2021

In my last post (here), I listed four points that show Peter was not speaking of the literal heavens passing away in 2 Peter 3:10–13. I discussed the first point and will now look at the other three. 2.  Peter specifically linked the judgment of the scoffers, the day of…

The points I made in my last post (here) are enough to establish the legitimacy of interpreting particular biblical language in a  non-literal way. However, I need to prove it is legitimate to do so regarding the new heavens and earth of 2 Peter by making the following points:  Peter had…

Much confusion exists regarding the Day of the Lord and the New Heavens and Earth of 2 Peter 3. The Apostle Peter did not write confusing statements, but we have obscured his meaning. If Peter heard your views about this passage, would he agree with them? Or would he scoff?…

We Baptists are peculiar in our articulation of the doctrine of the church. Our doctrine of the church is distinct from almost all other Christian denominations, but we cling to it because we believe it to be biblical. We believe God ordained His new covenant people to be regenerated believers.…

A reader asked a critical question in his comment on the post Acts and the Last Days: In 2 Timothy 3:1 it says that perilous times shall come in the “last days.” The rest of the chapter describes what that will look like. Is this description limited to the end…

Our guest blogger, Jay Chambers, is out of town this week attending a family member’s funeral in Alabama. I will use his absence as an opportunity to contribute some thoughts related to the series of posts he began last week (here). Jay wants to show that adopting an optimistic view…

A fine Christian lady expressed concern after learning that I believe the nations will submit to Christ as King in this age. She is a Baptist and shudders at the thought of a formal church-state relationship. When I spoke of the Christian nations of the future, she thought of the…

Paul wrote about two “comings” in his “great apostasy” passage (2 Thess 2:1–12). One was “the coming (Gk. parousia) of our Lord Jesus Christ ” (2 Thess 2:1, 8). The other was “the coming (Gk. parousia) of the lawless one” (2 Thess 2:9). The popular prophetic models create confusion regarding…

God has said that the kingdom of God, as it now exists, will transform the earth through our obedience to the Great Commission (Matt 28:18–20). One day, “The earth shall be full of the knowledge of the LORD as the waters cover the sea” (Isa 11:9). Three of the four…

Cutting the cords of context creates confusion! The identity of the Man of Sin in Paul’s “great apostasy” passage (2 Thess 2:1–12) provides an example of this. Paul said, “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and…