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Biblical Hermeneutics - Part 3
18 May 2008Instead of being passive consumers of Biblical commentary, we can participate in the forming of a very particular, but no less authentic, commentary of our own. The only thing that should happen between text and commentary is exegesis, not homiletics. In other words, we should not become reliant on them. Continued dependence on commentaries will […]
The different views of the rapture in relation to the great tribulation
7 May 2008INTRODUCTION
The rapture is an area of Christian theology which has
historically received little attention with regards to precise
formulation. A brief survey of works detailing the development
of doctrine (such as Bromiley, 1978) reveals almost no
acknowledgment of the rapture. This is perhaps explained by
Berkhof (1975, p. 259) who states “The doctrine of the last
things never stood in the […]