Themelios (31, no 3, '06)

There's much worth reading and signposts to other stuff worth reading in the latest edition of Themelios, which strangley, although it only arrived in the Oak Hill library recently says April 2006 on the cover, which was yonks ago.

Carl Trueman always writes engagingly and is sound as a pound and provocative. The spirit of his editorial, a tribute to the late great Bob Horn (sometime Gen. Sec. of UCCF) is excellent: humble yet willing to contend. There are some reflections on British evangelicalism and 3 things to learn from Mr Horn.

I only ever met Bob Horn properly once when he gave a paper at an RTSF conference on historical theology which I organised in Oxford. He spoke about his secret writing projects and his desire to see a biography of Warfield. I remember he kindly came for the whole day and quitely worked on a pile of admin he held together with elastic bands on his knee while he listened to different people give their papers.

Also worth a look in Themelios is Fesko's controversial article critqueing N T Wright's Prolegomena (ie stated methodology and aims). It will be interetsing to see if Fresko is really fair to Wright.

Now I come to think of it, I'd like to read Paul Wells on The Social Covenant and Reformational Thought, Thomas Schreiner on NT & Homosexuality and Robbie (Surely, Robert?) F. Castleman on Surprise as the essential nature of grace too.

Highlights amongst the book reviews include:

Craig Blomberg, 3 crucial QQ on the NT (looks a bit predicatble and derivative)

Dunn's New Perspective collected essays with a previously unpublished essay "Whence, Where and Whither" on the history of the approach.

Also reviews by Dave Gibson, Marcus Honeysett and Graham Bynon.

There arent enough hours in the day, are there? So many books so little time (and energy).

PS. No taking Themelios out of the library and make sure you put the journals back in alphabetical order by title when you are not using them, not leaving them on desks nor on the trolley (The Student Librarian)