Education & Degrees
- Belhaven College, B.A.
- Reformed Theological Seminary, M.Div.
- Westminster Theological Seminary, Ph.D.
- Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary, D.D.
Positions
- Pastor, Tchula Presbyterian Church (PCA), 1970-1977
- Staff, Great Commissions Publications, 1977-1979
- Lecturer, Westminster Theological Seminary, 1978-1979
- Pastor, Covenant Presbyterian Church (PCA), 1979-1990
- Professor & Dir. of Adv. Studies, Westminster Seminary California, 1990-1997
- Pastor, Trinity Presbyterian Church, 1991-1997
- President & Professor of Systematic & Homiletical Theology, GPTS, 1998-2020
- President Emeritus & Professor of Systematic & Applied Theology, GPTS, 2020-Present
- Pastor, Antioch Presbyterian Church (PCA), 2020-Present
Books
- William Perkins & the Development of Puritan Preaching (author), Westminster Theological Seminary (Ph.D. Dissertation), 1985
- Root and Branch (author), Christian Focus, 1989
- The Lord’s Day (author), Christian Focus, 1996
- Written for our Instruction: The Sufficiency of Scripture for all of Life (co-editor & contributor), Southern Presbyterian Press, 2001
- Sanctification: Growing in Grace (co-editor & contributor), Southern Presbyterian Press, 2001
- Reformed Spirituality: Communing with Our Glorious God (co-editor & contributor), Southern Presbyterian Press, 2003
- Confessing Our Hope: Essays Celebrating the Life and Ministry of Morton H. Smith (co-editor & contributor), Southern Presbyterian Press, 2005
- The Covenant: God’s Voluntary Condescension (co-editor & contributor), Presbyterian Press, 2005.
- Did God Create in 6 Days (co-editor & contributor), Tolle Lege Press, Presbyterian Press, & The Covenant Foundation, 2006
- Galatians: God’s Proclamation of Liberty (author), Christian Focus, 2010
- The Westminster Confession of Faith Study Book: A Study Guide for Churches (author), Christian Focus, 2012
- The Beauty and Glory of the Holy Spirit (co-editor & contributor), Reformation Heritage Books, 2012.
- Is the Lord’s Day for You? (author), Reformation Heritage Books, 2016
- How Can I Do All Things for God’s Glory? (author), Reformation Heritage Books, 2017
- The Works of William Perkins: Volume 10 (co-editor), Reformation Heritage Books, 2020
Select Articles & Contributions
- “Great Things He Hath Taught Us: The Importance of Creeds & Confessions in the Church” in Onward, Christian Soldiers: Protestants Affirm the Church (edited by Don Kistler), Soli Deo Gloria Publications, 1999
- “Preaching: Still the Holy Spirit’s Major Medium” in Whatever Happened to the Reformation (edited by R.C. Sproul), P&R Publishing, 2001
- “Definitive Sanctification” and “Critique of Sonship Theology” in Sanctification: Growing in Grace (edited by Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. & J. Andrew Wortman), Southern Presbyterian Press, 2001
- “Covenantal Worship” in Written for our Instruction: The Sufficiency of Scripture for All of Life (edited by Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. & J. Andrew Wortman), Southern Presbyterian Press, 2001
- “The Glory and Beauty of God” and “The Lord’s Day and Communion with God” in Reformed Spirituality: Communing with Our Glorious God (edited by Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. & J. Andrew Wortman), Southern Presbyterian Press, 2003
- “Auburn Avenue Theology: An Overview of Critics’ Concerns,” and “A Response to ‘Covenant, Baptism, and Salvation” in The Auburn Avenue Theology Pros & Cons: Debating the Federal Vision (edited by E. Calvin Beisner), Knox Theological Seminary, 2004
- “The Purpose of Worship” and “Reformed Liturgy” in The Worship of God: Reformed Concepts of Biblical Worship, Mentor (Christian Focus), 2005
- “Morton Howison Smith: A Brief Sketch of His Life” in Confessing Our Hope: Essays Celebrating the Life and Ministry of Morton Howison Smith on His Eightieth Birthday (edited by Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. & C.N. Willborn), Southern Presbyterian Press, 2005
- “The Covenant and Our Children” in The Covenant: God’s Voluntary Condescension (edited by Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. & C.N. Willborn), Presbyterian Press, 2005.
- “From Chaos to Cosmos: Critique of Non-Literal Interpretations of Genesis 1:1-2:3” in Interpreting & Teaching the Word of Hope: Essays in Honor of Jack Brown Scott on His Seventy-Seventh Birthday (edited by Robert L. Penny), Presbyterian Press, 2005; also published in Did God Create in 6 Days (edited by Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. & David W. Hall), Tolle Lege Press, Presbyterian Press, & The Covenant Foundation, 2006
- “Exodus 20:4-6 and the Regulative Principle of Worship” in The Hope Fulfilled: Essays in Honor of O. Palmer Robertson (edited by Robert L. Penny), P&R Publishing, 2008
- “The Christian Sabbath” in Perspectives on the Sabbath: 4 Views (edited by Christopher John Donato), B&H Academic, 2011
- “The Holy Spirit and the Unique Power of Preaching” in The Beauty and Glory of the Holy Spirit (edited by Joel R. Beeke & Joseph A. Pipa, Jr.), Reformation Heritage Books, 2012.
- “Leading in Worship” in Equipping Preachers, Pastors, & Churchmen: Selected Articles by the Faculty of Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary (edited by Zachary Groff), Presbyterian Press, 2017
- “Calvin the Preacher and the Puritans” in Puritan Piety: Writings in Honor of Joel R. Beeke (edited by Michael A.G. Haykin & Paul M. Smalley), Mentor (Christian Focus), 2018
