I want to thank Nick Norelli for taking the time to write a review of my book. http://rdtwot.wordpress.com/2014/03/31/antichrist-before-the-day-of-the-lord-what-every-christian-needs-to-know-about-the-return-of-christ/ Check out other reviews he has written at his website. Here is one particular paragraph in his review that I want to highlight: There’s a popular slogan that says, “In the essentials unity; in the non-essentials liberty; […]
Pretribulationism
The Noah Movie is Blasphemy…
And it is now being revealed that the atheist director Darren Aronofsky intended it to be blasphemy, wanting to produce the “least biblical movie ever made” and thus perverting a sacred story. In this movie he creates God (actually a non-God) into his own atheist-pagan image, leaving the word “God” out of the movie and […]
What Does the “Gap Theory” and Pretribulationism Have in Common?
I want to illustrate the inconsistent hermeneutic of many pretribulationists. Pretribulationists often pride themselves on having a consistent, sound, and valid hermeneutic; that is, interpreting Scripture in its “natural, normal, customary sense” (which begs the question, because everyone wants to claim this high-road hermeneutic, as if it is that simple). Pretribulationists are mostly young earth […]
DEBATE AUDIO: Pretrib, Prewrath, and Posttrib Rapture Debate…
[Recent Debate on the Rapture Here] The following rapture debate was held on October 9, 1999 at Irving Bible Church, Irving, Texas. About 600 were in attendance. The moderator was Kerby Anderson. My commentary on the debate is below. The following are the four parts of the debate with a rebuttal period after each […]
Where Do Believers Go after the Rapture?
[See also the program on this topic] The following is an excerpt (pp. 83–85) from my book Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Return of Christ The last part of verse 17 climaxes with reassurance: “And so we will always be with the Lord.” Where will we […]
Slogans Should Not Replace Scripture — A Brief Response to Ed Hindson on 2 Thessalonians 2
Ed Hindson asserts, I am not looking for the Antichrist, I’m looking for Jesus Christ. I am not even looking for the undertaker, I am looking for the uppertaker (at 14 min. here). Hindson uttered this cutesy slogan as he was talking about 2 Thessalonians 2! And worse, he did not even try to give […]
NOW POSTED: All Three Interviews on Three Rapture Views
The final interview is posted, which is the pretribulational position. I have linked all three interviews below. Next week, there will be a final post where each of the participants were able to ask each other a question. In the near future, I will be responding to Svigel’s answers. His argument depends much on his […]
Interview on the Pre-Wrath Rapture
Lindsay Kennedy posted his interview with me on the prewrath position. You can read it here: http://mydigitalseminary.com/pre-wrath-rapture-interview-alan-kurschner/ Last week, he posted his interview with Craig Blomberg on post-tribulationism, and next week he will post his interview with Michael Svigel on pre-tribulationism. Then he will finish up the series with posting questions that we were able […]
Interviews on the Rapture
http://mydigitalseminary.com/three-positions-on-the-rapture-an-interview-series/ Here are the interviews and interviewees in the order they will appear online: Week 1: Michael Svigel (Pre-Tribulationism) Week 2: Alan Kurschner (Pre-Wrath) Week 3: Craig Blomberg (Post-Tribulationism) Week 4: Where the interviewees get to ask one another a question.
Strange Trib
There is a bit of irony that John MacArthur (who I respect) is an adamant cessationist, because MacArthur is a staunch pretribulationist, the very view that, it is argued, finds its origins in the utterances of charismatic-visionary Margaret MacDonald or possibly the charismatic Edward Irving (early 19th century). Accordingly, it has been argued that one […]
Dog Whistle Rapture
Pretribulationism believes that Jesus is coming back quietly to secretly rapture the church, and the world is going to wonder where all the missing people have gone. Only believers will be able to hear and see Jesus when he returns. That may be good fantasy for novels but it is not biblical reality. Just the […]