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Careful examination by others notwithstanding of course:
http://kimriddlebarger.squarespace.com/a-reply-to-john-macarthur/
I was actually reading through some of that today before I made my first post. Unfortunately, that reply article dealt with a specific sermon he gave at the Shepards Conference, the reason it's unfortunate is that that specific sermon is essentially a very brief overview of the in-depth study in the sermon series I shared. Some bold statements were made by MacArthur but he didn't have anywhere near enough time to expand on and support his statements. In the 6 part sermon series, MacArthur addresses quite a bit of the replies/objections found in that reply article and makes some points in those sermons that, I would say, are quite hard to ignore or get around. I would implore anybody to listen to the whole thing and then make a decision.
One thing I noticed in that article was something I mentioned previously, I see tradition in there; it appears as those that are Amil make the Church fathers their guides and interpreters of Scripture. One of the problems I see with some Reformed folks is that they seem to make the Church fathers an almost kind of ultimate authority/standard by which to view and understand Scripture, the problem with that, of course, is that those men were just as affected by their historical context and traditions at the time as we tend to be today.
Also, I find the fact that Christians in foreign countries that are not first taught/exposed to amillennial/covenantal/replacement theology type views often don't come to those views and end up premillennial when not exposed to outside influences, that is rather significant in my opinion.
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