Themelios 7:1

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 1981

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.

• The Kingdom of God and Christian Politics, by David G. Kibble
• Niebuhr’s Doctrine of Revelation in Contemporary Theology, by Robert M. Price
• The Interpreted Word: Reflections on Contextual Hermeneutics, by C. René Padilla
• Jacques Ellul: The Prophet as Theologian, by David W. Gill

Contents

Top Highlights

“Firstly, then, the church is the earthly expression of the kingdom of God. This is not to say that the church is the kingdom: it is rather that the kingdom creates the church. The kingdom, as we have already noted, is God’s dynamic reign on earth and where men have submitted themselves to it. The church therefore is the place where men have submitted to God’s reign. But secondly, the kingdom is also something that is coming in the future where God’s reign will be fully realized. In this final kingdom the whole of creation will be redeemed so that God’s creation once again becomes the perfect expression of God’s will.” (Page 29)

“see that God’s reign as creator is more fully reflected in society” (Page 24)

“The urgent need everywhere is for a new reading of the Gospel from within each particular historical situation, under the guidance of the Holy Spirit. The contextualization of the Gospel can only be the result of a new, open-ended reading of Scripture with a hermeneutic in which Gospel and situation become mutually engaged in a dialogue whose purpose is to place the church under the lordship of Jesus Christ.” (Page 23)

“the gospels provide no indication that Jesus considered preaching the good news more important than healing the sick” (Page 25)

“ grammatico-historical approach, is itself typically western and consequently not binding upon non-western cultures” (Page 21)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 7, No. 1, September 1981
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 1
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 7
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 1981
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 31
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS07_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:42:42Z

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.