Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.

Education

Ministry

• 1975–1981: Pastoral staff, Peninsula Bible Church, Palo Alto, California.
• 1982–1985: Assistant Pastor, Banchory Ternan West Parish.
• 1985–1989: Organizing Pastor, Cascade Presbyterian Church, Eugene, Oregon.
• 1989–1998: Associate Professor of Old Testament and Semitic Languages, Trinity Evangelical Divinity School, Deerfield, Illinois.
• 1998–2003: Senior Pastor, First Presbyterian Church, Augusta, Georgia.
• 2004–2007: Senior Pastor, Christ Presbyterian Church, Nashville, Tennessee.
• 2007–present: Senior Pastor at Immanuel Church, Nashville, Tennessee.

Personal

Magazines

• "Christian Liberty: Both Open and Principled," The Presbyterian Journal, 18 March 1987, pages 11–13
• "Living in the Shadows," The Evangelical Beacon, 2 April 1990, pages 16–17
• Review of The Message: Psalms, by Eugene Peterson, Christianity Today, 9 January 1995, pages 64–65
• "From Shame to Glory: The Doctrine of Man," Moody Magazine, January/February 1996, pages 20–21
• "Providence in the Book of Ruth," Tabletalk, May 1996, pages 8–9, 16
• "Finding God in Failure," Moody Magazine, January/February 1997, pages 26–29
• "One Father, Many Sons," Tabletalk, September 2001, pages 14–16, 55
• Review of Strength for the Journey, by Joseph Stowell, Moody, January/February 2002, page 58

  Essays

• "Male-Female Equality and Male Headship: Genesis 1-3," in Recovering Biblical Manhood and Womanhood: A Response to Evangelical Feminism, edited by John Piper and Wayne Grudem
• "Book of the Year" award, Christianity Today, 1992 and "Biblical and Theological Studies" award, Christianity Today, 1992
• "The Sovereignty of God: Case Studies in the Old Testament," in The Grace of God, the Bondage of the Will, edited by Bruce Ware and Tom Schreiner ; re-issued in Still Sovereign
• "John Gill as Interpreter of the Old Testament," in The Life and Thought of John Gill : A Tercentennial Appreciation, edited by Michael A. G. Haykin
• "Don't Neglect Revival," in Dear Timothy: Letters on Pastoral Ministry, edited by Thomas K. Ascol

  Books

• A Passion for God: Prayers and Meditations on the Book of Romans
• God's Unfaithful Wife: New Studies in Biblical Theology, edited by D. A. Carson
• When God Comes to Church: A Biblical Model for Revival Today
• Supernatural Living for Natural People: Studies in Romans 8
• Isaiah: God Saves Sinners, Preaching the Word, edited by R. Kent Hughes
• Proverbs: Skill in Living, Preaching the Word, edited by R. Kent Hughes

  Articles

• "The Power of the Gospel in the Church Today," Trinity Journal 18 N.S. : 3-13
• "Revival: Blessing or Problem?" Reformation & Revival 11 : 9-17

  Miscellaneous projects

• Introduction and Study Notes for Obadiah in The New Geneva Study Bible, edited by R. C. Sproul, et al.
• Psalms 76-150 in The New Living Translation
• "Apostasy," "Man and Woman" and "Marriage" in the New Dictionary of Biblical Theology, edited by Desmond Alexander and Brian Rosner
• Editor, The Psalms, The English Standard Version
• Introduction and Study Notes for Isaiah in The English Standard Version