Themelios 10:1

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 1984

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 Ecumenical Quest for Agreement in Faith, by Roger T. Beckwith
• Pre-Christian Gnosticism, the New Testament and Nag Hammadi in Recent Debate, by Edwin M. Yamauchi
• Secularization: The Fate of Faith in Modern Society, by David Lyon
• Curriculum for Credo: The Content and Aim of the Church’s Teaching Task, by Roy Kearsley
• A Guide to the Study of the Prophets, by Paul E. Copeland

Contents

Top Highlights

“‘What we have at Corinth, then, is not yet Gnosticism, but a kind of Gnosis.’^{47” (Page 23)}

“The second definition of secularization is ‘conformity with this world’.” (Pages 14–15)

“Of the many reasons for underlining the doctrine of the Holy Spirit we mention only two of pressing importance. Firstly this doctrine, after that of the incarnation, emphasizes within Trinitarian bounds the dynamic immanence of God. The Spirit of God is still working in the world, testifying that it is his world and even more emphatically that it is his church in his world. Secondly, only the fact of the Holy Spirit delivers to the world the authentic Christian existence of which we were earlier speaking.” (Page 10)

“This propositional approach means that no amount of ‘piety’ or ‘spirituality’ can be a substitute for understanding the message and cherishing it by repentance. This has its consequences for preaching. Preaching cannot be elevated into a sacrament where the means of grace centres upon the event itself instead of upon the message it conveys. We can do this in subtle ways where the ‘liberty’ or ‘excitement’ or even ‘glory’ of preaching is exaggerated.” (Page 10)

“This content is served and enhanced, however, by its presentation within the discipline of a particular dogmatic shape or model, especially a proven one. The advantages of such a framework are to highlight unity and therefore coherence, to aid mastery of the material, to impose sanctions against speculative and unwarranted inferences from, or apart from, the biblical material and to exclude more explicitly ideas which undermine or oppose Scripture.” (Page 10)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 10, No. 1, September 1984
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 1
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 10
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 1984
• 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:THEMELIOS10_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:42:51Z

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.