Themelios: Volume 40, No. 3, December 2015

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2015

Overview

Themelios is an international evangelical theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. It was formerly a print journal operated by RTSF/UCCF in the United Kingdom, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The new editorial team, led by D.A. Carson, seeks to preserve representation, in both essayists and reviewers, from both sides of the Atlantic. 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

• Offers an editorial by D.A. Carson
• Discusses books written by an assortment of authors and theologians
• Provides articles by contributors from numerous denominations and professions

Contents

• “Editorial: On Disputable Matters” by D.A. Carson
• “Off the Record: Is the Wrath of God Extremist?” by Michael J. Ovey
• “More than a Game: A Theology of Sport” by Jeremy R. Treat
• “The Amorality of Atheism” by Rob Smith
• “Beyond Christian Environmentalism: Ecotheology as an Over-Contextualized Theology” by Andrew J. Spencer
• “Rooted and Grounded? the Legitimacy of Abraham Kuyper’s Distinction between Church as Institute and Church as Organism, and Its Usefulness in Constructing an Evangelical Public Theology” by Daniel Strange
• “‘Not to Behold Faith, But the Object of Faith’: the Effect of william PerkinsÒs Doctrine of the Atonement on His Preaching of Assurance” by Andrew Ballitch
• “Pastoral Pensées: The Duty of a Pastor: John Owen on Feeding the Flock by Diligent Preaching of the Word” by Matthew Barrett

Top Highlights

“Second, a pastor is to pray that Christ would be present whenever his people meet together.” (Page 469)

“What shall we pray for? Owen gives three things every pastor should pray for. First, a pastor is to pray that the Word preached would be successful in the hearts of those preached to.” (Page 469)

“In short: the most fundamental tool for establishing what is or is not an indisputable, is careful, faithful exegesis.” (Page 385)

“Yet surely serious Christians will be asking another series of questions: What will bring glory to God? What will sanctify me? What conduct will enable me to adorn the gospel? What does it mean to take up my cross and follow Jesus? What contributes to preparing me for the new heaven and the new earth? What will contribute to fruitful evangelism? What conduct effervesces in love, faith, joy, and peace? What beliefs and conduct nudge me back toward the cross, and forward to loving God with heart, soul, mind and strength, and my neighbors as myself? Again: What will bring glory to God?” (Page 388)

“For Owen, the main duty of a pastor is to preach God’s Word to God’s people, as a shepherd feeding his sheep. For Owen, there was no higher priority (or privilege) in ministry.” (Page 461)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 40, No. 3, December 2015
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 3
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 40
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 2015
• Logos Release Date: 2015
• Pages: 194
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS40_3
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-02-04T21:33:40Z

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 40, No. 3, December 2015