Themelios 8:3

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 1983

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.

• Evangelical Revival and Society: A Historiographical Review of Methodism and British Society c.1750–1850, by David Hempton
• The Divorce Debate: Where are we Now? by David Field
• The Pentateuch Today, by J.G. McConville
• Doing and Interpreting: An Examination of the Relationship between Theory and Practice in Latin American Liberation Theology

Contents

Top Highlights

“Commentators agree on three things: first, that the facts of divorce (and remarriage) were accepted in Bible times, even though its grounds were hotly disputed; secondly, that Jesus’ teaching on divorce was regarded as extremely strict by all who heard it; and thirdly, that Jesus’ insistence on the husband’s culpability, if he committed adultery against his wife, was innovative in the Jewish world.” (Page 28)

“Three problems confront those who believe that Jesus himself intended to make an exception to his veto on divorce. First, there is the silence of the other New Testament witnesses—Mark, Luke and Paul. Secondly, there is the disciples’ dismay (Mt. 19:10), which is not easy to explain if Jesus simply meant, ‘Sexual unfaithfulness is the only proper ground for divorce’; because this was already a well-known rabbinic interpretation of Deuteronomy 24. And thirdly, the exceptive clause apparently makes Jesus contradict his creation-based argument for marital permanence, set out by Matthew only a verse or two earlier.” (Page 28)

“‘Marriage is indissoluble’ may mean either ‘the marriage bond ought not to be broken’ or ‘the marriage bond cannot be broken’, depending on the writer’s viewpoint.” (Page 28)

“As far as divorce is concerned, this developed sacramental view can lead to only one conclusion. Marriage is as permanent as baptism.” (Page 27)

“it will already be apparent that one’s attitude to divorce will be dictated by one’s convictions about marriage.” (Page 27)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 8, No. 3, April 1983
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 3
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 8
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 1983
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 32
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS08_3
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:42:47Z

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.