God And His Word - A Question And Answer Approach To Understanding The Bible

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Charles L. Feinberg, Norman L. Geisler, Dave Hunt, Tommy Ice, Harry A. Ironside, Grant Jeffrey, Walter C. Kaiser, Tim LaHaye, Hal Lindsey, John F. MacArthur, J. D. Pentecost, Charles C. Ryrie and John F. Walvoord.

Reading That Critically Investigates the Origin of Dispensationalism

• Cox, William E. An Examination ofDispensationalism (Presby terian and Reformed, 1971). • Katterjohn, Arthur. The Tribulation People (Creation House, 1975). • Ladd, George E. "The Rise and Spread of Pretribulationism," The Blessed Hope (Eerdmans, 1956), chapter 2. • MacPherson, Dave. The Incredible Cover-Up: The True Story of the Pre-Trib Rapture (Logos, 1975). • Reiter, Richard R. "A History of the Development of the Rap ture Positions," Three Views on the Rapture (Zondervan, 1984), chapter 1.

Progressive Dispensationalism

Millard Erickson comments on some new developments within the dispensational ranks:

Since about the middle of the twentieth century, dispensation alism has been undergoing some modifications, leading to the emergence of a group of theologians and Biblical scholars calling themselves "progressive dispensationalists." Among the more prominent of these are Darrell Bock of Dallas Seminary, Craig Blais ing of Southern Baptist Seminary, and Robert Saucy of Talbot School of Theology. While redefining or even abandoning some of the tenets of traditional dispensationalism, they maintain that they preserve the distinctive features of that system of thought. 20

Here is a simplistic summary of the present redefinement tak ing place in dispensationalism:

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