tcalbrecht
Puritan Board Junior
Blogging from John MacArthur's Shepherd's Conference, Tim Challies writes that MacArthur caused quite a stir, especially with regard to his views on amillennialism:
Kim Riddlebarger in his Riddleblog and another blog has additional comments.
The subject was also the topic a one Christian call-in program, Calling for Truth.
Is premillennialism, esp of the dispensational variety, really the most God-honoring eschatology for a Calvinist? MacArthur thinks so.
Well we weren't expecting John MacArthur to begin the conference this way. He decided to forego his usual opening sermon and speak instead on a touchy topic. His lecture was titled (and I'm not sure how much this is tongue-in-cheek) "Why Every Self-Respecting Calvinist is a Pre-Millennialist." A couple of weeks ago, at the Resolved Conference, he mentioned this topic so it was interesting to hear him fill it out. ...
MacArthur made the point that those who most celebrate the sovereign grace of election regarding the church and its place in God's purpose and those who defend the truth of promise and fulfillment and believe in election being divine, unashamedly deny the same for elect Israel. This is a strange division. "It's too late for Calvin," he said," but it's not too late for the rest of you. If Calvin were here he would join our movement." ...
The long and short is this: Now that the Spirit of God is moving the church to recover the high ground in sovereign grace in election it is time to recover the high ground of God's sovereignty in eschatology. If you get eschatology right, you can just open the Bible and preach what it says without having to go hunting for other interpretations. Get it right and Christ is exalted and God is glorified.
Kim Riddlebarger in his Riddleblog and another blog has additional comments.
The subject was also the topic a one Christian call-in program, Calling for Truth.
Is premillennialism, esp of the dispensational variety, really the most God-honoring eschatology for a Calvinist? MacArthur thinks so.