Writings
categories
This area of the website contains various essays, articles, and reviews that I have written over the past decade.I have also included several translations and transcriptions of otherwise difficult to obtain 16th and 17th century Puritan and Reformed works.
These writings are organized according to the categories to the left and each link will lead to a listing of writings within that particular category, along with brief descriptions.
The bottom link leads to a complete listing of all the available writings organized in alphabetical order by title.
Feedback and thoughtful interaction is always welcome and appreciated.
recent additions
A list of the most recently added or updated items.- No Shadow of Turning
two lectures that seek to explicate and defend classical theism in the light of open theism - Inventing "the Bible"
a historical and philosophical inquiry into the concept of revelation and biblical interpretaion in relation the changing phenmenology of scripture as text - John Downame on the Visible Church
an excerpt from Downame's A Sum of Sacred Divinity concerning the place of the church in the economy of salvation - Renewing Liturgy
an attempt to propose a vision for renewing and being renewed by Christian liturgy - 'I Will Sprinkle Clean water':
Baptismal Efficacy and the Reformed Tradition
a Reformed systematic account of baptismal efficacy built up an exposition of its biblical theology
- Joy Comes in the Morning: Comedy and the Christian Narrative
a lecture presented 8 April 2005 at the Art & Soul Conference – Baylor University – Waco, Texas - The Epistle of Davenant
A 17th century letter from John Davenant, Bishop of Salisbury, to Samuel Ward, Master of Sydney Sussex College, Cambridge concerning infant baptism and perseverance of the saints