Dr. Fesko is a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian
Church. He was ordained as a church planter in 1998
and was installed as a pastor in 2003, thus serving in
pastoral ministry for over ten years. He has also taught
systematic theology for Reformed Theological Seminary
for over eight years as a part-time professor. He has
served on two committees appointed by the General Assembly
of the Orthodox Presbyterian Church. His present
research interests include the integration of biblical
and systematic theology, soteriology, ecclesiology, and
sixteenth- and seventeenth-century Reformed theology.
He is a member of the Society of Biblical Literature, the
American Academy of Religion, and the Evangelical Theological
Society, and a friend of the Institute for Biblical
Research.
He is the author of
Diversity Within the Reformed Tradition: Supra- and Infralapsarianism in Calvin,
Dort, and Westminster;
Last
Things First: Unlocking Genesis 1-3 with the Christ of Eschatology;
Justification: Understanding the Classical Reformed Doctrine;
and
What is Justification by Faith Alone? He is a contributor to
Justification: A Report from the Orthodox Presbyterian
Church, and is both a co-editor and contributor to
The
Law Is Not of Faith: Essays on Works and Grace in the
Mosaic Covenant. His scholarly essays have appeared in
Reformed Theological Review,
Confessional Presbyterian,
Themelios,
Mid-America Journal of Theology,
Scottish Bulletin of Evangelical Theology,
Journal of the Evangelical Theological Society,
and
Westminster Theological Journal.
Dr. Fesko and his wife, Anneke, have one son and reside
in Escondido.
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