User:Edward E. Stevens

One of the leading proponents of the Christian eschatological view known as Preterism. Born in 1951 and grew up in the small farming community of Sunray, Texas (forty miles north of Amarillo). Currently resides in Bradford, Pennsylvania USA. He attended a Southern Baptist Church for his first 20 years, then switched to the Church of Christ denomination in 1971. Graduated from the Sunset School of Preaching and School of Missions (seminary) in 1975. Received a B.A. degree from Adelphi University (Garden City, NY) in 1978. Preached for nine years in Church of Christ churches, then became Reformed in his theology (1984). Preached in two different house churches. Has written six books on Jewish-Christian history, the Deity of Christ and the Trinity, the first century rapture, and preterist eschatology. Regular columnist for the preterist [http://www.fulfilledcg.com/Site/Magazine/magazine.htm FULFILLED! magazine]. Presented scholarly papers at the Evangelical Theological Society where he has set up an exhibit booth for the last twenty consecutive years (1999-2018). Member of the North American Patristic Society. Maintains a website with lots of articles and Q&A material (IPA website). Produced over a hundred podcasts (found here or here) which explain various aspects of the Preterist view of Bible Prophecy. Has spoken in bible prophecy seminars, private retreats, and conferences all over the USA and Canada. Currently working on his Masters Thesis to complete his M.B.S. degree (SIBI), and is engaged in a written debate with another leading proponent of Preterism, Don K. Preston. The topic for this debate is the first century rapture. Stevens is affirming a rapture removal of the living saints from the earth at the Parousia, and Preston is denying that there was a removal of those saints from the earth.