Part 1 – Response to Preterist Gary DeMar
Gary DeMar, who is a preterist advocate from the American Vision worldview ministry, posted today this surface-level critique of the prewrath position. Actually, it was not so much a critique of the...
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I continue my response to Gary DeMar and his blog post. The title of his article reads, “You’re Not Getting Raptured Out of Here. Deal With It.” I can actually affirm this title, but for an opposite...
View ArticleA Response to Richardson’s Interpretation of the Beginning of Birth Pangs in...
I am encouraged that Joel Richardson is a futurist (he is a posttribulationist), but he is making some critical categorical errors in his interpretation of Matthew 24. Richardson interprets the event...
View ArticleDeMar — An Eschatological Holocaust Denier
Gary DeMar wrote this piece today. He criticizes futurists for teaching that God has ordained an eschatological Jewish holocaust just before the return of Christ. One thing that prewrathers and...
View ArticleA Response to the Preterist Interpretation of “This Generation” in Matthew 24:34
“Truly, I say to you, this generation will not pass away until all these things take place.” —Matt 24:34 This is the go-to proof text for preterists. It is the holy grail of preterism. It is the first...
View ArticlePreterism’s Literalistic Interpretation of Jesus is Coming “Soon” (En Tachei)
“The revelation of Jesus Christ, which God gave him to show to his servants the things that must soon [en tachei] take place.” (Rev 1:1) Gary DeMar and other preterist interpreters inveigh against...
View ArticleKeith Mathison’s Preterist Hermeneutic and Flawed Presuppositions
I have always believed that hyper-preterism (which is heresy because they deny the future resurrection) is more consistent than partial-preterism, albeit they are consistently wrong. (It goes without...
View ArticleGary DeMar Fails Miserably in His Debate Defending Replacement Theology (aka...
I just listened to the debate between Michael Brown and Gary DeMar on whether the church has replaced Israel. This was one doozy of a lopsided debate. You can download it for free here. Gary DeMar is...
View ArticleNew Christian Zionists Seek Distance From 'Wild, Crazy Popular...
I commented on the following article from the Christian Post, as well as talked about a couple of semi-related issues. New Christian Zionists Seek Distance From ‘Wild, Crazy Popular Apocalypticism’...
View ArticlePreterist Gary DeMar Promoting Fake Exegesis
“I tell you the truth, this generation (γενεά) will not pass away until all these things take place.” (Matt 24:34 NET) Yesterday, I pointed out how preterists promote fake history in their...
View ArticlePreterist Gary DeMar Turns Down Debate Invitation
Refuting futurism is a big deal for preterist Gary DeMar. Much of his career has been devoted to such a task. So in the past, I have challenged preterist Gary DeMar to a public moderated debate, and...
View ArticleWhy Premillennial Theology Matters - Ep. 140
Why premillennial theology matters is an issue that every student of biblical prophecy needs to be aware of. Premillennialism teaches that at Jesus’s second coming he will deliver the righteous and...
View ArticlePreterist Gary DeMar of American Vision Turns Down Public Debate Invitation
Recently, preterist theologian Gary DeMar of American Vision was invited to debate ex-preterist and now-futurist Dr. Brock Hollett, who is the author of Debunking Preterism: How Over-Realized...
View ArticleA Reply to Jeff Durbin’s Mishandling the ‘Left Behind’ Passage
In this video at the time stamp 55:00, preterist Jeff Durbin mishandles the context of the “Left Behind” passage in Jesus’s Olivet Discourse. He claims that it is the righteous who are left behind and...
View ArticleDr. Brock Hollett Talks about His Debate Invitations to Preterists (Video)
Dr. Hollett gives an update on debate invitations to Jeff Durbin, Ken Gentry, Hank Hanegraaff, and Gary DeMar. Get his book Debunking Preterism: How Over-Realized Eschatology Misses the Not Yet of...
View ArticleA Note on the Upcoming Rapture Debate between Gary DeMar and Kent Hovind
Gary DeMar and Kent Hovind will be debating on the rapture. I have a few comments. First, Kent Hovind is not prewrath. So contrary to DeMar, he is not debating a prewrath exponent. Not sure who fed him...
View ArticleThe Shallow Debate on Both Sides of the Rapture Debate between Kent Hovind vs...
I intend to give a review of sorts another day of the shallow rapture debate between Kent Hovind and Gary DeMar that took place yesterday (see the video below, but read this first). To be honest, I...
View ArticleVideo: A Reply to Gary DeMar’s Facile Understanding of Biblical Language
Dr. Brock Hollett discusses Gary Demar’s critique of Debunking Preterism Ex-preterist theologian Dr. Brock Hollett has authored Debunking Preterism: How Over-Realized Eschatology Misses the Not Yet of...
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