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Dispensationalism In Depth [1]: Introduction
Dispensationalism, and variants of it. are easily among the most controversial theologies within the evangelical Christian church over past centuries. But as we know already from our studies, much of what is taught under dispensationalism is a kind of fortune or future telling which has been shown repeatedly to have a fanciful and wildy inaccurate…
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What is the purported appeal of the NZ New Conservatives political party?
The New Conservative Party is not really new. They are an existing party that was formerly led by Colin Craig (jokingly called CCCP by some) that receives a considerable amount of support from right wing Christian groups in NZ. The (New) Conservatives claim that they are not a Christian based party, but anyone who moves…
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The Power of Affirmation and The Power of Healing
A very important discipline in the life of any Christian believer is affirmation. By declaring the truths that are stated in scripture, we can ensure that we live in victory every day over negative thoughts and beliefs that can have material impacts upon our physical, emotional and spiritual wellbeing. But are affirmations alone, able to…
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Dispensationalists’ claims to predict future don’t stack up
Previous posts on this blog have questioned the claims of dispensationalists who claim to be able to interpret modern day events as being foretold in the Bible, especially the Book of Revelation. Whilst these types of teachings have been produced for thousands of years, Jesus has still not returned as claimed, nor have any of…
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Dodgy Dispensationalism Gets More Airtime In US
As we all know, dispensationalism is one of the leading theologies taught in the USA. Why is that? It is at least in part because it is the core belief at the heart of dominionism, which teaches that the US will rule the world in millenialism. Everyone knows that the US believes it already is…
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Controversy Over Academic Titles of Ministry Heads
A couple of years ago we were informed that questions had been asked about a qualification of Ph.D. which was being claimed by a prominent leader of a major Pentecostal denomination based in Australia. A few weeks ago we also discovered the leader of an international resources ministry based in Wellington claims to hold a…
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General Commentary About How This Site Works
This site is a personal view on theological controversy that occurs in relation to the Christian faith, either between different churches, or between churches and secular organisations. Whilst we aim to highlight these issues, we have no agenda in naming and shaming people or churches, as is the type of thing that a number of…
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Christians and Politics: Engaging A Wider Community [3]
So far we’ve taken an indepth look at the key theologies that influence the evangelical church to mostly support the right wing of politics. We’ve highlighted that there is a division between the white evangelical and black evangelical communities in the US. This division is probably seen between different segments of the Christian church worldwide…
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Christians and Politics: Engaging A Wider Community [2]
Continuing our discussion from Part 1 about some of the key issues, that part addressed some of the matters arising from Dominionist theology. Another theology which has long been justified by evangelicals in support of conservative political outlooks is, of course, Dispensationalism. It is quite different from yet similar in certain respects to Dominionism; both…