Themelios 24:1

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 1998

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 Evangelical and Scholarship: Personal Reflections, by Graham Cole
• Lindsay Brown, by Stephen Williams
• The Jubilee and the Millennium:Holy years in the Bible and their Relevance Today, by David L. Baker
• Formulation of Creeds in the Early Church, by Graham Keith

Contents

Top Highlights

“At this period the person being baptised is not expected to recite any creed. He is simply to assent to his belief in the Triune God, as outlined in Jesus’ own words in Matthew 28.” (Page 15)

“All the regulations for the sabbatical year also apply in the jubilee year, but the distinctive characteristic of the jubilee is the restoration of land to the owner designated by God when Israel took possession of the promised land (Schaeffer 1922: pp. 68–98; Ginzberg 1932: pp. 369–74).” (Page 49)

“One of the most important themes in the understanding of the jubilee year is freedom, and Ezekiel actually refers to it as the ‘year of freedom’ (Ezk. 46:17, NIV).” (Page 48)

“We may begin by suggesting that the idea of ‘rest’ points towards restraint in the exploitation of the land, indeed of the whole environment.” (Page 56)

“Our study of the holy years should remind us that the Bible does not only promise better things in heaven for the oppressed (‘pie in the sky when you die’) but encourages concrete action to bring them freedom from suffering in this world. Hopefully today Christians from different theological backgrounds can agree that the gospel is not only concerned with spiritual matters but also with the affairs of this world.” (Page 59)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 24, No. 1, October 1998
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 1
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 24
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 1998
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 110
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS24_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:43:33Z

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.