Recently, there has been an explosion of attention focused on Rob Bell and his new book, Love Wins: A Book About Heaven, Hell, and the Fate of Every Person Who Ever Lived, which was released in March 2011 by HarperOne. The buzz surrounding this book began when Bell posted an introductory video to his book […]
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Tag: Eschatology
Midnight Rising
This book (forwarded by Earl D. Radmacher) is a recent composition regarding end time events. Simpson is dispensational, pretribulational, and orthodox in his basic eschatology. His point of view here is that the antichrist, though coming out of the European revived Roman Empire, will be an American, most probably the president. He sees the little […]
The Bema Seat of Christ
The Bema Seat of Christ is the Judgment Seat of Christ. “Bema” is the transliteration of the Greek word and “Judgment” is the usual English translation of that word. Paul appeared at Gallio’s bema seat in Corinth (Acts 18:12), at Herod’s bema seat in Caesarea (Acts 23:35), and at Nero’s bema seat in Rome (Acts […]
Our Blessed Hope
This 1884 book is the most encouraging book I’ve read in the field of prophecy in a long time (and I’ve read a lot!). It is a collection of extended articles on the Second Coming, all emphasizing the literal interpretation of prophetic passages and the pre-millennial return of Christ. Authors include Joseph Seiss and Bishop […]
The Triumph of the Crucified
This companion book to Dawn of World Redemption (also 1951) takes the history of redemption from the first coming of Christ, through the age of the Church, to the world system of the antichrist, and then to the literal millennial kingdom of God on earth. The order of resurrections is given in detail followed by […]
Systematic Theology, Vol 1
Those of us who sat under Dr. McCune, whether at Central Seminary in Minneapolis or at Detroit Seminary, are glad that he is writing (my syllabus notes are getting old and tattered). Reviewing this volume, Dr. Larry Pettegrew writes, “Highlights include a presuppositional apologetic, a single source (Scripture) as the only rule for theology, cessationism […]
The Rapture
I have always enjoyed Tim LaHaye’s writings when he writes alone and not fiction. LaHaye has always been a dispensationalist and a pretrib rapturist. I suppose the Left Behind series served a purpose but they were too much fiction and not enough doctrine. In this book, LaHaye returns to his roots and defends the pretrib […]
Does the Rapture Still Make Sense? (Part...
The rapture of the church still makes sense to the premillennial, dispensational position. Because God’s plan for Israel and the Church are different, the Church is not appointed to the time of Israel’s tribulation. Also, because God’s promises to Israel are taken literally, the events surrounding the Day of the Lord (judgment, return in glory, […]
Re-Thinking the Rapture
In a recent series of messages on the rapture, I reread this small book by Dr. English and again appreciated his insight and graciousness on the subject. As our pre-tribulational view of the rapture has fallen out of favor with some, we will do well to bring great books like this back to the fore. […]
Does the Rapture Still Make Sense? (Part...
I grew up listening to prophetic preaching. There was no doubt that this preaching was premillennial as well as dispensational. The rapture was always presented as pretribulational (occurring before the great tribulation period). For me these were grand days of my young adulthood. The church I grew up in was large with well-known guest speakers […]