By jaminhubner on Jul 24, 2010 in Hyper-Dispensationalism | Comments Off
Let us return to one of the earlier quotes where Finck pits the gospel of Christ against the gospel of Paul by saying, “Christ taught a gospel – the Gospel of the Kingdom. But under that gospel, He taught that if you want eternal life, you must keep the commandments (Matthew 19:17). It was Paul [...]
By jaminhubner on Jun 23, 2010 in Church History, Hyper-Dispensationalism | Comments Off
The most published and important branch of Hyper-Dispensationalism started to form in Wayne, New Jersey sometime around the 1930s: Here a group of believers began to see the importance of understanding the “the mystery” revealed to Paul, and the urgency of proclaiming the unadulterated “gospel of the grace of God.” It was Pastor C. R. [...]
By jaminhubner on Jun 15, 2010 in American Evangelicalism, Church History, Hermeneutics | Comments Off
After C.I. Scofield fought as a Confederate in the Civil War from 1861-62, he got married to a French Catholic and had three children. He entered law school and moved to Kansas in 1872. U.S. President Grant appointed him as the U. S. District Attorney of Kansas on June 9, 1873. Things were going well [...]
By jaminhubner on Jun 14, 2010 in American Evangelicalism, Dispensationalism, Hermeneutics | Comments Off
“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 [...]