Themelios: Volume 45, No. 3, December 2020

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2020

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: I’m so Grateful That I’m among the Elect,” by D.A. Carson
• “Strange Times: J. I. Packer—Fingerprints, Footprints and Reprints,” by Daniel Strange
• “The Wisdom of the Song of Songs: A Pastoral Guide for Preaching and Teaching,” by Eric Ortlund
• “The King’s Fear of the Lord as a Theme in the Books of Samuel,” by David M. Cook
• “Reconceiving a Biblical Theology of Mission: Salvation to the Ends of the Earth Revisited,” by Andreas J. Köstenberger
• “The Earthquakes of the Crucifixion and Resurrection of Jesus Christ,” by Daryn Graham
• “Hermeneutics and Historicity in the Matthean Crucifixion Narrative: A Response to Daryn Graham,” by Daniel M. Gurtner
• “American Prophets: Federalist Clergy’s Response to the Hamilton–Burr Duel of 1804,” by Obbie Tyler Todd
• “‘Love One Another When I Am Deceased’: John Bunyan on Christian Behavior in the Family and Society Reformed Paedobaptism,” by Jenny-Lyn de Klerk
• “A Generous Reading of John Locke: Reevaluating His Philosophical Legacy in Light of His Christian Confession,” by C. Ryan Fields
• “Did the New Atheists Rationally Lack Belief?,” by Michael Berhow
• “Deep Motivation in Theological Education,” by Jonathan D. Worthington
• Book Reviews

Top Highlights

“Joy is associated with marriage, not sexual intercourse; it’s not sex that brings joy, but marriage” (Page 500)

“God’s ideal is that couples reserve sex for marriage. Furthermore, God’s good plan for romance is one in which sexual intimacy is not the pinnacle of the relationship; marriage is.” (Page 500)

“I was but a Pen in God’s hand, and what praise is due to a Pen?” (Page 486)

“Wisdom literature as whole is meant to instruct God’s people in the complexities of creation so that we can live under God’s blessing in his world. God has structured created reality such that obeying his commands is one necessary part of realizing his full purpose for human beings, but not enough in itself; God’s people must complement obedience to Torah with skillful engagement with the subtleties of God’s creation in order to fully enjoy God’s blessing.” (Page 495)

“was gratitude the overwhelming response of your heart and mind?” (Page 483)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: vol. 45, no. 3, December 2020
• Editor: Brian Tabb
• Contributing Editors: D.A. Carson and Daniel Strange
• Series: Themelios
• Publisher: The Gospel Coalition
• Publication Date: 2020
• Pages: 242
• Resource Type: Journal

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.