Election

James tells Christians (i.e., the twelve tribes of Israel) to honor the poor (Jas 1:1; 2:1–13). To reinforce his message, he says, “Listen, my beloved brethren: Has God not chosen the poor of this world to be rich in faith and heirs of the kingdom which He promised to those…

In this series of posts, I am using the inmillennial prophetic model to interpret Paul’s letters to the Thessalonians. My last three posts mentioned a point N. T. Wright has made: Paul’s recognition of Jesus as the Messiah forced him to adjust three key elements of his Jewish theology—election, monotheism, and eschatology. A…

  We are working our way through 1 Thessalonians to show how inmillennialism affects our understanding of Paul’s words. My last two posts introduced the fact that he has re-thought three elements of Jewish theology: monotheism, election, and eschatology. This change appears in his salutation. Last week’s post (here) discussed how…

Last week’s post (here) introduced the idea that Paul had to rework his Jewish theology in three primary areas: election, monotheism, and eschatology. This re-evaluation shows up in the opening verses of 1 Thessalonians: his monotheism now has “the Lord Jesus Christ” on an equal footing with “God the Father”…

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Two major earthquakes have shaken my theological world. Elements that caused both appear in Revelation’s sixth vision (Rev. 17–21). One quake happened in my mid-twenties. It involved the doctrine of salvation. Bible teachers had taught me to believe Christ died for all men without exception. God loves everyone and wants…

“I know that’s what it says, but that is not what it means,” said my red-faced father to my maternal grandfather. Grandpa Smith had a second-grade education but loved God. I often saw him read the Bible and pray with tears streaming down his cheeks. He was also a died-in-the-wool…