Keith Mathison Explained

Keith A. Mathison (born 1967) is an American Reformed theologian.

Mathison grew up near Houston, Texas. He began graduate studies at Dallas Theological Seminary before transferring to Reformed Theological Seminary, Orlando. After completing his M.A. at RTS, he began working at Ligonier Ministries, where he served as an associate editor of the Reformation Study Bible.^[1] He obtained a Ph.D. from Whitefield Theological Seminary and currently serves as professor of systematic theology at Reformation Bible College in Sanford, Florida.

In The Shape of Sola Scriptura (2001), Mathison uses the term "solo Scriptura" to describe the view that the Bible is the only authority for Christians.^{[2] [3] [4]} Mathison himself advocates for a "communitarian sola Scriptura" view in which "the true interpretation of Scripture is found only in the Church".^[5]

In Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper (2002), Mathison coins the word "suprasubstantiation" (in distinction to transubstantiation or consubstantiation) to describe Calvin’s doctrine of the Lord's Supper.^[6] He also advocates for the use of wine in the Lord's Supper.^[7]

Works

• Dispensationalism: Rightly Dividing the People of God? (1995)
• Postmillennialism: An Eschatology of Hope (1999)
• The Shape of Sola Scriptura (2001)
• Given for You: Reclaiming Calvin's Doctrine of the Lord's Supper (2002)
• A Reformed Approach to Science and Scripture (2013)
• From Age to Age: The Unfolding of Biblical Eschatology (2014)
• The Lord's Supper (2019)

Notes and References

1. Web site: Our Faculty and Staff . Reformation Bible College . 24 August 2015.
2. Book: Horn . Trent . The Case for Catholicism: Answers to Classic and Contemporary Protestant Objections . 2017 . . 11 . 9781681497891 . 16 September 2022.
3. Beckwith . Francis J. . Francis J Beckwith . Natural Law, Catholicism, and the Protestant Critique: Why We Are Really Not That Far Apart . Christian Bioethics: Non-Ecumenical Studies in Medical Morality . 2019 . 25 . 2 . 154–168 . 10.1093/cb/cbz001 . 16 September 2022. free .
4. Book: Wozniak . Kenneth W. M. . Living as the Living Jesus: A Broader Jesus Ethic . 2021 . . 45 . 9781532680533 . 16 September 2022.
5. Book: Peckham . John . Canonical Theology: The Biblical Canon, Sola Scriptura, and Theological Method . 2016 . . 152 . 9781467446198 . 16 September 2022.
6. Book: Salkeld . Brett . Transubstantiation: Theology, History, and Christian Unity . 2019 . . 177 . 9781493418244 . 16 September 2022.
7. Book: Hesselink . I. John . Understanding Four Views on the Lord's Supper . 2009 . . 84 . https://books.google.com/books?id=R6LkmS_ntYwC&pg=PA84 . 16 September 2022 . Reformed View: The Real Presence of Christ. 9780310542759 .