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This is what the kingdom of God is like…
It is like a man who promised to take his son out for pizza as a reward for mowing the lawn. The boy took to the task cheerfully, but by the late afternoon he had yet to cut a single … Continue reading →
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The Millennium Revisited: A Revolutionary Reading of Revelation 20 (Part 1)
When Charles Ryrie wrote his doctoral thesis on the subject of the millennium for Dallas Theological Seminary in the late 1940s, he tellingly titled it The Basis of the Premillennial Faith, implying...
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The Millennium Revisited: A Revolutionary Reading of Revelation 20 (Part 2)
Within the narrative of John’s vision, the millennium is preceded by the judgment of the “beast” and the “false prophet” in 19:11-21. The implicit assumption behind the titles ascribed to each of the...
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Paul’s Radical Vision for Marriage: An Alternative Reading of Ephesians 5
Introduction Paul’s instruction on marriage in Ephesians 5:22-33 forms one of the most beautiful and profound portrayals of the gospel in the New Testament, which probably accounts for its status as...
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Montanism Revisited: A New Controlling Narrative
Introduction Sometime around AD165 a man named Montanus, a recent convert to Christianity from Phrygia in the mountains of Asia Minor, began announcing new prophetic revelations from the Holy Spirit...
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Understanding Revelation: It’s always literal, except when it’s not, which is...
The book of Revelation should always be interpreted literally unless it clearly indicates otherwise. It means what it says and says what it means. Except, of course, for when it describes a wounded...
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All Israel Will Be Saved: An Orthodox Consensus?
How do you interpret Romans 11:26? Be careful how you answer that question, because it’s a major theological boundary marker for many evangelical churches today, an easy litmus test to decide who’s...
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Egocentric Eschatology and a Hermeneutic of Love
“We don’t yet see things clearly. We’re squinting in a fog, peering through a mist. But it won’t be long before the weather clears and the sun shines bright! We’ll see it all then, see it all as...
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The Proto-Resurrection: A Fresh Investigation of Revelation 20:4-6
Introduction Among the many questions that have puzzled readers of John’s apocalypse over the centuries, the meaning of the “first resurrection” in 20:4-6 is probably the most bewildering. Part of the...
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Towards Truth And Reconciliation: My Time At IHOP-KC
“Forgiving and being reconciled to our enemies or our loved ones are not about pretending that things are other than they are. It is not about patting one another on the back and turning a blind eye to...
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