Paul Marston

Paul Marston
Born	Victor Paul Marston (1946-06-12) June 12, 1946 (age 78) London, England
Education
Occupation(s)	University Lecturer, author
Spouse	Janice ​ (m. 1971)​
Website	http://www.paulmarston.net

Victor Paul Marston (born 1946)[1] is a British academic known for his authorship of works and joint works on apologetics, theology,[2] and the history and philosophy of science. He is a University Senior Lecturer[3] and also a lay minister in the evangelical Free Methodist Church. Marston was brought up in a Christian family and became an evangelical Christian early in life.[4][5][6]

Books and writing

By Paul Marston

Paul Marston's solo works include:

• The Biblical Family (Cornerstone, 1980) ISBN 978-0891071921
• God and the Family (Kingsway, 1984) ISBN 0 86065 277 7
• Christians, Divorce and Remarriage (Lifesway, 2006) ISBN 978-0-9553742-1-0
• Gay Partnerships and the Jesus Centred Church (Lifesway, 2006) ISBN 978-0-9553742-2-7
• Understanding the Biblical Creation Passages (Lifesway, 2007) ISBN 978-0-9553742-9-6
• Women in Church Leadership and in Marriage (Lifesway, 2007) ISBN 978-0-9553742-7-2
• Great Astronomers in European History (Canopus, 2014) ISBN 978-1-901922-97-4
• Biblical Bases for Key Doctrines (Lifesway, 2017) ISBN 978-9-9553742-8-9
• Hellfire and Destruction (Wipf and Stock, 2024) Paperback ISBN 978-1-6667-8478-7, Hardcover ISBN 978-1-6667-8479-4, ebook ISBN 978-1-6667-8480-0[7]

with Roger T Forster

Paul Marston has authored and co-authored a number of books, often in collaboration with Roger T. Forster. Some of their notable co-authored works include:

• Yes, But...: Reasonable Questions about Living Faith (Victory P., Jan 1971) ISBN 0-85476-097-0
• That's a good question! Reasonable answers about living faith (Tyndale House, 1974) ISBN 0-8423-7030-7
• God's Strategy in Human History: God's Sovereignty and Man's Responsibility (Send the Light, 1973) ISBN 0-903843-00-5, (Tyndale House, 1974) ISBN 8423–1081–9, paper ISBN 8423-1080-0 cloth (Bethany House, 1984) ISBN 0-87123-434-3, (Godalming: Highland, 1989) ISBN 0-946616-55-8
• Reason and Faith: Do Science and Theology Really Conflict? (Crowborough: Monarch, 1989) ISBN 1-85424-054-4, (Monarch, 1999) ISBN 978-1-85424-441-3, and (Wipf and Stock, 2000) ISBN 1-57910-661-7
• Christianity Evidence & Truth (Crowborough: Monarch, 1995) ISBN 1-85424-311-X
• 'Reason, Science and Faith (Monarch, 1999) ISBN 978-1-85424-441-3
• God's Strategy in Human History: 2nd edition  (Wipf and Stock 2000) ISBN 1-57910-273-5[8]
• God's Strategy in Human History: Vol 1 God's Path to Victory (Push, 2013) ISBN 978-0-9553783-5-5
• 'God's Strategy in Human History: Vol 2 Reconsidering Key Biblical Ideas (Push, 2013) ISBN 978-0-9553783-6-2
• Christianity: The Evidence (Push, 2014) ISBN 978-0-9933445-0-3
• Paul's Gospel in Romans & Galatians (Push, 2016) ISBN 978-0-9933445-6-5

Some of these have been translated into Mandarin, German, Serbo-Croatian, Russian, Portuguese, and Nepalese.

References

1. "LIFESWAY - about the authors". lifesway.net. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
2. "Interview: Paul Marston – Why did you write "God's Strategy in Human History"?". 2016-12-20. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
3. "Paul Marston - Academic Staff". University of Central Lancashire. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
4. "About Paul Marston, Christian Author". Paul Marston. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
5. "Joint Meeting of the American Scientific Affiliation" (PDF). www.asa3.org.
6. "Paul Marston". Wipf and Stock Publishers. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
7. "Championing Conditionalism". Afterlife | Conditional Immortality. 2024-01-07. Retrieved 2024-03-29.
8. "(Eph. 1:4) Does this passage teach that some people are "chosen" for heaven and others are "chosen" for hell? | Evidence Unseen". Retrieved 2024-03-29.