While compiling the "A Study In Scarlet" blog series into one document in preparation for publishing, it became clear that a more detailed look into the mechanics of the decision to adopt grape juice was necessary. This will be the second chapter, and so it will make more sense when read in that context. Call … Continue reading America Blows a Gasket
Tag: eschatology
Li’l Post Defending Post Mil, Part 3
Continuing the back and forth about postmillennialism I was having with some friends, and some challenges they presented, I wanted to pass on this third exchange. Identifiers are left out because the respondent didn't know at the time of writing that he was going to be on camera, and might have polished arguments Opponent's Challenges … Continue reading Li’l Post Defending Post Mil, Part 3
Last Thoughts
Introduction A few days ago I stumbled upon the trailer for the 1970s apocalyptic thriller A Thief In The Night, a dramatic depiction of the rapture of Christians and the fresh hellscape awaiting those left behind. I had watched it as a young boy and it opened the door to a new breed of anxiety … Continue reading Last Thoughts
Li’L Post Defending Post Mil Part 2
Continuing the back and forth about postmillennialism I was having with some friends, and some challenges they presented, I wanted to pass on this second exchange. Identifiers are left out because the respondent didn't know at the time of writing that he was going to be on camera, and might have polished arguments Hey Tim, … Continue reading Li’L Post Defending Post Mil Part 2
Li’l Post Defending Post Mil
Introduction A few months ago, I met with friends for beers and some back and forth about eschatology over beers. We met at a brewery called Verboten, German for "forbidden", which I thought appropriate because eschatology is often considered such, as it tends to be divisive and avoided on Sunday mornings. Three-fourths of the orthodox … Continue reading Li’l Post Defending Post Mil
A Small Matter Of Thirty Years, Part 4: Other Considerations
Introduction In this last post on the dating of Revelation, I want to lay out some ancillary considerations that have helped land me on the early date. These are a mash-up of arguments I have read along with some of my own observations. None of these in itself is a nail in the coffin or … Continue reading A Small Matter Of Thirty Years, Part 4: Other Considerations
A Small Matter Of Thirty Years, Part 3: Internal Evidence
Introduction In the previous post, we looked at the external evidence for the dating of Revelation in Kenneth Gentry's book Before Jerusalem Fell. I finished with Gentry's conclusion of an early date, while opining to myself that it seemed to favor the late date, if only by a hair. It seemed as though several of … Continue reading A Small Matter Of Thirty Years, Part 3: Internal Evidence
A Small Matter Of Thirty Years, Part 2: External Evidence
Introduction In the first installment, I briefly made a case for why the dating of the Revelation of John is important. Here I want to look at the external evidence to see where it points. Again, I will be reviewing Kenneth Gentry's book Before Jerusalem Fell as my primary source and supplementing various sources for … Continue reading A Small Matter Of Thirty Years, Part 2: External Evidence
A Small Matter Of Thirty Years, Part 1
Disclaimer About two thousand years ago, a man wrote a letter. That 'about' ought to satisfy most people; any date more specific given the distance between us in 2023 and whatever year it was 'about' two thousand years ago is negligible. But this letter is so important, and has such far-reaching consequences, that we need … Continue reading A Small Matter Of Thirty Years, Part 1
Postmil’s Wager
Blaise Pascal, the 17th century philosopher, once proposed a wager to unbelievers about how they ought align themselves in relation to God. He said that the rational man, if he were to wager his eternal soul, ought to live as though God existed. If God does not exist, the man will only have lost temporal … Continue reading Postmil’s Wager
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