Reading Time: 4 minutesQuestion 02061 Many readers come to the Bible with the impression that the God of the Old Testament is harsh and judgemental while the God of the New Testament is loving and gentle. This perception has fuelled everything from second-century Marcionism to modern dismissals of the Old Testament as sub-Christian. The reality is that the…
Reading Time: 5 minutesQuestion 10001 Few theological terms generate as much confusion as dispensationalism. For some, the word conjures images of elaborate prophetic charts and date-setting speculation. For others, it represents a relatively recent theological innovation that should be treated with suspicion. Neither reaction does justice to what dispensationalism actually is, or to why it matters for how…
Reading Time: 3 minutesQuestion 1014 Whether God revealed Himself and His purposes all at once or incrementally across time is not a minor academic question. It shapes how we read the whole Bible, how we understand the relationship between the Old and New Testaments, and why certain things were clear to some believers that were opaque to others….