Series: Understanding Mid-Acts Dispensationalism — Post 3 of 20Section I: Understanding the Framework The Architecture Behind the Conclusions “Therefore whosoever heareth these sayings of mine, and doeth them, I will liken him unto a wise man, which built his house upon a rock.” — Matthew 7:24 (KJV) More Than Individual Doctrines Every building has features…
A Study of How the Apostles Teach Us to Read the Bible “These were more noble than those in Thessalonica, in that they received the word with all readiness of mind, and searched the scriptures daily, whether those things were so.” — Acts 17:11 (KJV) Jump to Table of Contents How to Read This Series…
(Truth in the Last Days — Post 19) Introduction Few passages in Scripture are appealed to more often to defend a future national restoration of Israel than Romans 11. Many believers who are unconvinced by land-promise arguments still feel that this chapter must predict a coming large-scale Jewish turning to God as a distinct covenant…
(Truth in the Last Days — Post 3) What Acts 1:6–7 and Pentecost Actually Changed A difficult question has begun surfacing in many churches: Can a genuine believer also hold to a Zionist understanding of prophecy? We must answer that question carefully. A person is saved by faith in Jesus Christ, not by the correctness…
(Truth in the Last Days — Post 1) Why the New Testament Never Teaches a Future Land, Temple, or Throne in the Way Many Expect One of the most revealing questions a Christian can ask is not merely, “What do the prophets say?” but: How did the apostles say the prophets were fulfilled? The apostles…
(Truth in the Last Days — Post 12) Reading the Abrahamic Promise the Way the Apostles Did A recent discussion between Tucker Carlson and Mike Huckabee raised an important question that many Christians have quietly wondered about but rarely examine carefully. Tucker referenced Genesis 15 — the passage where God promises land to Abraham’s descendants,…
The Spiritual Insecurity Behind the Hostility Toward Fulfillment in Christ Introduction: A Pattern of Blocking, Slandering, and Avoiding When disagreement results in slander, and Scripture is met with silence or blocking, we are no longer dealing with a difference in theology — we are exposing a spiritual stronghold. Christian Zionism, for all its patriotic imagery…
Dispensationalism makes much of national distinctions — elevating ethnic Israel and defending geopolitical borders as part of God’s prophetic program. But is that the gospel? Or a return to Babel? Vlach’s View: God Has a Plan for the Nations “God has a future plan for Israel as a nation and for the Gentile nations.” —…
Table of Contents Examining the Foundations, Fault Lines, and False Distinctions of a Popular System — In Light of Christ and the Scriptures. Series Overview This series is a comprehensive, forensic book review of Mike Vlach’s article Dispensational Theology. Each post quotes directly from the source, contrasts it with Scripture, and brings clarity through a…
Why This Matters: Dispensationalism’s Grip on the Modern Evangelical Mind What You’re Looking At: Mike Vlach’s “Dispensational Theology” Michael J. Vlach essay Dispensational Theology, defines dispensationalism as “an evangelical theological system that addresses issues concerning the biblical covenants, Israel, the church, and end times,” centered on a literal interpretation of Old Testament prophecies involving ethnic/national Israel apart…