As we saw in the last post in this series, the hyper-dispensationalist application of I Peter 2:8-9 is misapplied. As scholars have concluded, I Peter was written to Gentiles as much as Jews and not strictly to Jews or the “nation” of Israel. Why? If Peter is writing only to the Jewish nation of Israel, [...]

In case you want the primary sources of this heretical movement, below is (in order of importance) some resources with online links to either the full PDF text or hard copy (keep in mind, I’m limiting ‘Hyper-Dispensationalism” to Stam’s branch only, beings as it is the most published and perhaps the most popular): Cornelius Stam. [...]

Orthodox Christian theology teaches that “All Scripture is breathed out by God and profitable for teaching, for reproof, for correction, and for training in righteousness, that the man of God may be competent, equipped for every good work,”(II Timothy 3:16). Granted, some texts may be more directly applicable to certain audiences than others. Context determines [...]

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 [...]

Paul’s epistles are the words of Christ to us today…we are to follow the Words of Christ, as they were revealed to the Apostle Paul. We must preach and believe the gospel as was revealed to the Apostle Paul. Christ taught a gospel – the Gospel of the Kingdom. But under that gospel, He taught [...]

Paul’s epistles are the words of Christ to us today…we are to follow the Words of Christ, as they were revealed to the Apostle Paul. We must preach and believe the gospel as was revealed to the Apostle Paul. Christ taught a gospel – the Gospel of the Kingdom. But under that gospel, He taught [...]

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. [...]