You can listen now to the radio debate I had today with Dr. Tommy Ice on Moody Radio’s UP FOR DEBATE with Julie Roys. It went great. I came into the debate with the strategy of focusing on and demonstrating that Jesus’ Olivet Discourse in Matthew 24-25 is for the church, and not relegated to […]
Olivet Discourse
Why Pretribulation Teachers Refuse to Obey Jesus’ Great Commission: “teaching them to obey everything I have commanded you.” Matthew 28:20 – Ep. 54
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Is the Whole Seven Years God’s Wrath? – Ep. 51
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/051-Is_the_Whole_Seven_Years_Gods_Wrath.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to the pretribulational tenet that the future seven-year period (i.e. the “70th week of Daniel”) is entirely God’s wrath. I used Jim McClarty’s critique of the prewrath position as my entry point of discussion. I demonstrated that the seven-year period is divided up into several […]
A Reply to Jim McClarty’s Selective Use of Passages to Fit His Unbiblical Construct of a Pretrib Rapture: Matthew 24, Israel, and the Church – Ep. 50
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One Taken and One Left Behind, and the Meaning of ‘Where the dead body is, there the vultures will gather’ in Luke 17:37 – Ep. 49
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Update on My Debate with Dr. Thomas Ice
UPDATE: Here is the debate I appreciate Dr. Ice for accepting the invitation to debate. Not many pretrib teachers are willing to engage on this level—come to think of it, he is the only one! I am very pleased with how the debate went. The audio will be posted on this site in […]
A Reply to Jim McClarty’s Critique of the Prewrath Position: He Gets the Prewrath Basics Wrong – Ep. 46
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/A_Reply_to_Jim_McClartys_Critique_of_the_Prewrath_Position_He_Gets_the_Prewrath_Basics_Wrong__Ep_46.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | Embed I replied to pretribulational teacher Jim McClarty’s critique of the prewrath position. This is the first episode of a series responding to an article he wrote against the prewrath position. I first described how good men of God can have blind spots and in this case […]
Does Jesus Teach There Will Be a “Gap” of Time between the Rapture and the Day of the Lord’s Wrath? – Ep. 39
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A Reply to Pastor Greg Laurie’s Pretribulational Sermon on the Rapture and the Antichrist – Ep. 38
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/038_A_Reply_to_Greg_Lauries_Pretribulational_Sermon_on_the_Rapture_and_the_Antichrist.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI replied to Harvest Christian Fellowship’s shallow sermon by Greg Laurie on his pretribulational rapture and Antichrist view. He believes the church will be raptured before the Antichrist emerges. He painfully confuses the event of the Antichrist’s great tribulation with the day of the Lord’s judgment. I pointed […]
Will the Church or an Angel Fulfill the Gospel Prophecy in Matthew 24:14? – Ep. 32
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/Will_the_Church_or_an_Angel_fulfill_Matt_24.14.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI talked about the nature of the fulfillment of Matthew 24:14: “And this gospel of the kingdom will be proclaimed throughout the whole world as a testimony to all nations, and then the end will come.” I first explained the structure of Matthew 24 which situates Matthew […]
Matthew 24:31 Refers to the Rapture Because Paul’s Rapture Teaching Parallels Jesus’ Teaching of the Gathering of the Elect – Ep. 28
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