Articles tagged with “Church”
Traditional dispensationalism and replacement theology travel by different routes but arrive at the same practical destination — dispossessing Israel of her covenantal inheritance. In Ryrie's articulation the gap narrows further, restricting the promises to ethnic Jews living in non-glorified bodies during the Millennium. Progressive Dispensationalism recovers the full inheritance for all Israel.
Paul's repeated use of the prefix syn in Ephesians 2-3 grounds a theology of Gentile co-participation in the covenants of promise, against both replacement theology and the traditional dispensational reading of Ephesians 3:6.
From a Progressive Dispensationalist perspective: Gentile participation in the New Covenant and in the present phase of the Kingdom is precisely what the New Testament calls a mystery. Demanding it be explicit in the Old Testament is a methodological contradiction.
Progressive Dispensationalism understands the Baptism with the Holy Spirit as a New Covenant blessing that continues into future dispensations, contrasting with the Traditional Dispensationalist view that limits it to the Church Age.
An anthology of how 27 dispensationalist authors have listed the characteristics, essentials, and sine qua non of dispensationalism, with a synthesis of recurring patterns.
A Progressive Dispensational argument that people of God is a covenantal category, not a simple count of one people or two, preserving both unity and distinction between Israel and the Church.
A point-by-point response to Christopher Cone's SCIO New Covenant view: 2 Corinthians 3, the Lord's Supper, Abrahamic vs. New Covenant retroactivity, nominalism, Ephesians 2–3, and Hebrews 10:15–22—arguing the Church participates without displacing Israel.
A concise comparison of major dispensational and non-dispensational views of the New Covenant, with core claims and representative scholars.
A Progressive Dispensational critique of Elliott E. Johnson's definition of inauguration, arguing that present covenant fulfillment in Christ cannot be separated from the covenant's operative reality.
George Peters' Theocratic Kingdom on the mysteries in Matthew 13, continuity between Old and New Testament kingdom doctrine, and the Church's connection to the Kingdom—anticipating themes later associated with Progressive Dispensationalism.
A dispensational reading of Ephesians 2-3 showing how Gentile believers move from alienation to participation in the covenants of promise.
A historical correction showing that Darby denied the New Covenant was made with the Church while still affirming that believers presently enjoy its blessings through Christ.
How classical dispensationalism's earthly-heavenly dualism risked making the present Israelite remnant forfeit Israel's national inheritance, and how later dispensationalists corrected that implication.
A dispensational argument that the Church's present participation in Kingdom blessings is explained by God's holistic plan and Israel's mediatorial vocation, without requiring complementary hermeneutics or spiritualization.
A simple analogy showing how the Church can receive blessings of the New Covenant without becoming a formal covenant party alongside Israel.
A clarification that the church age is a parenthesis in Israel's prophetic calendar, not a pause in God's total redemptive program.
A case for retaining postponement and parenthesis language in progressive dispensationalism, provided both terms are carefully qualified.
A distinction between replacement theology and the displacement theology found in traditional dispensationalism, especially in its treatment of the present Israelite remnant.
Ed Hindson's kingdom language inside traditional dispensationalism suggests a more present-oriented kingdom view than many traditional voices usually allow.
Why reading old dispensationalists like Darby, Kelly, Chafer or Scofield against inaugurated eschatology is anachronistic — and what they were actually defending about Kingdom and Millennium.