Doctrinal disagreement with other believers is not comfortable. It would be a much more peaceful experience to be likeminded with fellow members of the body of Christ. This is one reason the Lord instructs us to endeavor to keep the unity of the Spirit in the bond of peace. Nevertheless, when disagreements happen there can […]

Cyrus Ingerson Scofield has long been a lightning rod for dispensationalism, but despite his popularity he was not the first, only, or best dispensational teacher of his time. In this series, we go through the Bible study divisions in Scofield’s most popular book, Rightly Dividing the Word of Truth. We affirm the importance of what […]

It is no small thing to say that God wrote a book, but He did. Nevertheless, there are those (even in the church) who think that the Bible was a creation of men and not God. As an example, here is part of an email I received last week: “Nowhere in the Bible do you […]

After seeing this sign for a church FunFest last week, I realized that our church must be missing all the fun. Note to self for next ministry planning meeting: fireworks, inflatables, Bingo, and beer garden. What a perfect picture of the vapid and aging condition of the church today. When it’s hard to discern between […]

Have you heard of the new covenant? If you are remotely familiar with Christianity, you have. Have you heard of the dispensation of the grace of God, or the mystery of Christ (Eph 3:2; Eph 3:4)? Far less have heard that word. Did you know the word “dispensation” shows up in the King James Bible […]