Publications

Tyndale resident and associate professors regularly publish for both the academy and the church. We want to highlight not only some of their publications but also the Tyndale Theological Seminary Theses Series. Professors who have recently departed Tyndale are also included in this listing.

Tyndale Faculty

Dr. Szaszi Bene (2013 – Present)

Heersink, Roland and Szaszi Bene. How to be a Christian at Work: A handbook for the working Christian. God and Work, 2017.

This book gives the Bible-based practical insights needed to help every working Christian live out their faith at work in the way God intended – most of which you won’t hear at church. This book is not an evangelism training tool, but a practical handbook on how to live your faith in the daily grind of meetings, deadlines, politics and the frustrations that accompany these.

Dr. Linda Gottschalk (2010 – 2021)

“Coolhaes was a Reformed preacher, a writer of theology, a critic of the churches of his day, and an advocate of religious diversity. Coolhaes opposed much of the building up of the organization of the Reformed Church in the Northern Netherlands and Dutch Republic in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. The struggle between Coolhaes and the Leiden magistrates on one side and the Leiden consistory and fellow-preacher Pieter Cornelisz on the other encapsulated the question of authority which was being asked by many. At the same time, Coolhaes’ theology, especially his Spiritualistic understanding of the sacraments, his Erastianism, and his views on free will made him suspicious to his Reformed colleagues. The latter of which leading him later to be labeled “the forerunner of Arminius and the Remonstrants.” All this eventually led to his defrocking at the synod of Middelburg and soon after to excommunication from the Reformed Church. The question this book answers, therefore, is: What sort of church would the critic Coolhaes himself have wanted to design for the new Republic? The first part of the book gives a new biographical sketch. Fresh information, sources, and un-examined works by Coolhaes himself have been uncovered since H.C. Rogge’s nineteenth-century biography. In the second part the ecclesiology of Coolhaes takes center stage: His ideal church would have been characterized by diversity, for diversity of religious confessions in the same society would stabilize it and diversity of views even within a confession would not harm it.”

Dr. Peter Hays (1996 – Present)

Hays, Peter. Building Bridges: A Practical Guide for Evangelism and Discipleship with the Unchurched, Galatians 2:20 Publishers, 2016.

“Building Bridges is a hands-on guide to reaching unchurched people. Written in an informal, chatty style, reading this book is like sitting at Margré and Peter’s kitchen table and hearing the stories of things they learned on the go. Margré and Peter share the insights they have learned, answering questions and giving practical steps.

Building Bridges traces a process that begins with discussion groups with unbelievers using topics of general interest in order to demonstrate the truth and relevance of the gospel. Gradually, through building a safe and warm community, Bible study and prayer are incorporated. Unbelievers are discipled into faith and growth in Christ.”

Dr. T. J. Marinello (2000 – Present)

Dickson, Neil T. R., and T. J. Marinello, eds. Bible and Theology in the Brethren. Studies in Brethren History. Glasgow: BAHN, 2018.

The papers collected in this volume, with one exception, were presented at International Brethren History Conferences in 2013 and 2015. As the section on the Bible in this book demonstrates, Brethren individuals invested considerable energies in textual and biblical criticism; translating the Scriptures; disseminating it through the Bible Society or in other ways; and in using it pointedly as an evangelistic tool. The section on theology is slighter. This is largely because of the exigencies of organizing a conference and then progressing the papers to publication. It is also because, as one of the volume’s contributor’s noted, the Brethren “vigorously opposed” systematic theology. It is hoped that the collected papers, which are arranged chronologically, will stimulate further thought and research, as well as acting as an introduction to some of the ways in which Bible and theology have been understood and used within the Brethren movement.

Dickson, Neil T. R., and T. J. Marinello, eds. Brethren and Mission: Essays in Honour of Timothy C. F. Stunt. Studies in Brethren History. Troon, Scotland: BAHN, 2016.

Mission is close to the heart of the Open Brethren. Although the Brethren are a small ecclesiastical body, in 1945 Brethren missionaries from Western countries formed five percent of all foreign Protestant missionaries worldwide, proportions that were perhaps eclipsed only by the eighteenth-century Moravians. The essays in this volume are in honor of a notable historian of the Brethren movement and beyond. Dr. Timothy C. F. Stunt has taught history, perhaps for more years than he cares to remember, in England, Switzerland, and the USA. Church historians are especially in his debt for the depth of his scholarship of nineteenth-century Christianity, which has taken seriously the religion of radical evangelicals, sometimes even those who might be regarded as mavericks, without participating in the partisan spirit that they often sadly displayed.

At various points the authors of this book’s chapters will be seen battling with the meanings of the three nouns that are used in the title, for each of the words has had problems with definition. “Culture is one of the two or three most complicated words in the English language,” according to Raymond Williams. Among the modern definitions of the word Williams offers, the one that is most applicable to the chapters in this book is “a particular way of life, whether of a people, a period, a group, or humanity in general.” Traditionally, in Brethren usage, spirituality was seen as “a quality which grows in a believer” as” ‘tokens of the Holy Spirit’s residence” and therefore might be seen as being equivalent to “spiritual,” a synonym for holiness. “Brethren” has long been contested as a name by many of those people and churches that have theology and practices which would identify them as such. Nonetheless, this book treats culture and spirituality in a Brethren context.

This book is a presentation of a remarkable chapter in the history of revival in late twentieth century Flanders. The Evangelische Christengemeenten Vlaanderen (ECV) began in the early 1970s as a result of evangelistic church-planting efforts led by a group of Canadian, Christian Brethren missionaries. What began in Flanders as a series of evangelistic home Bible studies grew into a fully recognized denomination within a few decades of the first study. This result was surprising at a number of levels. First, the speed was remarkable at which the churches were planted. In just under twenty years, the ECV grew from one evangelistic home Bible study to over thirty local churches in Flanders, the Netherlands, and Germany. These local churches were composed almost entirely of newly converted, evangelical Christians. Second, the suddenness of the ECV’s growth was matched by the equal suddenness of its cessation of growth. New converts became infrequent and new churches were not planted after the early 1990s. Alongside this history are observations related to both the essential and functional ecclesiology of the ECV.

Marinello, Thomas J., and H.H. Drake Williams III, eds. Not Weary of Well Doing: Essays in Honor of Cecil W. Stalnaker. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2013.

Not Weary of Well Doing is a collection of essays penned by people interested in educating primarily European church leaders, theological educators, and missionaries as well as other Christian leaders from around the world. All of the authors are related to the ministries of Tyndale Theological Seminary, the Netherlands. This book is in honor of missionary scholar and colleague, Dr. Cecil W. Stalnaker, for his lifetime of Christian service in Europe. Each of the articles is related to the work of missions or local church ministry. Most of the authors have many decades of experience primarily as missionary professors throughout Europe as well as pastoral ministry experience in Europe and North America. Local church leaders and cross-cultural workers especially will find this a worthwhile addition to their personal and school libraries.

Marinello, Thomas J., and H.H. Drake Williams III, eds. My Brother’s Keeper: Essays in honor of Ellis R. Brotzman. Eugene, OR: Wipf & Stock, 2010.

My Brother’s Keeper is a collection of essays penned by people interested in educating primarily European church leaders, theological educators, and missionaries as well as other Christian leaders from around the world. All of the authors are related to the ministries of Tyndale Theological Seminary, the Netherlands. This book is in honor of missionary Hebrew scholar and colleague, Ellis R. Brotzman upon his retirement. Included is material from the fields of biblical studies, theological studies, and pastoral ministries and missions. The articles represent a sampling of the type of teaching provided at Tyndale since its beginnings in 1985. Most of the authors have many decades of experience primarily as missionary professors throughout Europe. Others include those with pastoral ministry experience in Europe and North America. Theological educators, local church leaders, and cross-cultural workers will find this a worthwhile addition to their personal and school libraries.

Dr. Alex Stewart (2013 – 2021)

Stewart, Alexander E. Perseverance and Salvation: What the New Testament Teaches about Faith and Works. Areopagus Critical Christian Issues Series. Gonzalez, FL: Energion, 2018.

“This book works through the questions of the role and meaning of perseverance in salvation. Is perseverance necessary and thus not optional in salvation? What does it mean, and what is its role? Does the idea of perseverance result in a works-based view of righteousness and salvation? These six short chapters will help to clarify your understanding and provide a basis for continuing and deeper study.”

Köstenberger, Andreas, Alexander E. Stewart, and Apollo Makara. Jesus and the Future: Understanding What He Taught about the End Times. Bellingham, WA: Lexham Press, 2018.

“Jesus was a prophet who often spoke about future events. Some readers apply all of Jesus’s teaching about the future to the distant future: his return, the future resurrection, and final judgment. Other readers contend that virtually everything Jesus taught about the future was fulfilled in the destruction of Jerusalem in AD 70. The authors conclude that the truth lies somewhere in the middle. As a prophet, Jesus spoke both about the near future events of AD 70 and the distant future events surrounding his second coming. The challenge lies in determining when he was speaking about near instead of distant future events.

In Jesus and the Future, the authors examine everything Jesus said about future events as recorded in the four canonical Gospels. This includes the famous Olivet Discourse along with many other parables and sayings. The authors situate Jesus’s teaching in its original literary and 1st century Jewish and Greco-Roman context.

Jesus and the Future is designed to discuss Jesus’ teaching about the end times in a way that is accessible, biblical-theological, exegetical, and devotional and spiritually-nurturing. Written with a scholar’s mind but a pastor’s heart, the book is geared to a popular audience interested in making sense of end-time phenomena and conflicting teachings on the end times.”

Stewart, Alexander E. Soteriology as Motivation in the Apocalypse of John. Gorgias Biblical Studies 61. Piscataway, NJ: Gorgias Press, 2015.

“John did not write the Apocalypse in order to provide a detailed time-table of events that would unfold thousands of years in the future. Instead, John wrote to affect and move his hearers at the end of the first century-to motivate them to reject idolatrous compromise with the surrounding cultural and political institutions and overcome through repentance, worship, witness, perseverance, and obedience. How does the Apocalypse of John accomplish this motivation and persuade its hearers to adopt a course of action that would put their present lives, income, and security in jeopardy? This monograph employs Stephen Toulmin’s model of argumentation analysis to study John’s explicit and implicit motivational argumentation and to argue that the two primary grounds for John’s argumentation are soteriological. Hearers are motivated positively by the promise of future salvation and negatively by warnings of future judgment. In addition to this main claim, this monograph will (1) argue that the Apocalypse of John is a thoroughly rhetorical text; (2) highlight the centrality of logos, or logical argumentation, in John’s argumentation; (3) demonstrate the general applicability of Toulmin’s model of argumentation analysis to biblical texts; (4) argue that one’s systematic theology of motivation or salvation must be grounded in a comprehensive analysis of the actual motivational argumentation within a text; and (5) explore some of the theological questions raised by the use of soteriology as motivation.” 

Köstenberger, Andreas and Alexander E. Stewart, The First Days of Jesus: The Story of the Incarnation. Wheaton, Ill.: Crossway, 2015.

“The birth of Jesus stands as a pivotal moment in the history of the world, marking a dramatic turning point in God’s plan to redeem creation from sin and death. Much to the world’s surprise, redemption had arrived . . . in the form of a lowly baby.

Aimed at stirring your affections for Jesus, this meditative book will lead you on a step-by-step journey through the Gospels’ birth narratives, clearing away common misconceptions, making messianic connections, and setting the stage for Jesus’s later life and ministry.”

Köstenberger, Andreas, Justin Taylor, and Alexander E. Stewart. The Final Days of Jesus. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2014.

“Walk With Jesus During His Last Week on Earth.

On March 29, AD 33, Jesus entered the city of Jerusalem and boldly predicted that he would soon be put to death―executed on a cross, like a common criminal. So began the most important week of the most important person who ever lived.

Nearly 2,000 years later, the events that took place during Jesus’s last days still reverberate through the ages. Designed as a day-by-day guide to Passion Week, The Final Days of Jesus leads us to reexamine and meditate on the history-making, earth-shaking significance of Jesus’s arrest, trial, crucifixion, and empty tomb.

Combining a chronological arrangement of the Gospel accounts with insightful commentary, charts, and maps, this book will help you better understand what actually happened all those years ago―and why it matters today.”