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The Uses of the Old Testament in the New

We have all used Walter Kaiser’s writings over the years (especially his Toward and Exegetical Theology). This book was originally published by Moody Press in 1985 and has since been reprinted by Wipf and Stock Publishers in 2001. The subject of the use of Old Testament passages (prophetical, typological, theological, and practical) by New Testament […]

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 […]

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 […]

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 […]

Perspectives on Israel and the Church

This is one of many “Views” books which give the reader four different views on a subject.  This volume (2015) concerns the views on covenant theology and dispensational theology with a newer variation of each. The Traditional Covenantal View, by Robert L. Reymond, professor of Theology emeritus at Knox Theological Seminary. Covenant Theology has been […]

Dispensationalism Revisited

Edited by Kevin Bauder and Bruce Compton, this 2023 publication from Central Seminary Press is the best review and defense of dispensationalism in the last few years. After reading so many opinions and critiques of the subject, this book felt like meeting with an old friend and walking for a while. Yet at the same […]