Themelios: vol. 37, no. 1, April 2012

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2012

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.

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Key Features

• Offers an editorial by D. A. Carson
• Discusses books written by an assortment of authors and theologians
• Provides articles by contributors from numerous denominations and professions

Contents

• “Editorial: Take Up Your Cross and Follow Me” by D. A. Carson
• “Off the Record: The Goldilocks Zone” by Michael J. Ovey
• “John Owen on Union with Christ and Justification” by J. V. Fesko
• “The Earth Is Crammed with Heaven: Four Guideposts to Reading and Teaching the Song of Songs” by Douglas Sean O’Donnell
• “The Profit of Employing The Biblical Languages: Scriptural and Historical Reflections” by Jason S. DeRouchie

Top Highlights

“Calvin was indifferent regarding the respective order of benefits—justification need not precede sanctification because both were given to the believer in their union with Christ.” (Page 8)

“Historically, antinomians were charged with the belief that the moral law was in no way binding upon the redeemed sinner whereas neonomians were accused of erroneously combining faith and works in a person’s justification.” (Page 8)

“These texts together stress that God-dependent, rigorous thought, directed toward God’s Book, is the call of every minister.” (Page 36)

“‘A low view of the functions of the ministry will naturally carry with it a low conception of the training necessary for it.’” (Pages 45–46)

“Owen rejects double justification, how does he explain the relationship of justification to the final judgment? Owen distinguishes between the nature and essence of justification and the manifestation or declaration of it. The former occurs in this life, the latter on the day of judgment. In this life when a person is justified, they know of it in their heart, but there is no formal external evidence of it before the church and the world. At the final judgment, the believer’s justification will be publicly declared and made manifest before the church and world.” (Page 15)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: vol. 37, no. 1, April 2012
• Editor: D. A. Carson
• Publisher: The Gospel Coalition
• Publication Date: 2012

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.