Themelios: Volume 51, No. 1, April 2026

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2026

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

• D. A. Carson’s Influence on Biblical Theology - Benjamin L. Gladd
• The Temple in Biblical Theology - G. K. Beale
• A Biblical Theology of Image and Idol - Richard Lints
• A Call for Biblical-Theological Reformation: Prayer and Biblical Theology - Gary Millar
• Righteous by Promise: Reflections on Circumcision - Karl Deenick
• Abraham’s Ominous Silence: Missed Opportunity or Settled Faith? - Stephen G. Dempster
• From Prisoner to Prince: The Typological Character of the Joseph Story - Sam Emadi
• A Biblical Theology of Israel’s Exodus out of Egypt - L. Michael Morales
• The Land Promise in Biblical Theology - Oren R. Martin
• Reflections on Including the Stranger - David G. Firth
• Ruth to Restoration: Tracing Temple and Kingship in Canonical Perspective - Peter H. W. Lau & Gregory Coswell
• God’s Unfaithful Wife: A Biblical Theology of Spiritual Adultery - Ray Ortlund
• Shepherds, Here to Stay - Timothy S. Laniak
• The Servant of the Lord and HisServant People - Matthew S. Harmon
• The One Like the Son of Man Is the Highest One: The Two Most Highs in Daniel 7:15–28 - James M. Hamilton Jr.
• Friends, Non-Israelites, and the Surprising Grace of God: A Grateful Retrospective on NSBT at 30 - Daniel C. Timmer
• Key Questions Concerning the Book of Ecclesiastes: An Explanation of the Negative Views of Qohelet - Richard P. Belcher Jr.
• The God Who Became Human - Graham A. Cole
• A Better Priest and the Problem of Abiathar: Literary and Biblical-Theological Reflections on Mark 2:23–28 - Matthew Emadi
• Reflections on the Risen and Exalted Christ - Peter Orr
• The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus - Alan J. Thompson
• Ethiopians, Deliverance of the Gentiles, and Judgment on Jerusalem: Allusions in Acts 8 to Jeremiah’s Ebedmelech Narrative - J. Daniel Hays
• Reading the Bible with the Apostles - Chris Bruno, Jared Compton, and Kevin W. McFadden
• The Puzzle of Paul and the Law: A Hermeneutical Solution - Brian S. Rosner
• The Faith of Christ and the Message of Justification for Today - Mark A. Seifrid
• Seated on the Throne: The Centrality and Supremacy of God in Revelation - Brian J. Tabb
• Sanctification Revisited - David G. Peterson
• Toward a New Testament Theology of Mission - Andreas J. Köstenberger
• Book Reviews

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 51, No. 1, April 2026
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 1
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 51
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 2026
• Logos Release Date: 2026
• Pages: 239
• Era: era:contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS51_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2026-04-27T21:52:23Z

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.