
Origins of the Scofield Bible
The Scofield Reference Bible has proven to be an immeasurable aid in guiding generations of serious Christians into a greater understanding of God's Word. Within 30 years of its issuance, Oxford University Press reported that 1,925,000 copies had been published....
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Christ: the Believer’s Rule of Life
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...
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Ultra-Dispensationalism
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...
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Distinguishing Things That Differ
While God Himself never changes, His methods do. He works in different ways at different times. We sometimes speak of the way God administers His affairs with man during a particular era as a dispensation. Technically, a dispensation does not...
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Indispensable Factors
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...
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What’s Wrong with This Picture?
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...
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Portraits of the Church
The Lord Jesus Christ's opening statement concerning the Church immediately arrests our attention. It is striking: "I will build My Church; and the gates of hell shall not prevail against it" (Mt. 16:18). The statement clarifies at once any question...
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The House of God: In Reality
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...
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A Reasoned Response to Y2K
In the January issue of Uplook I wrote an article in which I stated that the Y2K problem was analogous to a runaway train on a collision course with a station. Catastrophe was certain unless the train was stopped in...
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