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What's Wrong With "Postmillennialism"?

Alastair Roberts

What's Wrong With "Postmillennialism"?

December 8, 2023
Alastair Roberts
Alastair Roberts

I comment on some of the problems with the term 'postmillennialism'.

Read Jeremy Sexton's critique of postmillennialism: https://www.thegospelcoalition.org/themelios/article/postmillennialism-a-biblical-critique/

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