Themelios 26:2

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2001

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 Biblical Doctrine of the Wrath of God, by R.V.G. Tasker
• The Bible and Education: Ways of Construing the Relationship, by David Smith
• Last Supper/Lord’s Supper: More than a Parable in Action? by Melvin Tinker
• Warranted Christian Belief: A Review Article, by Daniel Hill
• The Last Word, by Robbie F. Castleman

Contents

Top Highlights

“For the promise to be grasped, assurance attained, unity between believers achieved, loving obedience elicited, as Austin says, ‘illocutionary uptake’ must be secured. What is required is not only an understanding of the meaning of the statement ‘My body which is given for you, take and eat this in remembrance of me’, but the force with which the symbols and statements are taken—that they count as promise, persuasion, assurance and unification.” (Page 25)

“What is argued here is that the sacramental act enhances the F dimension, thus conveying through the giving of the bread and the wine together with the interpretative words, something more than would be achieved by the mere saying of the words ‘Jesus loves you and died for you’.” (Page 25)

“The Word is the indispensable instrument of the Spirit’s persuasive (perlocutionary) power. On the one hand, the Spirit is ‘mute’ without the Word; and on the other hand, the Word is ‘inactive’ without the Spirit. Word and Spirit together make up God’s speech (speech-act).’” (Page 26)

“We cannot see God (though in his ministry his followers did), but God has given us a multi-media sign, bringing home to us the reality and meaning of our Lord’s death. The Lord’s Supper is not magic, not a trick of converting bread and wine into something else; but it is a brilliantly acted parable that communicates the love of God demonstrated on the cross in a way that involves us and challenges us.” (Page 22)

“Secondly, we may also consider the perlocutionary act of the Lord’s Supper, that is, what is achieved through it” (Page 25)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 26, No. 2, Spring 2001
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 2
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 26
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 2001
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 113
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS26_2
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:43:40Z

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.