Scholarship
Featured Publication
Our Secure Salvation: Preservation and Apostasy (Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2009)
Can believers lose their faith? Robert Peterson addresses an age-old question crucial to an insecure modern world. Tracing preservation and apostasy throughout the Bible, he illustrates how God saves and keeps his people, giving them confidence to live for his glory.
Books
As Author
Adopted by God: From Wayward Sinners to Cherished Children. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2001.
Calvin and the Atonement, 2nd ed. Fearn, Tain, Great Britain: Christian Focus Publications, 1999.
Calvin’s Doctrine of the Atonement. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1983.
Election and Free Will: God's Gracious Choice and Our Responsibility. Explorations in Biblical Theology. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2007.
Getting to Know John's Gospel: A Fresh Look at Its Main Ideas. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1989.
Hell on Trial: The Case for Eternal Punishment. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 1995.
Leader’s Guide for Getting to Know John's Gospel. Suwanee, GA: Great Commission Publications, 1989.
Our Secure Salvation: Preservation and Apostasy. Explorations in Biblical Theology. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2009.
Two Views of Hell: A Biblical and Theological Dialogue, with Edward Fudge. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2000.
What Is Hell?, co-authored with Christopher W. Morgan. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2010.
Why I Am Not an Arminian, with Michael Williams. Downers Grove, IL: InterVarsity Press, 2004.
As Editor
All for Jesus: A Celebration of the 50th Anniversary of Covenant Theological Seminary, co-edited with Sean Michael Lucas. Fearn, Tain, Great Britain: Christian Focus Publications, 2006.
Anointed With the Spirit and Power, by John Harvey. Explorations in Biblical Theology. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2008.
The Elder, by Cornelius Van Dam. Explorations in Biblical Theology. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2009.
Faith Comes by Hearing: A Response to Inclusivism, co-edited with Christopher W. Morgan. Downers Grove, IL: IVP, 2008.
The Glory of God, co-edited with Christopher W. Morgan. Theology in Community. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2010.
Hell Under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, co-edited with Christopher W. Morgan. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004.
The Nearness of God, by Lanier Burns. Explorations in Biblical Theology. Phillipsburg, NJ: P&R Publishing, 2009.
Suffering and the Goodness of God, co-edited with Christopher W. Morgan. Theology in Community. Wheaton, IL: Crossway, 2008.
Articles
“Apostasy in the Hebrews Warning Passages,” Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 34, no.1 (Spring 2008): 27-44.
“The Bible’s Story of Election,” Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 33, no.1 (Spring 2007): 31-43.
“Burial, Christian;” “Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy;” “Constantinople, Second Council of (553);” “Constantinople, Third Council of (681)”; “Contra-Remonstrants;” “Lollards;” “McFague, Sallie;” “Olevianus, Caspar (1536-1587)”; “Ruether, Rosemary Radford;” “The World Council of Churches;” in Evangelical Dictionary of Theology, 2nd ed., ed. Walter Elwell. Grand Rapids, MI: Baker, 2001.
“Christ's Death as an Example in the New Testament.” Interpretation and History: Essays in Honour of Allan A. MacRae. Eds., R Laird Harris, Swee-Hwa Quek, and J. Robert Vannoy. Singapore: Christian Life Publishers, 1986, 135-38.
“Consequences,” Modern Reformation 15, no.3 (May/June 2006): 14-18, 30.
“Does the Bible Teach Annihilationism?” BibSac 156 (Jan-Mar 1999): 13-27.
“Hell and Systematic Theology: Three Vantage Points,” in Hell under Fire: Modern Scholarship Reinvents Eternal Punishment, ed. Robert A. Peterson and Christopher W. Morgan. Grand Rapids, MI: Zondervan, 2004, 153-168.
“The Hermeneutics of Annihilationism: The Theological Method of Edward Fudge,” in Evangelical Hermeneutics: Selected Essays from the 1994 ETS Convention, ed. Michael Baumann and David Hall. New York: Christian Publications, 1995, 191-212. This also appeared in Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 23, no.1 (Spring 1995):13-28.
“Idol Factory,” Tabletalk (November 2003): 14-16.
“Perseverance and Apostasy: A Bibliographic Essay.” Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 16, no.2 (Fall 1990): 119-125.
“The Perseverance of the Saints: A Theological Exegesis of Four Key New Testament Passages.” Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review 17, no.2 (Fall 1991): 95-112.
Reviews
Many reviews published in a variety of scholarly journals.
Editorial
Editor, Presbyterion: Covenant Seminary Review (1997-present)
Editor, Explorations in Biblical Theology Series, P&R Publishing
Editor, with Christopher W. Morgan, Theology in Community Series, Crossway
Professional Societies and Memberships
- Evangelical Theological Society (ETS)
- Interdisciplinary Biblical Research Institute
- Presbyterian Mission International (PMI), Board member
- Society of Biblical Literature (SBL)