Writings

EDITED BOOKS

Thomas K. Ascol and Nathan A. Finn, eds., Ministry By His Grace and For His Glory: Essays in Honor of Thomas J. Nettles. Cape Coral, FL: Founders Press, 2011.

Robert Hall Sr., Help to Zion’s Travellers: Being an Attempt to Remove Various Stumbling Blocks out of the Way, Relating to Doctrinal, Experimental and Practical Religion, new ed. Edited by Nathan A. Finn. Mountain Home, AR: BorderStone Press, 2011.

Domestic Slavery: The Correspondence of Richard Fuller and Francis Wayland. Edited by Nathan A. Finn and Keith Harper. Macon: Mercer University Press, 2008.

BOOK CHAPTERS AND CONTRIBUTED ESSAYS

“Baptists and the Bible: The History of a History Book,” in Ministry By His Grace and For His Glory: Essays in Honor of Thomas J. Nettles, eds. Thomas K. Ascol and Nathan A. Finn, pp. 3-16. Cape Coral, FL: Founders Press, 2011.

“Southern Baptists and Evangelicals: Passing on the Faith to the Next Generation,” in Southern Baptists, Evangelicals, and the Future of Denominationalism, eds. David S. Dockery, Ray Van Neste, and Jerry Tidwell, pp. 231-60. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2011.

“Southern Baptist History: A Great Commission Reading,” in The Great Commission Resurgence: Fulfilling God’s Mandate in Our Time, eds. Chuck Lawless and Adam Greenway, pp. 51-76. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2010.

“Priorities for a Post-Resurgence Convention,” in Southern Baptist Identity: The Future of an Evangelical Denomination, ed. David S. Dockery, pp. 257–80. Wheaton: Crossway, 2009.

“Assessing a Better Paradigm: The Case for a Third Way,” in A Better Paradigm for the Study of Baptist History?, ed. R. L. Vaughn, pp. 17–20. Mount Enterprise, TX: Waymark Publications, 2009.

“Southern Baptist Calvinism: Setting the Record Straight,” in Calvinism: A Southern Baptist Dialogue, eds. E. Ray Clendenen and Brad Waggoner, pp. 171–194. Nashville: B&H Academic, 2008.

JOURNAL ARTICLES

“Now Let Us Praise Famous Moderates: A Review Essay of Three Recent Festschriften,” Journal of Baptist Studies 4 (2010): 46-68.

“‘Surely it is Worth While’: William Carey’s Personal Application of His Enquiry,” Puritan Reformed Journal 2, no. 2 (July 2010): 286-300.

“Robert Hall’s Contributions to Evangelical Renewal in the Northamptonshire Baptist Association,” Midwestern Journal of Theology 6, no. 1 (Fall 2007): 19–34.

“Youth for Calvin: Reformed Theology and Southern Baptist Collegians,” Baptist History and Heritage 39 (Spring 2004): 19–41, co-authored with C. Douglas Weaver.

SELECTED SHORT ARTICLES AND BOOK REVIEWS

“Responding to Bell: Some Lessons for Evangelicals,” Credo Magazine (January 2012): 58-64.

“Very Hopeful about the SBC’s Future,” Baptist Press (December 22, 2011)

Review of D.G. Hart, From Billy Graham to Sarah Palin: Evangelicals and the Betrayal of American Conservatism (Eerdmans, 2011), for The Gospel Coalition Reviews

“Cultivating Godliness in College,” Baptist Press (October 17, 2011)

“Watching Muslims Profess Faith–In the Face of Persecution,” Baptist Press (June 29, 2011)

“God’s Country: The Faithful Sunbelt,” a review of Darren Dochuk’s From Bible Belt to Sun Belt: Grassroots Politics, Plain-Folk Religion, and the Rise of Evangelical Conservatism (Norton, 2010) for The City, pp. 76-80

“I Deserve the Coal,” Baptist Press (December 22, 2010)

“The States of Our Convention,” Baptist Messenger (September 29, 2010), co-authored with Douglas E. Baker

“Understanding Heresy,” a review of Alister McGrath’s Heresy: A History of Defending the Truth (HarperOne, 2009) for the Baptist Messenger

“All God’s Callings,” Boundless (April 30, 2009)

“A Southern Baptist Manifesto,” a review of David S. Dockery, Southern Baptist Consenus and Renewal: A Biblical, Historical, and Theological Proposal (B&H Academic, 2008) for Christianity Today

“Thomas Meredith’s Biblical Recorder, 1834-1850,” written for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, November 2008

“The Ablest Man Who Has Yet Appeared Among Us,” written for the Baptist State Convention of North Carolina, September 2008

“Gender and the Vice Presidency,” Baptist Press (September 5, 2008)

“Greed or No Greed?” Baptist Press (February 1, 2007)

“Pregnancy and a Consistent Ethic of Life,” Baptist Press (May 31, 2006)

“Baptist History and Baptist Ministry,” Baptist Press (Feburary 23, 2006)

“2 Churches: Different and Similar,” Baptist Press (June 29, 2005)

“Who Killed Jesus?” Baptist Press (February 25, 2004)

“Wanted: Deliberately Christian Parents,” Baptist Press (May 8, 2003)

“Confessions of a 19th Century Baptist,” Founders Journal (Winter 2003): 25-26, 30.

In addition to the above writings, Nathan has written popular articles for periodicals such as The Gospel Witness, Baptist Press, Credo Magazine, The Baptist Messenger, Founders Journal, and Boundless. He has also reviewed books forThemelios, Baptist History and Heritage, Southeastern Theological Review, The Gospel Coalition, Christianity Today,Credo Magazine, The Baptist Messenger, The Journal of Baptist Studies, The City, The North Carolina Historical Review,Tennessee Historical Quarterly, Founders Journal, The Journal of the Florida Baptist Historical Society, and Faith and Mission.

POSITION PAPERS

“Funding Great Commission Faithfulness: A Response to Morris Chapman.” Unpublished white paper, May 2010. Co-authored with Daniel L. Akin.

“Baptism, the Lord’s Supper, and Southern Baptists.” Unpublished position paper, January 2009.

“Baptism as Prerequisite to the Lord’s Table.” Published by The Center for Theological Research, Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary, October 2006.

FORTHCOMING WORKS AND PROJECTS IN-PROCESS

Nathan has forthcoming book chapters on Adoniram Judson’s missionary career, William Carey’s missionary career, and the history of church membership requirements. He has a forthcoming popular article on Adoniram Judson and a forthcoming journal article on Martin Luther’s critique of Anabaptism. Nathan is also editing a collection of essays tentatively titled Gospel-Driven Ministry: Good News for the Local Church. Lord willing, all these projects will be published in 2012.

For beyond 2012, Nathan is co-authoring a Baptist History textbook with two colleagues from other institutions and is co-authoring a book on the transitions at Southeastern Seminary during Russ Bush’s early years as academic dean from 1989-1992. He is also editing a critical edition of Andrew Fuller’s Strictures on Sandemanism for the Works of Andrew Fuller project and is working on a number of journal articles and book chapters on topics such as the complicated relationship between 20th century evangelists Billy Graham and John R. Rice, the famous Baptist-turned-Universalist Elhanan Winchester, the Second Great Awakening leader Asahel Nettleton, and a critique of Presbyterian polity.