Does Matthew 24 Describe the Rapture of the Church? (Part 3)
Read Part 1 of this series here. Read Part 2 here. In the last installment of this series, we examined the argument... Read More
Does Matthew 24 Describe the Rapture of the Church (Part 2)?
In this series, we are examining nine arguments made by John Hart in his essay, “Jesus and the Rapture: Matthew 24,” which... Read More
The Descent of Christ (Part 2)
Read Part 1 of this series here. Christ descended in the incarnation on the first Christmas. He came to earth as a... Read More
“With a View to the Administration of the Fullness of Times”: The Relationship of the Church to the Kingdom
While the dispensational community has rightly pointed out that NT never posits identity between the Christian Church and the Messianic Kingdom, the... Read More
The Descent of Christ
Beyond doubt, the most hotly debated assertion of the Apostles’ Creed is the descent of Christ to “hell” or hades (ᾅδης/inferos/inferna). This... Read More
A Down Payment on a Good Home
It is that time of year here in Michigan when you begin to see yard sales cropping up around your neighborhood. When... Read More
Joseph as a Pattern of Rejected, Royal Rule and Its Implications for Dispensational Interpretation
Lately, as a result of three factors I’ve been thinking a fair bit about the potential role Joseph plays in biblical typology.... Read More
Mission in the Old Testament: God’s Concern for the Nations (Part 3)
In my first post, I began to explore the notion of a “missionary mandate” for Israel in the Old Testament. Last time,... Read More
The Overrealized Eschatology of Progressive Covenantalism
I first came across the phrase “overrealized eschatology” in a seminary class on the exegesis of 1 Corinthians. The idea had been... Read More
An Attempt at Biblical Theology in Poetic Verse
I think it’s fair to say that art can reach the inner person quicker than an outline (though perhaps “art” is a strong... Read More