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.
“In this way, moving out of Egypt and moving on with God to an encounter symbolized by the covenant meal at Sinai associates a relationship with God with two simple human activities, eating and walking. Both the eating and the journeying take on symbolic significance. In the fullness of time, eating the New Covenant meal will reinforce the symbolism of communing in a rite which connects Passover and Sinai. The journeying component then has to be transposed to metaphor only because no literal walking to a geographical promised land accompanies the NT inheritance.” (Pages 49–50)
“Germane to the entire concept of spirituality is growth in the knowledge of God. The wilderness journey is presented as a test of faith, and a learning experience.” (Page 51)
“Here the conversion paradox is that though they are told ‘Do not fear!’ it is, in fact, essential that they do fear. In this context, the ‘fear of the Lord’ is charged with emotion. It is as profoundly experiential and emotional as seeing the Egyptians first alive, then dead.” (Page 52)
“In terms of spirituality, the story and geographical setting have immense value. Bushes and mountains: very mundane, unremarkable. Then the scandal of particularity, this particular bush and this particular mountain on this particular day. Go there on another day and there is nothing to see. For all its delight in the dramatic and visual, the narrative has alerted us to this difference between symbolic setting and personal encounter. The mountain is not the destination of the Exodus. The journey is to God himself.” (Page 54)