I have been made aware that a group of New covenant theologians have discussed some my list of forty arguments for not reading the New Testament back into the Old Testament. I intend to write a Response soon. But I thought it worthwhile to repost the original list. I have yet to encounter a serious attempt to refute these Reasons. Introduction It seems to be almost an axiom within contemporary, evangelical Bible interpretation that the New Testament must be allowed …
Category: Progressive Revelation
I am in the middle of several things right now, but I had the idea of rehearsing a recent interchange with some CT’s and adding a few reflections. I think it typifies what I tend to run into when trying to communicate my reservations about CT. I kick it off with a remark made by my main interlocutor about God’s way of communicating. He declared that, God may do other than what the original audience understood. God’s promises will …
Part Five With Abraham on Mt. Moriah When we come to Genesis 22 we arrive at one of the key events in the Bible; the offering of Isaac, the son of promise to the Promiser. The retelling of this story by Kierkegaard in his book Fear and Trembling poses the question of how Abraham could possibly have justified his actions to himself or to his son. The philosopher’s conclusion is that he could not. Neither in the three days’ journey …
I have just returned from a nice rest with my family in Tennessee and will post a new item soon. Meanwhile, here are the responses I gave to a group of Evangelical scholars who really have trouble with Dispensationalism. I thought their objections and concerns were often unfair or wrong-headed, although sometimes they were just opposed to their own views. For those of you who have wished that yours truly would come into the 21st Century and list …
After a ridiculously long delay, I have started to finish off my series on the Parameters of Meaning beginning with this one on Typology. I believe these guidelines will help Bible students avoid many pitfalls in interpretation by setting limits on what constitutes legitimate hermeneutics. For those of you interested here are the previous installments: Parameters of Meaning – Introduction Parameters of Meaning – Rule 1 Parameters of Meaning – Rule 2 Parameters of Meaning – Rule 3 Parameters of …
Part Nine This installment may be thought of as a digression, but I think it belongs to the overall argument. Imagine a world where the removal of the saints from Planet Earth happened but no one had the foggiest idea of when that might be. If the NT alluded to such a thing there would still be some hope that we just may be the ones to get called up. The doctrine of the rapture would still be a “sure …
Here are the third and fourth videos of my TELOS Conference presentations of Biblical Covenantalism. These presentations cover God’s Covenants: Third Talk: THE COVENANTS OF GOD Fourth Talk: CHRIST AND THE COVENANTS Parts One and Two are here. …
Here are the first two videos of my TELOS Conference presentations of Biblical Covenantalism. These presentations cover the topics of Hermeneutics and Creation. First Talk: CHRIST and INTERPRETATION Second Talk: CHRIST and CREATION These video presentations give a detailed overview of Biblical Covenantalism and the exalted place it gives to the Lord Jesus Christ; a place which is not artificially read onto the pages of the Bible, but which comes clearly from its plain wording – especially from the words …
Part Six So far I have tried to establish these important factors in determining the timing of the rapture of the Church. I fully realize that each of these points could be studied in more depth, but for my purposes I think the coverage is satisfactory. The factors are these: 1. The time of the rapture is exegetically indeterminable 2. Hence, if it is to be known it must be deduced 3. As such the timing of this event can …
Part Five This series explores the various avenues which have to be gone down in order to get the doctrine of the Rapture of the Church right. I am deliberately avoiding the more conventional comparative approach. This may annoy some and intrigue others. I hope the former group is smaller than the latter! The Day of the Lord, Cosmic Upheavals, and the Return of Christ The concept of the Day of the Lord describes different yet related things. If …
