This page organizes various bibliographies, blog articles, book reviews, papers, publications, and other things I’ve written.
Bibliographies
Below are collections of resources on various topics that I’ve studied.
Topics
- Providence and the Sovereignty of God
- Union with Christ1
- Protestant Resistance Theory
- Theological Triage
People
- John Owen (in progress)2
- B. B. Warfield (in progress)3
Blog Articles
Some of the most important blog articles I’ve written include the following:
AI & Technology
- “AI in Christian Higher Education,” July 19, 2025
- “A New Era of Searching the Bible,” February 24, 2025
- “Responsible Use of AI in Logos,” February 22, 2025
- “A Biblical Theological Framing of Technology,” October 18, 2024
- “Redeeming Technology: How Technology Fits into God’s Story,” October 17, 2024
- “How to Use Greek and Hebrew in Blog Posts,” April 19, 2010
- “‘Christian’ Piracy and the Blinding Effects of Sin,” January 28, 2008
- “Fonts Supporting Polytonic Unicode Greek,” October 23, 2007
Exegesis
- “What Is the Gospel? How Genesis 12:3 and Galatians 3:8 Open Our Eyes to the Whole-Bible, Whole-World Good News,” September 15, 2024
- “The Eternal Promise of Eternal Life: The Covenant of Redemption in Titus 1:2,” April 8, 2022
- “Did John Use Bad Grammar to Teach the Holy Spirit’s Personality?,” January 8, 2015
- “Does Matthew 5:48 Require Sinless Perfection?,” February 21, 2013
- “What Is the Righteousness Required to Enter the Kingdom?,” February 9, 2013
- “‘Savior’ in Titus,” February 5, 2008
- “To Him Be Glory Forever,” December 7, 2007
- “What Does ‘No More Sea’ in Revelation 21:1 Mean?,” August 25, 2007
- “Titus 2:11 in Calvin,” May 3, 2007
- “Titus 2:11 in Context,” April 30, 2007
- “Thoughts on Proverbs 31:6–7,” February 18, 2007
- “Reprobation in Jude?,” January 31, 2007
- “The Spirit Communicating: Logos Syntax Search,” January 13, 2007
- “Is Παύσονται in 1 Corinthians 13:8 Deponent?,” November 10, 2006
- “Carson on 1 Corinthians 13:8–13—What Am I Missing?,” November 10, 2006
- “Galatians 6:16—Some Additional Thoughts,” September 30, 2006
- “Galatians 6:16, the Israel of God, and the Use of καί,” September 29, 2006
Theology
General
- “The Judgment of the Sons of God by the Sons of God,” April 3, 2025
- “5 Ways You Shouldn’t Try to Be Like Jesus,” February 21, 2021
- “How Do Love for God and Love for Others Relate? The Two Greatest Commands as One?,” January 18, 2021
- “The New Testament Ethic of Love,” January 12, 2021
- “Why Did God Harden Pharaoh’s Heart? A Case for Divine Ultimacy,” January 3, 2021
- “Does God Have Dreams for His People?,” January 31, 2013
- “Did the Incarnation Improve God?,” August 6, 2011
- “More Thoughts on Regret,” May 20, 2008
- “Is There Regret in Heaven?,” April 2, 2008
- “Herman Nicolaas Ridderbos,” March 16, 2007
- “Paradigm Shift—Paul’s Use of Σάρξ,” October 18, 2006
Justification
- “Justification by Works and Faith in 1 Clement,” April 4, 2012
- “Edwards on Faith and Works in Justification,” June 19, 2010
- “Luther on the Necessity of Good Works,” June 15, 2010
- “Daily Justification?,” April 24, 2007
- “When Was Abraham Justified?, Part 1,” April 7, 2007
Suffering & God’s Sovereignty
- “Responding to Cancer,” February 25, 2013
- “Calvin on God’s Permissive Will,” June 11, 2010
- “The Story of Zac Smith,” March 27, 2010
- “The Grace of Cancer,” February 19, 2007
Trinity
- “Warfield, Vos, and Van Til: Is God One Person?,” May 4, 2013
- “The Doctrine of the Trinity in Five Theses,” March 14, 2013
- “Warfield on Eternal Subordination in the Trinity,” August 14, 2011
- “How Do the Father, Son, and Spirit Differ?,” April 20, 2011
- “Are the Father, Son, and Spirit Equally Persons?,” November 8, 2010
- “Does the McCall–Yandell Argument Work? Feinberg Says No,” October 20, 2008
- “Does Eternal Subordination Entail a Denial of Homoousion?,” October 9, 2008
- “My Question for Dr. Yandell,” October 9, 2008
- “Ware–Grudem vs. McCall–Yandell on the Trinity,” August 7, 2008
- “Gunton on Taxis in the Trinity,” May 16, 2008
- “Barth on the Son’s Subordination to the Father,” May 14, 2008
- “Is the Trinity One ‘What’ and Three ‘Who’s’?,” April 28, 2008
- “Moulton on 1 Corinthians 15:28,” April 11, 2008
- “John Frame on 1 Corinthians 15:28 and Eternal Subordination,” March 22, 2008
- “Hierarchy Does Not Necessitate Opposition,” February 23, 2008
- “Are You a Practical Modalist?,” January 19, 2008
- “The Failed Strategy of “Trinity & Subordinationism”,” October 17, 2007
- “Intratrinitarian Reconciliation?,” February 16, 2008
- “Essential Equality and Functional Subordination: A Complementarian Novelty?,” January 26, 2008
- “The Father = The Trinity,” October 3, 2007
- “Economic Trinitarian Relations,” August 22, 2007
Book Reviews
Ordered by Title
- The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross, by Leon Morris
- Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek, by Constantine R. Campbell
- By Faith, Not By Sight, by Richard Gaffin
- Christ in the Old Testament, by James A. Borland
- Christ the Lord, ed. Michael Horton
- Christology and Criticism, by B. B. Warfield
- The Crises of the Christ, by G. Campbell Morgan
- The Cross and Salvation, by Bruce Demarest
- The Doctrine of the Atonement According to the Apostles, by George Smeaton
- The Everlasting Righteousness, by Horatius Bonar
- Faith Alone, by R. C. Sproul
- Father, Son and Spirit, by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Scott R. Swain
- The Five Points of Calvinism, by Edwin H. Palmer
- The Glory of Christ, by R. C. Sproul
- Jesus Christ Our Lord, by John F. Walvoord
- Jesus, Divine Messiah, by Robert L. Reymond
- The Master Theme of the Bible, by J. Sidlow Baxter
- The Pleasures of God, by John Piper
- The Potter’s Freedom, by James White
- The Promise of the Father: Jesus and God in the New Testament, by Marianne Meye Thompson
- Redemption Accomplished and Applied, by John Murray
- The Trinity and Subordinationism, by Kevin Giles
- The Work of Christ, by Robert Letham
Ordered by Author
- Horatius Bonar, The Everlasting Righteousness
- James A. Borland, Christ in the Old Testament
- J. Sidlow Baxter, The Master Theme of the Bible
- Constantine R. Campbell, Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek
- Bruce Demarest, The Cross and Salvation
- Richard Gaffin, By Faith, Not By Sight
- Kevin Giles, The Trinity and Subordinationism
- Michael Horton, ed., Christ the Lord
- Andreas J. Köstenberger and Scott R. Swain, Father, Son and Spirit
- Robert Letham, The Work of Christ
- G. Campbell Morgan, The Crises of the Christ
- Leon Morris, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross
- John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied
- Edwin H. Palmer, The Five Points of Calvinism
- John Piper, The Pleasures of God
- Robert L. Reymond, Jesus, Divine Messiah
- George Smeaton, The Doctrine of the Atonement According to the Apostles
- R. C. Sproul, Faith Alone
- R. C. Sproul, The Glory of Christ
- Marianne Meye Thompson, The Promise of the Father: Jesus and God in the New Testament
- John F. Walvoord, Jesus Christ Our Lord
- B. B. Warfield, Christology and Criticism
- James White, The Potter’s Freedom
Papers
“The Blessed Hope: A Defense of the Single Second Coming of Christ.” Submitted for Eschatology (TH 759) on April 15, 2005.
“The Eschatological Kingdom of God: A Two-Stage Approach.” Submitted for Eschatology (TH 759) on March 4, 2005.
Publications
Gons, Philip R., and Eli Evans. Bible Books Explorer. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2020.4
Gons, Philip R. Praying Scripture Workflow. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2018.
Gons, Philip R., and Jacob N. Cerone. Systematic Theologies Explorer. Bellingham, WA: Faithlife, 2016.
Naselli, Andrew David, and Philip R. Gons. “An Examination of Three Recent Philosophical Arguments against Hierarchy in the Immanent Trinity.” Pages 197–215 in One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life. Edited by Bruce A. Ware and John Starke. Wheaton: Crossway, 2015.5
Naselli, Andrew David, and Philip R. Gons. “Prooftexting the Personality of the Holy Spirit: An Analysis of the Masculine Demonstrative Pronouns in John 14:26, 15:26, and 16:13–14.” Detroit Baptist Seminary Journal 16 (2011): 65–89.6
Gons, Philip R. Review of Father, Son, and Spirit: The Trinity and John’s Gospel, by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Scott R. Swain. Themelios 33, no. 3 (December 2008): 80–82.7
Gons, Philip R. “Worshiping God for His Wrath.” Συναθλουντες 1, no. 5 (December 2002): 2–3.
Gons, Philip R. “God So Loved the World.” Συναθλουντες 1, no. 4 (November 2002): 2–3.
Gons, Philip R. “Emphatic Negation: Drawing Out the Riches of God’s Promises.” Συναθλουντες 1, no. 3 (October 2002): 8–9.
Word Studies
Coming soon.
- Cf. my Logos reading list. [↩]
- Cf. my Logos reading list and blog post. [↩]
- Cf. my Logos reading list. [↩]
- Cf. this overview page. [↩]
- Cf. my post “One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life.” [↩]
- Cf. my post “Did John Use Bad Grammar to Teach the Holy Spirit’s Personality?” [↩]
- It’s online elsewhere on The Gospel Coalition website and available for Logos Bible Software. [↩]