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Q&A: Is Being Born Again About Entering the Kingdom or Entering Heaven?

covenants & promises, israel, metaphysics, prophetic

Remember that Jesus told the people they needed to repent (change their mind), because the kingdom of the heavens was near (Matthew 4:17) – they needed to change their mind about how they could enter the kingdom. They thought that if they simply obeyed the Law,...

The Daniel 9 Prophetic Calendar

bible overviews, covenants & promises, israel

Daniel chapter nine finds Daniel examining the prophet Jeremiah’s declarations of a seventy-year exile (Jer. 25:14, 29:10), and responding humbly to the Lord in prayer, as the time of the exile was drawing to a close. The personal humility that Daniel demonstrates in...

Methodological and Hermeneutic Bases for the Distinction Between Israel and the Church

hermeneutics, israel, theology

Five Methodological and Hermeneutical Bases for the Distinction Between Israel and the Church  Presented to the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics, Summit University, September 16, 2015   Download (PDF, 207KB) INTRODUCTION   Charles Ryrie identifies the...

The Auschwitz Legacy and the (Non) Advancement of Man

death, ethics, genocide, israel, salvation

I was invited to speak at a conference in Poland recently (on Biblical hermeneutics and theological method, in case you were curious), and while there I had an opportunity to visit Auschwitz. I am not much of a tourist or a sightseer, but there are just some things...

Some Definitions Related to God’s Program and Administration

bible overviews, covenants & promises, eschatology, exegesis/exposition, israel, salvation, theology

Understanding the Biblical usage of terms such as dispensation, covenant, and kingdom of God can go a long way in helping is recognize what God’s big picture is, and how He intends to fill in the details. Let’s take a look at some definitions and...

Israel and the Church: Are We Not All Descendants of Abraham?

ecclesiology, exegesis/exposition, israel

Galatians 3:29 explains that, “if you belong to Christ, then you are Abraham’s descendants, heirs according to promise.” The passage leads some to conclude that those who are in Christ are ultimately grafted into Israel, and receive the covenant blessings promised to...

The Two Commissions in Matthew’s Gospel

ecclesiology, eschatology, israel, Jesus, teachings of, salvation

In a now published thesis,[1] James Fazio draws attention to an important component of Matthew’s account of Jesus’ life and ministry: specifically, that Jesus commissioned His disciples on two significant occasions, and for two very different purposes. The first,...

An Interview on the State of Contemporary Dispensationalism

ecclesiology, eschatology, israel, news, theology

Interview conducted 10/07/2014 by Adrian Isaacs, M.Rel., Th.D (Cand.), for dissertation research at Wycliffe College, University of Toronto. Isaacs: In your estimation, how would you describe the current level of scholarly, academic discussion regarding...

Biblically Derived Premillennialism as a Necessary Condition for a Biblical Socio-Political Model

epistemology, eschatology, israel, worldview

Presented to the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics, 9/17/2014 at Calvary Bible College and Theological Seminary, Kansas City, Missouri. Dispensationalists have been accused of, among other things,[1] being pessimistic (as by Marsden and Bube)[2] and anti-semitic...

Is the Messiah Given to the Gentiles as a Covenant?

covenants & promises, israel, theology

Question: In Isaiah 42:6, doesn’t the phrase “I will appoint You as a covenant to the people, as a light to the nations” (NASB) indicate that the Messiah was given to the Gentiles as a covenant, and thus the New Covenant is also extended to the Gentiles and the church...

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