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Title: Progressive Dispensationalism by Craig A. Blaising, Darrell L. Bock ISBN: 0-8010-2243-6 Publisher: Baker Book House Pub. Date: November, 2000 Format: Paperback Volumes: 1 List Price(USD): $28.00 |
Average Customer Rating: 3.67 (6 reviews)
Rating: 4
Summary: updating an out of date photograph
Comment: I found my picture of dispensationalism was an out-dated 25+ year old snapshot. Allen MacWhinney of Reformed Theological Seminary is quoted as saying, "This is not your fathers Oldsmobile." That is indeed true.
Progressive Dispensationalism is not the dispensationalism of the Schofield notes. Nor is it a regurgitating of Ryrie and Pentecost's definitions of dispensationalism of the 1960's and 70's. In this volume one sees the result of dispensationalism's historical foundational commitment to Biblical theology. It is that foundational dynamic that accounts for the changing face of dispensationalism as outlined by Blaising and Bock.
I personally found Blaising & Bock's discussion of the Biblical covenants one of the best I've read. Yes, dispensationalists recognize covenants just as the better Covenant theologians recognize the Bible speaks of dispensations (I Cor. 9:17, Eph. 1:10 & 3:2, Col. 1:25). Their differences go deeper then the semantics of those two words. I personally recommend this as a "must read" for serious students of eschatology wanting to understand the recent trends in dispensationalism.
I would also encourage my Covenant Theologian friends to read this book before engaging in polemics against out dated stereotypes of dispensationalism. Anyone can slay their own self made straw man. Real and honest Christian scholarship demands better things then that.
Rating: 5
Summary: A non-technical discussion of Progressive Dispensationalism
Comment: Arguably, no other theological school has had more influence in the shaping of both American Evangelicalism and American Fundamentalism over last century and a half than Dispensational theology. In spite of the eccentric charges of modernism made by some early detractors, Dispensational scholars of previous generations managed to formulate a throroughly Evangelical, conservative theology that was reasonably argued, and exactingly polemic. Admittedly, however, many of the claims made by earlier Dispensationalists -- both Classical (from Darby to Chafer, inclusive) and Revised (the system as taught and reformulated in the 1960s and 1970s) -- were not all coherent among themselves, and frequently overstressed polemic points that only aimed at distinguishing Dispensationalism from its eternal foe, Covenant theology, as though they were basic to the Dispensational system. The literature documenting that chapter in the history of Dispensational thought (including the excruciating war of words between Allis, Ladd, Walvoord and Ryrie) is most abundant. Flaws and all, however, Dispensationalism emerged from this period of creativity and polemics as a system open to reformulation, while squarely grounded on the principles of Biblical inerrancy and grammatico-historical exegesis. Advances in the field of hermeneutics, however, have reshaped our understanding of what grammatico-historical exegesis is, and we have come to view its task from the perspective of an intergrative "grammatico-historical-literary-theological" approach, rather than as mere wooden literalism, as Bock states and Poythress argues. Also, the discipline of Biblical theology and the notion of a redemptive-historical continuum came to be widely popular within Dispensational circles, and after the inerrancy controversy of the 1970s, Dispensational scholars began to make use of the tool of Biblical criticism more consistently as fully compatible with their commitment to Biblical inerrancy. Owing to these advances in the field of Biblical studies, many Dispensationalists in the 1980s began to rethink the theological framework of their system, producing what came to be called "progressive dispensationalism". Officially introduced in the 1990 annual meeting of the Evangelical Theological Society, "progressives" have produced three major works formulating their position at the time of this writing (1998): "Dispensationalism, Israel and the Church" (Craig Blaising and Darrell Bock [eds.], Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 1992); "The Case For Progressive Dispensationalism" (Robert Saucy, Grand Rapids:Zondervan, 1993) and "Progressive Dispensationalism" (Craig Blaising and Darrell Bock, Wheaton:BridgePoint, 1993). This last one is the most recent of such works, and the least technical of them all. Not as concerned with cryptic points of Dispensational systemization, it intends to present a historical, hermeneutical and biblico-theological survey of the system as reinterpreted by "progressives". Bock's two chapters on hermeneutics are superb and straight-to-the-point, extremely helpful for those seeking to understand the hermeneutical rationale behind progressive dispensationalism. This point has been somewhat left out in the more technical discussions, although it has not been totally ignored (cfr. Saucy). Now Bock argues it with scholarly capacity and great clarity. The chapters on the covenants, and on the Kingdom of God in both the Old and New Testaments (authored by Blaising) will provide the interested reader with a full overview of what they must know about these most important issues in Dispensationalism as interpreted by progressives, within the framework of salvation history. To those to whom the use of a redemptive-historical approach in any formulation of dispensational theology may sound anachronistic, these chapters will be a delightful surprise, both for the easy flow of the argumentation and for the inexorable coherence with which Blaising writes. In a word, the book is a must-read for all, whether they agree or disagree with basic postulates of Dispensational theology. To the former, it will show where progressives departed from prevous models of formulation in favor of a more intergrative, holistic approach. To the latter, it will show that old clichés about Dispensationalism must be carefully revised, for progressives have resolved many of the systemic weak points that left Dispensationalism vulnerable to attack. To both it will show that it is possible to reach a middle ground without sacrificing theological convictions, or being ambiguous.
Rating: 3
Summary: Bad?
Comment: Nobody cares about some guy that William Hardecker supposedly checked with. You don't like it because it tells the truth about National Israel, Spiritual Israel, and the Church. Get over it.
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Title: Three Views on the Millennium and Beyond by Darrell L. Bock, Kenneth L. Gentry, Robert B. Strimple, Darrell L. Bock, Richard B., Jr. Gaffin ISBN: 0310201438 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 01 March, 1999 List Price(USD): $16.99 |
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Title: Dispensationalism by Charles Caldwell Ryrie ISBN: 0802421873 Publisher: Moody Publishers Pub. Date: December, 1996 List Price(USD): $12.99 |
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Title: Three Central Issues in Contemporary Dispensationalism: A Comparison of Traditional and Progressive Views by Herbert W. Bateman ISBN: 0825420628 Publisher: Kregel Publications Pub. Date: November, 1999 List Price(USD): $18.99 |
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Title: Dispensationalism, Israel and the Church by Craig A. Blaising, Darrel L. Bock, Robert L. Saucy, John A. Martin ISBN: 0310346118 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 18 October, 1992 List Price(USD): $24.99 |
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Title: Three Views on the Rapture by Gleason L. Archer, Paul D. Feinberg, Richard R. Retter, Stanley N. Gundry ISBN: 0310212987 Publisher: Zondervan Pub. Date: 02 September, 1996 List Price(USD): $14.99 |
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