Journal: Pneumatikos
Volume: PNEUMATIKOS 16:1 (Spring 2025)
Article: From The Editor
Author: Paul Miles

From The Editor

Paul Miles

This issue of Pneumatikos presents current academic discussions within dispensationalism and broader evangelicalism. What is the nature of apostasy in 2 Thessalonians? Is the millennial kingdom a current experience? How should we read the parables of Matthew 13? Is the genitive absolute a legitimate grammatical structure in the New Testament?

Andrew Woods, the president of Chafer Theological Seminary, has written an article on apostasia (ἀποστασία) in 2 Thessalonians 2:3, “Let no one deceive you by any means; for that Day will not come unless the falling away comes first, and the man of sin is revealed, the son of perdition” (NKJV). The word apostasia is translated “falling away,” a term currently debated among dispensationalists as to whether it refers here to spiritual apostasy or a physical departure. Dr. Woods argues for the latter, interpreting the term as a reference to the rapture of the church, and supports his view with lexical, historical, and theological analysis.

J. Morgan Arnold critically engages Greg L. Bahnsen’s postmillennial and preterist theology as presented in the posthumous volume, Victory in Jesus: The Bright Hope of Postmillennialism. Arnold highlights interpretive weaknesses in Bahnsen’s preterist reading of Revelation and addresses broader issues within postmillennial ecclesiology and Satanology.

Jeremy Thomas explores the parables of Matthew 13, demonstrating that they reveal the postponement of the kingdom rather than altering its nature or introducing a new kingdom facet. His examination of various dispensational interpretations makes this article essential reading for those studying postponement theology.

This issue inaugurates a new article category entitled “Brief Notes,” designed for concise scholarly engagement. The inaugural contribution is Mark Perkins’ response to Mark Mills’ review in Pneumatikos 15:2 (Fall 2024) of his book Interpretive Insights from the Genitive Absolute in the Greek New Testament. The grace with which Perkins and Mills have interacted on this matter reflects well on the body of Christ.

Hannah Klein of the Missouri Association for Creation reviews a multi-author work on differing perspectives on the historical Adam and

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Eve. Paul Miles reviews a monograph on the canon of the Old Testament and two companion volumes on trends in New Testament textual criticism. Ray Mondragon, a professor of Chafer Theological Seminary, offers a critical review of a new commentary on...