Today is Rosh Hashanah (“the Feast of Trumpets”), the first day of the new year, 5775 in the Jewish calender. I am attending Judaism’s two high holiday services here in North Jersey (Rosh Hashanah today and Yom Kippur 10 days later). I have been studying different aspects of these Jewish holidays and discovered an interesting […]
Biblical Studies
VIDEO: Craig A. Evans on The People, the Land and the Future of Israel According to the Book of Hebrews and the General Epistles
Video: http://videos.chosenpeople.com/video/craig-evans.php Audio: http://videos.chosenpeople.com/audio/craig-evans.php See also this brief interview with Craig Evans: http://videos.chosenpeople.com/video/craig-evans-interview.php
Hebrew Roots and Biltz’s Blood Moons and Shemitah Theory – Ep. 6
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/006-Hebrew_Roots_Cult_and_Mark_Biltzs_Blood_Moons_and_Shemitah_Theory.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI first talked about the “Hebrew Roots” movement. I explained that the old covenant has been abrogated by Christ at his first coming and that new covenant believers are under the new law of Christ, not the Mosaic law, or even part of the Mosaic law such […]
Barry Horner on Future Israel and Responding to Replacement Theology
Barry Horner, author of Future Israel: Why Christian Anti-Judaism Must Be Challenged, is a leading theologian on the issue of Israel’s future. Every premillennialist must own his book. He also runs Bunyan Ministries, which contains a treasure trove of must-read articles. I will be posting some of his articles in the coming weeks and months. […]
How Should We Understand Matthew 10:23?
When they persecute you in one town, flee to the next, for truly, I say to you, you will not have gone through all the towns of Israel before the Son of Man comes (Mt 10:23). http://triablogue.blogspot.com/2014/06/when-son-of-man-comes.html
Debate on the Date of the Book of Revelation – Mark Hitchcock vs Hank Hanegraaff
Dr. Mark Hitchcock and Mr. Hank Hanegraaff debate the date of the Book of Revelation. The debate took place on December 10, 2007 at the annual Pre-Trib Study Group meeting in Dallas, TX. Dr. Hichcock will argue for the AD 95 date. Mr. Hanegraaff will argue for the AD 65 date. While the AD 95 […]
Our Eschatological Hope is Based on God’s Decree
But how could people ascribe a heavenly “pre-existence” to a real human and mortal figure of recent history? To understand this, you have to enter into the “logic” of ancient theological thought, and especially “apocalyptic” thought. I’ll sketch it briefly. God doesn’t make up his game-plan as the game goes along, but has the plan […]
A Biblical and Theological Analysis of Near Death Experiences
http://thegospelcoalition.org/blogs/justintaylor/2014/04/25/a-biblical-and-theological-analysis-of-near-death-experiences/
Was Noah Good?
http://www.amazon.com/Was-Noah-Good-Narrative-Testament/dp/0567027163 The juxtaposition of ‘favour’ and ‘righteousness’ in the flood narrative raises an interpretative and theological problem: Is Noah chosen because of divine favour or because of his piety ? Source-critical scholars identify two different theologies by J and P: J understands Noah’s election to be an act of grace whereas P emphasizes Noah’s righteousness […]
N. T. Wright’s Supersessionism Does Not Square with the Apostle Paul
Here is an excellent piece by Larry Hurtado taking N. T. Wright’s supersessionism to task. http://larryhurtado.wordpress.com/2014/03/23/israel-and-the-people-of-god-wright-response/
Bart Ehrman, Steven Anderson, Chris Pinto…
What do these three men have in common? They are bent on confusing the people of God and undermining their faith in Scripture. James White addressed the latest by these men here on his radio show: http://www.aomin.org/aoblog/index.php/2014/03/18/in-defense-of-scripture-bart-ehrman-steven-anderson-chris-pinto/ I have commented on two of these men before on their behavior and conspiracy theories: Steven Anderson and […]