Themelios: Volume 44, No. 1, April 2019
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.
Key Features
- Discusses books written by an assortment of authors and theologians
- Provides articles by contributors from numerous denominations and professions
Contents
- “Editorial: Themelios Then and Now: The Journal’s Name, History, and Contribution,” by Brian J. Tabb
- “Strange Times: Sad Solo,” by Daniel Strange
- “The Continuation of the Charismata,” by Andrew Wilson
- “A Response to Andrew Wilson,” by Thomas R. Schreiner
- “It All Depends Upon Prophecy: A Brief Case for Nuanced Cessationism,” by Thomas R. Schreiner
- “A Response to Tom Schreiner,” by Andrew Wilson
- “Towards a Definition of New Testament Prophecy,” by Richard M. Blaylock
- “The Boundaries of the Gift of Tongues: With Implications for Cessationism and Continuationism,” by Vern S. Poythress
- “Biblical Words and Theological Meanings: Sanctification as Consecration for Transformation,” by Ben C. Dunson
- “Finessing Independent Attestation: A Study in Interdisciplinary Biblical Criticism,” by Lydia McGrew
- “Disputation for Scholastic Theology: Engaging Luther’s 97 Theses,” by Michael Allen
- Book Reviews
Top Highlights
“That, of course, is exactly what the Lord does at Pentecost. And that is the sense in which there is a substantial change between Old and New Testaments when it comes to the gift of prophecy: not that prophecy suddenly becomes fallible, but that its scope is dramatically widened (‘I will pour out my Spirit on all flesh, and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy’, Acts 2:17), and its purpose explicitly connected with the new age of the Spirit, in which the Lord will put his Spirit on all believers, as Moses had asked all those years before.” (Page 20)
“Furthermore, as a cessationist I believe God still heals and does miracles today, though I think such events are relatively rare. Still, I pray for the healing of the sick and believe God can do so miraculously. My argument isn’t that miracles and healings never occur. Instead, I am claiming that believers today don’t have the gifts of doing miracles and healing. It is possible in cutting-edge missionary situations that the Lord may be pleased to do the signs and wonders granted during the apostolic era. I call myself a nuanced cessationist since I don’t believe such experiences and events are what ordinarily takes place in the life of the church.” (Page 29)
“The argument from prophecy has two elements. First—and most important—there is no basis for saying prophecy is mixed with error. So, those who contend that the gift of prophecy exists today should argue that such prophets speak infallibly and inerrantly, but such a prospect threatens the sole and final authority of scripture. The second argument is that the church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets, as Ephesians 2:20 says, and that foundation has been deposited for us in the canonical scriptures, and the canon was closed with the writing of the NT.” (Page 30)
Product Details
- Title: Themelios: vol. 44, no. 1, April 2019
- Editor: Brian Tabb
- Contributing Editors: D.A. Carson and Daniel Strange
- Series: Themelios
- Publisher: The Gospel Coalition
- Publication Date: 2019
- Pages: 210
- Resource Type: Journal
