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Voices of Reformed Theology

Theology Matters publishes ordained ministers, seminary faculty, and confessional scholars working within the Reformed and Presbyterian tradition. Below is the full roster of writers whose work has appeared in the journal and online.

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Elizabeth Achtemeier

Elizabeth Achtemeier (1926–2002) was Adjunct Professor of Bible and Homiletics at Union Theological Seminary in Virgi…

Steven D. Aguzzi

Steven D. Aguzzi has a PhD from Duquesne University and writes on Christian theology, end-of-life ethics, and Christi…

Jerry Andrews

Jerry Andrews is Senior Pastor Emeritus of the First Presbyterian Church, San Diego, California, and serves as a Dire…

Kenneth E. Bailey

Kenneth E. Bailey (1930–2016) spent forty years studying and teaching the New Testament in the Middle East. His Throu…

Peter Barnes

Peter B. Barnes is Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church (ECO), Winston-Salem, North Carolina.

Charles Bartow

Charles L. Bartow is Egner Professor of Speech Communication Emeritus at Princeton Theological Seminary. A homiletici…

Thomas Bergler

Thomas E. Bergler is Professor of Christian Thought and Practice at Huntington University, Indiana, where he has taug…

J. Todd Billings

J. Todd Billings, Th.D. (Harvard University), is the Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Weste…

Clay Brown

Clay J. Brown, Ph.D., is Associate Pastor for Equipping Ministries at Memorial Drive Presbyterian Church (ECO), Houst…

F. F. Bruce

Frederick Fyvie Bruce (1910–1990) was a Scottish biblical scholar at the University of Manchester.

Robert A. Bryant

Robert A. Bryant, Ph.D., is the Kristen Herrington Professor of Bible at Presbyterian College, Clinton, South Carolina.

Jeffrey Bullock

Jeffrey F. Bullock is President Emeritus of the University of Dubuque and its Theological Seminary, Dubuque, Iowa.

John P. Burgess

John P. Burgess is James Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology, Pittsburgh Theological Seminary.

Richard Burnett

Richard E. Burnett is Executive Director of Theology Matters and E.J. Rice Professor of Reformed Theology at the Inst…

Michael D. Bush

Michael D. Bush (1964–2017) was Professor of Church History at Erskine Theological Seminary. He wrote on Reformed the…

Julie Canlis

Julie Canlis, Ph.

Stephen D. Crocco

Stephen Crocco recently retired as Library Director of the Yale University Divinity School Library.

Sue Cyre

Susan Cyre is Executive Director Emeritus of Theology Matters and a longtime advocate for Reformed and confessional w…

Gerrit Scott Dawson

Gerrit Dawson is Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church (EPC), Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

J. Andrew Dearman

J. Andrew Dearman, Ph.D., is Professor of Old Testament Emeritus at Fuller Seminary and a Teaching Fellow for the Ins…

William A. Dembski

William A. Dembski is Senior Fellow at the Discovery Institute's Center for Science and Culture.

Christopher Dorn

Christopher Dorn is pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Ionia, Michigan, and author of several books, including The …

Nancy J. Duff

Nancy J. Duff is Stephen Colwell Associate Professor Emerita of Christian Ethics at Princeton Theological Seminary. A…

James Edwards

James R. Edwards, Ph.D., is the Bruner-Welch Professor Emeritus of Theology at Whitworth University.

Karen Petersen Finch

Karen Petersen Finch is Professor of Pastoral Leadership at the Presbyterian College, Montreal, and a longtime PCUSA …

Douglas F. Fletcher

Douglas F. Fletcher, Ph.D., is Senior Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church, Hilton Head Island, South Carolin…

Tee Gatewood

Tee Gatewood is a Presbyterian pastor whose contributions to Theology Matters reflect on Reformed identity, the Refor…

Robert P. George

Robert P. George is the McCormick Professor of Jurisprudence at Princeton University.

Richard Gibbons

Richard Gibbons is chairman of the Theological Task Force of the ECO and Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church (…

James C. Goodloe

James C. Goodloe IV is the former Executive Director of the Foundation for Reformed Theology, Vice President of Theol…

Patricia Crout Gwinn

Patricia Crout Gwinn is Pastor of Grace Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCUSA), Mauldin, South Carolina.

James P. Hering

James P. Hering is Pastor of Warrenton Presbyterian Church in Abbeville, South Carolina. He holds a PhD in New Testam…

G. Thomas Hobson

G. Thomas Hobson is a pastor and biblical scholar whose writings engage the New Testament canon, biblical inspiration…

Edwin Hurley

Edwin Hurley is a Presbyterian pastor whose writing for Theology Matters reflects on the Reformation's continuing inh…

Raymond Hylton

Raymond I. Hylton serves as Senior Pastor of National Presbyterian Church in Washington, District of Columbia. He and…

Darrell W. Johnson

Darrell W. Johnson is a PCUSA pastor, honorably retired, and the author of numerous books and articles, including his…

Merwyn Johnson

Merwyn Johnson, Ph.

Amy Kosari

Amy Kosari is a minister in the PCUSA who serves two rural congregations.

Eric Laverentz

Eric Laverentz is Lead Pastor of First Presbyterian Church (ECO), Edmond, Oklahoma, Coordinator of the Elder Leadersh…

John Leith

John H. Leith (1919–2002) taught Reformed theology at Union Theological Seminary in Virginia for thirty-two years. Hi…

Bradley Longfield

Bradley J. Longfield is Professor Emeritus of Church History at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. A Duk…

The Board of Theology Matters

The Board of Directors of Theology Matters comprises pastors, theologians, and elders committed to the journal's visi…

Timothy P. McConnell

Timothy McConnell is Lead Pastor of First Presbyterian Church (ECO), Colorado Springs, Colorado.

Suzanne McDonald

Suzanne McDonald is Cecilia A.

Paul C. McGlasson

Paul C. McGlasson is a Reformed theologian and biblical scholar with a PhD from Yale University. He is the author of …

David McKechnie

David McKechnie is a Presbyterian pastor whose preaching and writing draw on the Reformation tradition and the doctri…

Jennifer Powell McNutt

Jennifer Powell McNutt holds the Franklin S.

Allen C. McSween

The Reverend Allen C.

Bruce Metzger

Bruce M. Metzger (1914–2007) was George L. Collord Professor of New Testament at Princeton Theological Seminary. Wide…

James Miller

James D. Miller, Ph.D., recently retired as senior pastor and head of staff of First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, Okla…

Robert P. Mills

Robert P. Mills is the Director of Music at Northminster Evangelical Presbyterian Church, Madison Heights, Virginia.

D. Paul La Montagne

D. Paul La Montagne, Ph.D., is the author of Barth and Rationality: Critical Realism in Theology and former stated cl…

Adam Neder

Adam Neder is Professor of Theology and University Theologian in Residence at Belmont University, Nashville.

Sara Jane Nixon

Sara Jane Nixon is Senior Pastor of Crestview Presbyterian Church in Cincinnati.

Hughes Oliphant Old

Hughes Oliphant Old (1933–2016) was the foremost American liturgical scholar of the Reformed tradition.

Earl F. Palmer

Earl F. Palmer (1931–2023) was Pastor Emeritus of University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, and one of the most widely…

Charles Partee

Charles Partee (1934–2025) was P.

Mark R. Patterson

Mark R. Patterson, Ph.D., is the Lead/Teaching Pastor of Community Presbyterian Church, Ventura, California.

Eugene H. Peterson

Eugene H. Peterson (1932–2018) was a Presbyterian pastor and Professor of Spiritual Theology at Regent College. His p…

Carolyn Poteet

Carolyn Poteet is a Presbyterian pastor and writer in the Reformed tradition.

Douglas G. Pratt

Douglas G. Pratt is Pastor Emeritus of First Presbyterian Church, Bonita Springs, Florida.

Richard A. Ray

Richard A. Ray (d. 2024) was chairman of the board of the Presbyterian Heritage Center in Montreat, North Carolina. H…

Herman Selderhuis

Herman J. Selderhuis is Professor of Church History at the Theological University Apeldoorn (Netherlands) and Directo…

Timothy Matthew Slemmons

Timothy Matthew Slemmons is Professor of Homiletics and Worship and Director of the Doctor of Ministry Program at the…

Joseph D. Small

Joseph D. Small is the former director of the Presbyterian Church (U.S.A.) Office of Theology and Worship, and now se…

Lorenzo Small

Lorenzo R. Small Sr. is Lead Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Battle Creek, Michigan. A Union Presbyterian Semina…

Steven D. Smith

Steven D. Smith is Warren Distinguished Professor of Law at the University of San Diego.

Glenn T. Stanton

Glenn T. Stanton is Director of Family Formation Studies at Focus on the Family. He writes and speaks on marriage, fa…

D. Matthew Stith

D. Matthew Stith, Ph.D. (Princeton Theological Seminary), is pastor of Round Hill Presbyterian Church (EPC), Elizabet…

Jonathan Sundermeier

Jonathan Sundermeier is a student in the Master of Arts in Reformed Theology Program at the University of Dubuque The…

Walter L. Taylor

Walter L. Taylor is Senior Pastor of Oak Island Presbyterian Church (EPC), Oak Island, North Carolina.

John L. Thompson

John L. Thompson is the Gaylen and Susan Byker Professor of Reformed Theology at Fuller Theological Seminary. A histo…

Adam D. Tietje

Adam D. Tietje is a U.S. Army chaplain and an Operations Officer at the U.S. Army Chaplain School, Fort Jackson, Sout…

Kevin Vanhoozer

Kevin J. Vanhoozer is Blanchard Professor of Systematic Theology at Wheaton College. His work on theological hermeneu…

David E. Willis

David E. Willis (1928–2014) was Charles Hodge Professor of Systematic Theology at Princeton Theological Seminary. A s…

Alan F. H. Wisdom

Alan F. H. Wisdom is a PCUSA elder and a member of the Theology Matters Board.

Randal Working

Randal C. Working is President of Theology Matters and Pastor of Acton Community Presbyterian Church, Acton, Californ…

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