi |
| Reading the Bible Supernaturally? A Review Article | Mark A. Snoeberger |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| Divine Persons in Genesis: Theological Implications | William D. Barrick |
| Nakedness & Coverings in Genesis 3: What They Are and Why It Matters | Mark A. Snoeberger |
| An Evangelical Apology for the Septuagint | Timothy E. Miller |
| The Continuation of New Testament Prophecy and a Closed Canon: Revisiting Wayne Grudem's Two Levels of NT Prophecy | Bruce Compton |
| A Good God in a Wicked World: Considering the Problem of Evil | Jonathan Moreno |
| Was Isaac Watts Unitarian? Athanasian Trinitarianism and the Boundary of Christian Fellowship | Scott Aniol |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| Why a Commitment to Inerrancy Does Not Demand a Strictly 6000-Year-Old Earth: One Young Earther’s Plea for Realism | Mark A. Snoeberger |
| Paul, the Law, and Dispensationalism | William W. Combs |
| The Debate over the Ordo Salutis in American Reformed Theology | Timothy Miller |
| Evangelicalism, Inerrancy, and Current OT Scholarship | Todd S. Beall |
| Ecclesiastes: A Review Article | Robert V. McCabe |
| Book Reviews |
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| Title | Author |
| Old Testament Lot-Casting: Divination or Providence? | Mark A. Snoeberger |
| The Integrative Role of the Spirit in the Ethics of Galatians | Paul Hartog |
| Fundamentalism and the King James Version: How a Venerable English Translation Became a Litmus Test for Orthodoxy | Jeffrey P. Straub |
| “Prooftexting the Personality of the Holy Spirit: An Analysis of the Masculine Demonstrative Pronouns in John 14:26, 15:26, and 16:13–14 | Andrew David Naselli and Philip R. Gons |
| Was Isaac Watts a Proto-Dispensationalist? | Scott Aniol |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| An Old Testament Sanctifying Influence: The Sovereignty of God | Robert V. McCabe |
| God and Counterfactuals | Matthew A. Postiff |
| “Come Apart and Rest a While”: The Origin of the Bible Conference Movement in America | Mark Sidwell |
| “Violent Motions of Carnal Affections”: Jonathan Edwards, John Owen, and Distinguishing the Work of the Spirit from Enthusiasm | Ryan J. Martin |
| On Reading Institutional Histories: A Review Article | Jeffrey P. Straub |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| Tongues: Are They for Today? | Mark A. Snoeberger |
| “His Flesh for Our Flesh”: The Doctrine of Atonement in the Second Century | John Aloisi |
| Once More: Quirinius’s Census | Jared M. Compton |
| “As a Brother”: 2 Thessalonians 3:6–15 and Ecclesiastical Separation | Charles J. Bumgardner |
| New Testament Theology: Magnifying God in Christ: A Review Article | Andrew David Naselli |
| Coming to Grips with Genesis: Biblical Authority and the Age of the Earth: A Review Article | Matthew A. Postiff |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| The Meaning of Fellowship in 1 John | William W. Combs |
| Keswick Theology: A Survey and Analysis of the Doctrine of Sanctification in the Early Keswick Movement | Andrew David Naselli |
| The Emerging Church: A Fundamentalist Assessment | Jeffrey P. Straub |
| D. A. Carson’s Christ and Culture Revisited: A Reflection and a Response | Mark A. Snoeberger |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| Romans 12:1–2 and the Doctrine of Sanctification | William W. Combs |
| Verbal-Plenary Inspiration and Translation | Rodney J. Decker |
| A Critique of the Framework Interpretation of the Creation Account (Part 2 of 2) | Robert V. McCabe |
| George William Lasher—Baptist Proto-Fundamentalist | Jeffrey P. Straub |
| Scholar’s Library: Gold: A Review Article | Andrew D. Naselli |
| Title | Author |
| Does the Bible Teach Prevenient Grace? | William W. Combs |
| A Critique of the Framework Interpretation of the Creation Account (Part 1 of 2) | Robert V. McCabe |
| T. T. Shields the Fundamentalist: Man of Controversy | Gerald L. Priest |
| Who Is David’s Lord? Another Look at Psalm 110:1 | John Aloisi |
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| Title | Author |
| Dispensationalism, the Church, and the New Covenant | R. Bruce Compton |
| The Abel Morgans's Contribution to Baptist Ecclesiology in Colonial America | Gerald L. Priest |
| Engaging the Enemy…But on Whose Terms? An Assessment of Responses to the Charge of Anti-Intellectualism | Mark A. Snoeberger |
| The New Evangelicalism: Evaluations and Prospects | Rolland D. McCune |
| What Love Is This? A Review Article | David M. Doran |
| The Younger Evangelicals: A Review Article | Rolland D. McCune |
| Title | Author |
| The Old Testament Foundation for Separation | Robert V. McCabe |
| The Biblical Role of the Evangelist | William W. Combs |
| The Logical Priority of Regeneration to Saving Faith in a Theological Ordo Salutis | Mark A. Snoeberger |
| Dispensational Sanctification: A Misnomer | Jonathan R. Pratt |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| The Task of the Great Commission: The Method of Discipleship | David M. Doran |
| The Disjunction Between Justification and Sanctification in Contemporary Evangelical Theology | William W. Combs |
| Andrew Fuller’s Response to the “Modern Question”—A Reappraisal of the Gospel Worthy of All Acceptation | Gerald L. Priest |
| The New Evangelicalism and Apologetics | Rolland D. McCune |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| The Preservation of Scripture | William W. Combs |
| Communicating the Text in the Postmodern Ethos of Cyberspace | Rodney J. Decker |
| The Pre-Mosaic Tithe: Issues and Implications | Mark A. Snoeberger |
| A Defense of Literal Days in the Creation Week | Robert V. McCabe |
| Darwin’s Black Box: Review Article | Brian Jones |
| Title | Author |
| Water Baptism and the Forgiveness of Sins in Acts 2:38 | R. Bruce Compton |
| The Holy Spirit in 1 John | Donald W. Mills |
| William Jennings Bryan and the Scopes Trial: A Fundamentalist Perspective | Gerald L. Priest |
| The Meaning of "Born of Water and the Spirit" in John 3:5 | Robert V. McCabe |
| The Formation of the New Evangelicalism (Part Two): Historical Beginnings | Rolland D. McCune |
| Errors in the King James Version? | William W. Combs |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| The Formation of New Evangelicalism (Part One): Historical and Theological Antecedents | Rolland D. McCune |
| A Call to Separation and Unity: D. Martyn Lloyd-Jones and "Evangelical Unity" | Mark Sidwell |
| Is Apostasia in 2 Thessalonians 2:3 a Reference to the Rapture? | William W. Combs |
| The Rise and Fall of Harvard | David Beale |
| The Role of the Holy Spirit in Preaching | David M. Doran |
| Title | Author |
| The Interpretation of Old Testament Prophecy | J. Randolph Jaeggli |
| James 2:21-24 and the Justification of Abraham | R. Bruce Compton |
| Elihu's Contribution to the Thought of the Book of Job | Robert V. McCabe |
| Does the Believer Have One Nature or Two? | William W. Combs |
| New Age Bible Versions: Review Article | S. E. Schnaiter |
| Justification by Faith Alone: Review Article | Gerald L. Priest |
| Book Reviews |
| Title | Author |
| Doctrinal Non-Issues in Historic Fundamentalism | Rolland D. McCune |
| Market Driven Ministry: Blessing or Curse? Part 2 | David M. Doran |
| Revival & Revivalism: A Historical & Doctrinal Evaluation | Gerald L. Priest |
| The Preface to the KJV and the KJV Only Position | William W. Combs |
| The Translators to the Reader: Preface to KJV | |
| No Place for Truth: A Review Article | Michael Harding |
| Title | Author |
| The Self-Identity of Fundamentalism | Rolland D. McCune |
| Erasmus and the Textus Receptus | William W. Combs |
| Market-Driven Ministry: Blessing or Curse? Part 1 | David M.Doran |
| The Message of Ecclesiastes | Robert V. McCabe |
| A. C. Dixon, Chicago Liberals, and The Fundamentals | Gerald L. Priest |
| Persevering and Falling Away: A Reexamination of Hebrews 6:4-6 | R. Bruce Compton |