Themelios 28:1

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2002

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.

• Blameless Before God? Philippians 3:6 in Context, by Alan Thompson
• The Transfiguration of Jesus Christ (Part One), by Stephen Williams
• The Trinity: Yesterday, Today and the Future, by Robet Letham
• Ontology and Biblical Theology: A Response to Carl Trueman’s Editorial: A Revolutionary Balancing Act, by Graeme Goldsworthy
• The Last Word, by Robbie F. Castleman

Contents

Top Highlights

“Second, we need to recapture and refashion a trinitarian view of creation.” (Page 33)

“Glory’ and ‘exodus’ thus emerge as key themes in the interpretation of the transfiguration.” (Page 23)

“God is one being (essence, from esse, to be), three persons, or from another angle, three persons, one being. The Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit are each fully God. The whole God is in each person, and each person is the whole God. Each person is God-in-himself. Each person possesses the entire being of God (the one divine essence) and the entire being of God is in each person. Thus, each person indwells each other—the three mutually contain one another (perichoresis)—for the one being of God is undivided.” (Page 27)

“Third, a clear outlook on the Trinity should deeply affect how we treat people. The Father advances his kingdom by means of his Son, the Son glorifies the Father, the Spirit speaks not of himself but of the Son,²³ the Father glorifies the Son. All will call ‘Jesus Lord’ by the Holy Spirit to the glory of the Father. Each of the three delights in the good of the others.” (Page 33)

“Fourth, a fully self-conscious and developed trinitarian theology is indispensible for the future progress of evangelism and missions.” (Page 34)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 28, No. 1, Autumn 2002
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 1
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 28
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 2002
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 135
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS28_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:43:45Z

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.