In our last post, we looked at the nation of Israel and how the fact that it still exists as an entity that is distinct from the Church supports a belief in the rapture. With this weeks post, we are still dealing with the topic of Israel. Specifically, in the manner in which the Tribulation […]
Over the last few years I’ve had the opportunity to read through the book of Job in the Old Testament a few times and I have always been impressed with the style that it was written in. For those unaware, the book of Job tells the classic story of a righteous man who God allows […]
I. Preliminary Remarks About Critiquing The Twenty-Four-Hour Day Theory I want to state from the outset that when I decided to do a study on the doctrine of creation and the interpretation of Genesis 1, I did not want my interpretation and study to be influenced by science. I feel like this needs to be […]
I. Introduction I doubt very much that this interpretation of Genesis 1 needs much introduction. When the topic of Creation is brought up, the first interpretation that will come to mind is most likely the 24 hour day theory. To summarize this interpretation, which is also referred to as Young Earth Creationism, this view holds […]
Just like the Literary Framework View, the Revelatory-Day Theory is a non-chronological approach to understanding Genesis 1. Meaning that this view does not take the events in the creation account as happening in the order they are presented in. Also like the Literary Framework View, this interpretation is able to neatly adapt itself to modern […]
My previous three posts in my series on creation dealt mostly in some preliminary issues on the doctrine of creation. But with post, I am now turning my attention to dealing with specific interpretations of the creation account found in Genesis 1. Up first, is a very interesting and thought provoking view that takes […]
It has not been uncommon for Christians throughout history to look at the genealogies in the Bible and use them to try and arrive at a date for the age of the earth. Even Saint Augustine worked with the genealogies in his commentaries on Genesis and in “City of God.” The question I want to […]
The issue of tongues is a touchy issue among Christian circles today. There has been a very large resurgence of speaking tongues in churches in America and around the world over the last few decades. The question that must be asked however, is whether or not the tongues being practiced today are in line with what […]
The basis of this post comes from the book “Doctrine: What Christians Should Believe” by Mark Driscoll and Gerry Breshears. I found this list in the book’s section on creation and thought that it was pretty unique in that I had never really seen this topic dealt with too thoroughly. Most of what you’ll see […]
Creation is a topic that I have been keenly interested in for most of my life. Over the last few years though I have been going back and reexamining everything that I had believed about creation, so that I could see what exactly lines up with Scripture, and what is more pressed into interpretations of […]
Fields of Thought 