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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 First Presbyterian Church, San Diego, and a Director of Theology Matters.

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 Barnes is a Presbyterian pastor whose writing for Theology Matters draws on grief and the Reformation.

Charles Bartow

Charles Bartow (1937–2018) was Carl and Helen Egner Professor of Speech Communication in Ministry at Princeton Theolo…

Thomas Bergler

Thomas E. Bergler is Professor of Christian Thought at Huntington University, Indiana. His book The Juvenilization of…

J. Todd Billings

J. Todd Billings is Gordon H. Girod Research Professor of Reformed Theology at Western Theological Seminary. His memo…

Clay Brown

Clay Brown is a Presbyterian pastor whose writing for Theology Matters engages cultural change, COVID-era ministry, a…

F. F. Bruce

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

Robert A. Bryant

Robert A. Bryant teaches biblical studies at Erskine Theological Seminary. He writes on biblical hermeneutics, the th…

Jeffery Bullock

Jeffery F. Bullock is President and Professor of Philosophy and Theology at the University of Dubuque. He writes on P…

John P. Burgess

John P. Burgess is James Henry Snowden Professor of Systematic Theology at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary. His writi…

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 is Professor of Church History at Erskine Theological Seminary. He writes on Reformed theology, the d…

Julie Canlis

Julie Canlis teaches in the theology MA program at Whitworth University.

Stephen D. Crocco

Stephen D. Crocco is the retired Director of Yale Divinity School Library and Associate Pastor of Oakmont Presbyteria…

Sue Cyre

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

Gerrit Scott Dawson

Gerrit Scott Dawson is Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Baton Rouge, Louisiana.

J. Andrew Dearman

J. Andrew Dearman is Senior Professor of Old Testament and Dean Emeritus at Fuller Theological Seminary's Houston cam…

William A. Dembski

William A. Dembski is a mathematician and philosopher associated with the intelligent design movement. A Discovery In…

Christopher Dorn

Christopher Dorn holds a PhD in systematic theology from Marquette University and pastors First Presbyterian Church, …

Nancy A. Duff

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

James Edwards

James R. Edwards is Bruner-Welch Professor Emeritus of Theology at Whitworth University, Spokane. A New Testament sch…

Karen Petersen Finch

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

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, a leading natural-law scholar a…

Richard Gibbons

Richard Gibbons is a Presbyterian pastor and Reformation scholar whose preaching and writing engage Luther, Calvin, a…

James C. Goodloe

James C. Goodloe IV holds a PhD from the University of Chicago and is retired Executive Director of the Foundation fo…

Patricia Crout Gwinn

Patricia Crout Gwinn is a Presbyterian pastor and writer in the Reformed tradition.

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 Hylton is a pastor whose writing for Theology Matters reflects on the Reformation, Luther's pastoral legacy, …

Darrell W. Johnson

Darrell W. Johnson is a Canadian preacher and former faculty member at Regent College and Carey Theological College. …

Merwyn Johnson

Merwyn S. Johnson is Professor Emeritus of Theology at Erskine Theological Seminary. A Reformed theologian, he writes…

Amy Kosari

Amy Kosari is a Presbyterian pastor whose contributions to Theology Matters reflect on contemporary marriage, the wit…

Eric Laverentz

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

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 of Church History at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary. A Duke Univers…

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 P. McConnell is Lead Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Colorado Springs, and a Theology Matters Fellow. He…

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 Divinity School. His many books …

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

Allen C. McSween Jr. is Pastor Emeritus of Fourth Presbyterian Church in Greenville, South Carolina. A John Leith stu…

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 is recently retired Senior Pastor of First Presbyterian Church, Tulsa, where he served thirty-one yea…

Robert P. Mills

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

D. Paul La Montagne

D. Paul La Montagne is a Reformed theologian and minister whose writing engages the call and formation of pastors as …

Adam Neder

Adam Neder is Bruner-Welch Professor of Theology at Whitworth University, Spokane.

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 is Pastor Emeritus of University Presbyterian Church, Seattle, and one of the most widely admired expo…

Charles Partee

Charles Partee was P.

Mark R. Patterson

Mark R. Patterson is a Presbyterian pastor whose writing for Theology Matters engages church leadership, theology, an…

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.

Richard A. Ray

Richard A. Ray is Chairman of the Board of the Presbyterian Heritage Center in Montreat, North Carolina. He holds a P…

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 at the University of Dubuque Theological Seminary.

Joseph D. Small

Joseph D. Small directed the PCUSA's Office of Theology, Worship, and Education from 1989 to 2011. He is now adjunct …

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. He writes on religious liber…

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 is a Presbyterian pastor whose writing engages the fragmentation of American Presbyterianism and the…

Walter L. Taylor

Walter L. Taylor is Pastor of Oak Island Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Oak Island, North Carolina. He studied at…

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 pastoral theologian. He writes on moral injury, the witness of Holy Saturd…

Kevin Vanhoozer

Kevin J. Vanhoozer is Research Professor of Systematic Theology at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School. His work on t…

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 Vice President of the Institute on Religion & Democracy and former Director of Presbyterian Acti…

Randal Working

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

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