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Writings

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

  1. Providence and the Sovereignty of God
  2. Union with Christ1
  3. Protestant Resistance Theory
  4. Theological Triage

People

  1. John Owen (in progress)2
  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

  1. The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross, by Leon Morris
  2. Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek, by Constantine R. Campbell
  3. By Faith, Not By Sight, by Richard Gaffin
  4. Christ in the Old Testament, by James A. Borland
  5. Christ the Lord, ed. Michael Horton
  6. Christology and Criticism, by B. B. Warfield
  7. The Crises of the Christ, by G. Campbell Morgan
  8. The Cross and Salvation, by Bruce Demarest
  9. The Doctrine of the Atonement According to the Apostles, by George Smeaton
  10. The Everlasting Righteousness, by Horatius Bonar
  11. Faith Alone, by R. C. Sproul
  12. Father, Son and Spirit, by Andreas J. Köstenberger and Scott R. Swain
  13. The Five Points of Calvinism, by Edwin H. Palmer
  14. The Glory of Christ, by R. C. Sproul
  15. Jesus Christ Our Lord, by John F. Walvoord
  16. Jesus, Divine Messiah, by Robert L. Reymond
  17. The Master Theme of the Bible, by J. Sidlow Baxter
  18. The Pleasures of God, by John Piper
  19. The Potter’s Freedom, by James White
  20. The Promise of the Father: Jesus and God in the New Testament, by Marianne Meye Thompson
  21. Redemption Accomplished and Applied, by John Murray
  22. The Trinity and Subordinationism, by Kevin Giles
  23. The Work of Christ, by Robert Letham

Ordered by Author

  1. Horatius Bonar, The Everlasting Righteousness
  2. James A. Borland, Christ in the Old Testament
  3. J. Sidlow Baxter, The Master Theme of the Bible
  4. Constantine R. Campbell, Basics of Verbal Aspect in Biblical Greek
  5. Bruce Demarest, The Cross and Salvation
  6. Richard Gaffin, By Faith, Not By Sight
  7. Kevin Giles, The Trinity and Subordinationism
  8. Michael Horton, ed., Christ the Lord
  9. Andreas J. Köstenberger and Scott R. Swain, Father, Son and Spirit
  10. Robert Letham, The Work of Christ
  11. G. Campbell Morgan, The Crises of the Christ
  12. Leon Morris, The Apostolic Preaching of the Cross
  13. John Murray, Redemption Accomplished and Applied
  14. Edwin H. Palmer, The Five Points of Calvinism
  15. John Piper, The Pleasures of God
  16. Robert L. Reymond, Jesus, Divine Messiah
  17. George Smeaton, The Doctrine of the Atonement According to the Apostles
  18. R. C. Sproul, Faith Alone
  19. R. C. Sproul, The Glory of Christ
  20. Marianne Meye Thompson, The Promise of the Father: Jesus and God in the New Testament
  21. John F. Walvoord, Jesus Christ Our Lord
  22. B. B. Warfield, Christology and Criticism
  23. 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.

  1. Cf. my Logos reading list. [↩]
  2. Cf. my Logos reading list and blog post. [↩]
  3. Cf. my Logos reading list. [↩]
  4. Cf. this overview page. [↩]
  5. Cf. my post “One God in Three Persons: Unity of Essence, Distinction of Persons, Implications for Life.” [↩]
  6. Cf. my post “Did John Use Bad Grammar to Teach the Holy Spirit’s Personality?” [↩]
  7. It’s online elsewhere on The Gospel Coalition website and available for Logos Bible Software. [↩]

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