Themelios: Volume 41, No. 3, December 2016

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2016

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: Seekest Though Great Things for Thyself by D.A. Carson
• Off the Record: Choose Your Fears Wisely
• Fulfilling the Heroic Ideal: A Triperspectival Approach to Christian Moral Heroism
• Facts and Theories in Science and Theology: Implications for the Knowledge of Human Origins
• We Who Work with Hands: Towwards a Theology of Writing
• The “Same God Question”: Why Muslims Are Not Moving toward Christians
• Pastoral Pensees: Seven Reasons You Should Not Indulge in Pornography
• Book Reviews

Top Highlights

“For what it is worth, and at a much smaller scale, I made a vow a long time ago never to accept or reject an invitation on the basis of either numbers or money.” (Page 408)

“I am slightly suspicious of people who utter prophecies pronouncing fame and success on certain people. I’m not saying such prophecies cannot possibly be valid, but I worry that they sound suspiciously like a spiritualized version of HWPG—health, wealth, and prosperity gospel. After the Damascus Road experience, God tells Paul not how influential he will be, but how much he must suffer for Jesus’s sake. Paul tells the Philippians that it has been granted to them (!!) on behalf of Christ not only to believe on him, but also to suffer for his sake (Phil 1:29). Why is it that so few ostensible prophecies tell people today how much they must suffer for Jesus’s sake?” (Page 409)

“It is unthinkable to indulge in pornography in the Most Holy Place. But now your physical body is the Most Holy Place. So don’t defile it. Keep it pure because it is sacred space.” (Page 477)

“People who habitually and unrepentantly indulge in pornography will go to hell. One evidence that you have genuine faith in Jesus is that you are fighting lust.” (Page 474)

“‘At the heart of mature masculinity is a sense of benevolent responsibility to lead, provide for and protect women in ways appropriate to a man’s differing relationships.’” (Page 482)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 41, No. 3, December 2016
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 3
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 41
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 2016
• Logos Release Date: 2016
• Pages: 179
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS41_3
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:44:26Z

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.