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Bible-Centered Theology
Wikipedia Summaries

00. Prolegomena: Doctrine of the Bible (Introduction). Bibliology: For this study, the Doctrine of the Bible. Biblical studies is the study of the Bible. Theological studies are topical. "Bibliology gives us answers, proofs, and a historical record of where the Bible came from, how it was written, and how it has been preserved until now. It affirms our belief in the authenticity and validity of Scripture. In other words, we need Bibliology because it gives us confidence that the book we are believing and basing our lives on is legitimate."1

The four types of Theology include Biblical theology, Historical theology, Systematic theology (or dogmatic theology), and Practical theology.

01. Apologetics: The religious discipline of defending religious doctrines through systematic argumentation and discourse; & Chritian Apologetics: A branch of Christian theology that defends Christianity against objections.

02. Exegesis: the critical interpretation of the biblical text to discover its intended meaning (Manuscript Reliability). Exegesis is the more technical process of determining what the words themselves mean in their linguistic/grammatical context; & Hermeneutics is the broader process of determining what the sentences mean in their larger historical and literary context.

03. Theology; Theology Proper. Theology proper is the sub-discipline of systematic theology which deals specifically with the being, attributes and works of God. In Christian theology, and within the Trinitarian setting, this study includes: Paterology (the study of God the Father), Christology (the study of Jesus Christ), and Pneumatology (the study of the Holy Spirit).

04. Paterology: Doctrine of God the Father. Paterology or Patriology, in Christian theology, refers to the study of God the Father. ... As a distinctive theological discipline, within Theology proper, Paterology or Patriology is closely related to Christology (study of Christ as God the Son) and Pneumatology (study of Holy Ghost as God the Spirit).

05. Christology: Doctrine of Christ. In Christianity, Christology, translated literally from Greek as "the study of Christ", is a branch of theology that concerns Jesus.

06. Pneumatology: Doctrine of the Holy Spirit. Pneumatology refers to a particular discipline within Christian theology that focuses on the study of the Holy Spirit. The term is derived from the Greek word Pneuma, which designates "breath" or "spirit" and metaphorically describes a non-material being or influence.

07. Angelology: The Study of Angels. Angelology is the study of angelic beings which typically consists of studying them via the Bible, the study of angelic beings was very popular within the Middle Ages, however, other people such as mediums or channelors may also practice this.

08. Cosmology: Doctrine of Creation. Generally the Copernican Heliocentric belief that the universe and living organisms originate from specific acts of divine creation, as in the biblical account, rather than by natural processes such as Uniformitarian Evolution. Heliocentrism is the astronomical model in which the Earth and planets revolve around the Sun at the center of the Universe. Historically, heliocentrism was opposed to geocentrism, which placed the Earth at the center. True biblical Creationism is Geocentric: In astronomy, the geocentric model is a superseded description of the Universe with Earth at the center. Under the geocentric model, the Sun, Moon, stars, and planets all orbit Earth. In the biblical model, often called the "flat earth" model, biblical Creationism is a "snow globe" configuration and "outer space" does not exist.

09. Anthropology: Doctrine of Man. In the context of Christian theology, Christian anthropology is the study of the human ("anthropology") as it relates to God. It differs from the social science of anthropology, which primarily deals with the comparative study of the physical and social characteristics of humanity across times and places. ... Preaching From a Biblical Anthropology: Sources and Methods for Correlating the Gospel and the Human Condition.

10. Hamartiology: Doctrine of Sin: Hamartiology, a branch of Christian theology which is the study of sin, describes sin as an act of offence against God by despising his persons and Christian biblical law, and by injuring others.

11. Soteriology: Doctrine of Salvation. Soteriology is the study of religious doctrines of salvation. Salvation theory occupies a place of special significance in many religions.

12. Ecclesiology: Doctrine of the Church. In Christian theology, ecclesiology is the study of the Church, the origins of Christianity, its relationship to Jesus, its role in salvation, its polity, its discipline, its eschatology, and its leadership.

13. Israelology: Study of Israel & The Jews [Book Link]; Messianic Judaism; Arnold Fruchtenbaum. One's view of Israel is key in determining one's theology. Israelology is the area of theological study specifically focused on what the Bible teaches about Israel.

14. Discipleship: Study of the Biblical Christian Lifestyle. In Christianity, disciple primarily refers to a dedicated follower of Jesus. This term is found in the New Testament only in the Gospels and Acts. In the ancient world, a disciple is a follower or adherent of a teacher. It is not the same as being a student in the modern sense. Genuine Discipleship produces results in Christian Living following genuine Salvation.

15. Eschatology: Doctrine of Future Things. Eschatology is a part of theology concerned with the final events of history, or the ultimate destiny of humanity. This concept is commonly referred to as "the end of the world" or "end times".

16. The "Flat Earth" Cosmology. Say what? A Dome? No "outer space?" Maybe even "flying saucers? Do you mean to say that "science fiction" really is fiction? What, so far, is the biggest "end time" deception of all time? The biggest deception is the globe earth cosmology!

17. Dispensationalism & Biblical Covenants. Dispensationalism is a religious interpretive system and metanarrative for the Bible. It considers biblical history as divided by God into dispensations, defined periods or ages to which God has allotted distinctive administrative principles. Also, there are Eight Covenants in the Bible: 1. The Edenic Covenant, 2. The Adamic Covenant, 3. The Noahic Covenant, 4. The Abrahamic Covenant, 5. The Mosaic Covenant, 6. The Land Covenant, 7. The Davidic Covenant, and 8. The New Covenant.

18? Universalism. Is there a possiblity that in eternity everyone will be saved? Or will the lost burn in hell forever? Does the Bible have anything definitive to say about Universalism? Yes, it certainly does! SEE: Death: The Gate Way To Life

"52 Bible Doctrines" (A Catechism)

"99 Bible Doctrines" (A Catechism)

"Judge Not, Lest Ye Be Judged". Bob's Pet Peave! It is a statement that can be very annoying, and hypocritical when improperly used in conversation.

 

The Major Christian Denominations
Wikipedia Summaries

Adventism. Adventism is a branch of Protestant Christianity that believes in the imminent Second Coming (or "Second Advent") of Jesus Christ. It originated in the 1830s in the United States during the Second Great Awakening when Baptist preacher William Miller first publicly shared his belief that the Second Coming would occur at some point between 1843 and 1844. His followers became known as Millerites. After the Great Disappointment, the Millerite movement split up and was continued by a number of groups that held different doctrines from one another. These groups, stemming from a common Millerite ancestor, became known collectively as the Adventist movement.

Anabaptist. Anabaptism (from Neo-Latin anabaptista, from the Greek "baptism", German: Täufer, earlier also Wiedertäufer) is a Christian movement which traces its origins to the Radical Reformation. The movement is commonly understood to be an offshoot of Protestantism, though this view is not shared by Anabaptists, who view themselves as a separate branch of Christianity.

Anglicanism. Anglicanism is a Western Christian tradition that has developed from the practices, liturgy, and identity of the Church of England following the English Reformation, in the context of the Protestant Reformation in Europe. It is one of the largest branches of Protestant Christianity, with around 110 million adherents at present.

Baptist. Baptists form a major branch of Protestant Christianity distinguished by baptizing professing Christian believers only (believer's baptism, as opposed to infant baptism), and doing so by complete immersion (as opposed to affusion or aspersion). Baptist churches also generally subscribe to the doctrines of soul competency (the responsibility and accountability of every person before God), sola fide (salvation by faith alone), sola scriptura (scripture alone as the rule of faith and practice) and congregationalist church government. Baptists generally recognize two ordinances: baptism and communion. Some recognize the third ordinance of foot washing.

Calvinism. Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition or Reformed Protestantism) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians. It emphasises the sovereignty of God and the authority of the Bible. Calvinists broke from the Roman Catholic Church in the 16th century. Calvinists differ from Lutherans (another major branch of the Reformation) on the real presence of Christ in the Eucharist, theories of worship, the purpose and meaning of baptism, and the use of God's law for believers, among other things. The term Calvinism can be misleading, because the religious tradition which it denotes has always been diverse, with a wide range of influences rather than a single founder; however almost all of them drew heavily from the writings of Augustine of Hippo twelve hundred years prior. The Five Points of Calvinism are hotly debated and are divisive among Calvinists and non-Calvinists.

Lutheranism. Lutheranism is one of the largest branches of Protestantism that identifies with the teachings of Jesus Christ and was founded by Martin Luther, a 16th-century German reformer whose efforts to reform the theology and practice of the church launched the Protestant Reformation. The reaction of the government and church authorities to the international spread of his writings, beginning with the 95 Theses, divided Western Christianity.

Methodism. Methodism, also called the Methodist movement, is a group of historically related denominations of Protestant Christianity which derive their doctrine of practice and belief from the life and teachings of John Wesley. George Whitefield and John's brother Charles Wesley were also significant early leaders in the movement. They were named Methodists for "the methodical way in which they carried out their Christian faith".

Pentecostalism. Pentecostalism or classical Pentecostalism is a Protestant Christian movement that emphasises direct personal experience of God through baptism with the Holy Spirit. The term Pentecostal is derived from Pentecost, an event that commemorates the descent of the Holy Spirit upon the followers of Jesus Christ, and the speaking in "foreign" tongues as described in the second chapter of the Acts of the Apostles. In Greek, it is the name for the Jewish Feast of Weeks.

Presbyterian Theology. Presbyterianism is a part of the Calvinist tradition within Protestantism that traces its origin to Church of Scotland. Presbyterian churches derive their name from the presbyterian form of church government by representative assemblies of elders. Many Reformed churches are organised this way, but the word Presbyterian, when capitalized, is often applied uniquely to churches that trace their roots to the Church of Scotland or to English dissenter groups that formed during the English Civil War. Presbyterian theology typically emphasizes the sovereignty of God, the authority of the Scriptures, and the necessity of grace through faith in Christ.

Roman Catholicism. The Catholic Church, also known as the Roman Catholic Church, is the largest Christian church and the largest religious denomination, with approximately 1.3 billion baptised Catholics worldwide as of 2019. As the world's oldest and largest continuously functioning international institution, it has played a prominent role in the history and development of Western civilisation. The church consists of 24 particular churches and almost 3,500 dioceses and eparchies around the world.

Pseudo-Christian: New Apostolic Reformation (Demonic). The New Apostolic Reformation (NAR) is a movement which seeks to establish a fifth branch within Christendom, distinct from Catholicism, Protestantism (which includes Pentecostalism), Oriental Orthodoxy, and Eastern Orthodoxy. The movement largely consists of churches nominally or formerly associated with Pentecostal denominations and Charismatic movements but have diverged from traditional Pentecostal and Charismatic theology in that it advocates for the restoration of the lost offices of church governance, namely the offices of prophet and apostle.

Pseudo-Christian: Mormonism (LDS-RLDS). Mormonism is the religious tradition and theology of the Latter Day Saint movement of Restorationist Christianity started by Joseph Smith in Western New York in the 1820s and 30s. The theology of Mormonism centers on the Book of Mormon, which describes itself as a chronicle of early indigenous peoples of the Americas and their dealings with God. Mormonism theology includes mainstream Christian beliefs with modifications stemming from revelations to Smith and other religious leaders. This includes the use of and belief in the Bible, and other religious texts including the Doctrine and Covenants and the Pearl of Great Price. Mormonism includes significant doctrines of eternal marriage, eternal progression, baptism for the dead, polygamy or plural marriage as authorized by God, sexual purity, health (specified in the Word of Wisdom), fasting, and Sabbath observance. SEE: The Mormons: LDS & RLDS

 

Conspiracy Topics

A Patriot's Creed. American Patriot's know why they are Patriot's. Most are very well armed, and will defy any attempt by government to disarm and enslave them. Beware of the American patriot who loves his God-given Freedoms!

Murder & Theft Under Divine Law.

To Heal The Nations. Thoughts on Bible Law, Government and Our Natural Rights.

Rights, Responsibilities & Expectations. More Thoughts on Bible Law, and on our Rights, Responsibilities & Expectations.

The Separation of Church and State. What was the Founder's intent?

The Synagogue of Satan: Bible Study - and the Wikipedia Misinformation

Walter J. Veith Conspiracy Lectures. Getting deep into the subject.

Uniformitarianism. This is the doctrine that existing processes, always having acted in the past as they do in the present, are enough to account for all change. This is the "mother philosopy," the false theory, that all Pseudo-Science [Scientism] is built upon.

Fabianism. Fabianism is the Socialist basis for Capitalism. Capitalism replaced Free Enterprise using the entity of Corporations. It was exported to the United States from England. It's early influence was based in the Trilateral Commission and a number of other creations.

Traitors, Invaders, Sinners. Traitors are everywhere now-a-days. The don't like the constitution, they want you money, and they want your life. Beware!

Marxism: Socialism & Communism. Socialism is the forerunner to a Communist state, the means of obtaining it "peacefully." Well, sort of peacefully. After all, we have Antifa and Black Lives Matter traitorus scumbags among us. And the soft coup was not entirely bloodless. But a "soft coup" from within is considered to be bloodless compared to the revolutions by military or rebel conquest. The purges come next. The Communist monstrosity is the athiestic varient of Satanism that promises everyone everything, but that in reality is the means of the powers-that-be in taking away everything from everyone else. This is the pie-in-the-sky suckers way of losing everything.

Secret Societies & Freemasonry. They are many. But they are all "Fraternal."

Rules of Disinformation. It is a playbook used by the enemies of Freedom.

The Hegelian Principle: In general use for producing change in society and its mass thinking, it has a Thesis vs. an Antithesis, which clash, producing a Synthesis, the Synthesis becoming the next thesis. When someone controls both the Thesis and the Antithesis, the outcome of the clash, the Synthesis, can also be controlled. This is how the powers-that-be gradually move the direction of society and the thinking of the masses into what the powers-that-be want. Often used in mass marketing and crowd control, and in brainwashing campaigns.

Government Corruption. Does this need an upfront definition? Perhaps "The extent of current government corruption is unknown!" is the proper first thought in making a correct definition.

False Flags. Would government lie to us? Would government use us as test subjects? Yes! Of course they do!

The New Age of Demonism. This is a pretty deep subject. Pooprah. séances. All that mystical garbage often revealed by lying demons. And if that is what the dawning of the Age of Aquarius is all about, we just don't need it.

Sexual Perversion. Most prominent is the LGBTQ+ range of cognitive distortions, and the lust for Ponograpy. Of course there are many other sexual perversions, too. All are sins on the flesh side of this website. And there is a cure! Fifty Shades of Sicko Boloney doesn' quite cover the subject.

Black Lives Matter & Antifa. These are communist front agitation organizations that feed off of the racism and injustices that minorities have and are experiencing. But the Woke Generation doesn't have it quite right. There is a solution to this problem besides smashing heads! That solution is centered in jesus Christ.

The "New World Order". What is the so-called New World Order? Here we see Bush Sr's "Thousand Points of Light". That's the New Age definition about the networking between all the various NWO entities. Here we see the Deep State in action, apparently operating above the law of the land. Here we see the development of the ten-region structure of a coming super-state?

The Pandemic. Is this a pandemic or a "plandemic?" Whatever it is, it has very ominous beginnings, there is tons of money to be made by certain people, and it may be connected to the Georgia Guidestones plan to bring the population of the earth down to a half billion people from the soon to be nine billion people. The people-in-the-know think it will take that reduction in population to be able to put that "Mark of the Beast" on people to control [enslave] them all.

Demon Possession. What is demon possession? How can you identify it? Check this out for some good information.

Censorship. It is everywhere. Facebook does it. Youtube does it. Twitter does it. Corporations do it. The government does it. It is everywhere. Are we really the "Home of the Free" and the "Home of the Brave" anymore? Or have we all been living in 1984 since 1984?

Islam Exposed. This belief system is not just a religion to be given the same rights as the many Christian religion varients. It is more properly a system of world conquest, another planned world government. It is tyranny in the making, death and destruction on a world conquest. There should be no place for it anywhere on earth, and no quarter given to its advance.

Feasts & Fossilized Customs. There are seven feasts in ancient Israel in the Old Testament. They are a picture, an illustration, of God's plan for mankind throughout all history. Prophetically four of these feasts have already been fulfilled. Three are still to be fulfilled. Unfortunately, God's feast holidays have been replaced by secular holidays that obscure the Gospel Message and prophetic details we need to know. We need to know the truth of this matter!

Nationalism vs. Internationalism. Nationalism, not any NWP one-world government, is the design of God for mankind under mankinds fallen state of being. This is so that the different cultures do not clash, go to war, and decimate each other. Mixing cultures apart for the miracle of Bible-based ethics is never something that works well.

The Scary A.I. Future. Artificial Intelligence is the rage of the elitist technocrats among the Luciferian Powers-That-Be. They want Superman Slaves. They want a Cyborg military. They want to CONTROL you! Watch these scary video's to learn more.

The Piano Keyboard Theory. What is the true nature of the "universe?" This is an older, but interesting take on that thought.

Website & Blog Links. Some random, conservative, and interesting productions.

Baptist Distinctives
Wikipedia Summaries

Martin Luther (Britannica): Martin Luther, OSA was a German professor of theology, priest, author, composer, Augustinian monk, and a seminal figure in the Reformation. Luther was ordained to the priesthood in 1507. He came to reject several teachings and practices of the Roman Catholic Church; in particular, he disputed the view on indulgences. See: 95 Thesis.

The Protestant Reformation: The Reformation (alternatively named the Protestant Reformation or the European Reformation) was a major movement within Western Christianity in 16th-century Europe that posed a religious and political challenge to the Catholic Church and in particular to papal authority, arising from what were perceived to be errors, abuses, and discrepancies by the Catholic Church. The Reformation was the start of Protestantism and the split of the Western Church into Protestantism and what is now the Roman Catholic Church. It is also considered one of the events that signify the end of the Middle Ages and beginning of Early modern period in Europe

The Five Solas: The five solae (from Latin, sola, lit. "alone"; occasionally Anglicized to five solas) of the Protestant Reformation are a foundational set of principles held by theologians and clergy to be central to the doctrine of salvation as taught by the Reformed branches of Protestantism. Each sola represents a key belief in the Lutheran and Reformed traditions in contradistinction to the teaching of the Roman Catholic Church. These Reformers claimed that the Catholic Church, especially its head, the Pope, had usurped divine attributes or qualities for the Church and its hierarchy. They are: Sola scriptura, Sola fide, Sola gratia, Solus Christus, Soli Deo gloria. ... The Five Solas

Baptist Theology (The Gospel Coalition)

Baptist Faith & Message 2000

Chicago Statement on Biblical Inerrancy

Nashville Statement

The Danvers Statement

Baptist Denominations (Baylor University)

Free Will Baptists & Arminianism: Free Will Baptist is a denomination and group of people that believe in free grace, free salvation and free will. The movement can be traced back to the 1600s with the development of General Baptism in England. Its formal establishment is widely linked to the English theologian, Thomas Helwys who led the Baptist movement to believe in general atonement. He was an advocate of religious liberty at a time when to hold to such views could be dangerous and punishable by death. He died in prison as a consequence of the religious persecution of Protestant dissenters under King James I. In 1702 Paul Palmer would go on to establish the movement in North Carolina and in 1727 formed the Free Will Baptist Church of Chowan. Many Calvinists became Free Will Baptists in the 19th century. With the establishment of Free Will Baptists in the South, Benjamin Randall developed the movement in the Northeastern United States, specifically Maine, Massachusetts, and New Hampshire. From their beginning, Free Will Baptists, in common with many groups of English Dissenters and Separatists from the Church of England, followed Brownist notions of self-governance of local churches. The notion of free will was a systematic rejection of the Puritan movement, due to its overall religious beliefs and lack of social mobility. Arminianism, a theological movement in Christianity, a liberal reaction to the Calvinist doctrine of predestination. The movement began early in the 17th century and asserted that God's sovereignty and man's free will are compatible. Arminianism is a branch of Protestantism based on the theological ideas of the Dutch Reformed theologian Jacobus Arminius and his historic supporters known as Remonstrants.

National Association of Free Will Baptists (NAFWB); What We Believe!

Reformed Baptists & Calvinism: Reformed Baptists (sometimes known as Particular Baptists or Calvinistic Baptists) are Baptists that hold to a Calvinist soteriology, (salvation). They can trace their history through the early modern Particular Baptists of England. The first Reformed Baptist church was formed in the 1630s. The 1689 Baptist Confession of Faith was written along Reformed Baptist lines. See: Westminster Confession of Faith. Calvinism (also called the Reformed tradition or Reformed Protestantism) is a major branch of Protestantism that follows the theological tradition and forms of Christian practice set down by John Calvin and other Reformation-era theologians. It emphasises the sovereignty of God and the authority of the Bible.

 

Dispenstionalist Baptist Leaders
Wikipedia Summaries

John Nelson Darby (1800-1882) - An Anglo-Irish Bible teacher, one of the influential figures among the original Plymouth Brethren and the founder of the Exclusive Brethren. He is considered to be the father of modern Dispensationalism and Futurism. Pre-tribulation rapture theology was popularized extensively in the 1830s by John Nelson Darby and the Plymouth Brethren, and further popularized in the United States in the early 20th century by the wide circulation of the Scofield Reference Bible.

C. I. Scofield (1843-1921) - An American theologian, minister, and writer whose best-selling annotated Bible popularized futurism and dispensationalism among fundamentalist Christians. Scofield's correspondence Bible study course was the basis for his Reference Bible, an annotated, and widely circulated, study Bible first published in 1909 by Oxford University Press. Scofield's notes teach futurism and dispensationalism, a theology advanced in the early nineteenth century by the Anglo-Irish clergyman John Nelson Darby, who like Scofield had also been trained as a lawyer. Dispensationalism emphasizes the distinctions between the New Testament Church and ancient Israel of the Old Testament. Scofield believed that between creation and the final judgment there are seven distinct eras of God's dealing with humanity and that these eras are a framework around which the message of the Bible can be explained. It was largely through the influence of Scofield's notes that dispensational premillennialism became influential among fundamentalist Christians in the United States, and these notes became a significant source for popular religious writers such as Hal Lindsey.

Harry A. Ironside (1876-1951) - A Canadian-American Bible teacher, preacher, theologian, pastor, and author who pastored Moody Church in Chicago from 1929 to 1948. Along with others such as Cyrus Scofield, he was influential in popularizing dispensationalism among Protestants in North America. Despite his lack of formal education, his tremendous mental capacity, photographic memory and zeal for his beliefs caused him to be called, "the Archbishop of Fundamentalism". Ironside was one of the most prolific Christian writers of the 20th Century and published more than 100 books, booklets and pamphlets, a number of which are still in print. He also wrote a number of hymns including "Overshadowed". One editorial reviewer wrote of a 2005 republication that, "Ironside's commentaries are a standard and have stood the test of time."

Miles J. Stanford (1914 - 1999) - A Christian author best known for his classic collection on spirituality, The Green Letters, published in 1964. Theologically, Stanford called himself Pauline and Dispensationalist. He drew upon the written ministries of William Newell, Lewis Sperry Chafer, and a number of the original Plymouth Brethren, in particular John Nelson Darby. The historical and theological significance of Stanford was his careful and exhaustive exposition of the believer's positional and conditional aspects in the "First Adam" (Adam) and the "Last Adam" (Jesus). Not only did he set forth these Pauline doctrines of the Christian's "death, burial, resurrection, and ascension with Christ", he comprehensively documented their "life-out-of-death" application in the Christian's experiential "walk with Christ." The motive for the work of the Holy Spirit, the object of the Christian's "progressive spiritual growth", is "intimate fellowship with God the Father and God the Son, above in the heavenlies". As Stanford was apt to exhort believers, "Abide Above – for your life below." Because of Stanford's focus upon the doctrinal content of the Pauline Epistles, some evangelicals have erroneously identified him with hyper-dispensationalism. To address this, Stanford published numerous papers during the 1980s and 1990s clarifying the distinctive tenets of "Pauline Dispensationalism." A collection of fourteen papers were collected into his 1993 book of the same name.

George Eldon Ladd (1911-1982) - A Baptist minister and professor of New Testament exegesis and theology at Fuller Theological Seminary in Pasadena, California, known in Christian eschatology for his promotion of inaugurated eschatology and "futuristic post-tribulationism." Ladd's best-known work, A Theology of the New Testament, has been used by thousands of seminary students since its publication in 1974. In a poll conducted by Mark Noll in 1986, this work ranked as the second most influential book among evangelical scholars, second only to Calvin's Institutes. A Theology of the New Testament was enhanced and updated by Donald A. Hagner in 1993. Ladd's belief in both present and future aspects of the Kingdom of God caused his detractors to critically compare his eschatological views to the Amillennialism that was popular within Reformed theological circles. Despite these comparisons, Ladd was not Reformed, and in fact rejected the Calvinistic view of the doctrine of salvation. Ladd was a notable, modern proponent of Historic Premillennialism, and often criticized dispensationalist views. This was notable during this period, as dispensationalism was by far the most widely held view among evangelicals during the mid-twentieth century. His writings regarding the Kingdom of God (especially his view of inaugurated eschatology) have become a cornerstone of Kingdom theology.

James Inglis (1813–72) - an American preacher and editor who was one of the earliest advocates of the dispensationalist form of premillennialism in the United States. He admitted to drawing on the teaching of John Nelson Darby and the Plymouth Brethren in advocating the secret coming of Jesus Christ and the rapture. This is called dispensationalism, but the name is misleading, because it is the secret coming and the removal for a time of the faithful, and not the view that there are different dispensations of the gospel, that distinguishes it from other forms of premillennialism.

James H. Brookes (1830–98) - an American Presbyterian pastor, Christian leader and author. Dr. Brookes led congregations in Ohio and Missouri during a career spanning 43 years. He became a leader among his peers in the Niagara Bible Conference which led to editing The Truth: or, Testimony for Christ, a periodical. His legacy is also found in the many books, booklets and tracts he produced. Brookes was a premillennialist, believing that nowhere in the New Testament is there "so much as a hint of the millennium . . . preceding the personal [Second] coming of Christ." During this thousand year period, Christ will reign and "Israel will see the fulfillment of its covenants that were unconditionally promised in the Old Testament." The millennium will follow the "resurrection and rapture" of believers and a period of "culminating wickedness" before Christ returns with his church to reign over the earth. James Hall Brookes was considered a "founding father" of dispensationalism in the United States along with men like Dwight L. Moody, Adoniram Judson Gordon, C. I. Scofield, William Eugene Blackstone, and Arno C. Gaebelein. In the foreword to the Dictionary of Premillennial Theology, Mal Couch writes "Not all premillennialists are dispensationalists, but all dispensationalists are premillennialists." Among their beliefs, dispensationalists hold that the Bible is inerrant, verbally inspired, and must be consistently interpreted with a normal literal-grammatical-historical hermeneutic, views that were foundational for Brookes. Brookes led the Niagara Bible Conference for many years which "helped to spread Dispensationalism across America." Premillennial and dispensational beliefs became incorporated in the 1878 confession of faith (Niagara Creed) that was largely written by Brookes and adopted by the Niagara Bible Conference. Dr. Brookes was a prolific author, writing more than 200 books, booklets, tracts and journal articles.

Dwight L. Moody (1837–1899) - An American evangelist and publisher connected with Keswickianism, who founded the Moody Church, Northfield School and Mount Hermon School in Massachusetts (now Northfield Mount Hermon School), Moody Bible Institute and Moody Publishers. One of his most famous quotes was “Faith makes all things possible... Love makes all things easy.“ Moody gave up his lucrative boot and shoe business to devote his life to revivalism, working first in the Civil War with Union troops through YMCA in the United States Christian Commission. In Chicago, he built one of the major evangelical centers in the nation, which is still active. Working with singer Ira Sankey, he toured the country and the British Isles, drawing large crowds with a dynamic speaking style.

Lewis Sperry Chafer (1871–1952) - An American theologian. He founded and served as the first president of Dallas Theological Seminary, and was an influential proponent of Christian Dispensationalism in the early 20th century. John Hannah described Chafer as a visionary Bible teacher, a minister of the gospel, a man of prayer with strong piety. One of his students, Charles Caldwell Ryrie, who went on to become a world renowned theologian and scholar, stated that Chafer was an evangelist who was also "an eminent theologian." Chafer was recognized among his friends and peers for his balanced, simple life. He was a well-spoken and relaxed leader and was not a fire and brimstone preacher. Chafer believed the basic truths for Christian living are found in Romans 5, a chapter which teaches about peace, grace, weakness, hope, sacrifice, love, and joy. Chafer is widely recognized as one of the founders of modern Dispensationalism and was vehemently opposed to covenant theology. Yet, he did not reject the idea of a covenant of redemption, covenant of works, and covenant of grace. He affirmed all three along with the Edenic, Adamic, Noahic, Abrahamic, Mosaic, Palestinian, Davidic, and New Covenant. He was a premillennial, pretribulational dispensationalist. His overall theology could be generally described as based on the inductive study of the entire Bible, having similarities to John Nelson Darby of the Plymouth Brethren, moderate Calvinism (rejected limited atonement), a mild form of Keswick Theology on Sanctification, and Presbyterianism, all of these tempered with a focus on spirituality based on simple Bible study and living. Chafer's theology has been the subject of much study and debate in and out of the theological community since his death, especially on the two larger topics of dispensationalism and Christian Zionism, specifically that the Jews are a people called unto God with a separate historical purpose and plan from the Church.

Reuben Archer Torrey (1856–1928) - an American evangelist, pastor, educator, and writer. He aligned with Keswickian theology. Torrey was one of the three editors of The Fundamentals, a 12-volume series that gave its name to what came to be called "fundamentalism". Torrey was a prolific writer.

James M. Gray (1851–1925) - A pastor in the Reformed Episcopal Church, a Bible scholar, editor, hymn writer, and the president of Moody Bible Institute, 1904-34. Theologically, Gray was an early fundamentalist who upheld the inspiration of the Bible and opposed a contemporary trend toward a social gospel. Gray was also a dispensationalist who believed in the premillennial, pre-tribulational return of Jesus Christ at the Rapture. Personally, Gray was conservative in dress and personal habit. A reporter remarked that he "cultivated gentlemanliness as a fine art." Male students at Moody were required to wear coats and ties in the dining room, and during a hot spell in July 1908, Gray admonished faculty members for taking off their coats and vests in their offices. Gray was one of the seven editors of the first Scofield Reference Bible in 1909. Gray wrote 25 books and pamphlets, some of which remain in print. He also wrote a number of hymns, perhaps the best known of which is Only a Sinner, Saved by Grace. He was a prolific writer.

William J. Erdman (1833–1923) (h-net.org Bio) - A Presbyterian minister who played a prominent role as advocate of premillennialism and holiness theology. During most of his career Erdman advocated a conservative, but warmly evangelical and practical Christianity that sought to avoid religious controversy. Although many persons influenced by the Keswick and millenarian movements later joined the Fundamentalist struggle to purge churches of liberalism in the 1920s, Erdman typified a more irenic conservatism that would ultimately hold the balance of power in that contest. In two northern groups--the Presbyterians and American Baptists--the Fundamentalist effort failed because moderate conservatives withdrew their support. In the Presbyterian church, one of the irenic conservatives most influential in defeating fundamentalism was Charles R. Erdman, William's son.

A. C. Dixon (1854–1925) - A Baptist pastor, Bible expositor, and evangelist who was popular during the late 19th and the early 20th centuries. With R.A. Torrey, he edited an influential series of essays, published as The Fundamentals (1910–15), which gave Christian fundamentalism its name. Dixon was a staunch advocate of Fundamentalist Christianity during its developmental period. His preaching was often fiery and direct, confronting various forms of Protestant apostasy, Roman Catholicism, Henry Ward Beecher's liberalism, Robert Ingersoll's agnosticism, Christian Science, Unitarianism, and higher criticism of the Bible.

A. J. Gordon (1836–95) - An American Baptist preacher, writer, composer, and founder of Gordon College and Gordon–Conwell Theological Seminary. Gordon edited two hymn books and wrote the hymn tunes for at least fifteen hymns, including "My Jesus, I Love Thee," a hymn that has been included in nearly every evangelical hymnal published from 1876 to the present time. In his book The Ministry of the Holy Spirit, Gordon wrote, "It seems clear from the Scriptures that it is still the duty and privilege of believers to receive the Holy Spirit by a conscious, definite act of appropriating faith, just as they received Jesus Christ" (see Baptism with the Holy Spirit). His most remembered work is probably The Ministry of Healing, a highly revered book on divine healing—physical, mental, and spiritual. Gordon located healing in Christ's Atonement, meaning it was universally available through faith in Christ. He prayed for the sick privately, however, and did not integrate healing into his regular church ministry. The Ministry of Healing became a standard work among early Pentecostals.

William Eugene Blackstone - An American evangelist and Christian Zionist. He was the author of the Blackstone Memorial of 1891, a petition which called upon America to actively return the Holy Land to the Jewish people. Blackstone was influenced by Dwight Lyman Moody, James H. Brookes, and John Nelson Darby. He is remembered as the author of the Blackstone Memorial. Blackstone remained committed to Jewish restoration and Zionism for the balance of his long life. As a believing Evangelical Christian, he witnessed the seeming fulfillment of biblical prophecy as the Jewish state came back to life after 1900 years. Blackstone died thirteen years before Israel was founded in 1948. Without Rev. Blackstone's lifelong efforts to build American political support and American prophetic understanding of dispensationalism and restorationism, American support for Zionism and the State of Israel might have been very different. Famous during his life, he slipped into historical obscurity.

J. Dwight Pentecost - An American Christian theologian, best known for his book Things to Come. Pentecost was Distinguished Professor of Bible Exposition, Emeritus, at Dallas Theological Seminary, one of only two so honored. He held a B.A. from Hampden-Sydney College (1937), in addition to Th.M. (1941) and Th.D. (1956) degrees from Dallas Theological Seminary. During his academic career he taught biblical subjects for over 60 years (Philadelphia College of Bible, 1948–55; Dallas Theological Seminary, 1955-2014). His nearly twenty books are written mostly for the general Christian reader. His pastoral career continued through this period.

John Hagee - An American pastor and televangelist. The founder of John Hagee Ministries, his ministry is telecast to the United States and Canada. Hagee is also the founder and chairman of the Christian-Zionist organization Christians United for Israel. Hagee is active politically and is known for his activism regarding the State of Israel. He has also attracted controversy over his comments on the Catholic Church, Jews and Islam, and promotion of the blood moon prophecy. Hagee has stated that he believes the Bible commands Christians to support the State of Israel. In 2007, Hagee stated that he does not believe in global warming, and he also said that he sees the Kyoto Protocol as a "conspiracy" aimed at manipulating the U.S. economy. Hagee is anti-abortion and stopped giving money to Israel's Hadassah Medical Center when it began offering the procedure. Hagee has been criticized for statements pertaining to Jews, the Catholic Church, and Islam. Some Jewish leaders, such as Reform Rabbi Eric Yoffie have criticized Hagee for being "extremist" on Israeli policy and for disparaging other faiths.


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