“I look for a plain, common sense, literal statement…” [1] – John Nelson Darby Biblical interpretation became the primary issue for Darby in the Brethren controversies. Darby didn’t just introduce new teachings; he introduced a new way of looking at the Scriptures. This new method of reading the Bible would affect theologians and Christians for [...]

John Nelson Darby Darby was born in Westminster, London in 1800. When he was a young adult, he planned to be lawyer. But, before he could take the bar exam, he decided to switch over to the work of full-time ministry. It wasn’t long and he was preaching as a clergyman for the Church of [...]

Dispensationalism was essentially founded by John Nelson Darby in the 1840s. Darby claims that God hid the special insights of his theology from Christians for over 1,700 years, and then revealed it only to him during his lifetime.[1] The preaching of D.L. Moody and the Scofield Reference Bible popularized Dispensationalism in America. Eventually, in the [...]