For most of my Christian life, I was committed to a system of biblical interpretation known as Dispensationalism. Key tenets of that system include a premillennial eschatology, a pretribulational rapture of the saints, a future and physical restoration of ethnic Israel as God’s chosen people, and a commitment to a (generally) wooden-literal hermeneutic.[1] As I eventually started having doubts about the integrity of Dispensationalism’s “unified interpretive scheme”[2] and was concerned that perhaps Dispensationalists were unwittingly imposing a grand scenario on the Bible justified only by the use of a faulty hermeneutic, I nevertheless found it difficult to escape the futurists’ fold out of fear that I would be branded an “anti-Semite”. Continue reading…
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Molech and the masters of deceit
“Abortion is kind of fading as an issue….”
–Nancy Pelosi, 2017. Washington Post
“[Abortion] continues to be the fight of our lifetime.”
–Hillary Clinton, 2019. Bloomberg
“Kavanaugh is going to reverse Roe v. Wade. I have no doubt. Gorsuch is going to reverse Roe v. Wade. I have no doubt. So what do we do? Protect ourselves. Pass a state law that is a prophylactic from the Federal action.”
–Andrew Cuomo, 2019. Bloomberg
“A fool has no delight in understanding, But in expressing his own heart.”
–Solomon, 900 BC. Proverbs 18:2
The seduction of ‘social justice’ (part 3): Victimology
“Once individuals accept a ‘victim’ label, their lives become centered on this new identity…. Being a victim becomes all they have to think, talk or read about.”[1] –Clinical psychologist Dr. Tana Dineen
The seduction of ‘social justice’ (part 2): Christianity and “race”
The very concept of “race” has more to do with biological evolution than it does to do with biblical anthropology. Since all men are descended from Adam and Eve, “race” is simply not a biblical concept. That is why I usually put quotes around the words “white” and “black”. I use the terms for the purpose of communication but not because I think they are legitimate categories.[1] Continue reading…
The seduction of ‘social justice’ (part 1): Repackaging the social gospel
Much has been written in response to the Statement on Social Justice & the Gospel since its release to the public on September 4th. For a document that articulates basic Protestant orthodoxy with such brevity and precision, the emotional outcry and negative reaction of some professing Christians is beyond my ability to comprehend.