Opposition does not equal advocacy

Todd Dennis, long time proponent of "full preterism" (rightly called "hyper-preterism" because it goes beyond biblical definition) has begun a new blog site where he plans to work on refuting the teaching he had embraced for over 13 years.  This is significant because Dennis is credited with being perhaps the "founder" of the online expression of full preterism.  Other hyper-preterist sites that now enjoy prominence actually directly lifted materials from Dennis' work...often without even crediting him.

One thing that Dennis points out on the new site is very important to note. Opposition does not equal advocacy.  What he means by this is, that while there have been many people that oppose hyper-preterism, there needs to be a better job done in advocating the correct position. I agree & note that almost 200 years of dispensationalism & dispensationalist theology has made it easy for hyper-preterism to thrive.  Dispensationalism's answers are completely powerless against the errors of hyper-preterism.  However, there is also a pattern in Christian history that shows that solid doctrinal stances come in response to the occasional heresies that rear their heads.  This is true of the doctrine of the deity of Christ, of the Trinity, & even the so-called "five points of Calvinism".  All of these doctrines were in response to some heresy that had arisen.  Before the heresy came, it was understood in common that things such as the deity of Christ, the Trinity, & the points outlined by the Canons of Dort were in fact the already accepted position.  The responses were only to solidify what was already believed.  In this same way, I believe the Church will ultimately respond to the heresy of hyper-preterism.

Although I may not agree with all of Dennis' "idealism", I do agree with much of what he has to say, not only about the errors of hyper-preterism but also the errors in how hyper-preterism has been dealt with.  Hyper-preterists have been pushing me to answer their questions...often insincere inquiries since they really have no intention on listening or considering anything I have to say to them.  Some are upset because I won't immediately answer their shotgun questioning with mere one line proof-texts.  But it was the one line proof-text approach of dispensationalism that drove many people to hyper-preterism.  I will not make the same mistake in refuting the error.  It will take considered & solid work to make a case against the errors of hyper-preterism so that the only people that continue to espouse it are those with "agendas".  I am confident by the time the combined efforts of the many former "full preterists" are done, that the honest men & women now within the clutches of hyper-preterism hype will come out of that "movement" & only leave behind the dishonest men & women who will not listen to anyone.

Brothers & sisters -- it is time to come back to the biblical, historical Jesus.  The biblical, historic Church.  The biblical, historic Faith.  It is time to come back to Christianity instead of embracing some "new kind of" lie posing as Christianity.

To read Todd Dennis' site, go to: http://www.hyperpreteristarchive.com

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