Rich Lusk Postmillennialism

by richard

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1 mike { 09.25.06 at 0923 }

They can probably be found here:

http://www.trinity-pres.net/pastor.php#essays

They are the ‘compact road map’ essays, right?

2 richard { 09.25.06 at 1007 }

Hm.. Those aren’t what I was thinking of. Maybe I’m confused about where I read what I’m thinking of.

I guess it’s the article, For the Children’s Sake, about paedocommunion. He writes in that,

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I am a postmillennialist. I believe the exegetical arguments for postmillennialism to be superior to those for any other position. However, I remember one discussion I had with a committed amillennialist. He seemed impervious to my attempts to build a case from Scripture, as I’m sure I did to his. I would offer up a text and its interpretation and he’d offer his counter-interpretation and a counter-text. Back and forth we’d go.

Finally, I said something like this: “Friend, let’s set aside the precise exegetical issues for a moment. Consider this: Even if you feel compelled to reject postmillennialism on exegetical grounds, certainly you’d admit that you should want it to be true. Certainly you see that postmillennialism paints a beautiful picture of God’s character – a God who longs to save and is reluctant to condemn, a God who generous rather than miserly with his grace. Surely you see that postmillennialism tells a better story than your view, a story of the church suffering and serving her way to victory. Surely you see that my position gives the church a larger vision and a broader hope. Again, you might find the postmil gospel too good to be true, but at least you should want it to be true!” My friend still wasn’t convinced, but for a split-second, I had broken through his paradigm. He saw the attractiveness, that is, the sheer beauty, of the postmil position. He saw that the character of a God who was covenantally committed to save far more people than he damned was indeed compelling, comforting, and challenging.
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That’s along the lines of what I was thinking. I don’t suppose you’re familiar with an article on postmillennialism where he fleshes out that train of thought?

3 mike { 09.25.06 at 1018 }

That’s the one I remember. Nothing else rings a bell.

4 Mike Escutia { 09.29.06 at 0038 }

I think Rick Capezza was the editor of that magazine. You could try contacting him directly.

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