In previous blog posts I have expressed my pleasure in finding (as a Reformed Baptist) familiar ground in A Weed in the Church. One of the places where I found this is in the articulation of the regulative principle of worship in its pages. (81-84) Scott Brown quotes...
Why the Prediction That Christ Would Come May 21 Was Wrong (Part 3 of 8)
Matthew 24:36 is the classic biblical rebuttal of the tendency of calculating the time of Christ’s return. I intend to expound this text under three headings. The first is this: I. Its Brief Exposition Matthew 24:36 reads as follows: “But of that day and...
Tom Wells’ book on the Sabbath: Chapter Three (IV)
I found Wells’ argument unconvincing and his method of argumentation, at this point, very sloppy.
Why the Prediction That Christ Would Come May 21 Was Wrong (Part 2 of 8)
I am assuming three things in this response to Camping. First, the Bible predicts the yet future bodily return of Christ (Acts 1:9; 3:19, 20). Acts 1:9-11 And after He had said these things, He was lifted up while they were looking on, and a cloud received Him out of...
Why the Prediction That Christ Would Come May 21 Was Wrong (Part 1 of 8)
I had every intention of continuing my series in the life of Elijah Sunday evening until Friday afternoon. On Friday afternoon to relieve the boredom of a long and lonely drive home from Michigan I was listening to Rush Limbaugh. I was surprised to hear him mention to...
Brief survey of the history of hermeneutics – 10. Middle Ages (III)
Scholasticism is probably one of the most despised intellectual movements in human history. Thus the English word ‘dunce’ derives from the name of one of the greatest scholastic writers, Duns Scotus.
Is Christ the ultimate fulfillment of the Sabbath?
The Sabbath is not a symbol or type of Christ, strictly speaking; it is a symbol and type of that which Christ attains for us – the eschatological state.
Worldwide Worldview Confusion: Harold Camping, Richard Barcellos, and John Divito
Many of you have seen the signs: "Judgment Day May 21, 2011." But did you know that the radio broadcasting network led by Harold Camping—the prophet making this prediction—is worldwide? This picture was taken in Windhoek, Namibia. Camping's judgment day...
Tom Wells’ book on the Sabbath: Chapter Three (III)
Wells references Matt. 12:1-14 several times in chapter 3 but offers no exposition of the passage.
Family-Integrated Church 13: Why the family-integrated view dies the death of a 1000 (or at least a few) qualifications!
Last time I commended A Weed in the Church for the important qualifications which it carefully (and commendably) states. But these qualifications in my view create difficulties for Scott Brown’s thesis. Let me explain why. A Weed in the Church is arguing the case for...
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