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Dec 24, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Brian Tabb
Jesus Christ is the prophesied sprout from Jesse’s stock. The opening verse of the New Testament designates him as “the son of David” (Matthew 1:1), and his birth in Bethlehem and endowment with the divine Spirit fit the prophetic profile for the messianic king. Yet Jesus is born in a lowly manger, raised in backwoods Nazareth, and travels about with nowhere to lay his head — hardly a “glorious” royal resting place.
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Dec 10, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Brian Tabb
The new December 2024 issue of Themelios has 234 pages of editorials, articles, and book reviews. It is freely available in three formats: (1) PDF, (2) web version, and (3) Logos Bible Software (coming soon). Why do we write articles, books, and sermons? Fesko argues that there should be a twofold aim for our theological labors: to glorify God and to edify the church. Whom are you preaching for?
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Dec 8, 2024 | 
desiringgod.org | Brian Tabb
O come, O Branch of Jesse’s stem,Unto your own and rescue them!From depths of hell your people save,And give them victory o’er the grave. Rejoice! Rejoice! ImmanuelShall come to thee, O Israel. “O come, O Branch of Jesse’s stem” is initially an unassuming, even underwhelming line.
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Aug 27, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Brian Tabb |Benjamin L. Gladd
The new August 2024 issue of Themelios has 263 pages of editorials, articles, and book reviews. It is freely available in three formats: (1) PDF, (2) web version, and (3) Logos Bible Software. Drawing on his years of experience as Themelios’s editor, Tabb explains in detail what a quality theological essay involves. An article must be aligned with the journal’s aims and marked by fidelity, freshness, fitness, focus, rigor, readability, and relevance.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Jonathan Leeman |Blake Johnson |Brian Tabb |J. David Willoughby
With the words, “authority and submission,” one enters a minefield of potential misstep, misunderstanding, and controversy. What’s more, it is a minefield with many entrances. You may have arrived via the subject of parenting. Or marriage. Or church governance. Or the church-state relationship. Jonathan Leeman’s recent work gives a chapter to each of these arenas (and others), and so will be useful as a “one-stop shop” for those broadly interested in the subject.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | J. Brittain Brewer |Brian Tabb |J. David Willoughby |Cody Wilbanks
Abstract“Union” has become an increasingly valuable tool in discussions of atonement and soteriology. In the past, T. F. Torrance and Kathryn Tanner have each offered up their own atonement accounts that center around “union.” Oliver Crisp has recently suggested a novel “union account” that takes into consideration many of the classic atonement views while arguing for a basic coherence in terms of realistic solidarity with Christ.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Jacob Boyd |Brian Tabb |J. David Willoughby |Cody Wilbanks
AbstractJohn Owen (1616–1683) believed, as a pastor and theologian, that worshiping the triune God should only be done through the prescribed means regulated by Scripture. Owen pushed back against imposed liturgies, such as the Book of Common Prayer, because their enforcement crippled a congregation to worship God freely.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Leland Brown |Brian Tabb |J. David Willoughby |Cody Wilbanks
AbstractWhile C. H. Spurgeon’s sufferings and pastoral ministry have often been explored separately, Spurgeon himself saw suffering and ministry going hand-in-hand. He argued that pastors must suffer because they are Christ’s particular servants, conduits of his grace to others. He also believed that suffering keeps pastors humble, gives them sympathy for their people, and helps them experience what they preach.
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Aug 25, 2024 | 
thegospelcoalition.org | Kevin DeYoung |Brian Tabb |J. David Willoughby |Cody Wilbanks
AbstractIn 1788, American Presbyterians meeting in Philadelphia approved a revised version of the Westminster Confession of Faith. The most significant change to the original 1646 version concerned the doctrine of the civil magistrate in Chapter 23. In the century and a half following the Westminster Assembly, many Presbyterians grew wary of granting coercive powers to the civil magistrate and were drawn to more robust notions of religious liberty.
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Jul 19, 2024 | 
theaquilareport.com | Brian Tabb
There is also an important redemptive-historical development from Isaiah to Jesus. John 12:41 explains that Isaiah “saw his glory and spoke of him.” This means either that the prophet saw the glory of the preincarnate Messiah, who is “high and lifted up” (Isaiah 6:1), or that he foretold the exaltation of the suffering servant, who reveals God’s glory as he accomplishes God’s redemptive plan (Isaiah 52:13–53:12).
