Themelios 33:1

by The Gospel Coalition

Publisher:

Gospel Coalition

, 2008

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.

• Editorial, by D. A. Carson
• Minority Report: Why Should Thoughtful Evangelicals Read the Medieval Mystics?, by Carl Trueman
• Blondel Remembered: His Philosophical Analysis of the “Quest for the Historical Jesus”, by Paul Hartog
• Nonviolence in the Ancient Church and Christian Obedience, by Kirk R. MacGregor
• Truthfulness in Usefulness: Stanley Fish and American Literary Pragmatism, by Dane C. Ortlund
• An Augustinian Mindset, by Peter Sanlon
• Mission: A Problem of Definition, by Keith Ferdinando
• Pastoral Pensées: How a Mega-Church is Rediscovering the Gospel, by Joe Coffey

Contents

Top Highlights

“Consequently the preferred term here—rather than evangelism—would be discipling, or making disciples, which signifies the process not only of bringing people to faith but of fostering their spiritual growth in terms of relationship with God and his people, and of obedience in all areas of life: ‘teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you’ (Matt 28:19).” (Page 54)

“Second, if men and women are alienated from God and face eternal judgement, then communication of the message of reconciliation must have precedence over social action.” (Page 56)

“One major reason for a tendency to move away from a focus on mission as disciple-making and towards broader definitions has been a loss of belief in the eternal consequences of human lostness and in the uniqueness of Christ’s work as the means by which human beings are restored to the Father.” (Page 56)

“The innermost of the four concentric circles emphasises the making of disciples as the essential, exclusive content of mission.” (Page 54)

“Fourth, the making of disciples of Jesus Christ constitutes in itself a major step towards social and economic change” (Page 57)

Product Details

• Title: Themelios: Volume 33, No. 1, May 2008
• Author: The Gospel Coalition
• Edition: 1
• Series: Themelios
• Volume: 33
• Publisher: Gospel Coalition
• Print Publication Date: 2008
• Logos Release Date: 2011
• Pages: 103
• Era: era:Contemporary
• Language: English
• Resources: 1
• Format: Digital › Logos Research Edition
• Subject: Religious studies › Periodicals
• Resource ID: LLS:THEMELIOS33_1
• Resource Type: Journal
• Metadata Last Updated: 2022-10-08T05:44:00Z

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.