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Academic Articles:

Are Women Allowed to Speak in Church: I Corinthians 14:34-35. American Journal of Biblical Theology, 21.48, November 2020.

‘A Moral and Relational Interpretation of the Parable of the Prodigal Son: Luke 15:11-32’ , with William Dwight Winters, American Journal of Biblical Theology, June 2014.

‘Fasting, Justification, and Self-Righteousness in Luke 18:9-14: A Social-Scientific Interpretation as Response to Friedrichson’, with Ernest van Eck. HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies  69(1), Art. #1957,  9 pages. September 12, 2013.

‘Postmodern Popular Philosophy and the Caricature of Expository Preaching: A Response to Wade’, American Journal of Biblical Theology, 14.30, July 28, 2013.

‘The Holy Spirit in the Gospel of John’, American Journal of Biblical Theology, 14.4.,  January 28, 2013.

Popular Articles:

Civil Defense Chaplaincy, Journal of Civil Defense, American Civil Defense Association, Vol 53, No. 2, October 2019, pp. 3-6.

Why Did the Jews and the Samaritans Hate Each Other? Jewish/Samaritan Conflict in the Gospels: Historical Precedents , Bible and Spade, 27.3, 2014.

Doctoral Dissertations

Learn to Lead Like an Officer: An Analysis of the Civil Air Patrol Professional Development Program as a Leadership Continuing Education Program for Parish Clergy. 2020. 175 pp. D.Min., Forge Theological Seminary. Mathews Forge Theological Seminary Thesis Final

A Social Scientific Interpretation of Fasting in the New Testament as a Critical Analysis of Fasting in Contemporary Evangelical Spirituality. 2013. 240 pp. Ph.D., University of Pretoria. Mathews Ph.D. Dissertation Pretoria

A Spiritual Disciplines-Based Discipleship Curriculum for the Local Church. 2005. 186 pp. D.Min., Liberty Baptist Theological Seminary. Mathews D.Min. thesis Liberty

Books

Biblical Preaching for the Local Church: 51 Expository Sermons (Createspace, 2018)

Come Follow Me: Reflections on the Markan Jesus (Eugene, OR: Wipf and Stock, 2017)

Meeting God in Zone 18: Our Incredible Story of Hope, Love, and Friendship. United Baptist Church Mission Team. Edited by S. H. Mathews (Createspace, 2017)

The Practice of the Presence of God, by Brother Lawrence. Annotated Study Edition by S. H. Mathews (Createspace, 2016)

New Testament Handbook (Createspace, 2017. Originally published by Rainer Publishing, 2015)

Preaching the Deeper Christian Life: Eight Sermons Based on Andrew Murray’s Classic Guide to Christian Living (Createspace, 2016)

Christian Fasting: Biblical and Evangelical Perspectives (Lanham, MD: Rowman and Littlefield, 2015)

The Fullness of God: Sermons on Christ from Colossians (Createspace, 2015)

Evaluating Church Spiritual Formation Programs: An Empirical Study (Atlanta: Scholars’ Press, 2014)

Holy Habits: Spiritual Disciplines for Christian Living (Rainer Publishing 2014)

Book Reviews

Reading Mark for the First Time by Wilfrid J. Harrington for Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture, May 2016 46:107-108.

Five Views on Biblical Inerrancy by J. Merrick and Stephen M. Garrett for Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture August 2016 46.3:160-162.

How We Got the New Testament: Text, Transmission, Translation by Stanley E. Porter for Biblical Theology Bulletin: Journal of Bible and Culture, October 2016 46: 209-210.