I am happy to announce my chapter publication in the recent academic volume James Barr Assessed: Evaluating His Legacy over the Last Sixty Years. It was published this month in Brill’s Biblical Interpretation Series. My particular chapter is titled “James Barr on the ‘Illegitimate Totality Transfer’ Word-Concept Fallacy.” Brill’s volumes are pricey but you can […]
Book Reviews
The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecy: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, editors Michael Rydelnik and Edwin Blum (Book Notice)
The Moody Handbook of Messianic Prophecy: Studies and Expositions of the Messiah in the Old Testament, eds. Michael Rydelnik and Edwin Blum Get it at Amazon Editorial Reviews From the Back Cover The ultimate, all-in-one resource on what the Old Testament says about Jesus As Jesus walked […]
A Quick Debunking of Failed Date-Setter Mark Biltz’s New Book: Decoding the Antichrist and the End Times
Failed date-setter Mark Biltz—who is addicted to bible prophecy even though he refuses that he was wrong on his date-setting—has come out with another bible prophecy book that will lead God’s people astray. His new book is called, Decoding the Antichrist and the End Times: What the Bible Says and What the Future Holds. (Incidentally, […]
Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semantics by Moisés Silva (Book Notice)
Biblical Words and Their Meaning: An Introduction to Lexical Semantics by Moisés Silva (Book Notice) Purchase his book on kindle or paperback When first published in 1983, Biblical Words and Their Meaning broke new ground by introducing to students of the Bible the principles of linguistics, in particular, on lexical semantics — that branch […]
Helpful Commentaries on the Gospel of Matthew (e.g. the Olivet Discourse)
Yesterday, I wrote up an article explaining why I cannot recommend any commentaries on the Gospel of Matthew on the Olivet Discourse in Matt 24–25. That being said, I mentioned that I have benefited from commentaries, in this case with respect to Matthew 24–25. (Commentaries are not my first resource I consult. I first interpret […]
Issues of Interpretation and Commentary on Matthew 24–25 – Jesus’s Olivet Discourse
I am asked frequently if I can recommend a commentary on Matthew’s Olivet Discourse. The problem is that (1) many commentaries on Matthew, in particular chapters 24–25, come from a historicist view, an interpretation that skews Matthew’s message and consequently distorts the application for the church today; (2) some commentaries come from a preterist view and/or […]
BOOK: Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord: What Every Christian Needs to Know about the Return of Christ
Available at AMAZON. Many of us have been told that we will be “raptured out of here before the Antichrist arrives.” But what if this is wrong? Is this really what the Bible teaches? In this thought-provoking and freshly examined account on the second coming of Christ, Alan Kurschner traces the key topics and passages, […]
Book Review: The Coming Flood: A Call for the Endurance and Faith of the Saints by Jeremy Wells
James Pate has written a brief book review of Jeremy Wells’ book The Coming Flood: A Call for the Endurance and Faith of the Saints. I have not read this book but intend to. But I wanted to respond very briefly to Wells’ thesis, who seems to come from a post-trib view, so being a […]
On David Chilton’s Preterist-Postmillennial Commentary on the Book of Revelation, Days of Vengeance
Preterists commonly accuse (mock) futurist commentaries on the book of Revelation for sensational interpretations. Admittedly, there are more than a few popular pretrib commentaries on Revelation that rightly are “way out there.” However, David Chilton’s postmillennial and preterist commentary on Revelation rivals the most kooky and far-fetched interpretations on the book of Revelation: The Days […]
An Overview of My Forthcoming Book on Critiquing Pretribulational Any-Moment Rapture Theology – Ep. 62
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/An_Overview_of_My_Forthcoming_Book_on_Critiquing_Pretribulational_Any-Moment_Rapture_Theology_Ep_62_2.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedIn this episode I gave an overview of my forthcoming book responding to pretrib imminence theology. I read the Introduction to the book which included the contents of the book as well. It will be a comprehensive critique of the flawed doctrine of the imminency of Jesus’ […]
What Exactly Is the Identity of the ‘Star’ of Bethlehem? The Bible, Astronomy, and Scholarship Par Excellence
Colin R. Nicholl is one of the most careful New Testament exegetes I know today. In the April 2000 volume of The Journal of Theological Studies, Colin R. Nicholl published the seminal article, “Michael, The Restrainer Removed (2 Thess. 2:6-7),” making the strong case that Michael is the Restrainer. His article would be published in […]