Themelios 2:3

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 1977

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.

• Acts and Galatians Reconsidered, by Colin J. Hemer
• The ‘Rapture’ Question, by Grant R. Osborne
• Five Ways to Salvation in Contemporary Guruism, by Vishal Mangalwadi
• Karl Barth and Christian Apologetics, by Clark H. Pinnock

Contents

Top Highlights

“The rapture of the saints before the tribulation is said to be prophesied In John 14:3, where Christ promises to take the Church to his Father’s house. It is revealed as a further ‘mystery’ In 1 Corinthians 15:51–52 and is fully explicated In 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18. There the saints meet Christ in the air and Christ is not seen as coming to earth.⁸ Therefore, this could not be the return of Christ after the tribulation period.” (Page 78)

“three reasons why it became so strong in North America,” (Page 78)

“Barth’s rejection of Christian apologetics is, in my judgment at least, one of the most vulnerable points in his whole theological system, and exposes his entire work to repudiation by all who are not yet convinced by the Christian claims. Fideism in theology is not only singularly inappropriate in a pluralistic world with its competing truth claims, but stands opposed, as I hope to show, to the biblical concept of revelation and truth as well.” (Page 66)

“These scholars believe that the ‘rapture’ occurs In Revelation 11:15–19, at the seventh trumpet” (Page 79)

“can only be accepted by man acting to sacrifice his intellect” (Page 70)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios 2:3
• General Editor: D. A. Carson
• Consulting Editor: Carl R. Trueman
• Managing Editor: Charles Anderson
• Administrator: Andrew David Naselli
• Publisher: The Gospel Coalition
• Publication Date: 1977
• Pages: 31

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.