UPDATE: Andrew has just put up a new post that complements our piece today, outlining his method and its results in biblical interpretation. UPDATE 2: I have added a brief summary of AP’s position to the end of the post. • • • I continue to be intrigued by the approach to biblical interpretation thatContinue reading “The Big Picture of Andrew Perriman’s Narrative-Historical Scheme”
Category Archives: Eschatology
Another Look: The Apocalyptic Luther
Note from CM: This was first posted as an IM Book Review in December, 2012. I offer it again today (with a few edits), because it brings together emphases from this past week of posts: eschatology and the Reformation. It was eye-opening to me to realize the extent to which Luther was influenced by LastContinue reading “Another Look: The Apocalyptic Luther”
Things I “Learned” from Rapture Theology
I could see the conclusion of this week’s posts coming from a mile away. I spent the first 24 years of my life in Plymouth Brethren churches that were at the forefront of promoting Rapture Theology. Here are some of the things that I “learned”. The return of Christ is in God’s timing, so SatanContinue reading “Things I “Learned” from Rapture Theology”
Another Look: Time to Leave Behind the Rapture
Note from CM: We’ve talked about a few aspects of eschatology this week. I thought it might be good to re-post this piece that was originally run in May 2011, right before the Harold Camping debacle. As the header art indicates, the subject is bound to be widely discussed again soon, thanks to what IContinue reading “Another Look: Time to Leave Behind the Rapture”
Completing the King’s Afflictions
I am now rejoicing in my sufferings for your sake, and in my flesh I am completing what is lacking in Christ’s afflictions for the sake of his body, that is, the church. • Colossians 1:24, NRSV • • • 1. This week, we are focusing on what I guess might be called, “the quandaryContinue reading “Completing the King’s Afflictions”
The Triduan Shape of History
Today, we follow up yesterday’s post on The Most Vexing Question. To me, the fundamental quandaries raised in the piece were: Who would have thought that the life of Jesus’ church in “the last days” would span a history as long as Israel’s before Christ? And that our history would be as checkered under theContinue reading “The Triduan Shape of History”
The Most Vexing Question
We do not see our signs; There is no longer any prophet, Nor is there any among us who knows how long. How long, O God . . . • Psalm 74:9-10 • • • What is (or should be) the most troublesome matter in theology for Christian people? It is the fact that we areContinue reading “The Most Vexing Question”
IM Book Review: An Agnostic Apocalypse
What would happen in the world, in the church, in our lives, if an event like the Rapture took place, but the event was completely enigmatic? What if hundreds of millions of people around the globe suddenly disappeared, but there was no rhyme or reason as to who was “taken” and who was “left behind”?Continue reading “IM Book Review: An Agnostic Apocalypse”
Our Terrestrial Hope
This is my Father’s world. O let me ne’er forget That though the wrong seems oft so strong, God is the ruler yet. This is my Father’s world: the battle is not done: Jesus Who died shall be satisfied, And earth and Heav’n be one. – Maltbie D. Babcock The world into which we shallContinue reading “Our Terrestrial Hope”
NT Wright on the Intermediate State
This morning, as a side note, I mentioned that Andrew Perriman does not find support in the New Testament for the “intermediate state” — a place of conscious existence between death and resurrection. As you might suppose, this is an ongoing topic of discussion for me in my work as a hospice chaplain. I findContinue reading “NT Wright on the Intermediate State”
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