Dispensationalism and the Two lsraels

by Rev. R. C. Harbach Scripture Interprets Scripture or False Literalism The Holy Scripture provides for a very clear and plain interpretation of itself. Difficulty, however, will arise if we do not observe that there are words and terms employed in Scripture which have variant shades of meaning. It may not therefore be insisted that […]

Dispensationalism On Israel And The Church

by Rev. R. C. Harbach The Charter of the One People of God Continuing our examination of dispensationalism, we again cali attention to Christ’s words, “I will build My church,” and, this time, to the fact that they amount to the charter of the Christian church. For the charter of the old covenant church we […]

Dispensationalism -A Mutilated Ecclesiology

by Rev. R. C. Harbach Dispensationalism’s Denial of the Church in the O.T. “I will build My Church” (Mt. 16:18). These words of Christ are appealed to by dispensationalists in their attempt to prove that there was no church in the Old Testament. They insist that such saints as Abraham, Moses, David, Isaiah, Daniel, Malachi […]

Dispensationalism An Ancient Error

by Rev. R. C. Harbach Historic Premillennialism distinguished from Dispensational Premillennialism The premillennial view is the doctrine of the visible and personal reign of Christ on the earth for one thousand years after the Antichrist, the False Prophet and apostate Christendom have been judged and condemned to the lake of fire. This view, in sharp […]

Life and Work – The State of the Church of Scotland Today

by theweeflea As we move into pre-Assembly season I want to begin a new weekly series looking at the state of the Church of Jesus Christ in Scotland, and assessing where we are, how things have changed in the past year and look at some of the opportunities and threats to us. There is […]

Message from Rt Rev David Cook Wee Waa NSW 2388 Moderator’s Comments – Posted 29 March 2016 Wee Waa’s boom years were the mid 1960’s to the mid 1980’s, there was plenty of water, and cotton, as an Australian industry, was in its infancy. American farmers led by Paul Kahl and Frank Hadley, two Christian […]

Economy rests on Christian foundations

Ross Gittins –Mar 27, 2016 The church has had strong influences over our modern economy. Illustration: Michael Mucci I can’t think why, but Easter always reminds me of Christianity. Not, of course, that Christianity has anything to do with the grubby, materialist world of economics. Or does it? Australia is the most unbelieving it has […]

The Anabaptists and their Stepchildren – by F.N. Lee

Baptist Professors on the origin and development of the (Ana)Baptists The American Rev. Dr. Robert G. Torbet was Professor of Church History at Eastern Baptist Theological Seminary (from 1934-51). In 1950, he made some very important statements in his book A History of the Baptists. According to Torbet,412 Prof. Dr. “Walter Rauschenbusch, of [Colgate] Rochester […]

Rowland S Ward-Israel and the Church – Romans 9-11

ISRAEL AND THE CHURCH ‘AND IN THIS WAY ALL ISRAEL SHALL BE SAVED’ – Rom 11:26 Updated 15/7/2010 Two views about Israel One of the much debated issues among Christians is the significance of Israel in the purposes of God. On the one hand there are those who insist that Israel and the […]

A MILLENNIAL KINGDOM? – Notes by Dr Rowland Ward from The Westminster Confession of Faith: A Study Guide,

A Millennial Kingdom? A MILLENNIAL KINGDOM? Notes by Dr Rowland Ward from The Westminster Confession of Faith: A Study Guide, pp. 270-272 (in 2006 expanded edition) At several periods of church history the view has been quite widely advocated that Christ returns to set up a millennial kingdom of 1,000 years based at Jerusalem, the […]