Themelios: Volume 50, No. 2, August 2025

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2025

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.

Key Features

• Discusses books written by an assortment of authors and theologians
• Provides articles by contributors from numerous denominations and professions

Contents

• EDITORIAL: On Scholarship, Swords, and Scalpels 1 - J. V. Fesko
• STRANGE TIMES: On (Not) Considering Theological Training - Daniel Strange
• Does the American Revision of the Westminster Confession Contradict the Original Version on the Doctrine of the Civil Magistrate? - Kevin DeYoung
• Was David Overreacting? Analyzing 1 Samuel 25 in Light of the Ancient Hospitality Code - Jared Garcia
• Contextualizing the Controversial Instructions in 1 Timothy 2:11–15: A Response to Sandra L. Glahn, Nobody’s Mother - G. K. Beale
• Fighting to the Finish: Five Roles for Endurance in Revelation - Todd R. Chipman
• Hardier than Supposed: The Resurgence of Calvinism Across the 20th Century - Kenneth J. Stewart
• The Church as Sacrament of Salvation in Roman Catholic Theology - Joshua M. Sims
• The Role of the Regula Fidei in the Twenty-First-Century Religious Landscape: How the “Rule of Faith” Can Help Address the Existential Issues of the Postmodern Christian Community - Roland Weisbrot
• Angelic Fall Theodicy in Dialogue with Tolkien, Augustine, and Aquinas - Gavin Ortlund
• Philosophical Foundations of a Transgender Worldview: Nominalism, Utilitarianism, and Pragmatism - Anthony V. Costello
• Empathy and Its Counterfeits: Navigating The Sin of Empathy and a Way Forward - Jonathan D. Worthington
• Book Reviews

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 50, No. 2, August 2025
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 2
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 50
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 2025
• Logos Release Date: 2025
• Pages: 204
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS50_2
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2025-08-15T19:12:29Z

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.