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 […]
Hermeneutics
My Positive Interaction with Progressive Dispensationalist Bruce Ware at the Annual ETS Meeting
A few weeks back I attended the annual ETS meeting in San Diego. The first unit I took in was on “The Future of Progressive Dispensationalism.” The session I heard was by Bruce A. Ware entitled, “The Hermeneutics of Progressive Dispensationalism (PD).” Ware is a pretribulational progressive dispensationalist. One of the principles of PD that […]
A Follow Up to My Recent Post ‘The Modern Hebrew-Speaking Jew Fallacy”
This week I posted on the Modern Hebrew-Speaking Jew Fallacy, at least that is what I call it. A reader from Israel chimed in with the following. Hi Alan, Timely post this one. Living out here [Israel] I see this exact same thing quite a bit. While being a Hebrew speaker can give you a […]
‘The Modern Hebrew-Speaking Jew’ Fallacy
This is a real fallacy that is pervasive in some evangelical circles, especially pretrib circles. There is also the Modern Greek-Speaking Greek counterpart fallacy. But the former is more common. Many evangelicals think that modern Jews who speak Hebrew have some special “insight” into Scripture because they are Jewish and/or speak Hebrew. They do not. […]
A Reply to Arnold Fruchtenbaum on Misrepresenting Marvin Rosenthal’s Definition of Pretrib Imminence
Arnold Fruchtenbaum states: [I]mminency does not mean that “no prophesied events must occur before the rapture.” Imminence means that no prophecied event must be fulfilled before the rapture, although the possibility does exist.” In attempt to “correct” Marvin Rosenthal’s definition of imminence, Fruchtenbaum ends up restating what Rosenthal said! Rosenthal got the pretrib definition correct […]
A Reply to Arnold Fruchtenbaum on the Day of the Lord
Arnold Fruchtenbaum claims, “The sixth seal does portray a cosmic disturbance, but nowhere does it say that it is that cosmic disturbance which kicks off the day of the Lord” (emphasis mine)* On the contrary, a little good ol’ fashion comparing Scripture with Scripture will easily refute such a claim: “Now when the Lamb opened […]
ANOTHER GLARING Inconsistent Pretrib Interpretation on Daniel’s 70 Weeks Prophecy
Pretribulation interpreters reason that the church will not be part of the 70th week of Daniel (i.e. the last seven years) because it was not part of the 69 weeks. I have responded to this fallacious claim several times. But let me give you three reasons below, the third is a new counterexample I am […]
Q & A of the 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference at Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio – Ep. 152
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Q__A_of_the_2019_Fall_Prophecy_Conference_at_Fellowship_Bible_Chapel_in_Sunbury_Ohio_-_Ep._152.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThis is the Q & A Session of the 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference at Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio. This session features the panel discussion, where Charles Cooper, Dr. Alan Kurschner, Mike Clapham and John Haller respond to and provide insight on audience-submitted questions on a […]
Dr. Brock Hollett Talks about His Debate Invitations to Preterists (Video)
Dr. Hollett gives an update on debate invitations to Jeff Durbin, Ken Gentry, Hank Hanegraaff, and Gary DeMar. Get his book Debunking Preterism: How Over-Realized Eschatology Misses the Not Yet of Bible Prophecy. See other relevant videos of Dr. Hollett here.
A Response to Pretribulation Imminence Theology – Ep. 151
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/A_Response_to_Pretribulation_Imminence_Theology_-_Ep._151.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedThis is Session 4 of the 2019 Fall Prophecy Conference at Fellowship Bible Chapel in Sunbury, Ohio. Dr. Alan Kurschner critiques pretribulation imminence theology. He first defines imminence theology and then explains why understanding this debate matters to all Christians. Then he critiques the three types of […]
Guess What Biblical Truth You Will Sacrifice Holding Onto Pretribulationism?
This week I posted poignant statements from George Eldon Ladd from his book The Blessed Hope. I will post one more. Ladd points out a biblical absurdity within the traditional pretribulation interpretation that is related to the pretrib view that the Holy Spirit is the Restrainer (there have been exceptions to this of variant views […]