John Gerstner

John H. Gerstner (1914-1996) was a Professor of Church History at Pittsburgh Theological Seminary and Knox Theological Seminary and an authority on the life and theology of Jonathan Edwards.

He earned both a Master of Divinity of degree and a Master of Theology degree from Westminster Theological Seminary. He earned his Doctor of Philosophy degree from Harvard University in 1945. He was originally ordained in the United Presbyterian Church of North America, then (due to church unions) with the United Presbyterian Church in the United States of America and the Presbyterian Church (USA). In 1990, he left the PCUSA for the Presbyterian Church in America.

Gerstner counted among his students R. C. Sproul, who founded Ligonier Ministries, Art Lindsley of the C.S. Lewis Institute, and Don Kistler, who founded Soli Deo Gloria Publications, reprinter of Puritan books and now part of Ligonier Ministries.

In addition to the books Gerstner had written, he also recorded several lengthy audio courses giving a survey of theology, church history, and Christian apologetics, which are distributed through Ligonier Ministries.

Books

* "Repent or Perish: The Conservative Attack on Hell"
* "Reasons for Faith"
* "Reasons for Duty"
* "The Early Writings of John H. Gerstner" (2 volume set)
* "Theology in Dialogue"
* "Primitive Theology"
* "Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth"
* "The ABC's of Assurance"
* "Jonathan Edwards: Evangelist" (ISBN 1-57358-006-6)
* "Jonathan Edwards: A Mini-Theology" (ISBN 1-57358-052-X)
* "Jonathan Edwards on Heaven and Hell" (ISBN 1-57358-088-0)
* "The Rational Biblical Theology of Jonathan Edwards"