Guest Bloggers

Pastor Thomas Ray Floyd graciously permitted me to publish this article. I wanted to do so for two reasons. First, the timing seemed appropriate. I’m three days late, but this is still the week we celebrate our nation’s independence. Brother Floyd’s article encourages us to consider our vision for what…

Brother John Formsma recently posted the following article on Twitter. He has given me permission to do minor editing and reprint it here. The views John presents fit well into inmillennialism. In addition, they agree with some scholars of the highest order. For example, see John Lightfoot on the “New Heavens…

I delight to introduce a new guest blogger—Peter LaByer of Cantonment, Florida. He and his mom—our daughter Elisabeth—visited Betty and me during the Thanksgiving holidays. He shared the following essay with me, and I was impressed enough to ask his permission to publish it, and I’m glad he consented. You…

In three previous posts (here, here, and here), I showed that Peter did not predict the end of the physical creation in 2 Peter 3:10–13. My Supplement to these posts provides clues that he was describing God’s final judgment upon the Jewish nation. Peter’s prophecies included things after the judgment,…

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?…

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…

Introduction (by Mike Rogers) Elder Michael Ivey responded, in a Facebook group, to my recent blog posts on Paul’s “rapture passage” (1 Thess 4:13–5:11). In them, I claimed that “the word of the Lord” (1 Thess 4:15) in that passage is Jesus’ Olivet Discourse (Matt 24–25; Mark 13; Luke 21:5–38).…

Introduction (by Mike Rogers) Elder Michael Ivey responded, in a Facebook group, to my recent blog posts on Paul’s “rapture passage” (1 Thess 4:13–5:11). In them, I claimed that “the word of the Lord” (1 Thess 4:15) in that passage is Jesus’ Olivet Discourse (Matt 24–25; Mark 13; Luke 21:5–38).…