Israel: replaced or restored? In my ongoing informal series of pieces discussing fulfillment or replacement theology, I here want to focus on one important recent…
Ignore the critics on this: There is a lot of foolish thinking out there – often coming from those who claim to be Christians. They…
One perspective on how to understand this contentious issue: The debate over what is known as ‘replacement theology’ or ‘fulfillment theology’ or ‘supersesessionism’ is a…
Some helpful volumes on various aspects of Israel: There would be at least three broad groups of books that can be mentioned when it comes…
Some brief reflections from a long-standing believer: It is always risky to make rather general and personal observations about important matters. Even if you offer…
Some brief considerations on this contentious and controversial issue: My main beef is this: The number of people claiming to be Christians and conservatives who…
What we need to know about this matter: That antisemitism has always been with us cannot be denied. The reasons for it are many and…
Theology matters, but vain and unedifying arguing needs to be avoided: As aways in the Christian life there are various unbiblical extremes to avoid. We…
We need some clear thinking on the Middle East conflict: There is never a shortage of things being said that need to be addressed, challenged,…
Yes we should share our faith with everyone, including Jews: Most biblical Christians would think the question above is a no-brainer: ‘Well of course we…
Some preliminary thoughts on replacement theology: This is quite an important theological topic and debate that has especially been reinvigorated because of the latest Hamas/Israeli…
Eerdmans, 2018. Let me offer a few introductory thoughts first: Perhaps the two main considerations folks might have as to whether or not they buy…
One of the most contentious, hotly-debated, and notoriously difficult theological issues there is has to do with the relationship of the Old Testament law to…
The Bible the Christian reads contains two Testaments and 66 books. The Old Testament contains 39 books while the New Testament has 27 books. That…
One set of passages often appealed to by those pushing the prosperity gospel are the Old Testament texts which speak of the promises of material…
Eschatology, or the study of the end times, is a real hot potato topic with plenty of differing views. All sorts of major battles have…
Important new books in the areas of theology, biblical studies, apologetics, ethics and related fields continue to emerge, and I try to keep up with…
One of the areas in which Christians can and do disagree – often intensely – is in the broad area of eschatology. This is simply…
Having already briefly examined two of the three major positions on the millennium, we now turn to the final position, and also offer some general…
How should Christians think about the modern state of Israel? Numerous book-length treatments of this topic have appeared, so it may be foolhardy of me…