This past Wednesday, 2/28, we had Brandon Anderson join us on the Preterist Power Hour to share his testimony and the influence Preterism has had on discipleship journey. Brandon joined us from South Africa. You can review the interview at the following link, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=blMysZCV9zQ
Among talking about his testimony and growth in faith, we talked about resources that have impacted and benefitted him.
A few books he mentioned;
Linguistic Key To The Greek New Testament
A Parsing Guide To The Greek Bible
The Zondervan Parallel New Testament In Greek & English
Spirit & Life Lectures 2018 (Revelation)
Maranatha by Holger Neubauer
He also mentioned the influence of Holger Neubauer and Roy Runyon’s teaching ‘The Last Days Kingdom’ (a 144 part study). You can find Roy’s teachings on his YouTube at the following link, https://www.youtube.com/@royrunyon8119/videos
It would be remiss for us not to mention other individuals and ministries that are having an impact regarding the truth of Jesus Christ, especially Preterism, in Africa.
Simeon Edigbe in Nigeria with the Gloryville Christian Centre. Keep an eye out for his upcoming published book, The Day The World Ended.
Pastor Steve Magua thought now in St. Louis, Missouri, maintains influence and ministry with fellow Kenyans. You can find him on Facebook, YouTube, etc. (#AskThePastor). Also, he is hosting a conference in St. Louis this August highlighting the book of Revelation.
Lastly, Dr. William Bell of AllThingsFulfilled.com has been visiting Africa frequently and teaching on fulfilled truths. We look forward to having him on the Preterist Power Hour in the near future so he can tell us himself about his efforts and the fruit thereof.
Last Tuesday, we had Rosemary Endicott join us on the Preterist Power Hour. Rosemary shared her testimony and details from Scripture regarding Full Preterism.
Rosemary explained how Matthew chapters 24 was one of those texts that when understood with audience relevance and in its historical context, highlights the truth of Preterism. Discussion was had regarding her compiling an outline regarding Mathew chapter 24 (see attachment below).
Also, Pastor Jay D’Ambrosio has been providing a great outline to Matthew chapter 24 on his podcast, 1% Christian, which you can review on Apple Music, Spotify, even Facebook.
“People must be led out of captivity up to God. Be patterns, be examples that your carriage and life may preach among all sorts of -people, and to them.” – George Fox, founder of the Religious Society of Friends
New format for PPH 1st Mon. – 10:30am – live fellowship, outlined thoughts & discussion/ Video (not live) – Announcements & Study resources Last Friday – live recorded fellowship & discussion about announcements & resources mentioned throughout the month
Larry Siegle recently accepted the pastor at Cortland Church of Christ. We appreciate his service to the Lord and look forward to learning from and observing where he leads the congregation. YouTube – https://www.youtube.com/@cortlandchurchofchrist2392
Books & reading – new or currently reading:
TJ Smiths book – The Last Semite
Don Preston’s new book – Resurrection Feast Fulfilled!
Post-Conference Thought from Pastor Michael Miano:
Each person left the conference with a testimony. Many who attended hadn’t met many other Preterists before, and surely haven’t been in a church filled with Preterists, so the testimonies of encouragement and affirmation were abundant. Our speakers challenged us not only with Biblical details regarding the Kingdom of God and our worldview, but also challenged us to live it out. Lovingly. Nonviolently. Trusting God. Drawing near to God. Dispelling false theologies and eschatologies. I will admit, the Kingdom & Worldview Roundtable, left me feeling as if we have much more maturity needed, and sometimes I feel like we are not focusing on the right things and/or asking the the right questions. I trust our contributions at this conference, be they messages, fellowship, or resources will continue to urge us on to maturity and enable us to be the kings and priests in the Kingdom of God that we are called to be.
Ward Fenley
Glory of God expressed through our love for others.
“People look at Preterists as “Information Hounds”…We have to learn to apologize”.
Matthew 6:2-3
Proverbs 6:16-19
“Faith in Christ Jesus”
When we love others as much as we love the Lord. That is the glory of God
We are called to a righteousness that exceeds that of the Pharisees. (See, Matthew 5:20).
“They will know you are my disciples…” – John 13:35
“Believers need to be studying Scripture, learning of the customs and traditions of the ancient Hebrews. Studying idioms of the Jews. We need to learn how-to interpret the Bible and that can only happen when we understand ancient Jewish culture, customs, language, and times in which Jesus lived”. – TJ Smith
“Not everyone is inclined to work on their Biblical acumen, sadly, most Christians simply do not care if they truly understand Scripture”. – Tj Smith
“Yeshua accomplished everything He said He would; we rule and reign with Christ as ambassadors on earth; God dwells with us; He is our God and we are His people; He is the Tree of Life and we are the ‘leaves’ used for the healing of the nations. His righteousness dwells on earth, through us, since we are now the righteousness of God exhibited through love and grace”.
“As much as most of the American Church has diminished and stripped Christ of His Deity and complete character, they cannot rape Scripture of the reality of Yeshua’s full nature”. – TJ Smith, Understanding the Bible For Average Christians Vol. 2
“R.C. Sproul and N.T. Wright are two of the most brilliant scholars of our time, but both men should embrace Full Covenant Theology (Full Preterism) to understand eschatology and its relationship go the parables”. – Tj Smith, Kingdom Come
In his commentary on 2 Corinthians 5:8 in the Fulfilled Covenant Bible, Tj Smith writes – “to be absent from the Old Covenant is to finally be present with the Lord, or to be free from your earthly body is to be withTj Smith Christ. Either way, the concept of the fleshly body being used at some point in the future to ‘clothe’ us does not stand the scrutiny of Scripture”.
“Life application in our culture has become equivalent to the Allegorical Method of the 2nd-4th centuries, where the true meaning of Scripture is traded for some cheapened, perceived deeper, hidden meaning…Instead of studying to fully understand the depths of God’s redemptive plan, Christians feast on feel-good messages that dull the Spirit and lullaby their souls to sleep, rendering them ineffectual for the Kingdom”. – Tj Smith
“In the Hebrew mindset, the “harvest” was not always the glorious ‘golden – sunrise, wind-blown’ event Western Christians have viewed through rose colored glasses. When the Hebrews spoke of ‘harvest’, they typically understood it as judgement.” – TJ Smith
You can purchase TJ’s book(s) and find more resources from him at the following links:
POWER OF PRETERISM 