Early, J. E., Jr. (2003). The pioneer school: Remembering John Mason Peck and Shurtleff College. American Baptist Quarterly, 22(1), 52-29.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2004). The building of a church: The centennial history of South Main Baptist Church, Houston, Texas. Terrace Publishing.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2004). Daniel Parker: A common man for the common people. American Baptist Quarterly, 23(1), 50-64.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2004). Israel S. Campbell: The father of Black Texas Baptists. Baptist History and Heritage Journal, 39(3), 98-102.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2004). Landmarkism: Tennessee Baptists' influence on Texas Baptists. Tennessee Baptist Historical Journal.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2004). The schism of the First Baptist Church of Dallas, 1880. East Texas Historical Journal.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2004). Tennessee Baptists and the Scopes Trial. Tennessee Baptist Historical Journal.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2004). A Texas Baptist History sourcebook. University of North Texas Press.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2005). The Cotton Grove Resolutions. Tennessee Baptist Historical Journal.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2005). A Texas Baptist power struggle: The Hayden controversy. University of North Texas Press.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2006). Father John Clark: The first Baptist Preacher in Missouri. Midwestern Journal of Theology, 4(2), 84-92.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2006). Johnston Lykins: Missionary and mayor of Kansas City. American Baptist Quarterly, 25(1), 82-96.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2006). Tennessee Baptists and the Civil War. Tennessee Baptist Historical Society Journal.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2007). Richard Henry Boyd: Shaper of Black Baptist identity. Baptist History and Heritage, 43(3), 91-104.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2008). Readings in Baptist history: Four centuries of selected documents. B & H Publishing Group.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2008). W. A. Criswell: the wall of separation of church and state and politics. Baptist History and Heritage, 43(3), 82–88.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2009). The apocalyptic nature of Thomas Helwys' writings. American Baptist Quarterly, 28(4), 456-463.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2009). The life and writings of Thomas Helwys. Mercer University Press.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2013). Jacob Knapp: Instantaneous conversion and immersion. American Baptist Quarterly, 32(3-4), 309-319.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2014). The birth and growth of the Baptist Missionary Association in America. Baptist History and Heritage, 49(2), 52–61.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2014). John Smyth and Thomas Helwys: Theological differences. Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry, 11(1), 26-37.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2015). A history of Christianity: An introductory survey. B & H Academic.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2018). The place of Southern Baptist women in the church, home, and society, 1950-1979. Baptist History and Heritage, 53(3), 79–95.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2019). The role, purpose, and nature of women according to Martin Luther. Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry, 16(1), 2-11.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2019). Michael Muldoon: Stephen F. Austin's priest. Campbellsville Review, 9.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2019). The role, place and purpose of Southern Baptist Women, 1979-1987. Baptist History and Heritage, 54(2), 8-21.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2020). Festschrift editor's note. Baptist History and Heritage, 15(1).
Early, J. E., Jr. (2020). From permissible to intolerable: Southern Baptists and the abortion debate in the 1970s. Baptist History and Heritage, 55(2), 73-51.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2020). Fundamentalism and the birth of the Northern Baptist Convention. American Baptist Quarterly, 39(2), 116-132.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2020). John Clarke: Life and legacy. American Baptist Quarterly, 39(3), 226-235.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2021). Harriett Livermore: Prophet and preacher. Journal of Liberal Arts and Humanities, 2(1).
Early, J. E., Jr. (2021). Philo of Alexandria's concept of women. Journal for Baptist Theology and Ministry, 18(1).
Early, J. E., Jr. (2022). Because of Eve: Historical and theological survey of the subjugation of women in the Christian faith. Universal-Publishers.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2022). How men have controlled women using the Bible. Baptist News Global.
Early, J. E., Jr. (2022). Tennessee Baptists and the Scopes Trial. Baptist History and Heritage, 17(2).
Early, J. E., Jr. (2023). Something wonderful and of God is happening at Asbury church historian believes. Baptist News Global.