Reformed theology has long given great significance to the term “the believer’s rule of life.” By this term they are referring to the “moral” law given to Moses on Mount Sinai. Reformed teachers acknowledge that this phrase does not occur in the Bible; nevertheless, they argue that it is an indispensable principle in the life […]
Believers “gathered to the Name of the Lord Jesus Christ” should live under the authority of that Name. We must guard against a superior attitude towards believers who may know little church truth yet are mature in their practical walk. New Testament believers had New Testament life. Assembly truth was part of the fabric of […]
What is Bullingerism or Ultra-dispensationalism? This system was first advocated some years ago by Dr. E. W. Bullinger (1837-1913), who was educated at King’s College, London, and was a clergyman in the Church of England. These views have been widely spread through the notes of the Companion Bible which he edited. Dr. Bullinger’s positions are […]
Three factors are indispensable to Dispensational Theology. They clearly make Dispensational Theology distinct from Covenant Theology. Any view of Scripture which does not contain all three is not dispensational in the truest sense of the term. The first factor is the recognition of the distinction between the nation of Israel and the Church. Covenant theology […]
John Gifford Bellett (1795-1864) was the premiere devotional writer in what is called the “Brethren movement” of the 1800s. His sweet peaceableness filters through all his writing. In an age of doctrinal combat, we read Bellett and hear the apostle’s gentle whisper, “And yet show I unto you a more excellent way.” Bellett was born […]
Dispensationalism is renowned for its masterful defense of its sincerely-held theological convictions. In the past, its loyal detractors and critics usually lay outside its theological camp. Now, however, one of the strongest and most concerted challenges to traditional dispensationalism has come from within. An increasing number of former traditional dispensationalists are now proposing substantial changes, […]
The Palestinian Authority issued a commemorative stamp in May featuring the Wye River Accords with a picture of Yasser Arafat and President Clinton signing the document. The scene is from a photograph taken at the event, held at the White House last October. But Benjamin Netanyahu, recently defeated Prime Minister of Israel, who was in […]
One of the descriptions the New Testament gives for the Church is that of a temple, also known as the house of God. More than just a metaphor, this allusion to the Old Testament temple is meant to stir our imagination to think of that temple–its worship, service, and structure–and to draw applications to the […]
John 10 is one of the great chapters of the Bible. It presents the Lord Jesus Christ as the Shepherd in a fivefold light: He is the true Shepherd (vv. 1-6); the good Shepherd (vv. 7-11); the only Shepherd (vv. 12-16); the obedient Shepherd (vv. 19-42). Still further, as the Head of the Church, He […]