If you’re interested in the Intelligent Design movement and the work of Dr. Stephen Meyer of the Discovery Institute, I’d highly recommend that you take the time (about 45 min. total) to view these five videos.  Sproul and Meyer discuss a range of topics related to design, science, and the origin of the universe.  I [...]

Or to put it another way, horizontal reconciliation begins with vertical reconciliation.  I enjoyed Michael Oh’s testimony at Urbana last week.  He shared what the gospel has taught him about loving those he’s expected to hate.

A while back I came across a helpful chart (p. 137) in Greg Beale’s commentary on 1-2 Thessalonians comparing Paul’s presentation of Jesus’ return in 1 Thess 4-5 and Jesus’ own presentation of the same event in Matthew 24.  Both pretribbers and non-pretribbers have pointed out the similarities, but seeing it in chart form is [...]

In my last post I argued that although Israel does not currently possess a divine right to Palestine, they will someday inherit the land promises that God made to Abraham.
This will ultimately happen someday in the future, when, to use Paul’s words in Romans 11, national Israel turns in faith to the Messiah and is [...]

Who is the man who fears the LORD? Him will he instruct in the way that he should choose. His soul shall abide in well-being, and his offspring shall inherit the land. (Psalm 25:12-13)

This is the first of three posts in which I want to argue that as Gentile believers in Jesus Christ, we share [...]

If the conditions of God’s covenant with Israel mean anything, then the answer to this question must be “no, not now”.  The reason for this is simple.  Israel is currently under God’s curse (see Deut 27-28), outside of the covenant because of her disobedience.  In the words of Yahweh in Hosea 1, Israel is currently [...]

In case anyone’s interested, I’ve reviewed A Case for Historic Premillennialism: An Alternative to “Left Behind” Eschatology (edited by Craig L. Blomberg and Sung Wook Chung) for the latest issue of Themelios.  You can read the review here.
Here’s my concluding analysis for the review:
Although CHP addresses many important issues relating to nondispensational premillennialism and does [...]

In addition to Dever’s and Schreiner’s recent comments, Craig Blomberg also has some good comments on the non-essential nature of eschatological beliefs such as the millennium and the timing of the rapture.  In A Case for Historic Premillennialism Blomberg says:
“In my ideal world, there would be no church or parachurch organization, including seminaries, that would [...]

So said Mark Dever in his sermon yesterday on Revelation 20.
He was referring specifically to the issue of the Millennium, but his comments obviously apply to lesser issues (like the timing of the rapture).  (And obviously his comments don’t apply to fundamental doctrines like the second coming and final judgment.) Here’s what he said:
“I think [...]

William Carey certainly can’t be accused of being unevangelistic.  And yet he was an unabashed Calvinist (yes, all 5 of ‘em), and in fact, it was his God-centered Calvinist (Pauline) theology drove his passion for people, missions, and evangelism.
Once, after preaching from Acts 14:16 and 17:30 that God commands all men everywhere to repent, Carey [...]