Themelios: Volume 46, No. 3, December 2021

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2021

Overview

Themelios is an international, evangelical, peer-reviewed theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. Themelios began in 1975 and was operated by RTSF/UCCF in the United Kingdom, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The editorial team, led by D.A. Carson, draws participants from across the globe as editors, essayists and reviewers. Each issue contains articles on important theological themes, as well as book reviews and discussion from the most important evangelical voices of our time.

Key Features

• Discusses books written by an assortment of authors and theologians
• Provides articles by contributors from numerous denominations and professions

Contents

• “EDITORIAL: What Makes a “Good” Church? Reflections on A Church Called Tov,” by Brian J. Tabb
• “STRANGE TIMES: On Being Soteriologically De-motivated,” by Daniel Strange
• “Navigating Empathy,” by Jonathan Worthington
• “Leviticus in Light of Christ,” by Roland Elliott
• “Old Testament Hope: Psalm 2, the Psalter, and the Anointed One,” by S.D. Ellison
• “Raised up from the Dust: An Exploration of Hannah’s Reversal Motif in the Book of Esther as Evidence of Divine Sovereignty,” by Justin Jackson
• “Ben Sira’s Canon Conscious Interpretive Strategies: His Narrative History and Realization of the Jewish Scriptures,” by Peter Beckman
• “Soteriology in the Gospel of John,” by Bruce R. Reichenbach
• “The Placement of Paul’s Composition of 1 Corinthians in Troas: A Fresh Approach,” by Daryn Graham
• “Genre-Sensitive Biblical Interpretation in 1 Peter,” by Jordan Atkinson
• “Revelation and Religions: Towards a More ‘Harmonious’ Jonathan Edwards,” by Iain McGee
• “The Theological Vision of Geerhardus Vos: Theological Education and Reformed Ministry,” by Bradley J. Bitner
• Book Reviews

Top Highlights

“I argue that the tov proposal ultimately lacks the proper theological, ecclesiological, and missiological foundations for building healthy churches.” (Page 484)

“McKnight and Barringer fail to supply the sure foundations for building ‘good’ churches. In my reading, the authors effectively downplay biblical preaching and teaching, cast suspicion on church membership and discipline, focus confession on affirming hurting people more than dealing with God, and present a vague and truncated vision for the church’s mission.” (Page 491)

“the threefold division of the law into moral, civil, and ceremonial precepts” (Page 522)

“Our current English term ‘empathy,’ then, is not exactly connected to the Greek term ἐμπάθεια. Rather, the English ‘empathy’ involves moving yourself into someone else’s mental and emotional shoes to walk around from their perspective for a time, especially to help them.” (Page 508)

“Herman Bavinck calls preaching ‘the greatest and highest part’ of Protestant religion, for ‘through preaching, the congregation is protected in its purity, encouraged in its battle, healed in its sufferings, established in its confession.’” (Page 492)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 46, No. 3, December 2021
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 3
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 46
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 2021
• Logos Release Date: 2021
• Pages: 739
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS46_3
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2024-12-12T01:31:30Z

About The Gospel Coalition

Brian J. Tabb (PhD, London Theological Seminary) is academic dean at Bethlehem College & Seminary and an elder of Bethlehem Baptist Church in Minneapolis, Minnesota. He also serves as managing editor for Themelios, published by the Gospel Coalition, and is the author of Suffering in Ancient Worldview.

D.A. Carson is a research professor of New Testament at Trinity Evangelical Divinity School in Deerfield, Illinois. He has been at Trinity since 1978. Carson came to Trinity from the faculty of Northwest Baptist Theological Seminary in Vancouver, British Columbia, where he also served for two years as academic dean. He has served as an assistant pastor and pastor and has done itinerant ministry in Canada and the United Kingdom. Carson received a bachelor of science in chemistry from McGill University, the master of divinity from Central Baptist Seminary in Toronto, and the doctor of philosophy in New Testament from the University of Cambridge. Carson is an active guest lecturer in academic and church settings around the world. He holds membership on the Council for the Alliance of Confessing Evangelicals. Carson has also written many books that have garnered international acclaim, including his award-winning title The Gagging of God: Christianity Confronts Pluralism.

Daniel Strange is academic vice president and lecturer in culture, religion, and public theology at Oak Hill College, London. He is the author or coauthor of several other books, including The Possibility of Salvation Among the Unevangelised: An Analysis of Inclusivism in Recent Evangelical Theology.

Sample Pages from Themelios: Volume 46, No. 3, December 2021