Themelios: Volume 45, No. 1, April 2020
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.
- Discusses books written by an assortment of authors and theologians
- Provides articles by contributors from numerous denominations and professions
- “Editorial: Theological Reflections on the Pandemic,” by Brian J. Tabb
- “Strange Times: The Things We Think and Do Not Say: The Future of Our Business,” by Daniel Strange
- “Politics, Conscience, and the Church: Why Christians Passionately Disagree with One Another over Politics, Why They Must Agree to Disagree over Jagged-Line Political Issues, and How,” by Jonathan Leeman and Andrew David Naselli
- “Should the Local Church Resist Texts in Scripture that Clash with Western Culture? The Test Case of Leviticus 21:16–24,” by Katherine Smith
- “Leviticus 18:5 and the Law’s Call to Faith: A Positive Reassessment of Paul’s View of the Law,” by Etienne Jodar
- “The Genesis of the Jerusalem Donation,” by Daryn Graham
- “Paul’s Overlooked Allusion to Joel 2:9 in 1 Thessalonians 5:2,” by Jordan Atkinson
- “What Must She Do to Be Saved? A Theological Analysis of 1 Timothy 2:15,” by Jared M. August
- “On Words, Meaning, Inspiration, and Translation: A Brief Response to Bill Mounce,” by Dane Ortlund
- “Affirmations and Denials Concerning World Mission,” by the Southgate Fellowship
- Book Reviews
Top Highlights
“We deny that someone who holds a false monotheistic religion is spiritually closer to belief in the gospel than one who holds a polytheistic, pantheistic or atheistic worldview.” (Page 112)
“Third, sickness and other forms of suffering also test our faith and reveal our hope.” (Page 7)
“Thus, the Scriptures do not present disease as morally neutral or ‘indifferent’ like the philosophers.9 Rather, disease and other causes of pain and suffering are part of this broken world infected with sin, and these terrors have no place in the new creation, when God will roll back the curse, wipe away every tear, and make all things new (Rev 21:3–4; 22:3; cf. Isa 25:8).” (Page 3)
“Here’s the basic scheme that we’re recommending: Treat straight-line issues as whole-church issues, and treat jagged-line issues as Christian-freedom issues or matters of conscience.” (Page 23)
“The goal of politics is justice; the means is wisdom.” (Page 17)
- Title: Themelios: vol. 45, no. 1, April 2020
- Editor: Brian Tabb
- Contributing Editors: D.A. Carson and Daniel Strange
- Series: Themelios
- Publisher: The Gospel Coalition
- Publication Date: 2020
- Pages: 225
- Resource Type: Journal
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.