[lit-ideas] Re: Running and Screaming after World War One
- From: "Phil Enns" <phil.enns@xxxxxxxxxxx>
- To: lit-ideas@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
- Date: Sat, 16 Feb 2008 08:27:18 +0700
Lawrence Helm wrote:
"Dispensationalists are Christians who believe in the theology
promulgated by Darby whom they have never heard of because they don't
read history. Why read history when the Lord is going to return any
day now."
Dispensationalism refers to a particular set of Christian theological
beliefs regarding the relationship between God's work with Israel and
God's work with the Christian Church, with the former being considered
one dispensation and the latter, another. Dispensationalists are
concerned with resolving the apparent differences between God's
redemptive work through Israel and the redemptive work being done
through the Church. Perhaps Lawrence is confusing Dispensationalism
with Millenialism, which is eschatological, that is concerned with the
'end times'. Dispensationalism, on the other hand, is soteriological,
that is concerned with the history of salvation.
I will leave it to others to respond to Lawrence's confusions
regarding the peace movement.
Sincerely,
Phil Enns
Yogyakarta, Indonesia
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