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Reformed Theological Journal Index Vol. 1-30. 1985-2013

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2024 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 40

CONTENTS
THE LOVE OF CHRIST CONTROLS US
by Warren Peel
SINGING THE LORD’S SONG IN A STRANGE LAND
Professor James Dick’s defence of the Imprecatory psalms
by Geoffrey Allen
DANIEL DEWAR (1788-1867) AND THE MORAL IMPROVEMENT
OF IRELAND IN THE EARLY 19th CENTURY
by Raymond Blair
CONSCIENCE, PERFECTION AND THE PRIESTLY WORK
OF THE ETERNAL SON OF GOD IN HEBREWS
by Robert Strivens

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2023 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 39

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THE CHALLENGE OF PLURALISM
by David McKay
‘TO YOU HE SAID, O MY HEART, “SEEK MY FACE”’ (PSALM 27:8) The doctrine of the beatific vision
by John Watterson
‘BROADLANE’ Reflections on the lives of some Covenanter Ministers in Limavady by Brian Dunwoody
‘O BLESSED AND THRICE GLORIOUS LORD JESUS’ Thomas Goodwin (1600-1680) and the threefold glory of the second person of the Trinity
by John van Eyk
CALVIN AS PASTOR IN HIS COMMENTARIES A few remarks
by Victor E. d’Assonville

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2022 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 38

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THE COVENANTAL CONTEXT IN WHICH PASTORAL MINISTRY FUNCTIONS
by Robert L. W. McCollum
COMPOSING SERMON APPLICATIONS
A Theological Reflection on beyond method elements for composing application
for the expository sermon
by David Sutherland
PREACHING TO GOD’S IMAGE-BEARERS
Why the Charismatics have got it right, but don’t know why
by Paul Levy
PRAYER OF FAITH
by Bill James

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2021 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 37

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‘A PRACTICE WHICH IS FRAUGHT WITH MISERY AND RUIN TO MULTITUDES’
Thomas Houston’s denunciation of horse racing analysed and evaluated.
by Raymond Blair
STUDYING DISCOURSE GRAMMAR IN NEW TESTAMENT GREEK WITH BIBLEMESH:
A REVIEW ARTICLE
by Warren J. Peel
FOR GOODNESS’ SAKE
Words, deeds and mission: a guide for deacons
by Joel Loughridge 
GOSPEL CONFIDENCE
by Jeremy Walker
THE OFFICE OF DEACON IN THE SCOTTISH PRESBYTERIAN TRADITION
by Rowland S. Ward

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2020 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 36

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PERSPECTIVES ON ETHICS: SALVATION, COMMUNITY, CONSCIENCE
by David McKay
GOADS AND NAILS: THE WORDS OF THE OLD TESTAMENT GOSPEL PREACHER
(ECCLESIASTES 12:8-14)
by Norris Wilson
WILLIAM SYMINGTON (1795-1862) ON THE CHRISTIAN MINISTRY
by Stephen Steele
CALVIN THE SACRAMENTALIST
by Ian Hamilton

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2019 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 35

CONTENTS

THE BETTER COVENANT OF HEBREWS CONTEXTUALLY UNDERSTOOD
AND PASTORALLY APPLIED
by Robert L. W. McCollum
NEGLECTING NOAH?
The Noahic Genealogy in the 21st Century
by Andrew Kerr
ELDERSHIP IN THE CHURCH OF JESUS CHRIST
by Bruce R. Backensto
RETELLING IN CHRONICLES AND LUKE-ACTS:
A STUDY IN HISTORICAL METHOD
by Andrew Stewart
THE TRINITY FOR THE CHURCH TODAY
by Kevin J. Bidwell

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2018 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 34

CONTENTS

THE ‘I AM SAYINGS’ IN JOHN’S GOSPEL
by Warren Peel
TO KNEEL OR NOT TO KNEEL?
The Presbyterian Reaction to the Five Articles of Perth
by Raymond Blair .
REV. PROFESSOR JAMES DICK (1842-1916)
The ‘ideal of what a Covenanting minister should be’?
by Trevor McCavery .
CARING FOR THE PASTORS
by Andrew J. Lucas .
PASTORAL CARE AND CHURCH DISCIPLINE
by Rev. William Macleod .

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2017 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 33

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MARTIN LUTHER: HIS LIFE AND WORK
by Gareth Burke
FIVE TRUTHS THAT SHOOK THE WORLD
by David McKay
CIVIL DISOBEDIENCE
by Norris Wilson
ROMANS 7 REVISITED
An exegesis and interpretation of Romans 7:7-25
by Kenneth Stewart
TELLING TALES
A Survey of Scottish Covenanter Historiography
by David G. Whitla

THE RELEVANCE OF JOHN OWEN FOR PASTORS TODAY
by David Luke

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2016 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 32

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INFANT BAPTISM AS A MEANS OF GRACE
by Robert L. W. McCollum
PREPARING TO PREACH ISAIAH
by Andrew Kerr
REPLACEMENT THEOLOGY?
by Jonathan McCollum
NOT REFORMED AND NOT SAFE, A SUMMARY CRITIQUE OF PAEDOCOMMUNION
by William M. Schweitzer
JEREMIAH BURROUGHS ON THE INFINITE EXCELLENCY OF GOD
by Jim Davison

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2015 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 31

CONTENTS

REMAINING FRESH AND FAITHFUL IN THE ELDERSHIP
A CHALLENGE TO ENCOURAGE AND MOTIVATE
by Robert L. W. McCollum
A LITERARY-THEOLOGICAL
READING OF REVELATION 19:1-10
by Warren Peel
THE FOUNDATIONS OF OUR FELLOWSHIP:
1 JOHN 1:1-7
by Anthony T. Selvaggio
HEZEKIAH’S TUNNEL
by C. J. Williams
THE THEOLOGY OF THE JOSEPH NARRATIVE IN GENESIS 37 – 50
by Iain D. Campbell

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2014 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 30

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OLIVER CROMWELL
WHEN THE GODLY ARE IN GOVERNMENT
by Knox Hyndman
NAAMAN THE SYRIAN’S “TWO MULES, BURDEN OF
EARTH”, HIS “BOWING DOWN IN THE HOUSE OF
RIMMON” AND ELISHA’S REPLY (2 Kings 5: 17-19)
by Norris S. Wilson
URGENCY IN PREACHING AND ITS INSTRUCTION
by Barry York
EVANGELISM BEFORE CONSTANTINE
PRINCIPLES OF GOSPEL WORK IN THE ROMAN EMPIRE  TO c.300AD

by Robert Strivens
SACRIFICE AND IMPUTATION
by Paul Wells

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2013 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 29

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THE INTERCESSION OF CHRIST
IN THE THEOLOGY OF THOMAS HOUSTON
by David McKay
HEARING THE VOICE OF DAVID IN THE PSALMS OF CHRIST
by Andrew Kerr
PSALMODY, GOD’S GUIDE TO JUST SENTIMENTS
by Dennis J. Prutow
THE EXODUS MOTIF IN LUKE’S GOSPEL ACCOUNT
by Stephen Neilly
JOHN OWEN: COMMUNION WITH GOD
by Ian Hamilton
PHILIP HENRY (1631-1696): A PARTIAL CONFORMIST
by Allan Harman

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2012 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 28

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CONTENTS
JAMES RENWICK – COVENANTER MARTYR –
FAITHFUL UNTO DEATH
by Robert L.W. McCollum
THE LAMB CHRISTOLOGY OF REVELATION
by Warren Peel
WHAT IS A HEALTHY CHURCH?
by Jerry F. O’Neill
EXPOSITORY PREACHING: THE NEED OF THE HOUR
by James Davison
JUSTIFICATION: THE CENTRAL ARTICLE OF FAITH
A Biblical and Theological Analysis
by Pieter de Vries

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2011 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 27

CONTENTS

PRESBYTERIANISM IN IRELAND UNDER THREAT –
THE EJECTION OF 1661
by Robert L. W. McCollum
WHO WERE “bene haelohim” (THE SONS OF GOD)
IN GENESIS 6:2, 4 AND JOB 1:6; 2:1?
by Norris Wilson
PRESENTATION IS A BIG DEAL
by Dennis J. Prutow
“T AM THE TRUE VINE”
by John Watterson
THE PERSEVERANCE OF THE SAINTS

by Peter J. Naylor
THE LAW WAS MADE FLESH
by Iain D Campbell

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2010 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 26

CONTENTS

A GOD WHO RESPONDS?
by David McKay
EDWARD NANGLE AND REVIVAL ON ACHILL
by Knox Hyndman
‘HISTORIA SALUTIS’ AND PSALM
by Christian Adjémian
THE JOURNEY OF METRICAL PSALMODY
FROM STRASBOURG TO IRELAND
by Hugh McCullough
“HOUSTON, WE HAVE A PROBLEM…”
by Stephen Steele
GOD’S FREE GIFT OF RIGHTEOUSNESS: ROMANS 3:19-26
by Joseph A. Pipa, Jr
OUR GLORIOUS ADOPTION
by Joel R. Beeke

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2009 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 25

CONTENTS

CALVIN’S SPIRITUALITY
by Richard C. Gamble
CALVIN ON IRRESISTIBLE GRACE
by Richard C. Gamble
CALVIN’S PASTORAL CARE
by Robert L. W. McCollum
JOHN CALVIN AS A PREACHER OF THE OLD TESTAMENT
by Norris Wilson
JOHN CALVIN ON WORSHIP
by Edward Donnelly
JOHN CALVIN: THEOLOGIAN OF MISSION
by David McKay

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2008 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 24

CONTENTS

PHILEMON: A CASE STUDY IN RECONCILING BELIEVERS
by Edward Donnelly
THE TESTIMONY OF A TRANSFORMED MAN:
NEBUCHADREZZAR IN DANIEL
by W.N. S. Wilson
WILLIAM WILBERFORCE AND THE ABOLITION OF SLAVERY –
FRUIT OF THE GREAT AWAKENING
by Barry J. Galbraith
EARLY CHRISTIANITY: CONTROVERSY OVER CHRIST
by Byron G. Curtis
REFORMED PRESBYTERIAN MINISTERS
IN AUSTRALIA 1857-1957
by Rowland S. Ward
ESCHATOLOGY
by Paul Wells

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2007 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 23

CONTENTS

AN ANGRY GOD? THE PREACHING OF JONATHAN EDWARDS
by W. D. J. McKay
‘A SACRIFICE OF PRAISE’
by A. C. Gregg
THE FOUNDATIONS ARE SHAKEN
by David Heggarty
LISTENING TO THE SONG OF SONGS
by Anthony T. Selvaggio
PURITAN PARLIAMENTARY PREACHING
AND ITS RELEVANCE FOR TODAY
by Jim Davison
THE FIVE POINTS OF LUTHERANISM?
by R. E. L. Rodgers

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2006 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 22

CONTENTS

THE REFORMED VIEW OF THE DIACONATE
by Frederick S. Leahy
MARTIN BUCER ON THE KINGDOM OF CHRIST
by Hugh J. Blair
THE MEDITORIAL RULE OF JESUS CHRIST
AND ITS PASTORAL IMPLICATIONS
by Robert L. W. McCollum
CONSTANTINE AND THE RELATIONSHIP
BETWEEN CHURCH AND STATE
by Knox Hyndman
CELTIC CHRISTIANITY:
THE GOOD, THE BAD AND THE UGLY
by Raymond A. Blair
THE ARAB CHILDREN OF ABRAHAM
by Victor Atallah
THEOLOGY AND TEMPTATION IN
JOHN WESLEY’S WORKS
by Johannes W. Maris

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2005 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 21

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SCRIPTURE AND HERMENEUTICS
by Edward Donnelly
BABEL’S TOWER AND BETHEL’S LADDER
Another look at Genesis 11:1-9 and 28:10-22
by Norris Wilson
THE MEANING OF ‘ALL ISRAEL’ INROMANS CHAPTER 11
by David Sutherland
THE PASTORAL VALUE OF THE TEN COMMANDMENTS
by Andrew Stewart
SEEKING AND GRANTING FORGIVENESS
WITHIN THE CHURCH
by Walter J. Chantry
PREACHING IN THE DUTCH CALVINIST TRADITION
by Neil Pronk

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2004 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 20

CONTENTS

CONSCIENCE AND CHRISTIAN LIVING
A Puritan Contribution to Ethics
by W. David J. McKay
JOHN ELIOT (1604-1690)
Puritan Minister and Pioneer Missionary
by Robert L. W. McCollum
EVANGELICALS AND FUNDAMENTALS
by Andrew T. B. McGowan
URBAN MISSION
by John Nicholls
THE FELLOWSHIP MEETING
by David McCullough
THE CHURCH’S UNFINISHED TASK
by Harry Coulter

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2003 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 19

CONTENTS

THE CHRISTIAN AND THE OLD TESTAMENT
by W.N. S. Wilson
BROWNLOW NORTH: A ZEALOUS PREACHER
by Knox Hyndman…
FRAMING THE REGULATIVE PRINCIPLE
DY Warren Peel
FOUR FRENCH FOREFATHERS IN THE FAITH
by Malcolm Ball cecum
ORDAINED MINISTRY WITHIN THE PRESBYTERIAN
FORM OF CHURCH GOVERNMENT
by Harry Uprichard
BEZA AND THE COVENANT
by Andrew Woolsey

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2002 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 18

CONTENTS

GLORY AND SUFFERING IN THE FOURTH GOSPEL – A PARADOX
OF DISCIPLESHIP
by Edward Donnelly
THE UNITY OF THE CHURCH IN THE WESTMINSTER TRADITION
by W. D. J. McKay
THE PSALMS AS A MANUAL OF PRAISE
by Frederick S. Leahy
EVANGELISING IRELAND: JAMES USSHER AND THE ULSTER PRESBYTERIANS
by Crawford Gribben
THE HEIDELBERG CATECHISM AND ITS AUTHORS
by Joel R. Beeke
CASE OF PROFESSOR JAMES ARMINIUS AND THE SYNOD OF DORT
by Dr. Charles A. McTINennny

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2001 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 17

CONTENTS

AN EXPOSITION OF COLOSSIANS 2:9-15
by Rev. C. Knox Hyndman
TRAINING COVENANT CHILDREN
by Robert L.W. McCollum
COLUMBANUS: IRISH MISSIONARY IN EUROPE
by A.C. Gregg
CALVIN AND THE INERRANCY OF SCRIPTURE
by Frederick S. Leahy
THE SECRET OF SANCTIFICATION: UNION WITH CHRIST
by Joel R. Beeke
THE SIGNIFICANCE OF UNION AND COMMUNION WITH CHRIST
IN THE THEOLOGY OF JOHN OWEN (1616-1683)
by Pieter de Vries

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2000 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 16

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CONTENTS
SAMUEL RUTHERFORD – COVENANTER EXTRAORDINARY
PREACHER, PASTOR AND POLITICAL THEORIST
by Robert L.W, McCollum
A PILRIMAGE OF FAITH
by Hugh J.Blair
JUSTIFICATION BY FAITH ALONE
by Stephen Tracey
THE NORMATIVE USE OF SCRIPTURE IN REFORMED ETHICS
BY W. H. Velema
THE COVENANTERS IN AMERICA AND THE WAR OF 1812
by Gordon J. Keddie

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1999 REFORMED THEOLOGICAL JOURNAL Volume 15

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COVENANT THEOLOGY APPLIED TODAY
by Rev. Prof. W. David J. McKay
PREACHING FROM 1 JOHN
by Andrew Stewart
ROBERT MURRAY M’CHEYNE
by Gareth Burke
THE SOCIETY PEOPLE
by C. Knox Hyndman
HAPPILY DASHING BABYLON’S INFANTS AGAINST THE ROCKS
THE USE OF IMPRECATION IN THE PSALMS
by W.N-S. Wilson
INTRODUCTION TO HOLOCAUST THEOLOGY
by John S Ross
UNION AND COMMUNION WITH CHRIST IN THE THEOLOGY OF
JOHN OWEN
by Peter de Vries…

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