The new Spring 2026 issue of Themelios has 239 pages of editorials, articles, and book reviews. It is freely available in three formats: (1) PDF, (2) web version, and (3) Logos Bible Software.
1. Benjamin L. Gladd | Editorial: D. A. Carson’s Influence on Biblical Theology
2. G. K. Beale | The Temple in Biblical Theology
3. Richard Lints | A Biblical Theology of Image and Idol
4. Gary Millar | A Call for Biblical-Theological Reformation: Prayer and Biblical Theology
5. Karl Deenick | Righteous by Promise: Reflections on Circumcision
6. Stephen G. Dempster | Abraham’s Ominous Silence: Missed Opportunity or Settled Faith?
7. Sam Emadi | From Prisoner to Prince: The Typological Character of the Joseph Story
8. L. Michael Morales | A Biblical Theology of Israel’s Exodus out of Egypt
9. Oren R. Martin | The Land Promise in Biblical Theology
10. David G. Firth | Reflections on Including the Stranger
11. Peter H. W. Lau and Gregory Coswell | Ruth to Restoration: Tracing Temple and Kingship in Canonical Perspective
12. Ray Ortlund | God’s Unfaithful Wife: A Biblical Theology of Spiritual Adultery
13. Timothy S. Laniak | Shepherds, Here to Stay
14. Matthew S. Harmon | The Servant of the Lord and His Servant People
15. James M. Hamilton Jr. | The One Like the Son of Man Is the Highest One: The Two Most Highs in Daniel 7:15–28
16. Daniel C. Timmer | Friends, Non-Israelites, and the Surprising Grace of God: A Grateful Retrospective on New Studies in Biblical Theology at 30
17. Richard P. Belcher Jr. | Key Questions Concerning the Book of Ecclesiastes: An Explanation of the Negative Views of Qohelet
18. Graham A. Cole | The God Who Became Human
19. Matthew Emadi | A Better Priest and the Problem of Abiathar: Literary and Biblical-Theological Reflections on Mark 2:23–28
20. Peter Orr | Reflections on the Risen and Exalted Christ
21. Alan J. Thompson | The Acts of the Risen Lord Jesus
22. J. Daniel Hays | Ethiopians, Deliverance of the Gentiles, and Judgment on Jerusalem: Allusions in Acts 8 to Jeremiah’s Ebedmelech Narrative
23. Christ Bruno, Jared Compton, and Kevin W. McFadden | Reading the Bible with the Apostles
24. Brian S. Rosner | The Puzzle of Paul and the Law: A Hermeneutical Solution
25. Mark A. Seifrid | The Faith of Christ and the Message of Justification for Today
26. Brian J. Tabb | Seated on the Throne: The Centrality and Supremacy of God in Revelation
27. David G. Peterson | Sanctification Revisited
28. Andreas J. Köstenberger | Toward a New Testament Theology of Mission
Featured Book Reviews:
James M. Hamilton Jr. and Matthew Damico, Reading the Psalms as Scripture. Reviewed by S. D. Ellison.
Craig L. Blomberg. Matthew, Christian Standard Commentary. Reviewed by Mark L. Strauss.
The Greek New Testament, 6th Revised Edition. Reviewed by Peter J. Gurry.
Written by Kenneth J. Woo. John Calvin, Refugee Theologian: Introducing a Reformer in Exile. Reviewed by Ken Stewart.
Written by Gray N. Sutanto. God and Humanity: Herman Bavinck and Theological Anthropology. Reviewed by Devon Goings.
Jonathan A. Linebaugh. The Well That Washes What It Shows: An Invitation to Holy Scripture. Reviewed by Mark Stephens.
John D. Wilsey. Religious Freedom: A Conservative Primer. Reviewed by Blake Johnson.
Brett McCracken and Ivan Mesa, eds. Scrolling Ourselves to Death: Reclaiming Life in a Digital Age. Reviewed by Matthew Wireman.
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