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Bibliography of the works of Dr Colin J. Hemer now on-line

2009-10-30T06:00:00.001Z

I recently started to compile a bibliography of the works of the late Dr Colin J. Hemer which you can view here. A number of his articles are available on-line and more will appear in due course, thanks to the kind permission of the Trustees of Tyndale House who hold the rights.

September Website News

2009-09-10T12:30:00.000+01:00

With new academic year due to begin in the next few weeks I thought it would be good to update my visitors on recent and forthcoming developments across the “Theology on the Web” websites.

File Formats for Articles

Over the last few months I’ve been experimenting with different formats for the articles I upload. Since I began in 2001 I’ve scanned, OCR’d and then proof-read all the articles that I’ve placed online. This produces very clear text and very small file sizes, but it does have the disadvantage of being very time consuming as well as introducing typos.

The situation is at present that I have a full-time job in a Christian charity, a wife and three little boys, so website work must be confined to my lunch hour or late evenings. Although I received over a million visitors each year only 4 of these support the work regularly on a monthly basis. The two advertisers who paid for space on the websites have decided not to renew this year. All this means is that while I still hope to do this work full-time on the sites at some point there is no prospect of this in the near future on the basis of current funding levels. If you would like to support the development of the sites I suggest a number of ways of doing so here.

This has led me to change the format of the articles I upload to scanned PDF’s with OCR’d text. These retain the original layout, can be searched, cut and pasted and appear in search engines. They can be produced very quickly (I could scan and place online an entire book in a few hours) but the file size is around 15-20 times larger a word-processed version. A few people have complained about this change, but I would rather have the material available now rather in several years time (if ever) even if the format does not please everyone.

New (old!) Journals Online

I have recently completed the entire 11 volumes of the Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society and will be integrating the articles into my site in the next few weeks. Vox Evangelica (which I began working on in 2006) should be complete by the end of next week. I have recently completed a table of contents for the Theological Students Fellowship (TSF) Bulletin (UK) and a number of these articles are now online. Anvil journal recently allowed me to publish around 27 of its articles and these are appearing as permissions from the authors are received. I am now working on a table of contents for Themelios (1962-1974) when it was published by IFES. I hope to be able to place many of these articles online as well in due course in partnership with Tyndale House and the Gospel Coalition.

Missiology Website

Due to my present workload the launch of this site has been put back until sometime next year.

That’s all for now. Remember to subscribe to the site feeds to received the latest news. Thanks for visiting!

The Very Rev Professor Geoffrey W. Bromiley (1915-2009)

2009-08-14T08:20:00.001+01:00

I was saddened to hear today of the death of Geoffrey Bromiley on 7th August. Amongst his numerous works he will probably be best remembered for his translations of significant German language works, such as Kittel's Theological Dictionary of the New Testament and Karl Barth's Church Dogmatics. He also edited the revised International Standard Bible Encyclopedia. Among the 10 books he himself wrote I have particularly valued his Historical Theology: An Introduction.

I wrote to Professor Bromiley a couple of years ago and obtained his permission to place online all his articles from Evangelical Quarterly which should start to appear on my websites in the next few months.

You can find a bibliography of some of his works here. Fuller Theological Seminary has an obitiary here, T & T Clark (who published many of his books) here. Ben Myers has a blog entry here, as does Michael L. Westmoreland-White here and David Guretzki here,

John R.W. Stott's A Preacher's Portrait - now online

2009-07-28T07:56:00.003+01:00

The following book is now available in both PDF and DjVu formats:

John R.W. Stott, The Preacher's Portrait. Some New Testament Word Studies. London: The Tyndale Press, 1961. Pbk. pp.111.

Many thanks to Rev John Stott for his kind permission to reproduce this book on-line.

H.D. McDonald on Process Christology

2009-04-27T00:01:00.001+01:00

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

H.D. McDonald, "Process Christology," Vox Evangelica 20 (1990): 43-56.

This is a discussion of the Christology of Norman Pittenger.

James I. Packer on Contemporary Views of Revelation

2009-04-24T00:01:00.000+01:00

The following article is now on-line as both iPaper and PDF:

James I. Packer, "Contemporary Views of Revelation," Carl F.H. Henry, ed., Revelation and the Bible. Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959. pp.89-104.

N.B. Stonehouse on Special Revelation as Scriptural

2009-04-22T00:01:00.000+01:00

The following article is now on-line in both iPaper and PDF:

N.B. Stonehouse, "Special Revelation as Scriptural," Carl F.H. Henry, ed., Revelation and the Bible. Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959. pp.75-86.

William J. Martin on Special Revelation as Objective

2009-04-20T00:01:00.000+01:00

The following article is now online as iPaper and in PDF:

William J. Martin, "Special Revelation as Objective," Carl F.H. Henry, ed., Revelation and the Bible. Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959. pp.61-72.

Paul K. Jewett on Special Revelation as Historical and Personal

2009-04-17T00:01:00.001+01:00

The following article is now available both in iPaper and PDF:

Paul K. Jewett, "Special Revelation as Historical and Personal," Carl F.H. Henry, ed., Revelation and the Bible. Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959. pp.45-57.

Gordon C. Clark on Special Divine Revelation as Rational

2009-04-15T00:01:00.001+01:00

The following article is now on-line in both iPaper and PDF:

Gordon C. Clark, "Special Divine Revelation as Rational," Carl F.H. Henry, ed., Revelation and the Bible. Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959. pp.27-41.

G.C. Berkouwer on General and Special Divine Revelation

2009-04-13T00:01:00.000+01:00

The following article is now on-line in iPaper and PDF formats:

G.C. Berkouwer, "General and Special Divine Revelation," Carl F.H. Henry, ed., Revelation and the Bible. Contemporary Evangelical Thought. Grand Rapids: Baker, 1958 / London: The Tyndale Press, 1959. pp.13-24.

Revised Review of Peter Horrobin's Healing Through Deliverance now online

2009-04-11T19:23:00.007+01:00

It has been ten years since I published on-line my review of Peter Horribin's book Healing Through Deliverance. 1: The Biblical Basis. Over the years I have had a good deal of positive feedback regarding it from around the globe, so I thought it was about time that I updated the page numbers to match those of the second edition:

Healing Through Deliverance: A Biblical Check-up

If you are troubled as a result of your experience of this ministry’s teachings and would like help or to discuss the matter, please contact the DialogCentre UK.

H.D. McDonald on The Symbolic Christology of Paul Tillich

2009-04-06T00:01:00.000+01:00

The following article is now available in PDF:

H.D. McDonald, "The Symbolic Christology of Paul Tillich," Vox Evangelica 18 (1988): 75-88.

I have to admit that reading Tillich reminded me of the old adage:

Jesus said unto the theologians,
"Who do you sayeth I am?"
And the theologians replied to him saying,
"You are the Kerygma, the eschatological manifestation of the Ground of all Being in whom we find fulfillment in our interpersonal relationships."
Jesus said unto the Theologians, "What?!"

McDonald concludes in part:

Tillich’s Christology is indeed an extraordinary blend of all the heresies repudiated by the great councils. He can be classed as an Adoptionist, a Sabellian, an Eutychian, a Docetic, a Gnostic, a Monophysite, and even, according to Gustav Weigel, a Nestorian. He can in truth be described as anything except an exponent of the historical and biblical doctrine of the person of Christ. He is, of course, altogether right in insisting that reason is impotent in probing the mystery of the Ultimate; and that there must ever remain an element of the incomprehensible in the ontologically real. Because this is so, symbol will ever have a relevant place in a true biblical theology. The phrase ‘a true biblical theology’ is, however, an important one. For in this regard it is to be observed that Tillich constructs his Christology with the meagrest reference to the New Testament. It is thus rightly said that while his system is ‘long on metaphysical exactness and existential relatedness’ it is ‘short on biblical concreteness and theological precision’. It is not, that is to say, a true biblical theology.

Readers should beware of the final footnote reference in this article, which appears to be wrong.

David F. Wright on One Baptism or Two? Reflections on the History of Christian Baptism

2009-04-01T00:01:00.000+01:00

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

David F. Wright, "One Baptism or Two? Reflections on the History of Christian Baptism," Vox Evangelica 18 (1988): 7-23.

Michael Parsons on Man Encountered by the Command of God: the Ethics of Karl Barth

2009-03-23T00:01:00.002Z

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

Michael Parsons, "Man Encountered by the Command of God: the Ethics of Karl Barth," Vox Evangelica 17 (1987): 48-65.

Perhaps some Barth experts out there could share their thoughts on this article.

A.N.S. Lane's Guide to Recent Calvin Literature now on-line

2009-03-20T00:01:00.002Z

The following article is now available in PDF:

A.N.S. Lane, "Guide to Recent Calvin Literature," Vox Evangelica 17 (1987): 35-47.

Anyone remotely interested in Calvin studies would find this annotated bibliography of help to them.

Glen Marshall on Some Implications of Pauline Anthropology for Contemporary Pastoral Care

2009-03-18T00:01:00.004Z

The following article is now online in PDF:

Glen Marshall, "Some Implications of Pauline Anthropology for Contemporary Pastoral Care, " Vox Evangelica 17 (1987): 23-34.

Many articles read too much into Paul's use of anthropological terms, so it's a pleasure to find one that provides a balanced view.

Theology on the Web Hub launched

2009-03-08T00:01:00.001Z

I have today launched a "hub site" called "Theology on the Web" which contains some of the material that has previously been duplicated on several sites. Having a central hub will help me to be able to keep the shared material updated and help visitors to understand better the vision that underlies the development of the other four - soon to be five - sites.

Confessions of a Would-Be Annihilationalist by Colin Sedgwick

2009-03-06T06:00:00.000Z

The following article is now available in both iPaper and PDF:

Colin Sedgwick, "Confessions of a Would-Be Annihilationalist," Evangel 21.1 (Spring 2003): 11-21.

Colin Sedgwick argues that while annihilationism has its attractions it just doesn't square with the teaching of Jesus about hell. Many thanks to Colin Sedgwick for his permission to reproduce this article.

Martin Woodier on the Doctrine of Eternal Punishment

2009-02-20T21:14:00.005Z

The following article is now available on-line in iPaper and PDF:

Martin Woodier, "Eternal Punishment?" Evangel 21.1 (Spring 2003): 2-10.

The doctrine of hell has become increasing controversial over the last few years. This article provides a useful overview of the arguments as to whether or not hell is for ever.

New Missiology Gateway Coming Soon

2009-01-13T08:43:00.006Z

Tim Davy of Redcliffe College contacted me recently and asked if I had considered developing the two pages on TheologicalStudies.org.uk into a site on Christian Missions. This struck a chord with what I had been thinking for some time - that I was hardly doing justice to this vast and important subject. After putting the idea to a member of staff at All Nations Christian College - who was also extremely enthusiastic - I decided to register the domain http://www.missiology.org.uk/

I have drafted a structure (below) so that you can see what subjects the site might eventually host bibliographies and resources on:

Theology
- Old Testament
- New Testament
- Contemporary, etc.

History of Missions
- Early
- Medieval
- Modern

Mission Skills
- Bible Translation [I would like help from Wycliffe Bibloe Translators on this section]
- Cross-Cultural Evangelism
- Culture Shock
- Family
- Finance & Support
- Health
- Spiritual Life (incl. Prayer)
- Teaching English as a Foreign Language
- "Tentmaking", etc.

Countries [Eventually covering most countries]
- Africa
- Asia
- Europe
- North America
- South America
- Oceania

Religions
- Animism
- Buddhism
- Hinduism
- Islam, etc.

People
- William Carey
- Adoniram Judson, etc.

I am looking for Colleges, organisations and interested individuals who are prepared to partner with me in creating this new Gateway, initially by providing bibliographies on their own areas of interest and expertise. In order to do so effectively I have created a Facebook group called Missiology.org.uk Working Group for those wishing to help. To join please send me an e-mail to rob(at)biblicalstudies.org.uk - (remember to substitute a '@').

I hope to have the site running by the beginning of the next academic year.

Bibliography of the Works of John Barton Payne on-line

2008-12-13T18:59:00.003Z

I have just uploaded a bibliography of the works of John Barton Payne (1922-1979). I enjoy a good relationship with many of the journals that published his articles, so I hope to eventually place a large number of them on-line.

Bibliography of the Works of Carl E. Armerding available

2008-12-07T18:25:00.003Z

I have just uploaded a bibliography of the works of Carl E. Amerding. I hope to publish a review of his Festschrift in January.

Jim Packer asks "Is Christianity Credible?"

2008-06-26T18:08:00.004+01:00

The following article is now available on-line in PDF:

James I Packer, "Is Christianity Credible?" Epworth Review 6.3 (Sept. 1979): 41-46.

This is a useful apologetic treatment.

Theology on the Web group launched on Facebook

2008-04-29T08:34:00.001+01:00

I have created a new group on Facebook called Theology on the Web. I am hoping that it will serve both to raise the profile of my websites and provide a forum for visitors to provide feedback on current and future projects. Feel free to sign up.

Book Aid [del.icio.us]

2006-11-14T14:42:14-08:00

Not to be confused with Book Aid International - a more recent secular imitator. Book Aid collected Christian Books to be sent out to Africa where they are in short supply.

Web Style Guide, 2nd Edition [del.icio.us]

2006-11-14T14:39:53-08:00

Should be recommended reading for all webmasters!

Welcome to the Wipf and Stock Publishers [del.icio.us]

2006-11-14T14:35:02-08:00

Reprint a large number ofotherwise unobtainable titles

Biblical Studies Rare Books [del.icio.us]

2006-11-14T14:29:25-08:00

Another sources of freely downloadable books

The Tertullian Project [del.icio.us]

2006-11-14T14:23:14-08:00

All you ever wanted to know about Tertullian - and much more

Early Church Fathers - Additional Works in English Translation unavailable elsewhere online [del.icio.us]

2006-11-14T14:21:01-08:00

A superb site hosted by Roger Pearce. Roger share's my interest in making important dicuments available to everyone at no cost.

The New Testament Gateway [del.icio.us]

2006-11-14T14:12:53-08:00

A tremendous resource for an serious student of theology

Tyndale House, Doorway to Biblical Studies [del.icio.us]

2006-11-14T14:11:30-08:00

One of the finest library of evangelical titles in Europe.

bible.org [del.icio.us]

2006-11-14T14:08:49-08:00

Provide an excellent in-depth Bible training course

TheologicalStudies.org.uk: An Introduction to the Site [del.icio.us]

2006-08-21T01:02:54-07:00

http://www.medievalchurch.org.uk/ [del.icio.us]

2006-08-21T01:02:31-07:00

EarlyChurch.org.uk: An Internet Resource for the Study of the Early Centuries of Christianity [del.icio.us]

2006-08-21T01:02:10-07:00

BiblicalStudies.org.uk: Making Biblical Scholarship Accessible [del.icio.us]

2006-08-21T01:01:52-07:00

Extensive bibliographies and many full-text theological articles and books.