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Tag Archives: Eschatology
Book Write-Up: Evidence for the Rapture
John F. Hart, ed. Evidence for the Rapture: A Biblical Case for Pretribulationism. Chicago: Moody Publishers, 2015. See here to buy the book. The rapture is the idea that Jesus Christ will come, resurrect the dead saints, and take the … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Religion
Tagged Eschatology, posttribulational rapture, pretribulational rapture, rapture
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The Rapture and I Corinthians 15
I am still reading Evidence for the Rapture: A Biblical Case for Pretribulationism. Moody Press sent me a complimentary review copy of this book. My favorite essay in this book so far is Michael J. Vanlaningham’s “Paul and the Rapture: … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Religion, Resurrection
Tagged Eschatology, Evidence for the Rapture, Michael Vanlaningham, millennium, Moody Press, New Testament, New Testament Interpretation of the Old Testament, Old Testament, post-tribulational rapture, pretribulational rapture, prophecy, rapture, resurrection, Robert Gundry
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The Pretribulational Rapture and the Millennium
I’m currently reading Evidence for the Rapture: A Biblical Case for Pretribulationalism. I received a complimentary review copy of this book from Moody Press, but this is not my official review. Rather, in this post, I want to wrestle with … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Religion
Tagged Bible, Eschatology, Isaiah, millennium, post-tribulational rapture, pretribulational rapture, rapture
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Book Write-Up: Apocalyptic Tremors, by C.R. Chapman
C.R. Chapman. Apocalyptic Tremors: Study the Revelation Like Never Before. Bloomington: Westbow Press, 2011. See here to buy the book. In Apocalyptic Tremors, C.R. Chapman offers her interpretation of the Book of Revelation. Chapman maintains that the Book of Revelation … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Religion, Revelation
Tagged Book of Revelation, Eschatology
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O’Kane’s Response to My Review of Kirsch’s A History of the End of the World
Author Kevin Timothy O’Kane sent me a response to my review of Jonathan Kirsch’s A History of the End of the World. I wrote a review of O’Kane’s Instigators of the Apocalypse last month, and O’Kane’s book engages with Kirsch’s … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, History, Religion, Revelation
Tagged A History of the End of the World, Book of Revelation, Eschatology, Instigators of the Apocalypse, Jonathan Kirsch, Kevin Timothy O'Kane, Sharan Newman
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Book Write-Up: Jesus and the Kingdom
George Eldon Ladd. Jesus and the Kingdom: The Eschatology of Biblical Realism. New York: Harper and Row, 1964. Some of my readers may know that I grew up in an offshoot of Herbert W. Armstrong’s Worldwide Church of God. One … Continue reading
Native American Eschatology
In my latest reading of Circle of Life: Traditional Teachings of Native American Elders, James David Audlin talks about eschatology. In reading Audlin’s discussion of this, I thought about Rosemary Ruether’s critique of environmental apocalyptism in her book, Gaia and … Continue reading
Posted in Environment, Religion
Tagged apocalypticism, environment, Eschatology, Rosemary Ruether, United Nations
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Can Religious Truth-Claims Be Verified?
I finished Paul Knitter’s No Other Name? A Critical Survey of Christian Attitudes Toward the World Religions. In this post, I’ll use as my starting-point something that Knitter says on page 269: “[Alan Race and I] both agree that religious … Continue reading
Posted in Bible, Church, Family, Pluralism, Political Philosophy, Politics, Psychology, Religion
Tagged Dialogue, Eschatology, Globalism, Jung, Paul Knitter, Psychological Welfare, Religious Truth-Claims, Subjectivism
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