Watch the debate here. Listen to my post-debate commentary Click here for a PDF transcript of the debate THE CHURCH WILL FACE THE ANTICHRIST BEFORE THE RAPTURE Affirmative: Alan Kurschner | Prewrath Denial: Thomas Ice | Pretribulational Moderated by Kerby Anderson The Hope Center, Plano, Texas September 25, 2015 Debate Format: Part 1: […]
Rebuttals
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 […]
David James at the recent Berean Call Conference gives a tortured definition of what Prewrath teaches
Just to let you know, I don’t go out searching for critiques or misrepresentations of the prewrath position. I don’t need to. They come to me. And recently there have been a spate of people sending me this or that pretrib sermon and wanting me to review it. My time is limited so I have […]
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 […]
This week on the Program I will be responding to Pretrib Pastor Jim McClarty’s Shallow ‘Critique’ of Prewrath
I was informed of the pastor Jim McClarty’s recent article responding to the prewrath position and his attempt to refute it. As I read it I admit I was taken back a bit by his tone and his shallow argumentation, childish rhetoric, ignorant understanding of how Greek works, and other forms of errant biblical interpretation. […]
A Reply to Jan Markell’s “Understanding the Times” Prophecy Conference and Ed Hindson Likening Prewrath to Beating Your Wife – Ep. 45
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/045_A_Reply_to_Jan_Markells__Understanding_the_Times__Prophecy.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI first talked about Jan Markell’s sensational, pretrib, annual, Bible prophecy conference. It represents the typical pretrib conference that is not very helpful for people to learn about Bible prophecy. Second, I played a clip of pretrib teacher Dr. Ed Hindson from last year’s Markell’s conference. It […]
A Reply to Renald Showers on James 5:7–9, Imminency, and the Meaning of the Greek Perfect Tense – Ep. 44
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http://traffic.libsyn.com/thebiblicalprophecyprogram/044-A_Reply_to_Renald_Showers_on_James_57_9_Imminency_and_the_Meaning_of_the_Greek_Perfect_Tense.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download | EmbedI responded to pretrib teacher Renald Showers and his misunderstanding of the Greek perfect tense-form and thus his interpretation of James 5:7–9 and how that affects his pretrib imminency. Specifically, I responded to the following statement by Renald E. Showers: “[T]he fact that the Greek verbs translated […]
Gary DeMar Fails Miserably in His Debate Defending Replacement Theology (aka Supersessionism)
I just listened to the debate between Michael Brown and Gary DeMar on whether the church has replaced Israel. This was one doozy of a lopsided debate. You can download it for free here. Gary DeMar is stuck in 1970 when the The Late, Great Planet Earth was published by Hal Lindsey. I have noticed […]
An Apt Reply to Those Who Think the Olivet Discourse is “Jewish” and Therefore Not Instruction for the Church
In the 19th century, S. P. Tregelles wrote the best book responding to the first generation of pretribulationism, The Hope of Christ’s Second Coming. It is filled with nuggets and is required reading for any prewrather. He had a lot to say to the pretrib notion that the Olivet Discourse was not instruction for the […]
What Is Pretribulational Imminency? (aka “any moment secret rapture,” “imminent,” “imminence”)
Pretribulational theology teaches that the rapture will happen pre-tribulational—before the “tribulation” period. The sine qua non of pretribulationism is the belief in “imminency.” There are variations of this term: “imminent”: “imminence,” and “any moment.” The older terminology used the terms “secret coming” or “secret rapture.” Imminency is the heart of pretribulationism. Pretribulationism defines this notion […]
A Glaring Contradiction in Calvary Chapel’s Pastor Jack Hibbs Pretribulational Rapture
I could cite many other pretribulational teachers committing this all-so-common inconsistency in their rapture theology. But I will use Jack Hibb’s statement as representative. On a recent program of Jan Markell’s Understanding the Times with Jan Markell, her guest Jack Hibbs repeatedly stressed the “imminency” of the rapture that he claims will be “unannounced” that […]