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01/10/09
Heya folks.
I'm the founder of PreteristArchive.com (1996), and its only curator. That's just a hobby, though. My real work is in the business wing of collegiate baseball.
I was the Dispensationalist pastor of a precious flock, and was able to begin my theological journey in earnest then, having been freed from all "teachers" other than the Holy Spirit and the Word.
It was then that my theological training progressed through partial preterism, full preterism, and past that into my current position, which is as a (preterist modified) idealist.
I love sound doctrine, and greatly dislike bad doctrine that enslaves people such as Dispensationalism and Full Preterism (in my opinion) does. If you believe one of those don't my feelings about them trouble you, as I totally love Dispies and Prets anyway!
I may speak VERY strongly against the doctrines of these views, but you won't see me attacking individuals who hold to Dispy or Full Pret (unless they are a teacher who seems to be callously leading a flock of sheep into a wolf den.. those people should be publicly opposed, no matter how popular they are. amen?)
04/18/08
This blog is being developed for all who are interested in the doctrinal spectrum of the "First Century Fulfillment Model" (1CFM) of general Preterist theology.
Specifically, HYPERpreteristarchive.com will be focusing on the extreme end of that range, which is represented by the "Total Fulfillment Model" (TFM).
This view teaches that bible prophecy was totally fulfilled by AD70, when the Romans sacked Jerusalem, bringing the Mosaic religious era to a close. This extreme preterism is being categorized as "hyper" -- as in beyond the biblically acceptable -- due to its fundamental divergence from the Christian storyline of the cross of Christ's sole basis and effectiveness for redemption. Sadly, Hyper Preterism (HyP) teaches that when Jesus said "it is finished", there remained still another 40 years before the redemptive work was complete. Another fundamental difference is the teaching that the Christianity displayed in the New Testament was only representative of the pre AD70 era. (teaching instead that the world entered a new age/dispensation when the temple fell in the year 70 of the first century).
