Hyper-Dispensationalism: A Dangerous Perversion of Dispensationalism (Part Two)
Part One A Third Problem Interpretationally with Hyper-Dispensationalism Sermon on the Mount Hyper-dispensationalism brings extremes in discontinuity between the Old and the New Testament. Two dangers of the extreme discontinuity are, one, two salvation plans, a different one for the Old Testament than the one in the New Testament, and, two, antinomianism, a version of […]
The Biblical View of Church History: Succession or Perpetuity of True New Testament Churches (Part Two)
Part One Someone should believe true New Testament church perpetuity based upon biblical presuppositions. God promised He would keep or preserve both His Words and His church. Both of those relate to authority of God on earth and how He works in the world. Jesus rules through the church as the Head of it, but […]
Hyper-Dispensationalism: A Dangerous Perversion of Dispensationalism
Explaining Dispensationalism Versus Hyper-Dispensationalism Dispensationalism and Hyper-Dispensationalism Opponents of a grammatical-historical interpretation of scripture, the desert island approach, originalism, also called “premillennialism,” will, either purposefully or not, characterize hyper-dispensationalism as what is dispensationalism. I’m saying, they equate hyper-dispensationalism with dispensationalism. I have not found that most critics of dispensationalism even understand dispensationalism. If they do, […]
The Biblical View of Church History: Succession or Perpetuity of True New Testament Churches
The Gates of Hell Shall Not Prevail The Lord Jesus Christ had and still has all authority in heaven and in earth (Matthew 28:18), which means He possesses all authority. When Jesus says something, it’s as sure as it gets. It doesn’t matter how impossible it may seem. He is God. In a pivotal passage […]
The Terrible Effect of the Wrong View of Church on a Truly Biblical Understanding of Unity and the Truth
In two passages, Jesus taught how to pray — Matthew 6 and Luke 11 — with a model prayer. Both those are the same. The New Testament references Jesus praying many times, but actual recorded prayers of His are very few: a couple of thanks (Matthew 11:25-26, John 11:41-42), very brief cries on the cross […]
The Gospel: Entrance Requirements and Expected Outcomes
I have at least one more post (number 9) in the series, “Textual Variants, Preservation of Scripture, and the Westminster Assembly” (parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight), one more part for the two part series, “Making Heaven Crowded By Diminishing Biblical Gospel Expectations” (part one), at least one more post in […]
Drawing the Line on Masculinity: Getting a Male Role Back (Part Six)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Part Five For men to take their role back, they must recognize and understand the male role. It proceeds from God. God gave distinct roles to both the man and the woman. His will is for men and women to fulfill […]
Colossians 1:24: The Place of Suffering in Ministry and Sanctification of Others
Epistle to the Colossians The Lord Jesus Christ, the Apostles, and the first century Christian, as you know, all suffered. Greatly. It was their way of life, enduring a lot of opposition, hardship, and physical persecution. Jesus, as you remember, said to expect it. They hated me, so they’ll hate you. This is also what […]
True Biblical Faith and Certainty
I write this prelude to this post to promote and remind me of series I haven’t finished yet. I have at least one more post (number 9) in the series, “Textual Variants, Preservation of Scripture, and the Westminster Assembly” (parts one, two, three, four, five, six, seven, and eight), one more part for the two […]
Drawing the Line on Masculinity: Getting a Male Role Back (Part Five)
Part One Part Two Part Three Part Four Very often today, when a man suggests a male role, many women and even some men critics call this misogyny. He hates women. Sometimes they say, “He’s afraid of strong women.” Very little of this might be true, but the vast majority […]