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Best proof for the "universal" church is Galatians 1 and the switching from singular church to plural churches drawing a clear distinction. Gal 1:1 Paul, an apostle—not from men nor through man, but through Jesus Christ and God the Father, who raised him from the dead— Gal 1:2 and all the...

You are going to accuse me of being a hypocrite later, yet you have insulted me in a very offensive way here. You are being just as hypocritical. I at least apologized for my behavior. Perhaps, but my critique is the certainty of fundamenatlism vs. the honest inquiry of others. I have no...

First... I'm reporting you for accusing me of being a drunk. Second... 2 years of schooling when you don't have a theology degree to begin w/ is not worthy of consideration. And 2 years + 60 page dissertation = diploma mill. I'm guessing that you didn't have to take any biblical languages...

Unless you don't rely so much on internal evidence. Yay Sturz!!!

Now who is being obtuse??? You can't even read that I don't live in the States. But you keep confirming what I wrote. A 60 page "doctor" is all you are. This is why no one takes fundies seriously outside of your own bubble. You tout academic degrees yet live in ignorance holding views that...

Yikes… So says the post-enlightened unacademic (i.e. fundamentalism). There MUST be an objective and concrete rule of interpretation in everything or it is all subjective???? Jesus gave us the standard… himself. Notice I was speaking of the genre of apocalyptic. Man, it’s like talking to a...

Jesus himself! What I mean by that is he is presented as fulfilling all of those texts (which seems strange to literalist), but that is something Paul confirms in 2 Cor. 1:20. Jesus method of interpretation was centered around himself as being fulfilled. He interpreted OT Scriptures...

Are you a hyper-dispie??? I think you are cutting hairs. Plus, many academic dispies would disagree. Have you ever read the Journal for Dispensational Theology??? As to the historicity of dispieism, where was it ever practiced??? That is laughable. I attack dispieism b/c you think John...

Speaking of scholarship... I'm still waiting to hear your answer about your "doctorate of theology."

It is... but I also believe it is the hallmark of an eschatology worth its salt. Israel has a prominent place in the drama of Scripture. But how that comes about in the NT is remarkably different. Jesus is presented as Israel and gathering around him 12 disciples to indicate it is defined...

According to the website, you have a doctorate in theology. Would you mind too much telling us about it? Where did you get it? What is the actual degree (PhD/ThD/DD...)? Was it earned or honorary? If earned, what was your dissertation about? I'm extremely curious. Anyone who has "Dr" in...

Bwahaha... I had already read his post before you linked to it. Congrats to both father and son. I am curious about hearing his findings. What did he actually conclude w/ foreknowledge? (I'm wondering if your son remembers me. When he audited Dr. Robinson's NT TC class, I met him briefly.)

Those with ears to hear.... Well done scholar. John doesn't quote any passage of the OT. However, he alludes to Genesis all over. Rev 21-22 are the most overt. But if you can't see that, then it probably b/c you don't read the Bible as literature. And the fact that new creation is simply...

The majority of your post is drivel. But the fact that you have no way to fit the garden of eden into your eschatological scheme tells me you do eschatology in a vacuum. But it is the ending of a story. The only way to understand the end is if you know what the beginning is all about. Gen...

By extension then I am a heretic, along w/ many other faithful followers of Jesus? And why is it that the only thing you take literal in Rev 60 is the 1k years but see the rest as symbolic??? And why would you be so narrow minded to think that this is about Rev 20? And who said I threw out a...

That is an asinine statement since we have already discusses many Calvies here are Amill.

Or you could try to understand what he means. The NT is continuing Israel's story as opposed to being an interregnum of their story. So the Law can find its completion in Jesus and still continue the story, the church being Israel redefined around Jesus rather than ethnicity. But the...

I you look at the OP, I've said neither. That is not the goal or culmination of Scripture.

Not sure if you jest... but you are saying that a presupposed conclusion must be forced for eschatology to be good. That is scary, even if there really is a millennium.

I think it is foolish to think that the OT was written in the same way as the NT. Psalms is a good example. It was compiled over years and years to be theologically arranged. Some would say (myself included) that inspiration happened not when David wrote the Psalm but when it was compiled...