The rapture according to scripture
The rapture according to scripture is pre-Trib This is the ONLY correct and scriptural rapture
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Does Jesus quote portions of Scripture with the expectation that his listeners will fill in the parts he leaves unsaid?
I’ve heard this theory before, but I’m trying to find a reliable source to cite. In English, sometimes we say things like, "when in Rome…" and expect our hearers to complete the figure of speech in their heads. Does Jesus have …
Is it possible to have saving faith in Jesus Christ if one has misunderstood who the Jesus Christ of scripture really is? Romans 1:1-4
I ask because of noting how chapter 1 of Romans deals with the person of Christ – who he is – while not dealing with what he has done to save sinners until chapter 3. Could this be significant? I read the following comments in a magazine y…
The Interpretation Of Scripture
PNEUMA 39 (2017) 146–152 The Interpretation of Scripture An Examination of Craig S. Keener’sSpirit Hermeneutics Kevin L. Spawn Regent University School of Divinity, Virginia…
Which specific scripture does John 20:9 refer to?
John 20:9 says:
YLT: for not yet did they know the Writing, that it behoveth him out of the dead to rise again.
NKJV: For as yet they did not know the Scripture, that He must rise again from the dead.
NIV: (They still did not understand f…
Art Intimates Scripture: In the Winter of ‘The American Four Seasons’
24:36 “Now, concerning that day and hour, no one knows—not even the angels of heaven, and not even the Son—except the Father alone. 37 For as the days of Noah, so will be the Parousia of the Son of Man. 38 For as in those days before the Flood, they we…
What does it mean that "Scripture interprets Scripture"?
Within the field of hermeneutics there is an established principle "Scripture interprets Scripture", which is used by some as a key rule for interpretation.
What does this rule mean, and where does it fit into a larger picture of…
A Problem Of Presence Beyond Scripture In An African Church
300 Book Reviews / Pneuma 31 (2009) 291-329 Matthew Engelke, A Problem of Presence: Beyond Scripture in an African Church (Berkeley: University of California…
What Did Pilate State in John 19:22?: Conclusion (repost)
[This is the second of a two-part repost in recognition of Holy Week. See part I.] In the conclusion here I shall more closely explore the three verses leading up to Pontius Pilate’s pithy phrase in John 19:22. Due to the rather technical nature of the…
The Theological Problem of Spirit versus Scripture
A radical move In 2002 I was contemplating an interstate move on the basis of a dream. ‘Move to Sydney,’ the Spirit had said, ‘and you will become the Academic Dean of Hillsong College.’ At the time, I had been working two part-time jobs – one at a local Bible college, and the other, pastoring […]
One Composer’s Conception of Time
“I saw a mighty angel descending from heaven, clad in a cloud, having a rainbow upon his head. His face was like the sun, his feet like pillars of fire. He placed his right foot on the sea, his left foot on the land; and, supporting himself on the sea …
Not Declining the Divine Name?
John writes some strange things in Revelation, aka The Apocalypse of Jesus Christ. An angel fills a golden censer with fire from the heavenly altar, and throws it to the earth. And there’s an angel standing in the sun, crying with a loud voice to birds…