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.
