“Perhaps whoever will read my works in the order in which they were written will DISCOVER how i made progress while writing them.”
Augustine
Who Is The Israel of God in Galatians 6:16
Who is the “God’s Israel” that Paul mentions in Galatians 6:16? Is it the church, is it Jews that know Jesus, or is it a future elect Jewish nation? This opens up the larger discussion around if the church is Israel? We take on these topics and more in this essay.
Why I Do Not Believe The Khazar Theory
The Khazar Theory has exploded in popularity over the last few years. Popularized in the 70's we examine how much evidence there is on behalf of this theory. We do so through the lens of genetics, linguistics and historians.
Election Outside of Jesus?
A recurring question that I hear within the Christian camp is one of understandable perplexion concerning the Jewish people's ongoing election. More specifically, how does election exist as the people of God outside of the knowledge of Jesus? And election unto what exactly? This paradox for the Church is a contradiction of fundamental identity within the Church's self-understanding. In this essay, we will explore some themes around the ongoing election of Israel and what this could mean for the Church’s own understanding of itself.
A Non-Dispensational Case For Christian Zionism and The Permanent Election of the Jews - A Historical Reflection
Support for Israel and the Jewish people is becoming an increasingly difficult position to hold. Our cultural moment has found itself facing an all too familiar anti-Jewish zeitgeist on two fronts.
Jew & Gentile in The One New Man
Is the Torah relevant today? How should Jew & Gentile believers live as the One New Man? Does oneness mean sameness? Is it possible to have unity within differences? One of the more complex tensions in scripture is the dynamics between Jews and Gentiles. Which makes a certain amount of sense considering 1st-century followers of Jesus were primarily made up of Jews.
Evaluating Replacement Theology Through History, Present & Future
Replacement Theology has pressure on all sides as it attempts to negate both the promises of God and dislocate the God of Israel from the people of Israel. We will examine the four dimensions in which Replacement Theology fails concerning its reworking of covenantal history. We will look at the past, the present, the future, and finally, the fruit that this theological position produces.
The Greater Always Includes the Lesser
Paul makes clear that Jesus's coming secures all the promises and expands on them to include the gentile nations. The greater includes the lesser. God's kingdom, through Jesus, is advancing to make good on the promises to Noah, Abraham, and David. This hope also includes the expansion of Salvation to the Gentiles.
The Flaw In The Heart Of The Crystal
Dr. Kendall Soulen takes aim at the heart of Suppersessionism with his analysis of how the Christian church see’s itself through its canonical narrative. Soulen was the president of the American Theological Society in 2017, and is also the president of the Society for Post-Supersessionist Theology.