Themelios 12:1

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 1986

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.

• Asking God, by Paul Helm
• Process Theology: A Survey and an Appraisal, by Norman Geisler and William D. Watkins
• Paul and the Law: Observations on Some Recent Debates, by John M.G. Barclay

Contents

Top Highlights

“But what about those passages where Paul does talk about Christians fulfilling the law? Here Sanders insists that there is an important distinction between the condition of entry into the people of God (by faith not by works of the law) and the type of behaviour required of those once established in the group (keeping or fulfilling the law).” (Pages 8–9)

“Wright demonstrates that Paul’s critique of Israel is not directed against her legalism but her nationalism.^{60” (Page 9)}

“In fact, he shows, everything in Rabbinic literature depends on the covenant—God’s election of his people, his provision of atonement for their sin and his promise of salvation for all faithful Israelites. Such a religion may be termed ‘covenantal nomism’: ‘The conception is that God acts, that Israel accepts the action as being for them, that God gives commandments, that Israel agrees to obey the commandments, and that continuing to accept the commandments demonstrates that one is ‘in’, while refusing to obey indicates that one is ‘out’” (Page 7)

“In order to confine the discussion within reasonable limits I will focus on two main areas: (i) the meaning of the contrast between works of the law and faith in Christ, and the reason why justification by faith in Christ excludes submitting to the yoke of the law; and (ii) the question how Paul could hold together such negative and positive remarks about the Christian’s relationship to the law, and what parts or aspects of the law he considered to be still relevant for Christians.” (Page 5)

“The Lutheran tradition has always emphasized the distinction between the law and the gospel and insisted that the power and motivation for Christian behaviour come from faith and love, not from an externally imposed code of behaviour.” (Page 6)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 12, No. 1, September 1986
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 1
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 12
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 1986
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 33
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS12_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:42:57Z

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.