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This may not be exactly 'small scale' but it seems like the best place for it.
I attend a Calvary chapel church, and I'm being considered for a teaching role, and potentially looking towards taking over when the pastor retires. Lots to consider about this, but one thing that's a sticking point for me: Calvary chapel dogmatically teaches a pre-trib rapture, and I'm not convinced.
So, my questions, for anyone who has thoughts on them:
Do any of y'all believe in pre-trib rapture, or more generally dispensationalism, and how would you steel-man the case for it? Or for others, how would you argue against it?
What are your thoughts on having to teach a doctrine you're not confident in?
My tendency is to assume post-trib but be pleasantly surprised if pre-trib or even mid-trib.
I’m no fan of the dispensationalist framework, but my steelman would be focused on he who holds back the mystery of lawlessness.
Were I required to teach a doctrine I either dispute or doubt, I’d teach the controversy and also do more studying on the what and why of it.
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