| The Christian spirituality of the love of God: Conceptual and experiential perspectives emanating from the Gospel of John DG Van der Merwe Verbum et Ecclesia 41 (1), 1-10, 2020 | 121 | 2020 |
| Reading the Bible in the 21st century: Some hermeneutical principles: Part 1 D Van der Merwe Verbum et Ecclesia 36 (1), 1-8, 2015 | 32 | 2015 |
| From Christianising Africa to Africanising Christianity: Some hermeneutical principles D Van der Merwe Stellenbosch Theological Journal 2 (2), 559-587, 2016 | 28 | 2016 |
| Towards a theological understanding of Johannine discipleship DG Van der Merwe Neotestamentica 31 (2), 339-359, 1997 | 25 | 1997 |
| Imitatio Christi in the fourth gospel DG Van der Merwe Verbum et Ecclesia 22 (1), 131-148, 2001 | 23 | 2001 |
| Prayer, the encounter and participation, the experience: A Pauline exhortation towards a spirituality of prayer DG Van der Merwe Verbum et Ecclesia 39 (1), 1-8, 2018 | 22 | 2018 |
| Divine fellowship in the Gospel of John: A Trinitarian spirituality D Van der Merwe HTS: Theological Studies 75 (1), 1-12, 2019 | 20 | 2019 |
| Discipleship in the fourth Gospel DG Van der Merwe University of Pretoria, 2012 | 19 | 2012 |
| Ά matter of having fellowship': Ethics in the Johannine epistles DG Van der Merwe | 15 | 2006 |
| The historical and theological significance of John the Baptist as he is portrayed in John 1 DG Merwe Neotestamentica 33 (2), 267-292, 1999 | 15 | 1999 |
| The characterisation of the Spiritual Christian: In conversation with God according to 1 Corinthians 2 D Van der Merwe HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 74 (3), 2018 | 14 | 2018 |
| Early Christian spirituality according to the First Epistle of John: The identification of different ‘lived experiences’ DG Van der Merwe HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 69 (1), 2013 | 14 | 2013 |
| Conceptualising holiness in the Gospel of John: The mode and objectives of holiness (part 1) D Van der Merwe HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 73 (3), 2017 | 13 | 2017 |
| Early Christian spiritualities of sin and forgiveness according to 1 John DG Van der Merwe HTS: Theological Studies 70 (1), 1-11, 2014 | 13 | 2014 |
| Old Testament spirituality in the gospel of John DG Van der Merwe Verbum et Ecclesia 35 (1), 1-9, 2014 | 12 | 2014 |
| The divinity of Jesus in the Gospel of John: The ‘lived experiences’ it fostered when the text was read DG Van der Merwe HTS Teologiese Studies/Theological Studies 75 (1), 2019 | 10 | 2019 |
| 1 John:'Effects' in biblical texts that constitute'lived experiences' in the contemplative reading of those texts D Van der Merwe In die Skriflig 49 (2), 1-9, 2015 | 10 | 2015 |
| Erotic fantasy, spirituality and Song of Songs DG Van der Merwe Verbum et Ecclesia 38 (2), 1-9, 2017 | 9 | 2017 |
| Salvation in the Johannine epistles DG Van der Merwe Salvation in the New Testament, 437-464, 2005 | 9 | 2005 |
| The character of unity expected among the disciples of Jesus, according to John 17: 20–23 DG Van der Merwe Acta Patristica et Byzantina 13 (1), 224-254, 2002 | 9 | 2002 |
