I recently vacationed in Hillsdale, Ontario, with my family. We rented a home through Airbnb. This was my first time in Springwater Township, and whenever I travel, I love to explore the local community. Hillsdale was essentially a small suburb of Springwater Township, about a 20-minute drive from Barrie. As far as amenities go, it had a local pizzeria that was very good and a corner store. They also had an old United Church, which was converted into a home, and an old Presby

Israel’s story is not one of surprise failure; in fact, it was foretold before they even entered the land. Before they ever entered the land, God, through Moses, made it clear: they would fall away. They would break covenant, chase other gods, and suffer exile among the nations (Deut. 28–29). Their harlotry was not a warning, it was certain. And history proved it true, culminating in their devastation by Babylon. But what is remarkable is not simply that God foretold their u

Indifference is one of the most significant problems in the church today. The real threat is not always the false teacher or the open liberal, but the Christian who tolerates it when they know better. It is those who can see their church drifting into man-centred worship, doctrinal compromise, or liberal theology, yet convince themselves that the best thing to do is to “stick it out” or “be a good influence.” This was precisely the problem in Machen’s day. When the PCUSA bega

I was given some assigned reading for my upcoming class at Greenville Presbyterian Theological Seminary by Dr. Pipa. The book is called The Apostolic Church; Which Is It?: An Inquiry at the Oracles of God as to Whether Any Existing Form of Church Government Is of Divine Right. A good 19th century Presbyterian minister is never short on words as the title would indicate. Conciseness was not something that was coveted by the generations that preceded our social media swiping do

The Dispensationalist views the Olivet Discourse as entirely future in their timing of the Kingdom. But the key to understanding this passage is to understand that the Jews that killed their own Messiah were the subject of the Olivet Discourse and not some future people. To better understand this, let us first consider what the biblical definition of antichrist is. The biblical definition of antichrist is defined for us rather clearly by the Apostle John in his first epistle:

In the last section of this paper, we examined some of the distinctives of dispensationalism. We saw how the dispensationalist believes in a pre-tribulation rapture, that there is a distinction between Israel and the Church, and that they read the entire Bible with a Literal-Grammatical-Historical hermeneutic. The second half of this paper will outline what I believe regarding covenantal theology, and hence what that means for the tribulation and the rapture. I will not take

A Comparison of Dispensationalism and Covenant Theology A cause of divide in the twentieth century church that has continued into the early parts of the twenty-first century is the divide over the identity of Israel. Some see the ethnic group of people migrating to present day Palestine as Israel, whereas others in the church believe that the Church is the continuation of Israel. The pursuit of this paper will be to compare and contrast the two views. I will be up front now i