Kim Riddlebarger

A Present or Future Millennium?

[/caption] Most American Evangelicals are firmly committed to the idea that an earthly millennial age will begin immediately after our Lord Jesus Christ's Second Advent. Since premillennialism is so dominant in American church circles, many who encounter historic Protestantism for the first time…

Thy Kingdom Come

[/caption] The second petition of our Lord's Prayer is a simple and yet dramatic one: 'Thy Kingdom come.' Our Lord tells us that we are to pray that God's kingdom (literally, God's rule, or reign) come in some sense in which God's kingdom is not already present. Here we catch a glimpse of one of…

Princeton and the Millennium A Study of American Postmillennialism

[/caption] "It can be stated without fear of contradiction that the postmil position was the historic position of Princeton Theological Seminary."[1] Thus in the words of one loyal and devoted child of the Princeton tradition, J. Marcellus Kik, there is absolutely no doubt that the Princeton…

The Triple Cure: Jesus Christ - Our Prophet, Priest and King

The diagnosis is not very good: we are ignorant, guilty, and corrupt. As a litany of biblical texts reveals, we find ourselves as fallen sinners ravaged by this threefold consequence of our sins. Our foolish hearts are darkened (Rom 1:21) and our thoughts are continually evil (Gn 6:5). Our minds…