Faculty Updates

David Briones has a number of upcoming popular-level articles, including “Greco-Roman Control of the Jews,” in Tabletalk (February 2022), “God Loves through Human Love: How Grace Breeds Generosity,” at Desiring God (February 2022), and “Philemon and Forgiveness: Reconcilable Differences in Christ,” in New Horizons (forthcoming). David is also presently writing a scholarly article that engages the meaning and significance of the term “equality” in 2 Corinthians 8:13–15 in its broader context of 2 Corinthians 8–9. Additionally, David has been translating Spanish scholarly articles written on Philemon and 2 Corinthians 8:9 for the broader world of scholarship. David will also be the retreat speaker for the Calvary OPC family retreat in May 2022.

Stephen Coleman has two publications forthcoming from Crossway. The first, The Minor Prophets: Seek the Lord and Love, was co-authored with Paul R. House and will appear in the Preaching the Word commentary series. He has also contributed an essay to Ruined Sinners to Proclaim, edited by David and Jonathan Gibson.

Brandon Crowe has recently published two essays, one academic and one popular. The academic essay was published in Studies in the History of Exegesis (Tübingen: Mohr Siebeck, 2022) and is entitled “Reading the Acts of the Apostles with Francis Turretin: Continuity and Discontinuity.” The popular-level essay entitled “Idleness and Temptation” was published in Tabletalk in January 2022. His essay, “Both Son and Priest, Then and Now: Christology and Redemptive History in Hebrews in Light of the History of Interpretation.” appeared in the Spring issue of Westminster Theological Journal. John Currie began a study leave in February in order to pursue a number of writing projects. John recently spoke at The Center for Missions and Evangelism’s conference “More Salt, More Light: Church in an Age of Opportunity” on January 27, 2022.

Iain Duguid will speak at Senior Connect Day for Catawba Presbytery of the ARP on March 18.

William Edgar’s A Supreme Love: The Music of Jazz and the Hope of the Gospel is due out in June 2022 from IVP. Bill recently preached a sermon on 2 Corinthians 13:14 entitled “The Richest Blessing” for Westminster Theological Seminary’s chapel series Communion with the Triune God. Bill will introduce Dan Strange at the Gaffin Lecture, which will occur on March 23, 2022. His lecture, “Are We Really Secular”, will appear in The Pastor and the Modern World (Westminster Seminary Press) this Spring.

David Garner recently taught a series in February at Proclamation Presbyterian Church (Bryn Mawr, PA) on the sacraments entitled “Visible Words.” In March, Dave will deliver a special lecture at Westminster Theological Seminary entitled “‘The Son of God in Power’: Further Considerations.” Dave also has a number of upcoming publications to note. He is the co-author of A Call To Faithful Mission: The Southgate Fellowship Statement (Crossway, forthcoming) and co-editor of Word and Spirit: The Shorter Writings of Richard B. Gaffin, Jr. (Westminster Seminary Press, forthcoming). Finally, Dave has the immense privilege of serving as the commencement speaker for the first graduating class of Santiago Theological Seminary in Santiago, Dominican Republic in July.

Jonathan Gibson’s Be Thou My Vision: A Liturgy for Daily Worship was recently released in December. Jonny’s edited volume, I Will Build My Church: Selected Writings on Church Polity, Baptism, and the Sabbath, was also released in January 2022. The Acrostic of Jesus: A Rhyming Christology for Kids (New Growth Press), co-authored with Timothy Brindle, will be released in March. Finally, Jonny’s text entitled Isaiah: Good News for the Wayward and Wandering (New Growth Press) is due out August 2022. Jonny will also present the paper, “Theological Anthropology” at the Philadelphia Conference for Reformed Theology (Philadelphia: March 11–12; Grand Rapids: April 29).

Scott Oliphint has a recently published volume titled The Faithful Apologist: Rethinking the Role of Persuasion in Apologetics (Zondervan, 2022). In this text, Scott articulates the importance of relying on divine providence in our apologetics.

Vern Poythress has two upcoming publications with Crossway. The first is Redeeming Our Thinking about History: A God-centered Approach (March 2022), and the second, Truth, Theology, and Perspective: An Approach to Understanding Biblical Doctrine (July 2022).

Alfred Poirier recently preached at a number of local churches, including Trinity Church in Harrisburg on January 16 and Willow Grove PCA on February 6. In March, Alfred will give a seminar entitled “Preaching and Peacemaking” at Evangelical Presbyterian Church in Newark, DE, in March 2022. His lecture, “Gregory of Nazianzus: The Pastor as Physician of Souls” will be published in The Pastor and the Modern World (Westminster Seminary Press) this spring. Todd Rester has several writing and research projects underway. First, he is the editor of a new diglot series of Reformation and post-Reformation texts with Westminster Seminary Press. Stemming from his post-doctoral project with the European Union at Queen’s University Belfast on war and religion in early modern Europe, volume 2, Roman Catholic Politics Beyond Aquinas: Translations of Franciscans and Scotists on War and Politics in the Counter-Reformation, will be published with Routledge at the end of 2022. This is the companion to Volume 1, which will be released in spring 2022, Protestant Politics Beyond Calvin: Reformed Theologians on War in the Sixteenth and Seventeenth Centuries, translated by Floris Verhaart and edited by Ian Campbell. Todd also has an article, “Comfort My People: Early Modern Protestant Approaches to Congregational Comfort and Pastoral Calling” that will be published in the Journal of Christian Studies this year. He also has forthcoming articles and translations in Modern Reformation on the Lutheran Friedrich Balduin (1575–1627), Scripture and the Augsburg Confession, and an article in Tabletalk (May 2022) on cessationism.

Chad Van Dixhoorn will take a sabbatical this 2022 Spring term and will return to teach in Fall 2022. During this study leave, Chad will pursue a number of writing projects, as well as give the Rob Taber Lecture at Western Reformed Seminary in early April 2022. In May, Chad will teach for the OPC’s Ministerial Training Institute (MTIOPC). He has two books due to be published in the coming months: Gospel Shaped Marriage (co-authored with his wife, Emily Van Dixhoorn) and Creeds, Confessions, and Catechisms: A Reader’s Edition, both from Crossway.