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  1. mojo
    Texas
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    This is an amazing resource
    July 26, 2013
    mojo
    Texas
    Age: 35-44
    Gender: male
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Sam Storm is an amillennial, Calvinistic, charismatic, credo-baptistic, complementarian, Christian Hedonist who loves his wife and daughters. So it seems only natural that he should be the author of a brand new book Kingdom Come: The Amillennial Alternative.

    I'll be honest, I didn't really delve into apocalyptic literature in seminary. Everyone thinks their pastor has super-secrets about the end-times, but the truth is, everything I learned about the end times I learned from the Left Behind series. Granted, I knew when I was reading it that I probably needed more research on the subject, but the end of days has never really fascinated me.

    But to do a little "Left Behind for Dummies" the authors of said series and many main stream pastors preach what is called "Dispensationalism" in short it's a very literal approach to the end times and because it's the loudest voice, it tends to be the only voice.

    Sam Storm would like to argue for another approach. In his new book, Mr. Storm argues for the Amillennial interpretation. Whereas the Left Behind fans argue for a much more attractive battle and fanatical story - Amillennials (which is Latin for a rejection of the Millennial interpretation) believe that the thousand year reign in Revelation 20 is merely symbolic and that the millennium has already begun.

    Dispensationalists interpret two "returns to Earth" from Jesus - and the Amillennials only one.

    This is a great book and a great resource, Mr. Storms has done his homework and the book is a great tool. The back of the book has an extended scripture and topical index. That said, don't expect Mr. Storms to spoon feed you the information and hold your hand through the whole thing. This book reads very academically and is certainly for those who are die-hard about this information.

    This book is seriously for everyone who has been waiting for another position to be spoken and defended. This is an amazing resource that deserves to be on every serious theologian's shelf.

    Thank you to Mentor publishing for this review copy for a fair and honest review.
  2. Greg
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    The best book on amillennialism you will find.
    November 3, 2015
    Greg
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    This book is very accessible, but not dumbed down. It is very thorough covering many biblical passages. Sam Storms comes from a dispensational background. He received his degree from Dallas Theological Seminary. He walks through the passages that shaped his change in view from dispensational premillennialism to amillennialism. If you are confused about eschatological matters, this is a great book to bring some clarity to your thinking. If you would like to see if your dispensational understandings can stand up to a challenge this would the strongest.
  3. JRA
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    End Times through Good Exegetic Eyes
    February 25, 2015
    JRA
    Quality: 5
    Value: 5
    Meets Expectations: 5
    Sam Storms gives a good, clear, and intelligent picture of not only the "end times speculation," but of a wholistic (and I believe accurate) way to read the Bible. A must read for those who challenge the dispensational division of the Scriptures, as well as those seeking to understand and appreciate other positions than what they might have been taught. One of Sam's strength is his education in dispensationalism, as well as his absolute commitment to the whole counsel of God in the Scriptures as he thoroughly explains the Biblical text as seen in another light. He also gives a very fair shake to other views, without condescension or mocking. Well written from both a literary and Biblical standpoint, this book is a must read for all who take the Scriptures seriously, not just those seeking a new peek at the "end times."
  4. Todd Zulick
    Lebanon, Pennsylvania
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    5 Stars Out Of 5
    The Scofield Bible is in Error Regarding End Times
    May 16, 2022
    Todd Zulick
    Lebanon, Pennsylvania
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    Sam Storms Pastor of Bridgeway Church in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma is a Dallas Theological Seminary Graduate. He Simply and Masterfully Destroys the Premillennial View from the Scriptures in Context. There are 17 Chapters that Cover The End Times Scripturally. Nevertheless, this is a Debate that will Never End Until Christ Returns, and Thankfully ALL Believers No Matter Where They Stand on End Times - We Hold to The ESSENTIAL TRUTH that Jesus Christ is Divine, He Died, He Rose Again, and He is Returning. I Also Recommend "A Case for Amillennialism" By Kim Riddlebarger and "The Bible and the Future" By Anothony Hoekema. ENJOY.
  5. David Gough
    Alexandria, VA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    4 Stars Out Of 5
    The Amillennial Alternative
    May 28, 2014
    David Gough
    Alexandria, VA
    Age: 55-65
    Gender: male
    Quality: 4
    Value: 4
    Meets Expectations: 4
    Since its founding, Dallas Theological Seminary has been a bastion of defense for espousing dispensationalism. That one of its graduates would strongly endorse the amillennial position is what drew me to this book. Like its author, I too was raised to believe that being anything but "pre-mill, pre-trib" was akin to being labelled "liberal" in one's theological outlook. Other eschatological views were seldom explained beyond their "flaws," a method that produced "cookie cutter" theologians who went on to teach the same material in the same way to the next generation, with few relevant questions being raised. Every theological system is guilty of overstating its positions, even to the point of imposing grids upon the biblical text. Sam Storms is to be commended for taking on a difficult--and what had to be challenging--task. It is doubtful that DTS will be naming any buildings after him in the near future! Through the years, I too have struggled to reconcile some of the more-assumed tenets of dispensational thought, feeling that they fit "too neatly" together. Yes, at times the sharp corners of one text had to be slightly bent to fit together with another, but overall it was a clean system where passages like Daniel 9 and Revelation 20 seemed to find harmony. But there were times, even when teaching the Book of Revelation, where I felt uncomfortably as if I was "fudging" to hold the chronological narrative together. I chalked it up to the fact that I was still learning what the Scriptures had to say on the subject, but the more time that passed the more I realized that there were inconsistencies in what I understood to be God's "end-time" plan. Storms has helped answer some of those questions for me, and has also raised a number of others. The time invested in carefully reading these 559 pages was worth it. At the same time, many of the author's arguments are more speculative than exegetical, causing some of his conclusions to be less than cystal-clear. I found his discussions on Daniel 9 and Revelation 13 and 17 to be forced and inconclusive. For example, he devotes far too much space in attempting to explain the numerological meaning of "666." On the other hand, his comments regarding the future of the nation of Israel and the identity of "the Israel of God" are very helpful. Near the end of the book, he admits that some of his reasons for leaning toward amillennialism are still not firmly established, but that doesn't stop him from giving thirty reasons (that's right, thirty!) why he considers himself to be an amillennialist. I, too, am a DTS grad who acknowledges (as does Storms) the investment in his training by men who held high the dispensational banner. The first Christian book I ever read was "The Late Great Planet Earth" by Hal Lindsey (ironically, another Dallas man) and I was weaned on the dispensational notes of the Scofield Bible. But like the author of "Kingdom Come," I still wonder if I missed something by not digging deeper into other eschatological positions. If you find yourself in a similar position of trying now to play "catch up," this book just may be a good place to start.
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