Jackson Gravitt

Biography

Jackson Gravitt is a native of Dayton. He attended Bryan College and graduated in 2020 with a degree in Christian Studies. He then completed an MA in Theological Studies at Erskine Theological Seminary, where he researched the early Franciscan movement and its influence on John Wycliffe. This research earned Jackson the Ray A. King Church History Award, which the seminary grants annually to its top graduate in church history. Jackson is currently studying Reformation and Post-Reformation Theology at Puritan Reformed Theological Seminary. On top of his academic essays, he has also contributed at a popular level, writing for The Gospel Coalition, Mere Orthodoxy, and Cateclesia Institute.

Jackson met his wife, MacKenzie, while at Bryan, and they have twin sons, Henry and Simon. They attend Westminster Presbyterian Church, and Jackson regularly preaches in churches throughout the area as a licentiate in the Tennessee Valley Presbytery.

Publications, Research, & Editing

• “The ‘Judaizing’ Calvin & His Christian Exposition of Hosea 1-3.” The Confessional Presbyterian, vol. 20 (2024): 159-170.
• "Same Conclusions, Different Hermeneutics: Interpretations of Trinitarian Texts in Calvin's Corpus and the Belgic Confession." Hanover Review 3.2 (2024): 22-36.
• "Criticism, Chiasm, and Cosmic Conflict in Joshua 3-4." American Journal of Biblical Theology 25.17 (2024): 1-17; Journal of Biblical Theology 8.1 (2025): 248-262.
• “No Gloss: Franciscan Spirituals as Forefathers of Sola Scriptura.” Presbyterian 50.1 (2024): 99-110.
• “Francis of Assisi: A Reputation Marred Beyond Recognition.” Eleutheria 7.2 (2023): 40-53.
• “Franciscans as Wycliffe’s Beloved Sons: A Complimentary Response to Miles Foltermann.” Ad Fontes Journal, Online Exclusive. January 23, 2023.
• “In Darkness, Light: Francis of Assisi, Proto-Reformer.” Ad Fontes Journal 6.3 (2022), 2-8.

Conference & Workshop Presentations

• “Salvation as Song: Redemption as Creational Melody in Francis of Assisi’s Canticle of the Creatures.” Core Academy of Science’s Creation Retreat. March 2024.
• “Creation and the Christian Life: Enjoying God’s Handiwork, with Advice from Augustine and Guido de Brès.” Core Academy of Science’s Creation Retreat. March 2024.
• “Creator, Creation, and Apologetics: Broadening Our Horizons.” Core Academy of Science’s Creation Retreat. March 2024.