This teaching article will consider how a covenantal and preterist interpretation (hermeneutic) of the New Testament (NT) and its prophetic content relate to how the people of God either recognize or resist their day of visitation. It will show how Israel stumbled over a covenantal-spiritual hermeneutic and consequently over Christ and the transitional period of AD 30–70. The … [Read more...]
The Cultural Crisis Examined: A False Religion, Priesthood, and Doctrine
For a long time Israel was without the true God, and without a teaching priest and without law, but when in their distress they turned to the LORD, the God of Israel, and sought him, he was found by them. 2 Chronicles 15:3–4 As we conclude 2021 and contemplate the way forward it is imperative we clarify the core issues of the current cultural crisis—"Where there is no … [Read more...]
The Characteristics of Error and its Correction
In this paper we will first briefly consider in the Introduction: 1) the role of the Bible as the foundation for rationality, 2) a novel error that undermines the Bible, 3) the doctrine of the preservation of the Scriptures, and 4) the theological presuppositions behind this novel belief that undermines the Bible. And second, we will then consider seven characteristics of error … [Read more...]
This Great Salvation: Foundations of the Faith
The relativistic individualism of an experience-driven culture has tragically produced an experience-driven Christianity that elevates spiritual experience over sound doctrine, opening up God's people to a multitude of deceptions. While many Christians are concerned, and rightly so, about the marginalisation of Christianity from the public square, far more insidious and urgent … [Read more...]
The Word & The Spirit: Releasing the Explosive Power of the Gospel
Ern addresses the inseparable nature of the Word and Spirit as foundational to God’s creation order. Exploring the necessary balance between charismatic experience and biblical doctrine for the advance of the gospel, he exposes how Satan's strategy down throughout history has been to keep the Word and the Spirit separated, resulting in either dry intellectualism or mindless … [Read more...]
