Vox Evangelica Volume 27 now on-line

The following articles are now available on-line in PDF:

Derek J. Tidball, "Editorial Note: Vox Evangelica 1962-1997," Vox Evangelica 27 (1997): 6.

Stanley J. Grenz, "Christian Integrity in a Postmodern World (The Laing Lecture for 1997)," Vox Evangelica 27 (1997): 7-26.

Chrys C. Caraounis, "The Biblical Attitude to Homosexuality Against its Ancient Background," Vox Evangelica 27 (1997): 27-44.

Peter James Cousins, "Great Lives in Troubled Times: The Date and Settings of the Octavius by Minucius Felix," ," Vox Evangelica 27 (1997): 45-56.

Peter G. Riddell, "Islamic Variations on a Biblical Theme as Seen in the David and Bathsheba Saga" Vox Evangelica 27 (1997): 57-74.

Max Turner, "The Spirit in Luke-Acts: A Support or a Challenge to Classical Pentecostal Paradigms," Vox Evangelica 27 (1997): 75-101.

This bring the digitisation of this journal, begun in 2006, to a conclusion. My thanks once againt London School of Theology for their permission and especially to Dr Anthony Billington for his assistance.

Vox Evangelica Volume 26 now online

The following articles are now available in PDF:

David Cook, "Code Breaking: Genetic Engineering and Ethics (The Laing Lecture 1996)," Vox Evangelica 26 (1996): 7-22.

David Gibb, "Look Back in Wonder? Reviewing the Power Evangelism of John Wimber," Vox Evangelica 26 (1996): 23-42.

Mark Greene, "The Billy Graham Global Mission Sermons: The Power of Belief," Vox Evangelica 26 (1996): 43-68.

Colin Sedgwick, "Predestination, Pauline and Islamic," Vox Evangelica 26 (1996): 69-91.

Vox Evangelica Volume 25 now online

The following articles are now available online in PDF:

Bruce W. Winter, "The Public Place for the People of God (Laing Lecture for 1995)," Vox Evangelica 25 (1995): 7-16.

Richard Briggs, "Gnats, Camels and Aporias: Who Should be Straining Out What?" Vox Evangelica 25 (1995): 17-32.

David George, "A New Babel? The Television Age and its Implications for the Communication of Christian Truth," Vox Evangelica 25 (1995): 33-56.

Meic Pearce, "Contemprary Comment: Don't Mention the War!" Vox Evangelica 25 (1995): 57-62.

John G.F. Wilks, "The Trinitarian Ontology of John Zizoulas," Vox Evangelica 25 (1995): 63-88.

Vox Evangelica Volume 24 now on-line

The following articles are now online in PDF:

Alan Kreider, "Worship and Evangelism in Pre-Christendom (The Laing Lecture for 1994)," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 7-38.

Meic Pearce, "The Laing Lecture for 1994: First Response," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 39-40.

Philip King, "The Laing Lecture for 1994: Second Response," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 41-42.

Clive Calver, "Red Herrings and Hot Potatoes: The Real Isssues for Evangelicals Today," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 43-54.

Martin Wroe, "First Response to Red Herrings and Hot Potatoes: The Real Isssues for Evangelicals Today," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 55-58.

Derek Tidball, "Second Response to Red Herrings and Hot Potatoes: The Real Isssues for Evangelicals Today," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 59-62.

Alan M. Linfield, "Sheeps and Goats: Current Evangelical Thought on the Nature of Hell and the Scope of Salvation," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 63-76.

Mary J. Evans, "'A Plague on Both Your Houses': Cursing and Blessing Reviewed," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 77-90.

Steve Motyer, "Expounding 1 Timothy 2:8-15," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 91-102.

Max Turner, "'Empowerment for Mission'? The Pneumatology of Luke-Acts: An Appreciation and Critique of James R. Shelton's Mighty in Word and Deed," Vox Evangelica 24 (1994): 103-122.

Vox Evangelica Volume 23 now on-line

Volume 23 of Vox Evangelica is now available online in PDF:

Kwame Bediako, "Cry Jesus! Christian Theology and Presence in Modern Africa, (The Laing Lecture for 1993)," Vox Evangelica 23 (1993): 7-26.

Emmanuel Oladipo, "The Laing Lecture for 1993: First Response," Vox Evangelica 23 (1993): 27-28.

Peter Cotterell, "The Laing Lecture for 1993: Second Response," Vox Evangelica 23 (1993): 29-30.

Robert R. Cook, "The Art of God," Vox Evangelica 23 (1993): 31-38.

Peter Oakes, "Epictetus (and the New Testament)," Vox Evangelica 23 (1993): 39-56.

David F. Payne, "Apologetic Motifs in the Books of Samuel," Vox Evangelica 23 (1993): 57-66.
I found this the most interesting article in this volume from the perspective of a Bible student.

Ian. M. Randall, "Spiritual Renewal and Social Reform: Attempts to Develop Social Awareness in the Early Keswick Movement," Vox Evangelica 23 (1993): 67-86.
What was the attitude of early Keswick to social reform? Well, it can be summed up in the words of that great theologian the Rev A.W. Awdry: "It's not wrong... but we just don't do it"!

April Giveaway - Vox Evangelica Vol. 25

This month's Giveaway is Volume 25 of Vox Evangelica. You can view the table of contents by clicking here. To enter the competition just leave a comment below saying which of the articles in the volume you would most like to read (and why - optional). I will chose a winner at random from these entries on the evening of Sunday 12th April.

The March Giveaway still remains unclaimed, so this is the last call for ChrisEisbrenner to do so. If I don't hear from you by the 12th April I will chose another winner from the entries already received.

Gordon Wenham on the Books of the Law

The following article is now online in PDF:

Gordon Wenham, "The Perplexing Pentateuch," Vox Evangelica 17 (1987): 7-22.

This would be a useful article to recommend to anyone beginning a course on the Old Testament Law, though I'm not sure I would recommend the books by Alan Hayward and Henri Blocher on Genesis so enthusiastically.

A.N.S. Lane on B.B. Warfield and the Humanity of Scripture

The following article is now available in PDF:

A.N.S. Lane, "B.B. Warfield and the Humanity of Scripture," Vox Evangelica 16 (1986): 77-94.

Warfield's works on the the inspiration of Scripture have often been misunderstood. This article seeks to clarify his views based on an analysis of all of his writings on the subject.

Peter Cotterell on Sociolinguistics and Biblical Interpretation

The following article is now available in PDF:

Peter Cotterell, "Sociolinguistics and Biblical Interpretation," Vox Evangelica 16 (1986): 61-76.

Peter Cotterell uses sociolinguistic analysis to throw some further light on Jesus' conversation with Nicodemus in John chapter 3.

"Albert Swift: A Social Gospeller at Westminister Chapel?" by Harold Rowdon

The following article is now online in PDF:

Harold H. Rowdon, "Albert Swift: A Social Gospeller at Westminister Chapel?" Vox Evangelica 15 (1985): 111-139.

This example of the tension between the work of preaching the Gospel and the good works that spring from lives transformed by Gospel is as relevant in today's church as it was over a hundred years ago.

Year End Review

From time to time it is useful to review what work remains outstanding - especially as more is being added on a weekly basis. The following listing gives some idea of what material is likely to appear on my websites during the next year.

I am particularly grateful to those who have taken out PayPal subscriptions to support this site recently. This helps towards achieving my aim of being able to work on the websites full-time.

Material Currently Under Negotiation with Copyright Holders(s):

Tables of Contents

Crux

Scottish Bulletin on Evangelical Theology

Bibliographies

Donald Wiseman

G.B. Caird

Articles

Articles by Donald Wiseman (various sources)

Material in Preparation

Bibliographies

Carl Armerding (almost ready)

John Barton Payne

Tables of Contents

Anvil (to be finalised in the next few weeks)

Bibliotheca Sacra

Bulletin of the John Rylands Library

Eternity

The Harvester

Review & Expositor

The Witness

Articles

Bulletin of the Evangelical Theological Society (complete run of issues Vols 1-11 in progress)

Bulletin of the John Rylands University Library of Manchester (all of F F Bruce's articles)

Canadian Journal of Theology (various articles)

Evangelical Quarterly (various articles)

Evangelical Review of Theology (various articles)

Faith & Thought (various articles)

Journal of the Transactions of the Victoria Institute (various articles)

Vox Evangelica (complete series in progress)

Books

Sir William Ramsay by W. Ward Gasque (awaiting copy from British Library)

NT Interpretation (edited by I.H. Marshall)

Reconciliation and Hope (Essays in Honour for Leon Morris)

Christ the Lord (essays in Honour of Donald Guthrie) - on hold as IVP are charging £30 per chapter for use of this work!

E.J. Young's PhD. Thesis - delayed due to the large anount of handwritten Greek and Hebrew text in the footnotes

John F. Balchin on Colossians 1:15-20 - is it an Early Christian Hymn?

The following article is now on-line in PDF:

John F. Balchin, "Colossians 1:15-20: An Early Christian Hymn? The Arguments from Style," Vox Evangelica 15 (1985): 65-94.

This will prove of interest to those interested in Colossians, but its implications for similar arguments from style and vocabulary are applicable to other books in the New Testament as well.

Vox Evangelica Volume 14 (1984) now on-line

The following articles are now available on-line in PDF:

Donald English, "'Tell it as it is': Some Reflections on Evangelism Today (Laing Lecture for 1983)," Vox Evangelica 14 (1984): 7-16.

Leslie C. Allen, "Structure and Meaning in Psalm 50," Vox Evangelica 14 (1984): 17-38.

Donald Guthrie, "Transformation and the Parousia: Reflections on the Resurrection Body (Drew Lecture on Immortality for 1983)," Vox Evangelica 14 (1984): 39-52.

Alan. P.F. Sell, "Theology and the Philosophical Climate: Case-Studies From the Second Century AD (Part 2),Vox Evangelica 14 (1984): 53-64.

Richard L. Sturch, "Fantasy and Apologetics," Vox Evangelica 14 (1984): 65-84.

Derek J. Tidball, "'A Work so Rich in Promise': the 1901 Simultaneous Mission and the Failure of Co-operative Evangelism," Vox Evangelica 14 (1984): 85-102.

March Giveaway - 3 issues of Vox Evangelica

I have three issues of Vox Evangelica to give away. Vol. 7 (1971), 9 (1975) and 18 (1988). If you would like a copy just leave a comment below saying which issue you would like. I will pick 3 winners at random on Sunday 9th March and post them out on Monday 10th. To see which articles they contain click here.

Donald English on Effectively Communicating the Gospel

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

Donald English, "'Tell it as it is': Some Reflections on Evangelism Today (Laing Lecture for 1983)," Vox Evangelica 14 (1984): 7-16.

Donald English, one of the driving forces behind the foundation of the Christian Enquiry Agency in the UK, wrestles with the perennial problem of how to make the Good News understandable and attractive to the current generation.

Vox Evangelica Volume 11 (1979) now on-line

The following articles are now available on-line in PDF:

H. Dermot McDonald, "The Person of Christ in Contemporary Speculation and Biblical Faith," Vox Evangelica 11 (1979): 5-17.

This is a very helpful study in Christology.

Robert L. Sturch, "The Continuing 'Euthyphro' Debate," Vox Evangelica 11 (1979): 18-31.

This article would be of interest to students of ethics / philosophy.

A.N.S. Lane, "Calvin's Doctrine of Assurance," Vox Evangelica 11 (1979): 32-54.

Harold H. Rowdon, "The Early Brethren and Baptism," Vox Evangelica 11 (1979): 55-64.

Derek J. Tidball, "Perspectives on Community Living," Vox Evangelica 11 (1979): 65-80.

A careful study of Christian communities which centres around a careful exegesis of the relevant New Testament passages.

Vox Evangelica Volume 10 (1977) now on-line

The following articles are now available in PDF:

Leslie C. Allen, "Faith on Trial: an Analysis of Psalm 139," Vox Evangelica 10 (1977): 5-23.

M.M.B. Turner, "The Concept of Receiving the Spirit in John's Gospel," Vox Evangelica 10 (1977): 24-42.

F.P. Cotterell, "The Gospel of Barnabas," Vox Evangelica 10 (1977): 43-47.

A brief but helpful discussion of this famous medieval muslim forgery.

A.N.S. Lane, "The Rationale and Significance of the Virgin Birth," Vox Evangelica 10 (1977): 48-64.

I found this the most interesting of the articles in this volume. It is not often you find a discussion of the reasons why it is thought that the virgin birth was necessary and this is certainly the best I've read.

R.L. Sturch, "The Metaphysics of the Incarnation," Vox Evangelica 10 (1977): 65-76.

Vox Evangelica Volume 9 (1975) now on-line

The following articles are now available in PDF:

H. Dermot Mcdonald, "Development and Christology," Vox Evangelica 9 (1975): 5-27.

I found the section particularly helpful (from pages 5-6):

One reason for the hesitancy over the introduction of the term homoousion at Nicaea was the objection that it is not found in the New Testament. And the Arians made capital out of the fact that the Creed used extra-biblical concepts. Athanasius writes to a friend who was troubled by their reiterated question, ‘Why do the Fathers of Nicaea use terms not in Scripture, “Of the Essence”, and, “One in essence”?’ He replied that the Arians do indeed employ the designations ‘Son’ and ‘Logos’ which are certainly biblical; but they do not mean by them what the faith and doctrine of the church understands. So, contends Athanasius, the mere use of scriptural phrases is no guarantee of truth and no safeguard against error. To be precise as to the meaning of a biblical statement, it is often necessary to go outside the Bible itself. This was the more necessary, Athanasius argues, in the context of the discussions at Nicaea, since every scriptural phrase suggested was emptied of its true meaning by the Arian exegetes. When, for example, it was declared that the Son ‘always’ was Son, and ‘from’ God, they were ‘caught whispering to each other and winking with the eyes’.[1] They sought to explain away the real import of the declaration by quoting the usage of the words in other passages; for example, 2 Cor. 4:11―‘For we which live are always delivered unto death for Jesus’s sake’; while they contended that to say that the Son is, ‘from the Father’, is to say no more than that He is among the ‘all things which are from God’ (2 Cor. 5:18 cf. l Cor. 8:6). Such ‘artful expressions and plausible sophisms’, as Athanasius considered them to be, cannot be met by pitching quotation against quotation.
[1] Athan., de Decretis, 20.

Norman Anderson, "Ethics: Relative, Situational or Absolute," Vox Evangelica 9 (1975): 28-36.

A.N.S. Lane, "Scripture, Tradition and Church: An Historical Survey," Vox Evangelica 9 (1975): 37-55.

M.M.B. Turner, "The Significance of Spirit Endowment for Paul," Vox Evangelica 9 (1975): 56-70.

James Atkinson, "Justification by Faith," Vox Evangelica 9 (1975): 70-79.

Vox Evangelica Volume 8 (1973) now on-line

The following articles are now available in PDF:

Donald J. Wiseman, "Law and Order in Old Testament Times," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 5-21.

Leslie C. Allen, "Micah's Social Concern," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 22-32.

Arthur E. Cundall, "The United Monarchy: Fact or Fiction?" Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 33-39.

Arthur Cundall, who wrote the Tyndale OT Commentary on Judges, always has something insightful to say about the period of the Judges and the Monarchy and this article is no exception. He concludes:

We conclude our study with a few brief observations concerning the differences in organisation between Judah and Israel at this point. The accession of Rehoboam in Judah appears to have been automatic, with the principle of dynastic rule through the Davidic covenant being firmly accepted. This did not obtain in the north, however. Rehoboam presented himself at Shechem, subsequently the first capital of Jeroboam’s kingdom and already a vitally important covenantal centre (cf. Deut. 27; Josh. 24; Judg. 9:6), for the acceptance of the northern tribes, possibly by acclamation (cf. 1 Sam. 10:24; 2 Kgs. 11:12). That he regarded it, mistakenly, as a mere formality, is incidental; what is important is that his accession involved a negotiated convenantal agreement with ‘the assembly of Israel’, a constituted body which still functioned in spite of almost eighty years of ‘united monarchy’ under David and Solomon (cf. the negotiations of 2 Sam. 3:17-21; 5:3 which reveal a similar pattern). Constitutionally, there were still two kingdoms, not one, and the renewed cry of 1 Kgs. 12:16 (cf. 2 Sam. 20:1) shows how deep­-seated was the hostility and desire for independence of the northern tribes. There was a ‘united monarchy’ in the sense that one king ruled over Israel as well as Judah, but any essential unity was conspicuously lacking.

Donald Guthrie, "The New Testament Approach to Social Responsibility," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 40-59.

Derek J. Tidball, "Some Contemporary Evangelicals and Social Thinking," Vox Evangelica 8 (1973): 60-79.

The final two articles are particularly relevant today with the recent release of the film Amazing Grace about the campaign of William Wilberforce to abolish slavery.

Volume 9 is scheduled to appear about mid April. For the next few weeks I will be republishing (among others) a series of articles from Evangelical Quarterly by F.F. Bruce, Richard Bauckham and John Oswalt.

Vox Evangelica Volume 6 (1969) now on-line

The following articles are now on-line in PDF:

David R. Jackson, "Education and Entertainment: Some Aspects of Life in New Testament Times," Vox Evangelica 6 (1969): 4-31.

I found this the most interesting of the articles in this issue. Based, as it is, on a careful study of classical sources it seems likley to have enduring value.

Arthur C. Cundall, "Sacral Kingship--The Old Testament Background," Vox Evangelica 6 (1969): 31-41.

Leslie C. Allen, "Amos, Prophet of Solidarity," Vox Evangelica 6 (1969): 42-53.

Geoffrey W. Grogan, "Christ and His People: An Exegetical and Theological Study of Henbrews 2: 5-18," Vox Evangelica 6 (1969): 54-71.

J. Clements Connell, "A review article on Jurgen Moltmann's Theology of Hope (S.C.M.)," Vox Evangelica 6 (1969): 72-77.