The already and the not yet—the kingdom Christ has inaugurated, the return the church still waits for, and how the end is meant to shape the present.
Most of this came out of a seminary year on eschatology and the New Testament theology around it. The through-line is a two-stage kingdom—inaugurated at Christ’s first coming, consummated at his second—held against the popular fascination with charts and timelines. The papers work the doctrine; the Revelation studies read the book on its own terms; the sermon and the posts take up the return of Christ and a few disputed details.
The Kingdom and the Two Ages 2
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The Eschatological Kingdom of God: A Two-Stage Approach
Paper · 2005
The organizing idea: one kingdom in two stages—already inaugurated, not yet consummated—and why that framework settles more disputes than any timeline.
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The Ethical Purpose of New Testament Eschatology
Lecture · early 2000s
A note often neglected: what the New Testament’s teaching about the end is actually for—not speculation, but the shape it gives to how you live now.
The Return of Christ 3
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The Blessed Hope: A Defense of the Single Second Coming of Christ
Paper · 2005
A defense of a single, undivided second coming—against a rapture split from the return—with Calvin’s caution about pressing what God left deliberately unclear.
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The Risen, Ascended, and Coming Christ (Acts 1:1–11)
Sermon · 2001
Acts 1 preached the Sunday after Easter: the same Jesus who ascended will come again in the same way—risen, ascended, and coming.
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Blomberg: Progressive Dispensationalist or Historic Premillennialist?
Post · August 2008
A book that makes the case for historic premillennialism as the alternative to “Left Behind” eschatology—and where that leaves progressive dispensationalism.
The Book of Revelation 3
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The Theology of the Book of the Revelation
Paper · 2002
Revelation read for its theology rather than its charts: an unveiling of Jesus Christ, centered on the Lamb who was slain and reigns.
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Essay on the Theology of Revelation
Essay · 2005
The compressed version, written for PhD comprehensive exams—title, genre, and message of the book in outline.
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What Does “No More Sea” in Revelation 21:1 Mean?
Post · August 2007
Does “no longer any sea” in Revelation 21:1 mean the new earth has no oceans? A closer look at what the sea stands for.
The Life to Come 1
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Post · April 2008
Piper argues for “regretful joy” in the age to come. I work through the definitions and Revelation 21:4 and come out unconvinced.