{"id":344,"date":"2015-09-17T08:25:28","date_gmt":"2015-09-17T14:25:28","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/?p=344"},"modified":"2015-09-17T08:25:28","modified_gmt":"2015-09-17T14:25:28","slug":"dispensationalism-today-yesterday-and-tomorrow-a-short-review","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/2015\/09\/17\/dispensationalism-today-yesterday-and-tomorrow-a-short-review\/","title":{"rendered":"Dispensationalism: Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow, A short review"},"content":{"rendered":"

Dispensationalism: Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow<\/a><\/em>, Crenshaw and Gunn<\/p>\n

This helpful book is a must for those interested in understanding or evaluating Dispensationalism.\u00a0 The authors were raised within this system and trained at its leading seminary, Dallas Theological Seminary.\u00a0 Not only is it a straightforward and accurate presentation and critique of this approach to the Bible, it accomplishes these goals without being arrogant and boastful.\u00a0 As the preface contends, it is not the purpose of the book to attack or ridicule Dispensationalism, \u201cI ask my dispensational brethren to receive this books in love, for it was prompted in a desire to be true to God\u2019s Word\u2026\u201d (iii).<\/p>\n

This book is divided into two sections, each written by one of the authors.\u00a0 Part one focuses on the principles of interpretation that arise from the Bible and that differ from the \u201cliteral\u201d hermeneutic of Dispensationalism.\u00a0 It also highlights the theological and practical tendencies of this system.\u00a0 Part two is an in-depth critique of the major components, interacting with actual references of leading proponents of this approach.\u00a0 Covering many issues, including the relationship of Israel and the Church as well as Christian Zionism, this part of the book is saturated with a multitude of verses, some of which I did not know existed! There are also three useful appendices.<\/p>\n

Crenshaw and Gunn\u2019s book is important, not simply for its incisive analysis but because it is an accessible read for laymen and ministers alike.\u00a0 It is not technical, yet its insight into the weakness of this uniquely American system is profound.\u00a0 For those on the edge of leaving Dispensationalism it will benefit greatly.<\/p>\n\"Facebook\"<\/a>\"twitter\"<\/a>\"reddit\"<\/a>\"pinterest\"<\/a>\"mail\"<\/a>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Dispensationalism: Today, Yesterday, and Tomorrow, Crenshaw and Gunn This helpful<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":345,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"twitterCardType":"","cardImageID":0,"cardImage":"","cardTitle":"","cardDesc":"","cardImageAlt":"","cardPlayer":"","cardPlayerWidth":0,"cardPlayerHeight":0,"cardPlayerStream":"","cardPlayerCodec":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[20],"tags":[48],"class_list":["post-344","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-reviews","tag-book-review"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=344"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":347,"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/344\/revisions\/347"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/345"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=344"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=344"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/pastormathis.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=344"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}