Alan Kurschner, Ph.D. is the founder of Eschatos Ministries, teaching Bible prophecy from a futurist, premillennial, prewrath perspective.
The gospel is primarily a message of salvation of rescue but a rescue from what? What are we saved from? The Bible is clear that every person that is not saved or Rescued by Jesus. Every person that rejects the only way of salvation, every … [Continue reading] about A Sermon On the Horrors of Hell
How many times have you had someone try to deflate a conversation about the Lord's coming by saying, "Don't concern yourself with biblical prophecy, because it will all "pan out in the end." Not only is this a sinful attitude but it is egregiously … [Continue reading] about How to Respond to a ‘Pan-Millennialist’
I started a series talking about how to prepare for Jesus' second coming in a biblical fashion. Today I described four views that militate against this readiness. 1. Pretribulationism: The warnings are relegated to "tribulation saints." We will be … [Continue reading] about How to Prepare for Jesus’ Second Coming: 4 Views that Militate Against Biblical Readiness – Ep. 65
You will not want to miss tomorrow's program on The Biblical Prophecy Program. I will be talking about how to biblically prepare for the Lord's soon coming. It will be the no-cliche zone on this program! I will be explaining why many pastors are not … [Continue reading] about “How to prepare for Jesus’ coming” On Tomorrow’s Program, and a Bible Prophecy Conference this Month!
“I was dead, but look, now I am alive—forever and ever—and I hold the keys of death and of Hades!” (Rev 1:18) Steve Hays writes, "There's probably a connotation to this verse that's lost on modern readers. We think of "death" as an abstract term … [Continue reading] about Revelation 1:18 and the God of Death who Holds Its Keys
For those that have had first year Greek, the Center for Learning Biblical Greek now offers Intermediate Greek. For more information, click here. … [Continue reading] about NEW COURSE: Intermediate New Testament Greek Course
"[S]ome aspects of the original prophecy may be described in terms appropriate for the understanding of the hearers of its time—e.g., wars involving horses and swords, rather than future weapons totally unknown at the time of writing. Such … [Continue reading] about Accommodation Principle of Interpreting Apocalyptic Prophecy | Book of Revelation
"The salvation of the coming messianic days thus entailed the inward transformation of the individual, which would result from a promised making of a 'new covenant' (see also 'covenant of peace' and 'everlasting covenant,' Ezek 37:26), through which … [Continue reading] about Individual Salvation and International Salvation
Over at the Center for Learning Biblical Greek, I am offering a course on New Testament Textual Criticism. Why should I take this course? One of the most commonly asked questions in the church today is, "How did we get our Bible?" A … [Continue reading] about A New Course on New Testament Textual Criticism
On the program, I discussed a couple of issues. First, I talked about the pretrib theological expression "secret rapture." I explained what that means in pretrib parlance and why it is an unbiblical concept. By “secret,” pretribulationists are … [Continue reading] about A Very Brief History of the “Secret Rapture” Pretribulation Theory – Ep. 64
I defined what is meant by pretrib "imminence." I also noted what it does not mean. In addition, I cited first-hand noted pretrib statements on what imminence means: John Nelson Darby: “No events, no earthly circumstances, intervene or modify the … [Continue reading] about What Is Pretribulational Imminency? (aka ‘Imminent,’ ‘Imminence,’ ‘Any Moment Rapture’) – Ep. 63