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Back to SearchDoctrine of the Last Things (Part 9): The Time of the Second Coming
Did Jesus expect to return within the lifetime of his first hearers? Dr. Craig takes up one of the most debated questions in the doctrine of the last…
1 day, 23 hours ago
Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 8): The Purpose of the Second Coming
Why does Christ need to come back at all? Dr. William Lane Craig lays out four purposes Scripture assigns to the Second Coming: it completes the work…
1 week, 1 day ago
Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 7): The Nature of the Second Coming
Having rejected both the Rapture view and the Preterist view in prior lessons, Dr. William Lane Craig lays out the classical Christian position: Chri…
2 weeks, 1 day ago
Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 6): The Preterist Interpretation Continued
Dr. William Lane Craig continues his critique of the preterist view that Christ's "coming" as the Son of Man was fulfilled in the destruction of Jeru…
3 weeks, 1 day ago
Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 5): The Preterist Interpretation
Continuing the series on the Second Coming, Dr. William Lane Craig examines the Preterist view, the position, defended by scholars including G. B. Ca…
4 weeks, 1 day ago
Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 4): The Rapture Interpretation Concluded
Does the New Testament actually teach a secret "rapture" before Jesus' final return — or is that idea being read into the text rather than out of it?…
1 month ago
Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 3): The Rapture Interpretation Continued
Dr. William Lane Craig continues his examination of the "secret rapture" view, tracing Paul's language about the Lord's coming through 1 and 2 Thessa…
1 month, 1 week ago
Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 2): The Rapture Interpretation
Continuing the study of the Second Coming, Dr. William Lane Craig examines the popular "rapture" view — the idea that Christ will secretly return to …
1 month, 2 weeks ago
Doctrine of the Last Things (Part 1): The Second Coming of Christ
Dr. William Lane Craig opens the eschatology unit of Defenders 3 with a study of the Second Coming of Christ. He surveys Old Testament messianic prop…
1 month, 3 weeks ago
Doctrine of the Church (Part 12): Assessment of Competing Views on the Lord’s Supper
Dr. William Lane Craig evaluates competing views of the Lord's Supper — transubstantiation, consubstantiation, and the Reformed spiritual-presence vi…
2 months ago