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Why I Am NOT a Full Preterist

Confession: I flirted with Full Preterism  (FP) for a minute back in the day. If you like to stay abreast of controversies within the conservative Reformed world, you have most likely caught wind of the goings on related to  Gary DeMar .  Once the well-beloved author, speaker, and President of American Vision, DeMar has recently becomes controversial, more for the things he refuses to say than for what he has actually said.  His critics can point to few statements made or views espoused, but have called him out for refusing to clarify his views regarding important doctrines like The Second Coming, The Physical Resurrection of the Body, etc.  In short, he has repeatedly refused to affirm the historic, orthodox positions on these matters, choosing rather to equivocate and misdirect. This would be a red flag for any theologian, but it is doubly dangerous when the aforementioned theologian's specialty is Eschatology.  The debate has mostly remained confined to ...

3 Reasons That I Am a Postmillenialist

    Eschatology (the study of last things) has been one of the most debated areas of Theology in the last two centuries of Christianity.  It is a confusing subject, with many differing interpretive grids and presuppositions.  Personally, the more I study the issue, the more questions and uncertainty I have. The ambiguity of this issue should lead to peaceful disagreements (you would hope), but the debates over the issue are often quite passionate.  My goal today is not to plumb the depths of the issue, nor do I wish to exegete Revelation 20.  My goal is simply to offer a few reasons that I am a Postmillennialist.     Before I begin to list my reasons, let me give a brief introduction to the topic. Within orthodox circles one of the key issues is the placement (not to mention nature and existence) of the Millennium (the 1000 year period prophesied in Revelation 20).  The names of the different positions are based on when Christ will return i...