Category: Theology
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Can The Church Or The Government Build A Better Society?
This could be a political question, a theological question, or both. Because it is not just a straightforward political issue, but has ramifications for theology, it qualifies to appear on this blog. The issue at stake is for differing views for Christians about how much of the personal impacts of their faith can be expressed…
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Dispensationalism In Depth [4]: Denying The Sacrifical Atonement Of Jesus Christ
Parts beyond the first three weren’t originally planned, but have been added because we realised there is a whole lot more to the dispensational theology than purported predictions of future events, the part that people most often remark about. We are indebted to Alistair Donaldson for his in depth analysis of the topic, which you…
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Dispensationalism In Depth [3]: Broken Promises, Straw Men, Outlandish Claims & Unholy Alliances
Anyone who has followed dispensationalism for any length of time soon becomes aware of the many claims made by its proponents that present day and future events are foretold in the Book of Revelation. The key ones, of course, are the rapture, seven year tribulation and millenial reign. However, ardent dispensationalists have brought significant discredit…
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Dispensationalism In Depth [2]: A Peculiarly American Theology
Our reckoning of dispensationalism as a predominantly American school of theological thought is mostly supported by anecdotal knowledge rather than research. Nevertheless, Stephen Sizer (writing in Donaldson, 2011) draws particular attention to the predominance of dispensationalist belief and practice upon the US church. As he notes, “[many] evangelical, charismatic and Pentecostal leaders, seminary professors and…
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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…