Themelios 2:3
Digital Logos Edition
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.
- Acts and Galatians Reconsidered, by Colin J. Hemer
- The ‘Rapture’ Question, by Grant R. Osborne
- Five Ways to Salvation in Contemporary Guruism, by Vishal Mangalwadi
- Karl Barth and Christian Apologetics, by Clark H. Pinnock
Top Highlights
“The rapture of the saints before the tribulation is said to be prophesied In John 14:3, where Christ promises to take the Church to his Father’s house. It is revealed as a further ‘mystery’ In 1 Corinthians 15:51–52 and is fully explicated In 1 Thessalonians 4:13–18. There the saints meet Christ in the air and Christ is not seen as coming to earth.8 Therefore, this could not be the return of Christ after the tribulation period.” (Page 78)
“three reasons why it became so strong in North America,” (Page 78)
“Barth’s rejection of Christian apologetics is, in my judgment at least, one of the most vulnerable points in his whole theological system, and exposes his entire work to repudiation by all who are not yet convinced by the Christian claims. Fideism in theology is not only singularly inappropriate in a pluralistic world with its competing truth claims, but stands opposed, as I hope to show, to the biblical concept of revelation and truth as well.” (Page 66)
“These scholars believe that the ‘rapture’ occurs In Revelation 11:15–19, at the seventh trumpet” (Page 79)
“can only be accepted by man acting to sacrifice his intellect” (Page 70)
- Title: Themelios 2:3
- General Editor: D. A. Carson
- Consulting Editor: Carl R. Trueman
- Managing Editor: Charles Anderson
- Administrator: Andrew David Naselli
- Publisher: The Gospel Coalition
- Publication Date: 1977
- Pages: 31
