Dr M James Sawyer

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Dr M James Sawyer

Education
 
B.A. Biola College (major: biblical studies)
Th.M. Dallas Theological Seminary (major: New Testament)
Ph.D. Dallas Theological Seminary (major: Historical Theology)
 
Subject areas
 
Systematic Theology
Historical Theology
Church History
New Testament Greek
 
Publications
 
Books
Charles Augustus Briggs and Tensions in Late Nineteenth Century American Theology. Mellen Research University Press.
Taxonomic Charts on Biblical and Theological Studies, Zondervan.
The Survivor’s Guide to Theology, Zondervan.
Reinventing Jesus? (co-author with Daniel B. Wallace & Ed Komoszewski), Kregel.
Who’s Afraid of the Holy Spirit?, (co-ed. with Daniel B. Wallace) Biblical Studies Press.
 
Articles
Evangelicals and the Canon of the New Testament," Grace Theological Journal.
"Dispensationalism" in the Blackwell Encyclopedia of Modern Christian Thought.
“The Canon of The New Testament,” Baker Handbook of the Bible
 
Reviews
Review of Schleiermacher’s Ethics in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Review of Pilgrim Theology in Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society.
Online articles include
The Virgin Birth: Why It Is Important
The Essence of God: Sovereign, Holiness, or Love?
Princeton and Propositions
God and the Ordinary
Under Cover: Authority, Obedience (& Abuse?)
The Coming Evangelical Collapse?
The Father, The Son and The Holy Scriptures?
Constantine: The First Christian Emperor?
Establishing a Doctrinal Taxonomy
Some Thoughts on Lordship Salvation
Charles Briggs-Inspiration,Authority,Criticism

Present Research
The Trinity
The Nature of the Incarnation
Epistemological Dualism and its influence upon Western Christianity
The Significance of Adoption as a Controlling Metaphor for Salvation