Christian Converser
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Dispensationalists’ claims to predict future don’t stack up
Previous posts on this blog have questioned the claims of dispensationalists who claim to be able to interpret modern day events as being foretold in the Bible, especially the Book of Revelation. Whilst these types of teachings have been produced for thousands of years, Jesus has still not returned as claimed, nor have any of…
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Dodgy Dispensationalism Gets More Airtime In US
As we all know, dispensationalism is one of the leading theologies taught in the USA. Why is that? It is at least in part because it is the core belief at the heart of dominionism, which teaches that the US will rule the world in millenialism. Everyone knows that the US believes it already is…
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Controversy Over Academic Titles of Ministry Heads
A couple of years ago we were informed that questions had been asked about a qualification of Ph.D. which was being claimed by a prominent leader of a major Pentecostal denomination based in Australia. A few weeks ago we also discovered the leader of an international resources ministry based in Wellington claims to hold a…
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General Commentary About How This Site Works
This site is a personal view on theological controversy that occurs in relation to the Christian faith, either between different churches, or between churches and secular organisations. Whilst we aim to highlight these issues, we have no agenda in naming and shaming people or churches, as is the type of thing that a number of…
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Christians and Politics: Engaging A Wider Community [3]
So far we’ve taken an indepth look at the key theologies that influence the evangelical church to mostly support the right wing of politics. We’ve highlighted that there is a division between the white evangelical and black evangelical communities in the US. This division is probably seen between different segments of the Christian church worldwide…
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Christians and Politics: Engaging A Wider Community [2]
Continuing our discussion from Part 1 about some of the key issues, that part addressed some of the matters arising from Dominionist theology. Another theology which has long been justified by evangelicals in support of conservative political outlooks is, of course, Dispensationalism. It is quite different from yet similar in certain respects to Dominionism; both…
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Christians and Politics: Engaging A Wider Community [1]
In the Evangelical spectrum of Christianity, engagement most commonly occurs with the right wing of the political spectrum. We shall attempt here to discuss why this is so, and how this could contradict with other Christian viewpoints of society. As evangelicals, we are well aware that a lot of political engagement in our part of…
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Race Relations In America: Nation And Church Divided [2]
Since we wrote last week, these matters have been the subject of ongoing debate within church and other communities. The biggest issue remains the widespread support that evangelical churches have traditionally given to conservative politics around the world. As we noted previously, there is still a standout element which continues to blindly champion these causes,…
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Race Relations In America: Nation And Church Divided [1]
Once again, racial tensions in the USA are in the spotlight again with the murder of George Floyd in Minnesota. We’re not sure what we can add to the debate, but we can draw upon the resources of those in the Church who are at the forefront of the action, and clearly one of the…