Themelios 23:1

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 1997

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.

• The Theology of the Cross: Subversive Theology for a Postmodern World, by Graham Tomlin
• Scripture and Experience, by T.A. Noble
• The Poor of the Gospels and the Good News Proclaimed to Them, by Joey J. Kanogaraj
• Recent Study of the Pastoral Epistles, by I. Howard Marshall

Contents

Top Highlights

“Thus in Jesus’ proclamation the good news to the poor has two sides: God’s compassionate presence among the poor to meet their physical needs, and the gift of the eschatological blessings of God given in Jesus to those who make a faith-commitment to him.” (Page 54)

“Our evidence shows that in the time of the OT the term ‘poor’ originally meant those who had no inheritance of their own, those who were in economic need, and also those who had a low and insignificant social status. However, from the period of the monarchy until the inter-testamental period, including up to Jesus’ time, the term was strongly applied to those who, in lowliness and humility, lived in dependence on God.” (Page 45)

“Is theology merely an exercise in buttressing the power-claims of those in authority in the name of an all-powerful God? How can Christians claim to hold the truth when truth itself is seen as an oppressive assertion of power?” (Page 59)

“We have observed that in NT times the word ‘poor’ meant not merely the economically poor and the socially downtrodden, but also godly people who were low and humble and who lived by their faith in God. Jesus brought good news to them all.” (Page 54)

“Carson observes that God’s people were recognized as ‘poor’, owing to their extreme economic distress, which was often caused by oppression, and in this connection the term ‘poor’ can also mean ‘lowly’ or ‘humble’ (cf. Is. 57:15; 66:12).” (Page 41)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 23, No. 1, October 1997
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 1
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 23
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 1997
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 113
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS23_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:43:30Z

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.