History, heresy, and the temptation of private Christianity
…tic timetable. Other believers are divided into those who “see it” and those who remain asleep. There is something wrong here. But what should we call it? Philip J. Lee, in Against the Protestant Gnostics, argues that a Gnostic impulse has reappeared within modern Protestantism,…
Read article →Sources behind Qur’anic narratives
…an did not emerge in a cultural vacuum. It appeared in a world alive with biblical names, Jewish interpretation, Christian preaching, sectarian disagreement, devotional legend and stories carried across languages by travellers, merchants, clergy and ordinary believers. That obser…
Read article →The peace Christ gives in a troubled world
…rturn in minutes the security we spent years constructing. On the night before the cross, Jesus spoke to men whose circumstances were about to become terrifying. He did not promise to prevent their bewilderment or remove every approaching trial. He promised something the world co…
Read article →The gathering of the elect, one taken and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery
…en and one left, and Paul's revealed mystery Matthew 24 contains the most direct Gospel objection to a pretribulation rapture. Jesus describes Great Tribulation, cosmic disturbance, His coming in the clouds, and a gathering of the elect. The sequence appears plain: "Immediately a…
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