Few doctrines of the Bible receive more attention among evangelicals today than the second coming of Christ. His return is a foundational doctrine of the historic Christian faith, as we see in its embodiment in the great ecumenical creeds of the church, such as the Apostles’ Creed and the Nicene Creed. Consequently, study of this [...]
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Marion Kim (interviewing Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.) To Evangelicals, ”the millennium” refers to the thousand-year period of Christ’s rule as mentioned in the Book of Revelation. While most Evangelicals agree the millenium will certainly come, they differ in their understanding of Christ’s return. Premillenialists believe Christ will come before the millenium while post-millenialists believe He [...]
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by Eugene Clingman (Nordskog Publishing) Thank you for asking hard questions last night when I was sharing with you the Postmillennial vision and understanding of the Bible. Let me first say that in order to embrace a doctrine as a faithful Christian all the Bible verses must work together. Secondly, whatever system of eschatology one [...]
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by Jefferey Ventrella, J.D. This is part 2 of a two-part series on Practicing Postmillennialism. Demonstrating Evangelistic and Missiological Zeal Theonomic postmillennialism also demands that one demonstrate evangelistic and missiological zeal as well. God’s Word confidently describes the Lord’s expanding reign: His name shall endure forever; His name shall continue as long as the sun. [...]
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by Jeffery J. Ventrella, J.D. This two-part series addresses a vital, yet often overlooked topic — the ethics of eschatology. Stated simply, the pertinent question posed is this: If theonomic postmillennialism is true, and it certainly is, then what differences, here and now, should this conviction make in the lives of Christians and their churches? [...]
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by Rev. Greg L. Bahnsen, Ph.D. (Philosophy, University of California) We Believe As we saw in our last study, postmillennalists believe that Jesus established the kingdom of God on earth during His first advent. “God has highly exalted Him to His right hand to be a Prince and Savior that He might give repentance and [...]
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By Rev. Greg L. Bahnsen, Ph.D. (Philosophy, University of Southern California) We Believe According to evangelical, Bible-believing postmillennialism, fallen man is utterly incapable of entering or advancing the kingdom of God in his own effort, wisdom, or accomplishment. God’s kingdom comes not by human work, but by the redemptive mission of Jesus Christ (cf. Colossians 1:13-14) and [...]
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by William O. Einwechter (William O. Einwechter serves as a teaching elder at Immanuel Free Reformed Church in Ephrata, Pennsylvania. He is also the vice president of the National Reform Association and the editor of The Christian Statesman.) Postmillennialism is a doctrine that instills hope for the future. Other eschatological views will, no doubt, say [...]
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One recurring objection to postmillennialism is that at base this eschatological system is liberal, reflecting liberalism’s historical outlook. This is largely charged because of postmillennialism’s confidence in the glorious future progress of human civilization. Oftentimes anti-postmillennialists draw parallels between the optimistic expectations of postmillennialism and those of the social gospel. For instance, amillennialist Kim Riddlebarger [...]
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In this article I will summarily present the core distinctives of the four major evangelical views. Such summaries are easy to grasp and quite helpful for presenting the differences between the systems. Amillennialism 1. The Church Age is the kingdom which the Old Testament prophets predict. God expands his people from the one nation of [...]
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The Great Commission, All Authority, and All Nations Most Christians know the Great Commission quite well, are able to find it in the Bible, and can cite...
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