SHOULD WE VOTE LESSER OF EVILS? (1)

Culture, politics March 24, 2026 Leave a comment

PMW 2026-022 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.

As we move closer to our important off-year elections, American Christians need to think carefully about the options before us. As postmillennialists we recognize that we are in a socio-political struggle. For the long run. Therefore, we must act accordingly. Like it or not, in politics we cannot expect overnight success through one particular election or by means of a “perfect” candidate. To continually vote for the “perfect” candidate when we know he is going to lose does not help us build for the future, for by that we are ceding more victories to the overt liberals. Liberalism is a mess. And when its goo gets all over the place, it is very difficult to clean up the mess.

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BAD REASONS FOR AVOIDING POLITICS

Culture, politics March 20, 2026 Leave a comment

PMW 2026-021 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.

This is an election year for America. And Christians need to think about our political circumstances and duties. After all Christians should be committed to a holistic Christian worldview. And by the very nature of the case, a worldview must involve the “world.” And since politics is a large function in human society, you would think all Christians would recognize the importance of a Christian involvement in politics. But you would be wrong.

Many Christians discourage engagement in politics. In fact, they often attempt to use the Scripture to dissuade Christians from political endeavors and concerns. Others simply avoid political issues for one reason or another. Some of the leading complaints against a concern with or an involvement in politics are the following:

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TEN THINGS POSTMILLENNIALISTS BELIEVE

Uncategorized March 17, 2026 Leave a comment

PMW 2026-020 by Greg L. Bahnsen

Gentry note: This article is clipped from Greg L. Bahnsen’s postmillennial work Victory in Jesus. It is a helpful summary of some of the key features of the postmillennial hope. Dr. Bahnsen was an American Calvinist philosopher and Christian apologist. He was a minister in the Orthodox Presbyterian Church and a full-time Scholar in Residence for the Southern California Center for Christian Studies (SCCCS). He is also considered a leading contributor to the field of Christian apologetics, as he popularized the presuppositional method of Cornelius Van Til.

The following is from pp. 40–44 of his book:

1. As postmillennialists we champion the inspiration, infallibility and we read the newspaper — this should be obvious. When we read the newspapers how could we possibly have this kind of hope? We do not have it be cause the world is going so well.

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ROBERT LETHAM ON POSTMILLENNIALISM

Great Commission, Preterism, Theologians March 13, 2026 Leave a comment

PMW 2026-019 by Robert Letham

Gentry note:

Robert Letham is Professor of Systematic and Historical Theology at the Union School of Theology. He is also Adjunct Professor of Systematic Theology at Westminster Theological Seminary. He is a Reformed, conservative, orthodox postmillennial preterist (he has strong words condemning hyper-preterism as heresy, p. 848). This blog article quotes material from Letham’s excellent Systematic Theology, pp. 835–838. I highly recommend this fine work.

Now for Letham’s argument:

The Church and the Progress of the Gospel

Paul on events preceding the parousia (2 Thess. 2:1ff.). Paul warns his readers against letters claiming that the day of the Lord, the parousia, is at hand. Some in the church, thinking Christ was about to return, had stopped working in order to prepare for his appearance (2 Thess. 2:1ff.; 3:6ff.). This, Paul says, is unacceptable behavior based on an untenable hypothesis.

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HODGE ON ROMANS 11

Uncategorized March 10, 2026 Leave a comment

PMW 2026-018 by Charles Hodge

Romans 11:25–26 is a passage that is helpful for supporting the postmillennial hope. Perhaps the best exposition is that by John Murray in his commentary on Romans. In this article, however, I will post Charles Hodge’s view, which comports well with Murray’s.

I will alter Hodge’s passages in only four minor ways: (1) I will break up his statements in a more modern style, making it more easily accessible. I will, however, maintain Hodge’s words as they appear in the text. (2) I will transliterate his Greek into English. (3) I will change his punctuation to a more modern style. For example, he sometimes puts commas and semi-colons within a parenthesis, whereas today they are properly placed outside of it. (4) I will replace Roman numerals with Arabic numerals. I do this because there are II kinds of people in the world: those who understand Roman numerals and those who don’t. I want to minister to all people by this change!

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OUR PERFECT SAVIOR

Jesus, salvation March 6, 2026 Leave a comment

PMW 2026:017 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.

We are called “Christians” (Acts 11:26) and are committed to the “Christian” faith (Acts 26:28; 1 Pet 4:16). Consequently, Christ is central to our doctrine and practice. Indeed, he is not only central to Christianity, he is absolutely essential to it. And as such he is fundamental to explaining The Truth about Salvation.

As we begin a two-chapter study of Christ as Savior we must first recognize that:

MAN NEEDS A PERFECT SAVIOR

As we saw in earlier chapters, man is wholly corrupted by sin. As Isaiah poetically pictures Israel’s condition, so may we characterize mankind’s condition before God: “the whole head is sick / And the whole heart is faint / From the sole of the foot even to the head / There is nothing sound in it, / Only bruises, welts and raw wounds” (Isa 1:5–6).

Indeed, David observes that “in Your sight no man living is righteous” (Psa 143:2). He states this because “there is no man who does not sin” (1 Kgs 8:46; cp. Eccl 7:20; Rom 3:10, 20). Yet as an immortal creature made in God’s image (Gen 1:26), he desperately needs salvation. He must have his positive relationship with his Creator restored, for as we read in Ecclesiastes: “God made men upright, but they have sought out many devices” (Eccl 7:29).

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SOVEREIGN GRACE

Non-eschatology Studies, salvation March 3, 2026 Leave a comment

PMW 2026-016 by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.

THE EXPANSION OF REDEMPTIVE GRACE

God’s grace begins in the Garden where the fall occurs, but flows out from there into the broader world. By Noah’s time, however, it seems that the seed of the serpent will win the struggle, for “the wickedness of man was great on the earth . . . and every intent of the thoughts of his heart was only evil continually” (Gen 6:5). But God’s grace is stronger than Satan’s graft, for “Noah found favor [grace] in the eyes of the LORD” (Gen 6:8).

God graciously establishes his covenant with Noah to rebuild the human race. “Behold, I, even I am bringing the flood of water upon the earth, to destroy all flesh in which is the breath of life, from under heaven; everything that is on the earth shall perish. But I will establish My covenant with you; and you shall enter the ark — you and your sons and your wife, and your sons’ wives with you” (Gen 6:17–18; cp. 1 Pet 3:20; 2 Pet 2:5).

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