Many writers who want to be published in an academic, peer-reviewed journal are not familiar enough with the tone and quality of an academic journal to get published. This page is designed to help you get a feel for what an “academic essay” or “scholarly journal” really is. Below are some examples of these types of publications, coming from a variety of different peer-reviewed theological journals.
Sample Exegetical Theology Essays
Richard Barcellos, “An Exegetical Appraisal of Colossians 2:11-12.” Reformed Baptist Theological Review 2 (2005): 5
Martin Salter. “Does Baptism Replace Circumcision? An Examination of the Relationship between Circumcision and Baptism in Colossians 2:11-12.” Themelios 35.1 (2010): 15:-29
Sample Biblical Theology Essays
Sample Systematic Theology Essays
James R. White. “The Newness of the New Covenant.” Reformed Baptist Theological Review 2, no. 1 (2005): 83-104.
James R. Cassidy. “Election and Trinity.” Westminster Theological Journal 79, no. 1 (2009): 53-81.
Sample Historical Theology Essays
Fred Zaspel. “B. B. Warfield on Creation and Evolution.” Themelios 35, no. 2 (2010): 198-211.
Mark Sweetnam and Crawford Gribben. “J.N. Darby and the Irish Origins of Dispensationalism.” JETS 52, no. 3 (2009): 569-577.
Sample Pastoral Theology Essays
David Powlison. “Idols of the Heart and ‘Vanity Fair’.” Journal of Biblical Counseling 13, no.2 (1995): 35-50.
David Powlison. “Affirmations & Denials: A Proposed Definition of Biblical Counseling.” Journal of Biblical Counseling 19, no.1 (2000): 18-25.
Sample Apologetics Essays
Denny Burk. “Why Evangelicals Should Ignore Brian McLaren: How the New Testament Requires Evangelicals to Render a Judgment on the Moral Status of Homosexuality.” Themelios 35, no. 2 (2010): 212-227.
James R. White. “Examining Muslim Apologetics (Part 1): The Bible Versus the Qur’an.” Christian Research Journal 25, no. 3 (2003).
Sample Philosophical Theology Essays
Jamin Hübner. “A Christian Theory of Information.” Reformed Perspectives Magazine 13, no. 28 (2011)
Travis Campbell. “Middle-Knowledge: A Reformed Critique.” Westminster Theological Journal 68, no. 1 (2006).
Sample Book Reviews
Douglas J. Moo. “The Deliverance of God: An Apocalyptic Reading of Justification in Paul by Douglas A. Campbell.” JETS 53, no. 1 (2010): 143-150.