Showing posts with label john noe. Show all posts
Showing posts with label john noe. Show all posts

Monday, July 16, 2012

Are Hyperpreterists "Conservative"?

After an exchange with hyperpreterist writer, John Noe I was reminded of a descriptor Noe uses in his biography. On most of Noe's books and materials he is described as follows:

"John Noe (pronounced "No-ee") is president of the Prophecy Reformation Institute, a conservative, evangelical scholar, and a member of the Evangelical Theological Society." -- source
Besides the humor of these men, such as Noe and Don Preston starting one-man "institutes" and such and declaring themselves the "president", notice that Noe claims he is a "conservative".  Well, he might be politically conservative or some other sort of conservative, but he is not a theological conservative. Hyperpreterism by its very definition is radicalism; a departure from "conserving", sustaining and maintaining the status quo.

I have broached this issue with Noe, hoping it was merely an oversight on his part and not an intentional misrepresentation. But Noe, in spite of the FACT he is proposing views that radically depart from historical Christianity, continued to claim he is a theological conservative.  So, now it is an obligation to point out that Noe is indeed misrepresenting himself to Christians.

Thursday, July 12, 2012

Is John Noe Smarter Than You?

John Noe has been a staple within the hyperpreterist movement.  He came onto the scene when Ed Stevens helped him publish "Beyond the Endtimes: The Rest of... the Greatest Story Ever Told" in 1999.  However, Noe's earlier but less known book was published a year before: "Top Ten Misconceptions about Jesus’ Second Coming and the End Times" Besides Partial-Preterist Gary DeMar's books which many "Full Preterists" cite as their gateway into the movement, Noe's books were some of the earliest offerings that an aspiring hyperpreterist could obtain.

Noe went on to pen other hyperpreterist books such as: