About Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.
Ken is a Presbyterian pastor and the author or co-author of over thirty books, most on eschatology. He has been married since 1971, and has three children and several grandchildren. He is a graduate of Tennessee Temple University (B.A., 1973), Reformed Theological Seminary (M.Div., 1977), and Whitefield Theological Seminary (Th.M., 1986; Th.D., 1988). He currently pastors Living Hope Fellowship (a Presbyterian church affiliated with the RPCGA) in Greer, SC. Much of his writing is in the field of eschatology, including his 600 page book, He Shall Have Dominion: A Postmillennial Eschatology and his 400 page, Before Jerusalem Fell: Dating the Book of Revelation (his Th.D. dissertation). He contributed chapters to two Zondervan CounterPoints books on eschatological issues: Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond (edited by Darrell L. Bock) and Four Views on the Book of Revelation (edited by C. Marvin Pate). He also debated Thomas D. Ice in Kregel's The Great Tribulation: Past or Future? His books have been published by American Vision, Baker, Zondervan, Kregel, P & R, Greenhaven Press, Nordskog, Wipf & Stock, and several other publishers. He has published scores of articles in such publications as Tabletalk, Westminster Theological Journal, Evangelical Theological Society Journal, Banner of Truth, Christianity Today, Antithesis, Contra Mundum, and others. He has spoken at over 80 conferences in America, the Caribbean, and Australia. He is a member of the Evangelical Theological Society and a Church Council Committee member of Coalition on Revival.
Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. has written 117 articles so far, you can find them below.
Filed under Church, Dispensationalism, Featured, Theology by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 18, 2012 at 6:30
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One thing that I appreciate about dispensationalists is that they refreshingly admit when they are having trouble making their system work. Rather than bore their readers with exacting exegesis, dispensationalists admit that their system has gaps in it and just throw it out there for their audience. In fact, one of the more distinctive aspects [...]
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Filed under Christianitiy, Culture, Education by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 18, 2012 at 6:30
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The Biola Queer Underground became public through posters and business cards and an ensuing flurry of social media activity, starting Wednesday. The group describes themselves as “a group of like-minded LGBTQ (lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender, and queer) students and allies who have formed a private underground community in which we share our life struggles, as [...]
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Filed under Church, Dispensationalism, Featured by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 17, 2012 at 6:30
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As we saw in a previous blog, in dispensationalism the Church of Jesus Christ is a secondary, temporary plan of God, a Plan B. God’s first (Old Testament era), final (millennial era), and most important plan regards Israel, not the Church. What is more, not only is the Church secondary in dispensationalism, but it is [...]
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Filed under Education by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 17, 2012 at 6:30
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Here’s a shocker: the top 100 universities* in America prefer left-leaning commencement speakers to conservatives by a ratio of seven-to-one, according to a new report from the Young America’s Foundation (YAF), the principal youth activism wing of the conservative movement. In fact, according to the YAF report, out of 106 keynote speakers scheduled to address [...]
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Filed under Dispensationalism, Featured, Israel, Temple by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 16, 2012 at 6:30
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One of the most remarkable and disturbing aspects of dispensationalism is its inherent redemptive retrogression. Dispensationalism necessarily requires a future re-institution of blood sacrifices to be conducted in a rebuilt temple under the direction of a new, formal line of priests. It rejects the biblical view that Christ is the final redemptive blood-letting in that [...]
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Filed under Church, Dispensationalism, Featured, Israel by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 15, 2012 at 6:30
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Let us move on in our study of Paul’s anti-dispensational polemic. Actually, let us back-up. In my last blog I worked my way through Ephesians 2:19. I will now return to Ephesians 2:11–12 to demonstrate the unthinkable: Paul applies to the new covenant church the old covenant promises given to Israel. This single theological truth [...]
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Filed under Dispensationalism, Featured, Interpretation, Israel by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 14, 2012 at 6:30
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In this article I will show that God has merged Jew and Gentile into one body — finally and forever. This one point all by itself destroys the whole dispensational scheme. After all it contradicts one of its two foundation stones: the distinction between Israel and the church. (The other fundamental is the “literal” interpretation [...]
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Filed under Dispensationalism, Featured, Theology by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 12, 2012 at 6:30
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In my last installment I noted that in Ephesians Paul clearly declares Christ was enthroned as king in the first century. And this proved that his kingdom was not postponed until there could arise CNN to report the sudden disappearance of millions of Christians. Christ’s kingdom and kingly rule began at his first coming. His [...]
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Filed under Current Events, Politics by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 12, 2012 at 6:30
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ABC News — The Tea Party was born out of a hatred for the establishment. Led by flamethrowers like Sarah Palin, Michele Bachmann and Marco Rubio, Tea Partiers wanting to “shake things up” in Washington sided with conservative challengers to mainstream Republicans and sent them to Congress. Now it might be time for the Tea [...]
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Filed under Dispensationalism, Featured, Theology by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. on May 11, 2012 at 6:30
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I was once a dispensationalist. But I got over it. It was not easy, but I did survive the transition. In an evangelism course (Course number: Bi-203) at Tennessee Temple College we learned “The Romans Road to Salvation.” This is a method of gospel witness that presents the gospel totally from within Paul’s Epistle to [...]
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