Christian Converser

Category: International

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • 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…

  • Race Relations In America: Nation And Church Divided [2]

    Since we wrote last week, these matters have been the subject of ongoing debate within church and other communities. The biggest issue remains the widespread support that evangelical churches have traditionally given to conservative politics around the world. As we noted previously, there is still a standout element which continues to blindly champion these causes,…

  • Race Relations In America: Nation And Church Divided [1]

    Once again, racial tensions in the USA are in the spotlight again with the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. We’re not sure what we can add to the debate, but we can draw upon the resources of those in the Church who are at the forefront of the action, and clearly one of the…

  • Review: Trumpocalypse

    [Disclaimer: We have not read the book in full and are mainly relying on the advertising material and our extensive knowledge of “end times” activism] “Trumpocalypse” is the title of a book by “internationally recognised prophecy expert speaker and author” Paul McGuire and Troy Anderson. We decided to check out these claims first off and…