The heart of all theology revolves around this question, “Do the promises made to the Nation of Israel still stand?” As my friend, Bobby Grow expresses it, “I would say yes, … But qualified in…
My initial thoughts coming out of my studies as of late regarding the descendants of Abraham. Please remember these are still forming and are not exactly concrete in my thinking, but they’re close! I reserve…
In last week’s article in this Eschatology series, we linked to an article discussing 1 Corinthians 15 and the Rapture. Today, we look at a rebuttal of the Dispensational Premillennial Rapture. If it weren’t for…
Ken Stiles over at Shepherd The Sheep ~ Three men who love Jesus and His church wrote a very good article providing evidence for the Rapture. Ken writes, “In today’s post, we look at another…
Charles C. Ryrie explains the dispensational emphasis on consistently literal interpretation as follows: The distinction between Israel and the Church is born out of a system of hermeneutics which is usually called literal interpretation. ……
George Parsons, Pastor of Middletown Bible Church in Middletown, CT, wrote the following to champion and clarify the teaching of Dispensationalism: When God’s Word, the Bible, is taken in a consistent, literal manner, it will…
Bill Moyers (on PBS) does an interview with a Christian (Timothy Weber, author of On the Road to Armageddon) and Jew (Michael Lerner) about the dangers of dispensationalism (video). Transcript BILL MOYERS: How many people…
In Matthew’s gospel Jesus refers to Himself—in relatively rapid succession—as the greater temple (12:6), a greater Jonah (12:41), and a greater Solomon (12:42). In other words, He is the greatest Prophet, Priest, and King, and…
Today’s article continues the discussion about Israel. Dean Davis wrote a comment on Justin Taylor’s post discussing Jesus as the New Israel: Jesus taught that he had not come to destroy the Law, but to…
RC Sproul answers the question, Is It True That God Blesses Those Who Bless Israel and Curses Those Who Curse Israel?1 Sproul writes, the non-Dispensational view “affirms that that Israel which is actually Israel, just…