James B. Jordan

James Burrell Jordan (born December 31, 1949) is an American

After his 1982 ordination in the Association of Reformed Churches, Jordan served for five years alongside Ray Sutton as associate pastor of Westminster Presbyterian Church, in Tyler, Texas. He was also the director of Geneva Ministries and Geneva Divinity School.

After the work in Tyler unravelled into discord and internal dissension, Jordan developed his own platform for writing, Biblical Horizons, a Niceville, Florida-based research and publishing ministry. Biblical Horizons emphasizes the Trinity and biblical absolutism with a covenant-historical approach to interpretation and a focus on biblical theocracy, eschatology and worship.^[2]

Jordan has also served since 2000 as head of the Department of Biblical Studies at the Biblical Theological Seminary,

In 2015, Jordan moved to Birmingham, AL to join Peter Leithart in the work of Theopolis Institute. Following a stroke in 2017, he announced in 2019 the closing down of Biblical Horizons and his endorsement of Theopolis Institute as continuing his work.[4]

Thought

Bill DeJong characterizes Jordan's approach to biblical hermeneutics as "pastoral typology" - that is, seeing biblical typology as pointing not just to the work of Christ, but also to Christian worship.^[5]

Publications

Jordan has written many articles and books, including:

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• James B. Jordan (1984). The Law of the Covenant: An Exposition of Exodus 21–23. Institute for Christian Economics.
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• James B. Jordan (1999) [1985]. Judges: A Practical and Theological Commentary. a reissuing of Judges: God’s War Against Humanism. Wipf & Stock Publishers.
  ISBN 978-1-57910-249-4
  . Retrieved April 2, 2007.
• James B. Jordan, ed. (1985). The Reconstruction of the Church. Geneva Ministries.
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• James B. Jordan (1999) [1986]. The Sociology of the Church: Essays in Reconstruction. Wipf & Stock.
  ISBN 978-1-57910-248-7
  . Retrieved April 2, 2007.
• Gary North and James B. Jordan (1987). Healer of the Nations: Biblical Blueprints for International Relations. Dominion Press.
  ISBN 978-0-930462-21-5
  . Retrieved October 13, 2008.
• James B. Jordan (2000) [1988]. Through New Eyes.
  ISBN 978-1-57910-259-3
  . Retrieved April 2, 2007.
• James B. Jordan (1989). Covenant Sequence in Leviticus and Deuteronomy: Literary Order or Chaos?. Institute for Christian Economics.
  ISBN 0-930464-22-2
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• James B. Jordan (1994). The liturgy trap: The Bible versus mere tradition in worship. Transfiguration Press. p. 98.
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• James B. Jordan (1998) [1994]. Theses on Worship: Notes Toward the Reformation of Worship. Transfiguration Press. p. 113.
  ISBN 1-883690-09-9
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• James B. Jordan (1999). Creation in Six Days: A Defense of the Traditional Reading of Genesis One.
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• James B. Jordan (2000) [1994]. Liturgical Nestorianism and the Regulative Principle. Transfiguration Press. p. 96.
  ISBN 1-883690-13-7
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• James B. Jordan (2001). Primeval Saints: Studies in the Patriarchs of Genesis. Canon Press. p. 160.
  ISBN 978-1-885767-86-8
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• James B. Jordan (2007). The Handwriting on the Wall: A Commentary on the Book of Daniel.
  ISBN 978-0-915815-63-0
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• James B. Jordan (2008). The Vindication of Jesus Christ. Athanasius Press. p. 96.
  ISBN 978-0-9753914-8-8
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• James B. Jordan (2009). Crisis, Opportunity, and the Christian Future. Athanasius Press. p. 62.
  ISBN 978-0-9842439-1-4
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External links

• Biblical Horizons – official website
  • Articles by Jordan
• Audio of lectures and sermons by Jordan