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On Misrepresenting Dispensationalism
Craig A. Blaising tells the following story, Recently, one of my students wrote a paper on current issues in dispensationalism. At the beginning he quoted a prominent pastor who identified dispensationalism as that dangerous heresy of date-setting. The student, of course, dismissed this charge as simply uninformed. Dispensationalism is a futurist premillennialism. Its very reception […]
A disclaimer on my book recommendations or book notices
It should be a foregone conclusion that if I recommend a book or announce a book notice, that does not mean that I endorse its message wholesale or at all. There are books that I would disagree with almost all of its message, but I recommend it because it does contain some research value. There […]
NOW IN AUDIOBOOK! Prewrath: A Very Short Introduction to the Great Tribulation, Rapture, and Day of the Lord
If you are not a member of audible you can sign up for it and get your first audiobook for free, which can be this prewrath audiobook. Click on the image below. Publisher’s Summary Many of us have been told that we will be “raptured out of here before the Antichrist arrives”. But what […]
A simple question for pretribbers who think that the Antichrist’s persecution against Christians will be part of God’s wrath
Tragically, 9 Christians were recently murdered in Kenya for refusing to recite Islamic creed. A simple question for pretribbers: how is this any different than when the Antichrist will murder Christians when they refuse to deny their faith? I have never received a satisfactory answer. The Antichrist’s great tribulation will not be God’s wrath; rather, […]
A response to some effective, but terrible, pretrib arguments . . .
While prewrath prefers to spend time responding to more rigorous pretrib arguments, it is often the case that the really bad pretrib arguments sway the pretrib masses. So they must be responded to as well. Recently, on his Bible Prophecy Talk podcast, Chris White responded to pretrib teacher Dr. Mark Hitchcock and demonstrated how weak […]
Why the Bowls Follow AFTER the Trumpet Judgements: The Bowls Identified as the Third Woe (Part 2) – Ep. 154
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_the_Bowls_Follow_AFTER_the_Trumpet_Judgements_The_Bowls_Identified_as_the_Third_Woe_Part_2_-_Ep._154.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner continues a series giving reasons why the bowl judgments follow after the sounding of the seventh trumpet, and not before as the recapitulation framework would have it. In Part 2, he argues that the identity of the “third woe” is the series of bowl judgments, […]
Daniel Commentary, Revised Edition, Word Biblical Commentary (Book Notice)
Daniel (Commentary), Word Biblical Commentary by Dr. John Goldingay Get it at Amazon The Word Biblical Commentary delivers the best in biblical scholarship, from the leading scholars of our day who share a commitment to Scripture as divine revelation. This series emphasizes a thorough analysis of textual, […]
1 and 2 Thessalonians – Zondervan Critical Introductions to the New Testament Series (Book Notice)
1 and 2 Thessalonians (Zondervan Critical Introductions to the New Testament Series) by Nijay K. Gupta Get it at Amazon The study of Paul’s Thessalonian letters is enjoying fresh interest today. These texts are considered by many to be amongst the earliest extant Christian documents. They are […]
My 3 Year Old Refuted Psychological Pretrib Imminency!
I told my 3 year old son that he had to wait until Christmas day to open up his presents. In other words, it was not an imminent event but rather a delayed intervening period. Was his response “diminished hope” as pretibbers would have you believe if there was an intervening period before the rapture? […]
Reading Revelation In Context: John’s Apocalypse and Second Temple Judaism (Book Notice)
Reading Revelation in Context: John’s Apocalypse and Second Temple Judaism (Editor), John K. Goodrich (Editor), Jason Maston (Editor), Loren T. Stuckenbruck (Foreword) Get it at Amazon Reading Revelation in Context brings together short, accessible essays that compare and contrast the visions and apocalyptic imagery of the book […]