The votes are all in, and by a very narrow margin (3 votes), "bunkagesis" has been selected as the term of choice for recognizing egregiously awful examples of handling Scripture. I can't think of a better way to say "please put the Bible down and back slowly away" or...
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Done with Eschatology
Just wanted to sign off on this topic. I really can't muster any more interest in it. Changed my mind on sharing any personal thoughts, other than to say that I believe the reason that many positions can appear coherent is that they are all correct in certain...
Why an Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 13
Previous post found here: Seventy Weeks Prophecy in Daniel 9: A Messianic Perspective I want to start this post with something I'd do in class during my teaching days at Christian colleges that I think will make this post -- which is about the question of whether...
Why An Obsession with Eschatology is a Waste of Time, Part 5
In the last two posts I've been making a simple observation: arguments defending a literal millennium that depend on the unconditionality of the Abrahamic and Davidic covenants are poor. The reasons are twofold: (1) each of those covenants also have clear conditional...
The Use of the OT in the NT
I had occasion to send this file to someone by email who asked whether or not NT writers used Second Temple Jewish interpretive methods when handling the OT. They do. We've talked about this subject a couple of times before, so I thought you'd be interested in the...
Does Prophecy Fail? An Inquiry into Handling Unfulfilled and Altered Prophecies in the Bible
Thanks to Mr. Molina for this convenient suggestion. I don't have to do much work here to start this off, and maybe this post will be all the farther this goes. A friend of mine, Dr. Bob Chisholm from Dallas Seminary, wrote a paper for a regional ETS meeting on this...
The Armageddon Code: New End Times Book That Actually Isn’t Trying to Merely Pump Sensationalist Speculation
I speak of The Armageddon Code: One Journalist's Quest for End-Times Answers, by Billy Hallowell. How do I know it isn't all about sensationalist nonsense? Because I was interviewed at length for it. Billy Hallowell is a writer for The Blaze and one of the Church...
The Real Mystery of the Shemitah: How Did Christians Become so Biblically Ignorant?
Back in 2012 I wrote a short response piece to Jonathan Cahn's inept handling of Scripture known as The Harbinger. I ended with this line: "A Christian enthralled by this twaddle deserves the label of biblical illiterate." I haven't changed my mind. But Cahn of course...
Video Link to My First "Why Do You Believe What You Believe About End Times?" Session
I just saw that the link to my session at my church is up. For those interested, just click here. Editor's note: broken link removed, but here is the lecture: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=01QFXH-e_d4