John Frame’s New Book, “Selected Writings Volume 3” Now Published
Good news! Dr. John M. Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings Volume 3 (P&R) has been published. Dr. Frame has distinguished himself as a prolific author and one of America’s foremost theologians and philosophers—significantly shaping the thought of Evangelicalism today.
Many of today’s most influential Christian leaders and authors, such as Tim Keller and John Piper, readily acknowledge the significant impact John Frame has had on them. He is also a dear friend and colleague who has significantly shaped my theology, life, and ministry for many years.
Although widely known and deeply respected in church leadership and academic circles for decades, his works are finally becoming more known to the general public.
After publishing his award-winning Systematic Theology (1276 pages) in November 2013 he began following the tradition of John Calvin (Tracts and Treatises), Jonathan Edwards (Miscellanies), B. B. Warfield (Selected Shorter Writings),and Herman Bavinck (Selected Shorter Works) finishing his writing career by publishing “everything he’s always wanted to write but hasn’t” in his Selected Shorter Writings.
Frame’s Selected Shorter Writings Volume 1 was published in March 2014, his Selected Shorter Writings Volume 2 was published in February 2015, and now his third volume, Selected Shorter Writings Volume 3 has recently been published by P & R Publishing.
This volume (366 pages), with an excellent foreword by RTS-Orlando Seminary President Don Sweeting, contains 34 short, pointed essays summarizing more of Frame’s central thought (and a few peripheral thoughts) and is divided into six parts: 1) Nature and Method of Theology, 2) Theological Issues, 3) Epistemology and Apologetics, 4) The Church, 5) Ethics, and 6) Sermons and Addresses. Some of Frame's most helpful, and sometimes provocative, essays in this volume include:
Machen’s Warrior Children
What Seminaries Can Do Without
Law and Gospel
Grace and Law in Sanctification
A Primer on Presuppositionalism
Seven Convulsions in the History of Philosophy
A Fresh Look at the Regulative Principle (Reformed Worship)
Thoughts on the Sinner’s Prayer
Hurting People’s Feelings
A Left-Wing Complementarian
Statism, Secularism, Islam, and Christ
Lessons on Ministry from the Pharisees
Marriage as Unjust Suffering
If you’re interested in learning more about the life, theology, and ministry of John Frame, I’ve written these 4 brief blog posts I hope you’ll find helpful:
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