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Publication
Grand Rapids, MI: Wm. B. Eerdmans Publishing Company, 1980.
Physical description
xiii, 217 p.; 21 cm
Notes
CONTENTS:
I. Dispensationalism's Basic Conceren.
The Problem with Nomenclature.
The Formation of Darby's View.
II. The Dialogue with Covenant Theology.
Covenant Theology's Protest.
—Oswald Allis' objections.
—The Southern Presbyterians versus Chafer.
Dispensationalism's More Recent Replies.
—E. Schuyler English and the New Scofield Bible.
—The Dallas Seminary Statement of Faith.
—Ryrie's explanation.
III. Sharing Covenant Theology's Problems.
Mixing Law and Grace.
—The Dallas Seminary Statement of Faith.
—The New Scofield Bible and Matthew's teaching on forgiveness.
Imposing a Theological Interpretation.
IV. Paul's View of the Law.
An Examination of Paul's Purported Antithesis between the Law and the Gospel.
—Romans 10:5-8
—Galatians 3:10-12.
The Obedience of Faith.
V. The Abrahamic Covenant.
The Beneficiaries of the Abrahamic Covenant.
—Difficulties in the dispensational understanding of the "seed of Abraham."
—Another approach to the "seed of Abraham."
The Question of Conditionality in the Abrahamic Covenant.
—Some problems arising from the concept of unconditionality.
—A possible solution to these problems.
VI. The Kingdom of God.
What Happens to the Predictions of the Messiah's Sufferings?
When Was the Offer of the Glorious Davidic Kingdom Withdrawn from Israel?
How Could Jesus Offer the Same Kingdom to the Gentiles Which He had Offered to the Jews?
How Can Jesus Institute the New Covenant without the Establishment of the Davidic Kingdom?
VII. The Parenthesis Church.
The Uniqueness of the Church.
—The mystery "which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27).
—The mystery that "the Gentiles are fellow heirs" (Eph. 3:5-6).
—The mystery that "we shall all be changed" (I Cor. 15:51)
The Olive Tree of Romans 11.
Appendix on Galatians 3:18.
I. Dispensationalism's Basic Conceren.
The Problem with Nomenclature.
The Formation of Darby's View.
II. The Dialogue with Covenant Theology.
Covenant Theology's Protest.
—Oswald Allis' objections.
—The Southern Presbyterians versus Chafer.
Dispensationalism's More Recent Replies.
—E. Schuyler English and the New Scofield Bible.
—The Dallas Seminary Statement of Faith.
—Ryrie's explanation.
III. Sharing Covenant Theology's Problems.
Mixing Law and Grace.
—The Dallas Seminary Statement of Faith.
—The New Scofield Bible and Matthew's teaching on forgiveness.
Imposing a Theological Interpretation.
IV. Paul's View of the Law.
An Examination of Paul's Purported Antithesis between the Law and the Gospel.
—Romans 10:5-8
—Galatians 3:10-12.
The Obedience of Faith.
V. The Abrahamic Covenant.
The Beneficiaries of the Abrahamic Covenant.
—Difficulties in the dispensational understanding of the "seed of Abraham."
—Another approach to the "seed of Abraham."
The Question of Conditionality in the Abrahamic Covenant.
—Some problems arising from the concept of unconditionality.
—A possible solution to these problems.
VI. The Kingdom of God.
What Happens to the Predictions of the Messiah's Sufferings?
When Was the Offer of the Glorious Davidic Kingdom Withdrawn from Israel?
How Could Jesus Offer the Same Kingdom to the Gentiles Which He had Offered to the Jews?
How Can Jesus Institute the New Covenant without the Establishment of the Davidic Kingdom?
VII. The Parenthesis Church.
The Uniqueness of the Church.
—The mystery "which is Christ in you, the hope of glory" (Col. 1:27).
—The mystery that "the Gentiles are fellow heirs" (Eph. 3:5-6).
—The mystery that "we shall all be changed" (I Cor. 15:51)
The Olive Tree of Romans 11.
Appendix on Galatians 3:18.