A common response to the argument that the Church is commanded to sing the psalms is the question “what about the imprecatory psalms?” And typically, the questioner then points to Jesus’ command, found in the Sermon on the Mount: “You have heard that it was said, ‘You shall love your continue reading…
Introduction In the realm of Christian biblical hermeneutics, many Christians approach the Old Testament explicitly through the lens of the New Testament. They hold to and practice New Testament priority in interpretation. Others however object to this and argue that neither testament holds interpretive priority over the other. I hold continue reading…
The second of Kimbro’s book that I have read, this one predates the other (Not As a Thief). Here, as in his other book, Kimbro is articulate and clear. He pursues the central idea by means of two major sub-points; the first, that Premillennialism has falsly (though frequently intentionally) been continue reading…
A difficult book to review. There are three primary aspects from which to consider this book: its presentation of the Dispensational hermeneutic, its defense of the Dispensational hermeneutic, and its presentation & critique of other approaches. Regarding the first, this book is invaluable. Here in a concise volume is a continue reading…
A very good warning of the hermeneutical decline that has been ongoing since the days of Spurgeon but which is being increasingly embraced by many (if not most) conservative churches in the English-speaking world. It briefly covers specific errors of the modern hermeneutic and then provides some counter methods along continue reading…
In Not as a Thief: A Historic Premillennial Perspective on the Rapture, Kimbro does an excellent job demonstrating the utter lack of biblical evidence for a pre-tribulational rapture. He focuses on the timing of the rapture (as the title emphasizes) rather than the millennium, making this an excellent book no continue reading…
With this book, Waymeyer presents a premillennial response to many of the strongest arguments that have been put forward by ammillennialists over the past ~100 years. In particular, as the subtitle suggests, he attempts to respond to the two-age model that has taken a prominent place as the premier systematic continue reading…
This book suffers severely from McClain’s rejection (or possibly ignorance) of the biblical case for the three-fold division of the law. Additionally, McClain tends to confuse justification and sanctification in the context of the use of the law in the life of the Christian; thus, he rejects any continuing applicability continue reading…
Part 1, part 2, part 3 Additional Considerations In parts 2 and 3 of this series, I have examined seven different New Testament passages that contradict the core tenets of Dispensationalism. Of course, those who teach Dispensationalism have answers for each of these passages but, when those answers are examined, continue reading…
Part 1, part 2, part 4 The Assembly (ekklesia) is Reformed Israel In a previous post (not in this series) I have listed eight “primary” passages that teach that the Church and Israel are the same entity and eleven other “supporting” passages that strongly imply it (some of which I’ve continue reading…