Pulpit Magazine

(By Matt Waymeyer)
I want to recommend to you a fantastic book that I just read on the subject of dispensationalism. But first a little personal history: Back in 1994 I was attending a Presbyterian church in Orlando, taking a Greek class at Reformed Theological Seminary, and beginning to appreciate all things reformed. At the time, [...]

(Compiled by Nathan Busenitz)
Will there be a mass conversion of ethnic Jews at the end of the age?
Matt Waymeyer’s two articles have answered “yes” to that question, based on Paul’s teaching in Romans 11:25–26.
For I do not want you, brethren, to be uninformed of this mystery—so that you will not be wise in your own [...]

(By Matt Waymeyer)
In Romans 11:26, the apostle Paul predicts an eschatological salvation of the ethnic nation of Israel. Of this I am firmly convinced. I realize full well, however, that others are less than convinced, and still others are firmly convinced I am dead wrong.
One of the most common reasons people reject this view of [...]

(By Matt Waymeyer)
The Salvation of Israel in Romans 9-11
In Romans 9–11, the apostle Paul addresses the question of how to reconcile the faithfulness of God and the unbelief of Israel. In the words of Scott Hafemann:
Israel’s rejection of the Messiah seems to call into question God’s faithfulness to the very covenant promises and privileges outlined [...]

(By Matt Waymeyer)
Many theologians deny that the ethnic nation of Israel has any kind of distinct role in the future plan of God. According to Bruce K. Waltke, “no clear passage [of Scripture] teaches the restoration of national Israel” because “the Jewish nation no longer has a place as the special people of God.” In [...]