Themelios: Volume 47, No. 1, April 2022
Overview
Themelios is an international, evangelical, peer-reviewed theological journal that expounds and defends the historic Christian faith. Its primary audience is theological students and pastors, though scholars read it as well. Themelios began in 1975 and was operated by RTSF/UCCF in the United Kingdom, and it became a digital journal operated by The Gospel Coalition in 2008. The editorial team, led by D.A. Carson, draws participants from across the globe as editors, essayists and reviewers. Each issue contains articles on important theological themes, as well as book reviews and discussion from the most important evangelical voices of our time.
- Discusses books written by an assortment of authors and theologians
- Provides articles by contributors from numerous denominations and professions
- “EDITORIAL: Wisdom and Hope in Difficult Days: Reading Revelation in 2022,” by Brian J. Tabb
- “STRANGE TIMES: Caring Because You Don’t,” by Daniel Strange
- “Helpful Distinction or Quarrel over Words? The Conquest as ‘Genocide’ in Evangelical Apologetics,” by Caleb Miller
- “The Spirit in Elisha’s Life: A Preview of Jesus Christ and the New Covenant,” by Gary L. Shultz Jr.
- “Targums As Guides to Hebrew Syntax,” by Michael B. Shepherd
- “Does Acts 4:23–31 Support the Practice of Simultaneous Prayer?,” by Scott D. MacDonald
- “Two Types of Work: Work for the Lord and Work for the Kingdom of God,” by Peter Orr
- “John Calvin’s Eucharistic Theology: A Pentecostal Analysis,” by Geoffrey Butler
- “Samuel Miller on the “Sanctified Judgment” of the Enlarged, Elevated, and Strengthened Mind: Piety, Learning, and the Right Kind of Bias,” by Paul Kjoss Helseth
- “Southern Yankees: Southern Baptist Clergy in the Antebellum North (1812–1861),” by Obbie Tyler Todd
- “Reassessing Nicholas Wolterstorff’s Objections to Divine Simplicity,” by Jean Gomes
- “The Divine and Adopted Son of God: A Response to Joshua Maurer and Ty Kieser,” by Richard B. Gaffin Jr. and David B. Garner
- Book Reviews
Top Highlights
“We can state it as follows: every Christian can do kingdom related work (1:9–10); some Christians’ activity is so dominated by this type of work that they can be described as ‘(co-)workers for the kingdom of God’ (4:11); those Christians whose time is dominated by other activity, such as slaves who still work ‘for the Lord’ (3:23) even though their service of their earthly masters is not ‘work for the kingdom’ per se.” (Page 78)
“Revelation resembles biblical and extrabiblical apocalyptic writings in at least three ways: (1) it discloses God’s ultimate purposes in salvation and judgment, (2) it presents a transcendent, God-centered perspective on reality, and (3) it challenges the people of God to evaluate their troubles in light of God’s present rule and future triumph. Revelation is also ‘a book of prophecy’ to be heeded by God’s people (1:3; 22:7).” (Page 2)
“Many popular authors and speakers commend reading Revelation in the light of current world events” (Page 1)
“these expressions of present happiness have an eschatological emphasis” (Page 5)
“Any work, even work done by a first century slave, is work of deep significance. It has theological value. It is work done ‘in the name of the Lord Jesus’ (3:17) and it is done ‘for the Lord’ (3:23) with the worker ‘serving the Lord Christ’ (3:24). It has eschatological value since the one who works faithfully this way will receive an inheritance from the Lord.” (Page 74)
- Title: Themelios: vol. 47, no. 1, April 2022
- Editor: Brian Tabb
- Contributing Editors: D.A. Carson and Daniel Strange
- Series: Themelios
- Publisher: The Gospel Coalition
- Publication Date: 2022
- Pages: 229
- Resource Type: Journal