Fivefold Ministry “To Fold or Not to Fold” Part II: Prophets
Review The concept of a “fivefold ministry” is the modern belief developed in the 1960’s that there should be 5 offices in every local church. People who ascribe to this idea refer t...
Fivefold Ministry, To fold or not to fold. – Part 1 Apostles
History The idea of “Fivefold Ministry” is the modern idea that there should be five offices or ministries (apostles, prophets, evangelists, pastors, and teachers) within every church. The...
The Root of a False Dilemma
Christians have been arguing about free will since about 400 AD when Augustine decided to reject it. These views were used by the Catholic church to baptize babies, and teach that there is always sin ...
Did we miss it? (part 4) – History
The establishment of the doctrine of Preterism comes at the end of the Second Great Awakening right after the Great Disappointment. This is when William Miller predicted the Second Coming of Christ in...
Did we miss it? (part 3) Preterist warnings and doctrines
The bible does warn against the claims of preterism. Now, of course, any studied preterist would tell you that these warnings are null if, in fact, Jesus has already returned. And I will readily admit...
Did we miss it? (part 5) Preterism is Self Refuting
Full Preterism holds that all Bible prophecy was fulfilled by the fall of Jerusalem in AD70. It arose out of Preterist Universalism in the 19th century, and teaches that all “end times” propheci...
Did we miss it? (part 2) Daniel
This gets a little technical but I think it’s worth looking at because it shows a fatal flaw in a core tenet of Preterism. To review Preterism is the doctrine that attempts to claim that all pro...
Did we miss it? (part 1) This Generation
Preterism is the Christian eschatological view, which claims that all prophecies of the Bible as events have already happened. There are several camps within the view. Most people who call themselves ...
Calvinism is not the Gospel
“The biblical gospel is summed up in these truths we call the doctrines of grace, the five points of Calvinism. If we lose these truths then we lose the biblical gospel.” -Jeff Durbin (sermon min ...
Special Revelation vs. Specific Direction
Special Revelation Continued Special Revelation is a hallmark of the new-age church that is prevalent in our culture today. The new-age church goes by many names: Word of Faith, New Apostolic Reformat...