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Clear searchThe wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards
Was the Kingdom Taken from Israel? The wicked husbandmen, the fruit-bearing nation, and what Jesus said afterwards Few statements of Jesus appear to support supersessionism more directly than Matthew 21:43: "Therefore say I unto you, The kingdom of God…
Read article →Fulfilment in Christ, the inclusion of the Gentiles, and Israel's future mercy
…ves Israel's covenant titles, the kingdom is taken from unbelieving Israel and given to a fruit-bearing nation, and all God's promises are yea and amen in Christ. There is one gospel and one people of God, not two parallel plans. Therefore, the promises have reached their intende…
Read article →History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…rly in North America. Ancient Gnostics, on his account, sought salvation in private illumination rather than the public life of a believing community. Modern Protestants likewise elevate the knowing self over the church, inward experience over sacrament, escape over pilgrimage, a…
Read article →The covenant son and the sacrifice that points to Christ
…Genesis expressly records that God heard Ishmael, protected him and promised to make him fruitful. Christians have no reason to erase what Scripture affirms. But blessing is not the same as covenant election. God named the covenant heir before he was born. He repeated that choic…
Read article →Creation, judgement, and the coming reign of Christ
…God, they glorified him not as God, neither were thankful; but became vain in their imaginations, and their foolish heart was darkened. (Romans 1:21) The descent begins not only with false worship, but with the refusal to glorify God and give thanks. Man then exchanges the glory…
Read article →Which Gospel does the Qur'an affirm?
…rms the original divine revelations, not every word in the Jewish and Christian books now bearing their names. Surah 5:48 calls the Qur'an muhaymin over previous Scripture - variously understood as guardian, witness, overseer or criterion. Whatever agrees with the Qur'an may pres…
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