Join host Jerry Johnson for this week’s edition of “Against the World”, as Jerry discusses his inbox being flooded by dispensationalists who state they do not believe a doctrinal stance believed by dispensationalists or they try to distance themselves from the authority quoted. CLICK HERE TO VIEW THE VIDEO...
This is the first in a four-part series on “Misguided Grounds for Rejecting Postmillennialism.” This article was originally written by Dr. Greg L. Bahnsen, but is presented here as edited by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. In this article, Dr. Bahnsen considers the problem of “Newspaper Exegesis.” It must be...
Few doctrines of the Bible receive more attention among evangelicals today than the second coming of Christ. And since his return is a foundational doctrine of the historic Christian faith, it well deserves our notice. Unfortunately though, the second advent is more deeply loved and firmly believed than biblically...
Few things have been more destructive to implementing a well-rounded, biblically grounded Christian worldview than an incorrect perspective on the end times. A stark, though inadvertent, illustration of this is available in a 1977 interview with premillennial evangelist Billy Graham: “Q. If you had to live your life over...
Postmillennialism has dispensationalism as its major impediment to acceptance in evangelical circles. Dispensationalists approach the Bible in a literalistic-when-convenient fashion that postmillennialism cannot match. Below I offer a humorous critique of dispensationalism’s literalism, which unfortunately holds so many in its clutches. I consider Dr. John F. Walvoord to have...
In this article I will summarily present the core distinctives of the four major evangelical views. Such summaries are easy to grasp and quite helpful for presenting the differences between the systems. Amillennialism 1. The Church Age is the kingdom which the Old Testament prophets predict. God expands his...
Dispensationalism is a popular system of belief today, promoted by well-known authors, radio and television preachers, Bible colleges, and seminaries. Many sincere Christians have never heard any other view. Others may be confused as to what dispensationalists believe and whether those beliefs are true. This book, by former dispensationalist...
[R]ecently the…extreme of multiplying covenants or dispensations has given rise to Dispensationalism. The Scofield Bible enumerates seven dispensations. It defines dispensation in the subhead to Genesis 1:28: “A dispensation is a period of time during which man is tested in respect to obedience to some specific revelation of the...
The Issue in the Old PCUS The controversy over the compatibility of dispensationalism with the theology of the Westminster Standards is nothing new. Two of the key modern popularizers of dispensationalism in America were ordained Presbyterian ministers in the old PCUS, men who had affirmed under sacred oath their...
[...Before we move on to a consideration of the covenant program of God and the execution of God’s eternal plan of salvation in history, it only remains to point out in conclusion that Reformed dogmaticians for the most part have come to designate this eternal order of the decrees...
