R.L. Thomas wrote this interesting book in 2002 as Professor of New Testament at The Master’s Seminary. He is best known for his massive commentary on Revelation (in two volumes). This book was written as progressive dispensationalism was getting started (within the last 10 years) and Thomas responds primarily to its hermeneutical issues. Thomas would […]
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Progressive Dispensationalism
Craig Blaising and Darrell Bock wrote this book in 1993 as a follow-up to their 1992 book, Dispensationalism, Israel and the Church. Blaising and Bock are the foremost spokesmen for the progressive dispensationalism point of view. This book reads as an encyclopedia of topics held by the progressive dispensationalists. Here is an advocate’s explanation of […]
Progressive Dispensationalism and the Mi...
Gerald Shugart has written books on Sir Robert Anderson, and is obviously a close following of the great British writer. This 2018 book was self-published, easy to read (139 pages), and is written from a very traditional dispensational point of view. Shugart criticizes complementary hermeneutics, already-not yet views on the kingdom, and points out that […]
Three Central Issues in Contemporary Dis...
This 1999 book, edited by Herbert Bateman and forwarded by Chuck Swindoll, was one of the earlier “views” books on traditional and progressive dispensationalism. The traditional views are argued by Elliott Johnson and Stanley Toussaint. The progressive views are argued by Darrell Bock and J. Lanier Burns. Bateman writes the Introduction and Conclusion. The tree […]
He Will Reign Forever
Michael Vlach finished this book in 2017 and it has been reprinted in 2020. The sub-title is “A Biblical Theology of the Kingdom of God.” At the time of writing Vlach was professor of Systematic Theology at The Master’s Seminary. This 600+ page book covers the subject of the kingdom of God from creation to […]
Maranatha-Our Lord, Come!
Renald Showers wrote this book in 1995, a book I read long ago but am just now adding it to my review list. Anything by Renald Showers is worth reading. In this book he includes a chapter on Pre-Wrath Rapture, which had only been made popular a few years before; a great section on the […]
Dispensationalism
Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871-1952) was co-founder of Dallas Theological Seminary, serving as President until his death. He was the key that brought dispensationalism from its historical roots of Darby and Scofield to its traditional form described mostly by Dallas men such as Charles Ryrie, John Walvoord, J. Dwight Pentecost, and also Alva J. McClain, founder […]
Evangelical Hermeneutics and the NT use ...
Rynold Dean is a graduate of The Master’s Seminary and holds a traditional dispensational approach to hermeneutics. This volume is a continuation of his Master’s thesis and following years of additional writing. The book is endorsed by John MacArthur, R.L. Thomas, and Mike Stallard, with a forward by R. Kent Hughes. Dean tackles the controversial […]
Antichrist Before the Day of the Lord
This was Alan Kurschner’s first book on the Pre-Wrath rapture position. This was written in 2013 and was followed by PreWrath: A Very Short Introduction (which I reviewed in June ’21) a year later. I happened to read them in reverse order but they are so similar it doesn’t really matter. Both books have the […]
Discovering Dispensationalism
This is a recent book (2013) edited by Cory Marsh and James Fazio. It is a good book on the history of dispensationalism that confirms that dispensationalism did not begin with John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) although Darby did organize and systematize it. This book begins with the church fathers and follows church history, in 13 […]