It has been a while since my last blog post. I try to do one per month, but I took a break to dedicate my time to a book project that started off as a position paper to present to my co-pastors (at the time). In January of this year, I underwent a paradigm shift moving from premillennialism to postmillennialism, undergirded by a preterist hermeneutic. My paper was an exposition of Matthew’s Olivet Discourse, specifically 24:1–35.
The original document was 25K words. A good friend of mine suggested that I publish it. I sent it off to a couple of prominent postmill theologians for review, and they provided generous endorsements for it. I was going to publish as is, but after getting some good, critical feedback from one of my co-pastors, I decided to engage with his objections (most of them) and expand the work, making it a more thorough piece of writing. That is the benefit of getting critical feedback—if done in charity, with the aim of improving another’s work, getting him to see the holes or the need for greater depth and cogency in his argumentation. So, I am thankful for it. I ended up adding another 20K words to the revised work. I am happy with the final product, and I am in the final stages of getting it ready for publication. I have a few other pastors and scholars reviewing it, with the hopes of getting a few more endorsements.
As for the publisher, it will be the premier book with Kingdom Press, a print ministry I am launching under my church. After launching Journal of Classical Theology last year on my own, I really enjoyed it and wanted to move into book publishing. Many are leery about “self-publishing,” due to concerns of quality standards. Kingdom Press will do it right: review process, credible endorsements, and meticulous attention to detail, along with visually pleasing formatting, fonts, and cover designs. Kingdom Press’s target audience is the church, as the primary focus will be putting the rich theology being taught at Sovereign Way Christian Church into book format and into the hands of God’s people. I pray that the Lord blesses this endeavor.
~ Romans 11:36 ~
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