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When Prophets Really Do Disagree

When Prophets Really Do Disagree

December 27, 2024December 27, 2024
Michael Macneil
This is a supplementary article supporting my YouTube presentation. This first section was derived from my comment on this article in Prophecy Today. I was late to this party because I only found out ... Read More
Understanding Romans 13 (Parts 1 – 5)

Understanding Romans 13 (Parts 1 – 5)

December 11, 2024
Michael Macneil
This is the single video version of the series found on my YouTube and Vimeo channels. Episode Timings Detailed contents and timing for each episode are below. 00:00:00 Part 1: Context I 00:28:08 Part... Read More
The Three Main Eschatological Views

The Three Main Eschatological Views

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024
Michael Macneil
In a recent talk I gave, I referenced the late Roger Price’s discussion of the three main eschatological views: premillenialism, amillenialism and postmillennialism. Regardless of whether you ag... Read More
The Book of Daniel

The Book of Daniel

November 21, 2024November 21, 2024
Michael Macneil
I recently did a video talk in which I referenced “Daniel’s 70th Week” (actually misreferencing it by calling it Daniel’s 50th week!!). I also discussed eschatological views an... Read More
Theonomy in Christian Ethics

Theonomy in Christian Ethics

April 25, 2024April 25, 2024
Michael Macneil
Modern theonomy was primarily the work of two men, Rousas Rushdoony and Greg Bahnsen in applying Van Tillian thought to first the socio-political sphere and then more broadly.[1]  Bahnsen was to refl... Read More
Jonathan Edwards and the Destruction of the Puritan Canopy in Early US History

Jonathan Edwards and the Destruction of the Puritan Canopy in Early US History

April 25, 2024February 20, 2025
Michael Macneil
As is well known to students of American history, the “Puritan Canopy” was a reflection of the New England Puritan’s desire to construct a society based on what they had found in the scriptures ... Read More
Epistemological Self Consciousness

Epistemological Self Consciousness

November 18, 2023November 23, 2024
Michael Macneil
After starting this journey by returning to study for a BD in 2006, MA in 2012 and then the PhD at the end of 2017, I finally graduated as Dr Macneil this week! My thesis is about what makes philosoph... Read More
Why I Will Not Be Swearing an Oath of Allegiance to the King

Why I Will Not Be Swearing an Oath of Allegiance to the King

May 4, 2023
Michael Macneil
After a long posting break owing to my preparation for submitting my PhD thesis and preparing for the viva (the oral exam that proves it is yours and you did not just buy it online – yes, that reall... Read More
KCM-US 2022 Election Broadcasts

KCM-US 2022 Election Broadcasts

October 3, 2022October 3, 2022
Michael Macneil
KCM-US 2022 Election Broadcasts... Read More
The Offspring of Judas

The Offspring of Judas

February 13, 2022February 13, 2022
Michael Macneil
I am not a Hebrew scholar and cannot say I have checked this claim, but biblical Hebrew apparently has no word for “coincidence”.  It is now a well understood fact that an ethnic group... Read More
Politics, Church and State in the Post-Trump Era

Politics, Church and State in the Post-Trump Era

May 3, 2021May 19, 2021
Michael Macneil
My blog has been quiet this year because I have been working on what turned out to be a 45000 word study on Politics, Church and State caused by the “chaos” in the Christian world regardin... Read More
Systematic Fraud with Dominion Voting Machines in Michigan (for starters)

Systematic Fraud with Dominion Voting Machines in Michigan (for starters)

December 16, 2020December 16, 2020
Michael Macneil
First off, imagine you are a political visionary and have worked for justice and equality and finally get into power through the democratic process after a popular uprising and the sheer force of the ... Read More
Dominion Theology - Its Origin, Development and Place in Christian Thinking

Dominion Theology – Its Origin, Development and Place in Christian Thinking

November 29, 2020
Michael Macneil
This was my Masters thesis for the degree of Master of Arts in Studies in Philosophy and Religion. This was marked at Distinction level and my supervisor recommended I publish it. This is primarily a ... Read More
My COVID-19 Thesis

My COVID-19 Thesis

November 24, 2020September 24, 2023
Michael Macneil
The major purpose of this dissertation is to help you to be free of the fear of COVID, a fear that has been established and built by a worldwide assault by governments, transnational agencies like the... Read More
Is the Church a Vestigial Organ?

Is the Church a Vestigial Organ?

May 14, 2020November 28, 2020
Michael Macneil
On the role of churches during the COVID-19 crisis. A quaint relic of a bygone age Estimated 11 minute read In evolutionary theory a “vestigial organ” is said to be a vestige, an artefact, a relic... Read More
Is COVID-19 a sign of Jesus’s imminent return and the Rapture of the Church?

Is COVID-19 a sign of Jesus’s imminent return and the Rapture of the Church?

April 12, 2020November 28, 2020
Michael Macneil
This is a reprint (with a small prologue and addendum) of an article I wrote for a previous publication which I feel is particularly appropriate as a response to some of the speculation in the Christi... Read More
Should I Obey my Government - Civil Disobedience in the COVID-Era

Should I Obey my Government – Civil Disobedience in the COVID-Era

March 1, 2020December 1, 2020
Michael Macneil
The question I pose is a question that needs to be asked particularly when “obedience” or “submission” to the will of the government is being presented as a moral and civic duty – both perso... Read More
Abraham Kuyper, Culture and Art

Abraham Kuyper, Culture and Art

December 13, 2017February 25, 2021
Michael Macneil
Abraham Kuyper [1] (b.1837, d.1920) was described in a recent publication ‘as one of those rare intellectuals who actually led a popular movement.  He thought it not enough just to articulate a wor... Read More
Evaluating rival epistemological conceptions of Religion and State as templates of reform

Evaluating rival epistemological conceptions of Religion and State as templates of reform

January 13, 2015December 13, 2020
Michael Macneil
The purpose of this essay is to review and evaluate why we are where we are with the categories of Religion and State within the Humanities.  It contends they are vague and arbitrary because of natur... Read More
The Council of Nicea

The Council of Nicea

November 26, 2006January 10, 2021
Michael Macneil
The Council of Nicea in 325CE following the Roman Empire’s Edict of Toleration  of 313CE was one of the first and most important of the councils ever held by the Church presided over by the Emp... Read More

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