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.
“I propose in this article that E is best understood as an arresting but thoroughly orthodox exposition of Genesis 1–3: in both texts, the painful consequences of the fall are central.” (Page 5)
“Death in E, then, is not merely a random, arbitrary force: its inevitability derives from the sovereign judgment of God (e.g. E 3:14–22; 11:9; 12:14; cf. Gn. 2:17; 3:3, 19); its perversity is rooted in sin, which flouts that sovereignty and thereby infects the whole creation (e.g. E 7:15–29; 8:8–14; 9:3; cf. Gn. 3:4ff., compare Rom. 8:20–22); and the frustrating brevity of life reflects the restrictions imposed by God upon that sin (e.g. E 3:11; 5:18; 6:12; 8:16–17, and ‘vanity’ passim; cf. Gn. 6:3, compare Ps. 90:7–12).” (Page 6)
“It is a deceptively unpretentious residue: to eat and to drink; to find good and joy in life, in activity and labour, and in marriage; to receive these things as a gift and allotment of God (cf. 12:7).25 These are precisely the themes that predominate in Genesis 1–2: the goodness of God’s creation (14 times; note 1:31; 2:9, 18; life (14 times, especially 2:72, 9); food (7 times; note 1:29; 2:9, 16) and woman (2:18–25; cf. E 4:9–12) as God’s gifts; the allocation of work (2:5, 15; 3:23; cf. 1:26, 28).” (Page 7)
“He is therefore given over by God to the consequences of his foolish independence: he shall continue to provide his own food (3:173, 18, 19), but it will entail lifelong pain, frustration and sweat (3:17b, 18a, 19a), and it will end only with his death.” (Page 6)
“the knowledge of good and evil becomes an ambivalent, confusing acquisition after the fall.” (Page 6)