Introduction Do the ancient creeds of Nicea and Chalcedon accurately describe the person of Christ? Is He truly, very God and very man as these documents teach? Donald Macleod, principal and professor of systematic theology at the Free Church of Scotland College in...
Amillennialism and the Age to Come—A Critical Review # 9
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7, Part 8 Second Criticism: Hermeneutical Priority Must Be Given to the New Testament over the Old Testament and the More Literal New Testament Passages over the More Figurative. (Continued.) In my last post I...
Amillennialism and the Age to Come—A Critical Review # 8
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6, Part 7 Second Criticism: Hermeneutical Priority Must Be Given to the New Testament over the Old Testament and the More Literal New Testament Passages over the More Figurative. (Continued.) Having affirmed and qualified...
Amillennialism and the Age to Come—A Critical Review # 7
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5, Part 6 Second Criticism: Hermeneutical Priority Must Be Given to the New Testament over the Old Testament and the More Literal New Testament Passages over the More Figurative. (Continued.) In my last post I said that in a...
Amillennialism and the Age to Come—A Critical Review # 6
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4, Part 5 Second Criticism: Hermeneutical Priority Must Be Given to the New Testament over the Old Testament and the More Literal New Testament Passages over the More Figurative. In my book, End Times Made Simple, I assumed with little...
Amillennialism and the Age to Come—A Critical Review # 5
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3, Part 4 First Criticism: Prophetic foreshortening must not be applied to New Testament prophecy. (Continued.) In my last post, I promised to give my readers two conclusive arguments against Waymeyer’s idea that prophetic...
Amillennialism and the Age to Come—A Critical Review # 4
Part 1, Part 2, Part 3 First Criticism: Prophetic foreshortening must not be applied to New Testament prophecy. We have already seen Waymeyer’s assertion that hermeneutics is primary in the debate between Amillennialists and Premillennialists. (8) I agree and will...
Amillennialism and the Age to Come—A Critical Review # 3
Part 1, Part 2 Overview In my first two posts, I have attempted to introduce and express appreciation for Waymeyer’s Amillennialism and the Age to Come. Here I want to provide an overview of the book and its argument. Chapter 1 is introductory. An...
Amillennialism and the Age to Come—A Critical Review # 2
Part 1 Appreciation In my last post, I mentioned that there are a number of things for which I can express genuine appreciation in Waymeyer’s book. Here are some of them: First, I agree with Waymeyer’s rejection of eschatological agnosticism. ...
Amillennialism and the Age to Come—A Critical Review # 1
Introduction: When someone writes a book which critiques a position that you hold deeply and dearly, and mentions you by name in his critique, I suppose it would be easy to react defensively and see nothing good in (and say nothing good about) said book. I suppose...