Join us for the 18th Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics Conference – Call for Papers Submission Period Now Closed
Join us for the Eighteenth Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics on the topic, “Counterpoint: Comparative Views on Key Biblical Passages” The conference is being held at Southern California Seminary and Shadow Mountain Church in El Cajon, California on...CALL FOR PAPERS – 18th Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics
CALL FOR PAPERS Eighteenth Annual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics Southern California Seminary, San Diego (area), California September 17-18, 2025 “Counterpoint: Comparative Views on Key Biblical Passages” This is a call for papers for the 2025 Council on...
Announcement: JMAT and CDH
Dr. Mike Stallard has announced that The Journal of Ministry and Theology (JMAT) will continue under the direction of the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics. There will be a time of transition as details are finalized. Further announcements will follow. The...
What is the Meaning of the Word “Israel” in the Bible?
Below is a video originally presented at the 2024 Chafer Theological Seminary Pastor’s...Hermeneutics Consistency
I am struck by the fact that many Christians do not read their Bible consistently. That is, they have a dual hermeneutic – one for the New Testament, but a different one for the Old Testament. In particular, when many interpreters come to passages about the...Why Does God Delay? Answer #3
The third response to why God delays the Second Coming is that God is patient or longsuffering (2 Peter 3:9). In particular, this patience is directed toward sinners having a chance to come to God, who is “not willing that any should perish but that all should come to...Why Does God Delay? Answer #2
In 2 Peter 3, the second answer to those who mock the fact that there appears to be a delay in the Second Coming is that God is not bound by time like you and me (vv. 8-9). This truth is stated in two ways. First, “with the Lord one day is as a thousand years, and a...Why Does God Delay? Answer #1
In John 14:3, Jesus told his disciples, “And if I go and prepare a place for you, I will come again and receive you to Myself; that where I am, there you may be also” (NKJV). Near the end of the Bible, Jesus promises, “Surely I am coming quickly” (Rev. 22:20). Thus,...