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Article · Israel and the ChurchHistorical study · Apologetics · Biblical discernment

How Supersessionism Took Root in the Early Church

A history of interpretation, polemic, and forgotten tension

…on attracted to Jewish observance. It cannot turn contempt into faithful pastoral speech. Augustine creates a more complicated settlement Augustine's influence upon Western Christianity makes his treatment especially significant. He commonly interpreted the Church as the city and…

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Article · Christian DoctrineBiblical exposition · Apologetics · Theological reflection · Comparative theology

Eternal Love Before Creation

What the Father's love for the Son reveals about God

…is Ruben Angelici, trans., Richard of Saint Victor: On the Trinity (Cascade Books, 2011). Augustine, The Trinity, especially Books VIII-XV, on love and the triune life of God. Augustine's psychological and relational analogies should not be confused with the biblical evidence its…

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Article · RaptureApologetics · Biblical discernment

Four Difficult Texts for Pretribulationism

The man of sin, the last trumpet, the first resurrection, and the last day

…in Christ at the Church's gathering, and the Tribulation martyrs raised for the kingdom. Augustine's spiritual interpretation deserves more respect than it sometimes receives. Scripture does speak of believers as already raised with Christ (Ephesians 2:5-6; Colossians 3:1). Reve…

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