Recent content by Armchair Apologist

I agree. I was just saying that whether or not Peter had anything to do with the Church of Rome has little to no bearing on my ecclesiology.

There are good people caught up in the middle on both sides of the conflict and we ought to remember them! War sucks and no one hates war more than those who have to actually go out and fight!

Agreed but I would define "Extreme Zionism" (the one that is largely objected to by reasonable people) as people taking it upon themselves to fulfil end-times prophecy! We can look all throughout Church History to understand how such typically pans out! All of this is quite timely. We are...

Zionism is one extreme, Replacement Theology is the other. I reject the notion that we should back Israel unconditionally no matter what. Therefore, some of the things that Ted Cruz and Mike Huckabee have said regarding this are rather disturbing. We (the United States Government) should...

Very well written and informative. I agree 100% except that you state that the New Testament is "almost" silent about Peter in Rome. I would assert that the New Testament is COMPLETELY silent about Peter being in Rome and the silence is quite deafening in Romans 16 where Peter, the 'First Pope'...

God created us as a living being having a body and a soul/spirit. We often discount our bodies calling it "carnal" and whatever but are we not treading dangerously into Gnostic thinking here? Upon our physical death, our soul will depart from our physical bodies and we will be present with the...

He is still the President and (more importantly) a human being who deserves to speak his mind without being taken out of context and misrepresented. If I were holding a press conference for whatever reason, I don't think I would want anyone in attendance who would likely twist my words around...

If someone is intentionally misstating what you are saying and maliciously slandering your character, would you allow them in your living room so you may do so? The press can do whatever they want but the President is under no obligation whatsoever to allow them to do so in his house! Perhaps...

I hear the Nephilim still live there!

In all fairness, the examples you have cited are related to God's annointing upon someone for a particular task. The indwelling Holy Spirit of all believers is unique to NT believers otherwise Jesus wouldn't have given nearly as much attention regarding this in John's gospel. In the OT...

Since John is the one who invoked the term, I hope he comes back to define it but what it comes down to is whether you are toting around an Old or New Scofield Bible. I'll let you connect the dots from there.

Interesting, most DTS grads I run into are very strict, rigid dispensationalists who are ready to fight for their position! Perhaps these are "old School" DTS types and these "Progressive Dispensationalists" are the ones they have their guns turned towards?

I'll bite here. The Classical dispensational view makes a strict separation between Israel and the Church with each having separate destinies stretching even into eternity. According to this view, God must take out (rapture) his church before he is able to turn his attention back to Israel and...

This is the #1 thing that strikes me about DTS! Is it like $700 per credit hour now? How does one ever see a return on their investment? I graduated from Lousiana Baptist Theological Seminary which I would refer to as a "Harbor Freight" version of DTS (way more affordable and doable for me)...

A woman pastor is the sign of a "reformed" church that has apostatized and therefore needs re-reformation if we could use such a term.;) The PCA has a bunch of good folk despite some disagreements we may have with them and they are battling with apostacy and false teaching within their own...