Zechariah 14:10-21 and the Nature of the Coming Kingdom
(The following is Part 2 of a three-part series on Zechariah 14)Zechariah 14:1–9 revealed the timing of the kingdom of God. God’s kingdom comes in the context of a multi-national siege of Jerusalem...
View ArticleTheological Implications of Zechariah 14
In my two previous blogs I summarized Zechariah 14. Now I want to highlight some key theological implications of this chapter. First, Zechariah 14 affirms that there is a coming kingdom upon the earth....
View ArticleTopics I Will Be Addressing
Tomorrow (Tuesday) I begin my sixth year of teaching at The Master’s Seminary. The first five years have flown by, mostly because of the fantastic students at TMS and the great people I work with (both...
View ArticleApologetic Lessons from Matthew 12:22-29
Books on Christian apologetics rarely reference Matt 12:22-29 and Jesus’ encounter with the unbelieving Pharisees, but I believe this passage has some important implications for apologetics. With this...
View ArticleMy Thoughts on the Dispensational Study Group at ETS
Last Tuesday (Nov 16) was the 25th anniversary of the Dispensational Study Group at the annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society in San Francisco. Craig Blaising, of Southwestern Baptist...
View ArticlePlaying in the Streets and Millennial Implications from Zechariah 8
If you are like me you have probably not heard many sermons or messages from Zechariah 8. But this chapter gives some beautiful descriptions of God's coming kingdom when Jesus returns. The chapter...
View ArticleHow Two Covenant Theologians View Dispensationalism
If you are interested in issues related to Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology, you might want to check out a video from a January 20, 2012 meeting called "Theology Night with Sinclair Ferguson...
View ArticleThe Kingdom Program in Daniel 2
Daniel’s ministry took place in the context of Israel’s captivity to Babylon. Daniel 2 tells of a coming kingdom of God that will suddenly and decisively crush and replace the reigning Gentile...
View ArticleThe Kingdom Program in Daniel 7
Daniel 7 parallels Daniel 2 in that Daniel had dreams and visions concerning four Gentile powers that will occur before the kingdom of God is established. Yet this chapter gives even more details for...
View ArticleEpicenter Conference Evaluates Replacement Theology
Joel Rosenberg’s Epicenter Conference 2012 met Sept 12-15 in Albuquerque, NM (www.Epicenterconference.com). A major focus of the conference was on addressing Replacement Theology and its assertion that...
View ArticleDoes Paul Use Allegory in 1 Cor 9:9-10?
One of the most challenging examples of how the New Testament uses the Old Testament is 1 Cor 9:9-10. Not a few notable scholars have deemed this text as a case of non-contextual use of the OT, some...
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