Introduction

I have been teaching various Biblical topics in churches for more than 30 years, mostly to adults and college/career audiences and decided that it was time to put some of these online for a general audience. I plan to add a new entry every few weeks or months as I convert much of my notes and material to an online format.

I am an engineer by trade, having worked in the defense and intelligence communities for more than 40 years. I also have biblical training that I have used during this time for teaching in church settings. I hold a Master’s Degree in Biblical Studies where the majority of the coursework was through Tyndale Theological Seminary and Biblical Institute in Texas. I have Greek training from Dr H Wayne House from my undergraduate years and Hebrew training from Dr Newton Bush along with a significant amount of self study in these areas.

The focus of my teaching is in the area of eschatology (end times), but I also have some material that I have developed in defense of the Biblical account of creation and apologetics.

My method of Biblical interpretation (Hermeneutics) can best be described as “normal” which is literal interpretation where it makes sense, while allowing for figures of speech such as metaphors, synchedoche, and personification when the context allows it. I generally reject allegories that are not clearly identified in some way in the text. I tend to take things literally unless it would be absurd in some way to do so.

This method of interpretation leads me to a dispensational, premillennial, pre-tribulational view of Scripture for those inclined to know what that is. I believe that God is running two programs that He created, Israel and the Church, and that one has not replaced the other. The promises and prophesies made concerning Israel are set aside temporarily during the church age, but will be completely fulfilled in the future end times. I will not elaborate further here since these topics are covered in depth in the provided articles.

Some may object to my Old Earth Creation (OEC) viewpoint, but my view is not because I am being less literal. It is because I am reading the creation account MORE literally and hinging on the exact Hebrew verbs used in Genesis 1. I hold to six 24-hour days where God fashioned the earth for habitation, and I reject all forms of evolution – but more on this later in an article.