An Exposition of Psalm 68
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Exposition of Psalm 68 showing its reliance on Num 10:35 and earlier OT songs; it depicts God leading Israel to victory and anticipates Christ’s ascension (Eph 4).
Confessional Presbyterian Journal
The Confessional Presbyterian Journal is an annual, peer-reviewed publication dedicated to Presbyterian doctrine and practice, produced by Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary. Each volume features scholarly articles, biblical studies, and critical reviews grounded in the Westminster Confession of Faith.
An Exposition of Psalm 68
Rites and Ceremonies in Public Worship
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Bannerman argues public worship is a divine, perpetual ordinance and that the Church may regulate rites only as Scripture permits. He contrasts Presbyterian (Westminster), Anglican, and Roman claims.
Holy Communion and Revivalism in the First Great Awakening
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Examines the role of the Lord’s Supper in the First Great Awakening, focusing on Theodore Frelinghuysen and Gilbert Tennent and how revivalism reshaped communion practice.
Reviews and Responses
Review of Franciscus Junius’ Mosaic Polity, exploring his tripartite view of Mosaic law, mutable vs immutable elements, and his establishmentarian two‑kingdoms stance.
Sanctification, the Law, and Good Works: Their Relationship in the American Reformed Tradition
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Surveys sanctification in the American Reformed tradition, examining the role of the moral law (Decalogue) and good works. Compares Edwards, Hodge, Calvin and urges renewed emphasis.
The Church’s Care for the Penitent: Some Considerations
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Examines Psalm 51 to guide how the visible church ministers to repentant believers with troubled consciences, urging sacraments, corporate assurance, and restoration after discipline.
Strange Bedfellows: Darwinism and the Reformed Theological Tradition
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A Reformed critique of Darwinism: Jones surveys micro- vs. macroevolution, natural selection and punctuated equilibria, arguing Darwinism undermines theological explanations for origins.
The Christian Ministry in the Church: Its Reasons, Duration and Goal, and Practical Effects (Ephesians 4:11–16), with Special Emphasis on verse 12
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Study of Ephesians 4:11–16 tracing translation history and syntactical issues to argue that gifted leaders, not the saints, perform the equipping for ministry in the church.
Let’s Do Presbyterianism: The Trinitarian Foundations of Biblical Church Polity
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Argues the Trinity and covenant theology ground a balanced church polity that preserves individual personhood without dissolving it into corporate church identity.
James Bannerman’s The Church of Christ: A Tract for These Times
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Trueman recommends Bannerman’s ecclesiology: the church is God’s creation under Christ, with ministerial power limited to doctrine, ordinances, and discipline. Essential amid church–state realignments.
How Free Was Adam’s Will? Examining John Lafayette Girardeau’s Critique of Jonathan Edwards’ View of Adam’s Will Before the Fall
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Examines John L. Girardeau’s 19th-century critique of Jonathan Edwards’ view of Adam’s pre-fall will, arguing Girardeau better preserves the biblical and historical Calvinist position.
Which Comes First, the Intellect or the Will? Alvin Plantinga and Jonathan Edwards on a Perennial Question
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Analyzes Plantinga’s reading of Jonathan Edwards on whether intellect or will is primary in faith, arguing Edwards rejects hierarchical faculty psychology and centers affections as a unified dispositional complex.
William Perkins: Augustine’s Protégé and Father of Puritan Theology
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Study of William Perkins and Augustine’s influence on English Puritan theology; situates Puritanism from Elizabeth’s 1559 Act of Uniformity and Cambridge’s formative role.
American Presbyterianism and the Religious Observance of Christmas
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Examines American Presbyterian opposition to religious ’holy days’ (especially Christmas), tracing roots in the Westminster Directory and changes from the 17th–20th centuries.
The Content of Song for the Public Worship of God: Exclusive or Inclusive Psalmody? (Part 1)
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Contends that, under the regulative principle and biblical precedent (David to the NT), public corporate worship should use exclusively the 150 canonical Psalms.
Psallo: Psalm 92:1–15
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Exposition of Psalm 92 as a Sabbath psalm, defending its Hebrew title and noting translation choices (e.g., ’unicorn’ as wild ox). Urges Sabbath worship and meditative praise.
In Translatiōne: Johannes Wollebius’ Præcognita of Christian Theology from Compendium Theologiæ Christianæ
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Translation and introduction of Johannes Wollebius’ Præcognita, summarizing Reformed scholastic theology, its definitions, method, and influence on the Westminster standards.
Antiquary: The Rediscovery of the Manuscripts of the Larger Catechism of Westminster Assembly of Divines
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Foreword recounts the rediscovery at the Bodleian (Nalson 22) of holograph Westminster Assembly manuscripts, including portions of the Larger Catechism, prompting new critical editions.
Volume 10
Profiles J. Gresham Machen and cousin LeRoy Gresham via selected letters (1921–1935), highlighting their friendship, ministry, and concerns for Presbyterian church government.
Puritan Instruction for Profitable Hearing of Sermons
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Surveys Puritan instruction for profitable sermon hearing—teaching hearers self-knowledge, the need to combat the flesh, and the centrality of faith for receptive listening.
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