Themelios 13:1

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 1987

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.

• Conversion: a Comparison of Calvin and Spener, by A.N.S. Lane
• Towards an Analysis of Cult, by N.A.D. Scotland
• The Priority of Jesus: A Look at the Place of Jesus’ Teaching and Example in Christian Ethics, by Melvin Tinker
• ’Who is the Prophet Talking About?’ Some Reflections on the New Testament’s Use of the Old, by Richard N. Longenecker

Contents

Top Highlights

“The concept of fulfilment is at the heart of biblical theology” (Page 4)

“The point to be made here, however, is that the concept of fulfilment in the NT is broader and more profound than usually thought. Certainly it includes direct prediction and explicit verification. We would be surprised if it didn’t. But direct prediction that explicitly comes to pass is only one factor in a biblical understanding of fulfilment—and one not as prominent or prevalent as is often popularly thought. To be included as well are matters having to do with the clarification of the enigmatic, with corporate solidarity, and with typological correspondences in history, as we have suggested above.” (Page 5)

“The central concept in rabbinic exegesis, and presumably that of earlier Pharisees as well, was ‘midrash’. The word comes from the verb derash (‘to resort to’, ‘seek’; figuratively, ‘to read repeatedly’, ‘study’, ‘interpret’), and strictly denotes an interpretive exposition however derived and irrespective of the type of material under consideration.” (Page 6)

“But while Calvin emphasizes this, he has very little to say about a conversion experience. Calvin stresses the need for saving faith, but he does not imply that it must come at an instant. Regeneration for Calvin is a lifelong process.” (Page 20)

“Conversion is not just entering into a private relationship with God. It means joining God’s family, which is not some abstract mystical concept but is composed of actual human beings around us.” (Page 21)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 13, No. 1, October/November 1987
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 1
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 13
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 1987
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 32
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS13_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:43:00Z

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.