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Dispensationalism is the latest of the evangelical eschatological options, having been created in 1830 by J. N. Darby. Today dispensationalism dominates the evangelical marketplace, embarrassing the broader evangelical community with trivia, superficiality, and recurring calls for the rapture. From its very inception dispensationalism has frustrated evangelical scholars. In the late 1800s Reformed postmillennial scholar, J. A. Alexander, had to deal [...]
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J. A. Alexander was a prominent Reformed, OT scholar of the nineteenth century. As a postmillennialist he had to deal with dispensationalism just as we do today. In this article he is responding to dispensational calls for the end. This article analyzes Matthew 24:6: “You will be hearing of wars and rumors of wars. See [...]
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This article was written in the late 1800s by OT scholar J. A. Alexander. It deals with the problem of that day, which problem continues in our day: Are we witnessing the approaching end of church history? Ironically, for almost 200 years the Brethren (dispensationalists) have expected the end in their life times! Let’s see [...]
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The twentieth century has seen a dramatic paradigm shift in prophetic perspectives, first away from and now back toward its historic roots. This shift away from historic Christianity stemmed from a novel approach to Bible interpretation called dispensationalism which was developed in the 1830s and popularized with the 1909 publication of the Scofield Reference Bible. [...]
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Below is a review of a book that argues for an optimistic outlook on history from within an amillennial eschatology. One wonders why an amillennialist would be optimistic (against the virtually dominant pessimism in amillennialism) and why the optimistic amillennialist does not simply become postmillennial. What are your thoughts? The Promise of the Future, by [...]
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Dispensationalism is a vexing error, made all the more vexing by its prominence among evangelicals today, who, for the most part, wish do nothing more than to learn and be faithful to Scripture. Fortunately, it is not a damning error, as many dispensationalists hold to and proclaim the true Gospel of Jesus Christ. However, this [...]
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William Carey is considered the “Father of Protestant missions,” his book, “An Enquiry into the Obligations of Christians to Use Means for the Conversion of the Heathens,” written in 1792, the beginning of the so-called ‘Great Century’ (1792-1914) between the French and the Russian Revolutions. For the centennial anniversary, none lesser than the mentor of [...]
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Below is an article by an amillennialist rebutting postmillennialism. What are your thoughts? (Ken Gentry) The importance for the Church of the return of Jesus Christ can hardly be overemphasized. It is the one aspect of the promise that awaits fulfillment. It is the last and crowning work on the whole process of redemption. It [...]
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Historic Differences In discussing the differences in Reformed Eschatological views, I’ve been asked to defend the postmillennial view against the more popular Amillennial view. The challenge here is to clearly define views that, over time, are slowly evolving into each other, particularly with the rise of “optimistic Amillennialism”. The similarities are as follows: 1.) All [...]
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by Greg L. Bahnsen Research into the historical context of the book of Revelation is necessary in order to understand the message of this book properly. The reader ought to appreciate the concrete setting of the book and the historical perspective which its author would have had. It is true that in the case of [...]
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DISPENSATIONAL GAPS FOR FUN AND PROFITOne thing that I appreciate about dispensationalists is that they refreshingly admit when they are h...
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