Comedian Jeff Allen’s testimony finds him having an epiphany when he hears a preacher preaching on Ecclesiastes 1: 1-3. Vanity of vanities, all is vanity sayeth the preacher. Living a Christian life without the law also begins with that epiphany. When one realizes that all earthly and fleshly things are at their best state vanity. one can begin to look at what…
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
To make all men see….. Ephesians 3:9
Sermons by Keith Shoop
When one reads an average gospel tract, often the message of salvation can be found in it, but getting to it can be confusing. Often verses like John 3:16, Romans 10: 9-10, I John 1: 9 and many other verses are completely taken out of their context and have Pauline truth added to them. Although this may sometimes be effective in leading…
One of the main arguments against mid_Acts dispensationalism is that the earthly apostles of Jesus Christ had to be in the body of Christ before Paul. Paul says that the church is built on the foundation of the apostles and prophets. Paul also says that the message given to him was now revealed to the holy apostles and prophets. The focus is…
When one looks for arguments against Mid-Acts dispensationalism, there are a few who understand it to a point and reject it. So far in this series we have looked at many of these objections. In this video we look at one more, then we examine the many straw men that are built about what we believe so that they can be easily…
Peter Ruckman was a very influential Baptist preacher and the founder of Pensacola Bible Institute. He is best know for his stand on the King James Bible. What he is lesser known for outside of Baptist circles was his very intense opposition to Mid-Acts dispensationalists. He called those that believe as we “The Dry Cleaners.” This has always been a mystery because…
Most Christians see the accounts of Cornelius and the Ethiopian Eunuch as accounts of the personal, eternal soul salvation. But the truth is that they were both already faithful proselytes. They had already been personally saved the same as Rahab, Ruth, Naaman, Uriah the Hittite and so on. If the salvation that they received wasn’t the salvation of their souls, what salvation…
We look at a video of Dr. George Antonius critiquing a video by Pastor David O’Steen concerning what was Cornelius saved into, the kingdom or the body of Christ. The first thing that we see is that Pastor O’Steen contradicts himself when he uses the terms ‘prophetic program’ and ‘mystery program.’ Dr. Antonius points this out and also uses these terms. The…
There are many videos on YouTube refuting Mid-Acts dispensationalism. We begin looking at what the critics say about us and determining if it is true. The first subject concerns the idea that the church had to begin at Pentecost because that is where the baptizing work of the Holy Spirit began. https://www.gracealive.org/sermon-series/why-i-am-a-hyper-dispensationalist/
One common objection to Mid-Acts dispensationalism is Romans 16:7, where Paul says that Andronicus and Junia were in Christ before him. That should surprise no one. Everyone who was granted eternal life before Paul’s salvation was in Christ before him. There is no eternal life outside of Christ. This is made clear in Ephesians 1:10 and Colossians 1:18-20. Romans 3 tells us…
Often when comparing Romans 4 with James 2, it is said that Paul and James disagreed. This is not true. The context of each passage must be looked at to understand what each is saying. Paul is explaining personal eternal salvation in the dispensation of grace. James is reproving the Jewish churches for respecting persons. The salvation and justification that James refers…