What is Dispensationalism?
An important new book has just been published titled, What is Dispensationalism?
I had the privilege of being one of 27 different authors, contributing one chapter (“How Does Dispensationalism Impact Systematic Theology”), two articles (“What was the purpose of miracles?” and “Do Christians still perform miracles?”) and two appendices (“What is Covenant Theology?” and “What is Progressive Dispensationalism?”) Our target audience is the average person in the pew, but also with Bible institutes, Christian colleges and universities, and seminaries in mind as we believe it has the potential of becoming a textbook in some schools. It was also written with a view to translation and distribution into as many languages as possible in order to get a solid dispensational book into the international community. The book is available from Dispensational House Publishing at this link. There is fairly wide a range of views within traditional/revised dispensationalism, and so the reader may not agree with every detail in the book, but these are in-house discussions and any differences fall well within the range of differences by top dispensational scholars like Chafer, Walvoord, Pentecost, Toussaint, and Ryrie. The following is the table of contents:
Chapter 1: How did we get the Bible?
Article: Why is the Gospel of John Different
Graceful Debate: When was
Chapter 2: What is grammatical-historical hermeneutics?
Article: Can we trust the biblical manuscripts
Chapter 3: What are dispensations?
Article: Should we still wait for the kingdom?
Chapter 4: What are the covenants?
Article: Has the church replaced Israel in the covenants?
Graceful Debate: Who participates in the New Covenant?
Chapter 5: What is the Bible about?
Article: How does doxological centrality help us understand God, the church and the future?
Article: Is the kingdom already and not yet?
Chapter 6: Is the Old Testament relevant today?
Article: Why were there animal sacrifices?
Chapter 7: How were people saved before Jesus came?
Article: If we are saved by grace, why should we be good?
Article: Was the Sermon on the Mount a gospel presentation?
Chapter 8: How is Jesus’ ministry part of the Bible’s storyline?
Article: What defines the kingdom?
Article: What was the purpose of miracles?
Chapter 9: What is the church?
Article: Do Christians still perform miracles?
Graceful Debate: When did the church begin?
Chapter 10: What will happen in the future?
Article: Did the Bible foretell the re-establishment of Israel?
Chapter 11: How does dispensationalism impact systematic theology?
Article: How does God administer grace to mankind?
Article: What does it mean that Israel is elect?
Graceful Debate: How old is
Chapter 12: How do covenants relate to the kingdom?
Article: What are Amillenialism and Post-millennialism?
Appendix A: Is dispensationalism new?
Appendix B: When did Christ die
Appendix C: What is Covenant Theology?
Appendix D: What is Progressive Dispensationalism?
Dave, send me a copy.
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