In Not as a Thief: A Historic Premillennial Perspective on the Rapture, Kimbro does an excellent job demonstrating the utter lack of biblical evidence for a pre-tribulational rapture. He focuses on the timing of the rapture (as the title emphasizes) rather than the millennium, making this an excellent book no continue reading…
Very interesting exploration of early Baptist ecclesiology. By no means an easy read, the reading can be a bit tedious at times due to the large number of quotations that are incorporated. But the information given is invaluable and well worth the occasional slog to get through. The information found continue reading…
A good though short history of Baptist origins in America. Waldron briefly gives the story of how the Particular (Reformed) Baptists first came to dominate religious life in America and then, for various reasons, lost or abandoned their beliefs, opening the door for Modernism/Liberalism, Dispensationalism, and other departures from the continue reading…
Raises some good points. Byrd is not an egalitarian but she nevertheless wants to pull back from where much of complimentarianism is headed/has gone. Her writing style is very different from most theological books I have read which makes her harder to follow; I am not sure if this is continue reading…
Part 1, part 2, part 3 Additional Considerations In parts 2 and 3 of this series, I have examined seven different New Testament passages that contradict the core tenets of Dispensationalism. Of course, those who teach Dispensationalism have answers for each of these passages but, when those answers are examined, continue reading…
Part 1, part 2, part 4 The Assembly (ekklesia) is Reformed Israel In a previous post (not in this series) I have listed eight “primary” passages that teach that the Church and Israel are the same entity and eleven other “supporting” passages that strongly imply it (some of which I’ve continue reading…
Part 2, part 3, part 4 Defining the System During the 20th Century, Dispensational Theology grew from a relatively unknown system of theology to probably the most influential, if not most widely held, conservative and orthodox understanding of Scripture in America. The reasons for Dispensationalism’s rise and popularity are many continue reading…
This post lists the passages I have found that support the Reformed understanding of the Church while contradicting the Dispensational understanding; specifically, they show us that the Church is the New Testament form of the Old Testament Israel. They do not directly address secondary issues such as eschatology; while eschatology continue reading…
Chapter 5 Morris starts off this chapter claiming that the doctrine of a future fulfillment of the 70th week of Daniel’s vision is an essential part of Dispensational doctrine, and is totally incompatible with all other forms of prophetic interpretation, such as Covenant Theology, Historicism, Preterism, and Idealism. (1) First, continue reading…
A Note I am neither a historian nor a theologian. My understanding of the matters of Covenant and Dispensational Theology are largely based on my own reading rather than academic study and are far from complete. Any inaccuracies or inconsistencies in the following are, therefore, likely my own. Preface In continue reading…