I am happy to announce my chapter publication in the recent academic volume James Barr Assessed: Evaluating His Legacy over the Last Sixty Years. It was published this month in Brill’s Biblical Interpretation Series. My particular chapter is titled “James Barr on the ‘Illegitimate Totality Transfer’ Word-Concept Fallacy.” Brill’s volumes are pricey but you can […]
Hermeneutics
9 Beliefs of Premillennialism – Ep. 176
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/9_Beliefs_of_Premillennialism_-_Ep._176.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner continued his series on millennial viewpoints with defining nine traits of premillennial theology. This series will help inform all points of view so we do not talk past each other in our discussion on this topic, which often happens!
A Survey on the Millennial Viewpoints – Ep. 175
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/A_Survey_on_the_Millennial_Viewpoints_-_Ep._175_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner began a millennial series with this first episode explaining what the millennial debate is about in the first place. He explains the difference between the two major millennial rubrics: (1) the temporal view (premillennialism, amillennialism, postmillennialism) and the non-temporal view (thematic millennialism). Next week, he […]
The ‘Ezekiel 38–39 / Gog Magog’ Battle Takes Place AT THE END of the Millennium (Video)
In his podcast Bible Prophecy Talk, Chris White makes a case that the Gog Magog battle described in Ezekiel 38–39 will take place at the end of the Millennium—not before the millennium as is commonly believed. You can also watch video playlist of his series on this topic:
‘At the Last Day’ in John 6:39–40 – A Response to Posttribulationism – Ep. 173
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/173_On_the_Last_Day_in_John_6.39_40_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner critiqued the post-tribulation argument that claims “at the last day” and its association with the resurrection in John 6:39–40 supports a posttrib rapture. “Now this is the will of the one who sent me—that I should not lose one person of every one he has […]
God’s Eschatological Wrath Begins AFTER the Resurrection and Rapture – Ep. 172
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/172-Gods_Eschatological_Wrath_Begins_.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Alan Kurschner responded to a popular posttribulation view that has God’s eschatological wrath of the trumpet judgements in the book of Revelation occurring before the resurrection and the rapture, which they place at the seventh trumpet. This view contradicts not only the narrative in the book […]
Who’s ‘Wrath’ Is in View in Daniel 8:19?
J. Paul Tanner in his help commentary on Daniel, writes, [T]he word for “wrath” does occur one other time in Daniel, namely Dan 11:36 [fn: Quite often, “wrath” [or “indignation”] (zꜥm) refers to God’s wrath (e.g., Isa 26:20; Ezek 22:24), but in view of the context of Daniel, the reference in v. 19 appears to […]
Why Aren’t the Innumerable Multitude in Revelation 7:9–17 Sealed as Are the 144,000?
This is easily answered. There is no reason for the innumerable multitude to be sealed because they are raptured and in heaven before the throne of the Father and pictured having resurrected bodies (see Rev 7:9–17). There is zero biblical evidence that church saints will be on earth protected through the trumpet and bowl judgments. […]
Debunking Misrepresentations about Dispensationalism
Don’t be so sure that you know what Dispensationalism believes. In this lecture, Dr. Mike Stallard debunks commonplace misrepresentations.
Dispelling Common Myths about Dispensationalism [Video]
Many who misrepresent dispensationalism have never read any primary dispensational literature. The following discussion dispels the most common, recurring misrepresentations out there.
Why Isaiah 26:19–21 Supports the Prewrath View – Ep. 171
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https://traffic.libsyn.com/secure/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Why_Isaiah_26.1921_Support_the_Prewrath_View_-_Ep._171.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedDr. Kurschner begins with TWO BIG announcements! Then he addressed the question of where do believers go immediately after the rapture, commenting on an overlooked passage in Isaiah 26:19–21 concerning this question. He argues that heaven is where the “inner rooms” are located and the place where […]