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Old 06-13-2008, 06:28 PM
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Amil is actually a relatively new term. If one was amil it was considered post a few hundred years ago according to Cornelius P. Venema.

I really appreciated this book...



Promise of the Future :: Cornelis P. Venema :: Contemporary Authors :: Modern Authors :: Monergism Books :: Reformed Books and Resources for Christians
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Venema is probably the best amillennialist. He doesn't pessimize passages and deals doesn't resort to straw-manning other positions. I would definitely recommend his work.
to both comments; even a hard-core postmiller like myself appreciated and learned much from Dr. Venema's work. He moved me away from the golden-age postmill view to a modern postmill approach.
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