Themelios: Issue 34-1, April 2009

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2009

Contents

• "Editorial" by D. A. Carson
• "Minority Report: A Lesson from Peter the Barber" by Carl Trueman
• "The Embattled Bible: Four More Books" by Robert W. Yarbrough
• "How Far Beyond Chicago? Assessing Recent Attempts to Reframe the Inerrancy Debate" by Jason S. Sexton
• "Divine Retribution: A Forgotten Doctrine?" by Andrew Atherstone
• "Calvinism and Missions: The Contested Relationship Revisited" by Kenneth J. Stewart
• "Pastoral Pensées: Power in Preaching: Decide (1 Corinthians 2:1–5), Part 1 of 3" by Raymond C. Ortlund Jr.

Top Highlights

“Here is the case I am making: A crucified Savior can be preached in divine power only by crucified preachers.” (Page 80)

“But if the inerrancy view is sustainably the best view, the burden belongs to the inerrantist for gracious, sound argumentation, not only in constructing the doctrine further, but also in dealing with voices that have entered the debate, even challenging the status quo.” (Page 32)

“Inerrancy also accounts for the humanness and divine inspiration of the Bible. Precisely because the Bible is not only God-breathed but equally human, there is a need to say something about its authority since it has been touched by human hands. Inerrancy is a term that precisely does this, speaking of Scripture’s accuracy and inability to be eclipsed by the potential corruptness that would have naturally occurred in Scripture’s original writing.” (Page 45)

“Rhetoric is the professionalization of communication, and it works. But there is a problem: it’s all about self-display for self-glorification, and that’s where Paul draws the line.” (Page 83)

“Arguments made today from those opposed to inerrancy are similar and often the same as the previous generation’s critics of inerrancy, which resulted in CSBI.” (Page 27)

Product Details

• Title: Issue 34-1
• Editor: D. A. Carson
• Series: Themelios
• Publisher: The Gospel Coalition
• Publication Date: 2009
• Pages: 153

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.