I am responding to Eric Douma’s sermon on April 3rd 2011, “The Day of The LORD: A Look at the Imminent Day of Salvation and Judgment.” We continue. Douma claims that the term “birth pangs” in the Bible is a technical term for the day of the Lord. That is, every time it is found [...]
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A Biblical Response to Eric Douma – Part 4
January 27th, 2012 
Alan Kurschner 
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December 13th, 2011 Alan Kurschner I am responding to Eric Douma’s sermon on April 3rd 2011, “The Day of The LORD: A Look at the Imminent Day of Salvation and Judgment.” We continue. In this part, I will respond to Douma’s repeated error of equating the “thief” imagery with “imminence.” In part one I responded to this misunderstanding as it [...]
November 16th, 2011 Charles Cooper Is the Rapture Depicted in Revelation 14:14-16? The Structure of the Book of Revelation – Part I Charles Cooper As an advocate for the PreWrath rapture view I find it unfortunate, yet necessary, that a good portion of my time is spent disproving claims. For example, the confusion about the structure of the book of [...]
A Biblical Response to Eric Douma – Part 2
November 8th, 2011 Alan Kurschner I am responding to Eric Douma’s sermon on April 3rd 2011, “The Day of The LORD: A Look at the Imminent Day of Salvation and Judgment.” We continue. In this part, I will respond to Douma as he posits a distinction between, what he calls, the “Broad Day of the Lord” and the “Narrow Day [...]
The Didache (c.50–c.120)
September 26th, 2011 Alan Kurschner The early church consistently and vigorously taught when Christ would return he would establish his kingly millennium and rule over the nations from Jerusalem. This teaching began to be abandoned during the fourth century through the influence of the reign of Emperor Constantine, Eusebius’ Ecclesiastical History, Augustine’s writings, and the third century theologian Origen whose [...]
Those Who are Left are the Wicked for Judgment, Matthew 24:37—41
June 20th, 2011 Alan Kurschner (37) For as were the days of Noah, so will be the coming of the Son of Man. (38) For as in those days before the flood they were eating and drinking, marrying and giving in marriage, until the day when Noah entered the ark, (39) and they were unaware until the flood came and [...]
One Biblical Reason Why Judgment Day is Not on May 21, 2011
May 20th, 2011 Alan Kurschner The Bible gives at least five specific events that must occur before Judgment Day. In no particular order, they are: 1. Cosmic Disturbances (Joel 2:29-31) 2. Elijah must return (Malachi 4:5) 3. A great apostasy (2 Thessalonians 2:3) 4. Antichrist’s Revelation (2 Thessalonians 2:3) 5. The ungodly rejoicing that there is “peace and security” (1 [...]
Blaising’s Understanding of Daniel’s Seventieth Week
May 9th, 2011 Charles Cooper Blaising’s Understanding of Daniel’s Seventieth Week (#2) Charles Cooper In the new book, Three Views on The Rapture: Pretribulation, Prewrath, or Posttribulation, Craig Blaising, et al, he asks the question: Should we understand the day of the Lord here to be coextensive with or identical to the seventieth week of Daniel, which pretribulationists understand by [...]
Dr. Robert Thomas and II Thessalonians 2
April 19th, 2011 Charles Cooper Robert Thomas and II Thessalonians 2 A Critique by Charles Cooper Dr. Robert L. Thomas’ efforts to defend pretribulational imminence may be likened to gymnastic contortions with his exegesis of II Thessalonians 2:1-3, and suggest either a deliberate attempt to deceive his readers or an ignorance of the whole counsel of the Word of God. [...]
A Biblical Response to Eric Douma – Part 1
April 5th, 2011 Alan Kurschner Eric Douma is a pretribulational pastor in the Twin Cities. He has taught against prewrath for a couple of years now. I have read his articles and listened to his teachings and, until now, I have not had the time to respond to his teachings. In a recent sermon he gave on the Day of [...]
