A Dispensational Understanding of the Law and its Guide for Ethics

It has been my desire for sometime to attempt to harmonize a dispensational position with the law and ethics in scripture. The task is incredibly difficult and complicated at every turn, though I have attempted to present a concise treatment of the subject, there is more work that needs to be done.

My approach to the discussion is to break the eternal law into 3 manifestations (Natural law, Mosaic law, the law of Christ), since it appears to me that all three are connected and interrelated to God. I have attempted to make the case for their ruling factors and how they relate to each sphere. My hope is that this will encourage those who are interested in this subject to formulate their own understanding of law and ethics as they see in scripture. May it be a blessing!

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Recommended Dispensational Resources

In this blog post I hope to highlight some recommended dispensational resources. I have found over the years that it was difficult to bring together a list of this magnitude due in part to the scattering of various resources. It isn’t always easy to know where to look or what resources are of any value, there is so much literature to wade through that it can be tedious. Please share this around and I hope it will be used as a guide to know what books and resources I recommend for those who want to seriously study dispensational theology in more depth.

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A New Position Corporately – An Exegetical Analysis of Ephesians 2:11-22

Ephesians 2:11-22 is a text that I have wanted to write on for some time. I believe it is necessary to address a common text used by Covenantalists to argue against Dispensationalism. I believe that Covenantalists have glossed over the details of the texts in an attempt to blur together Israel and the Church. This analysis of the text hopes to bring together and weave the concept of the new position given to the Gentiles.

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Common Misconceptions About Dispensationalism

If you’re a Dispensationalist, like me, then I am sure you’re beginning to become all too familiar with common misconceptions/myths leveled against our theology. It seems nowadays that all I do on social media is correct misconceptions about our position.

In this blog article I will attempt to once and for all correct several misconceptions that the opposition makes about our theology.

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An Evaluation of Non-Dispensational Hermeneutical Presuppositions

Featured Blog – Nehemiah Ryan

I have the opportunity to feature an article written by my brother Nehemiah Ryan called: “An Evaluation of Non-Dispensational Hermeneutical Presuppositions.”

Nehemiah and I have interacted several times, mostly on the same side when dealing with non-dispensational hermeneutics. I wanted the opportunity to highlight one of the works that he wrote back in 2016. I pray it will be a benefit to all who read it!
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Are Dispensationalists Pessimists?

I could never be a Dispensational Premillennialist because they are pessimistic/defeatists who have a negative view of reality, they don’t want to be involved in society, they are just waiting around for the rapture. I’d rather be an optimist believing in victory not defeat.”  

Sound familiar? It sure does for me. I have heard and read these sorts of claims online for the last year or so since the resurgence of Postmillennialism. However, are these claims justified? Do these claims truly reflect the reality of Dispensational theology? Are Dispensationalists pessimists in the way that they are portrayed? I hope that my article will challenge the claims of the Postmillennialist and will provide further insight into why we believe what we do.

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Are Dispensationalists Gnostic Escapists?

Recently, I was listening to Apologia Radio and one interesting subject came up: Engaging Christian Gnosticism. I was quite intrigued, so I listened. Jeff Durbin and Luke Pierson had on their program guest Andrew Sandlin who spoke about Gnosticism. Unfortunately, around the 34-minute mark, Sandlin clearly linked elements of Gnosticism with Dispensationalism. Not only has Sandlin come on the air to speak about this, but he has also written about this on his website in a blog titled Escapist Theology, and there he has also linked Dispensationalism with Gnostic Escapism. It always surprises me that statements of this nature can be made with little to no evidence to support them. In this blog, we will look to see if the claims are at all warranted.

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Heir of the World – An Exegetical Analysis of Romans 4:13

It is common to see Romans 4:13 used as a proof text to spiritualize the land promises that were made in the Old Testament to Israel. It is my intention here to show that these promises were not altered, universalized, spiritualized into something new by Paul, but rather that Paul is merely connecting what was promised to Abraham initially in the covenant.

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Pretribulationalism – The Biblical Paradigm

The topic of the rapture is one of the most hotly contested topics in modern times. It can excite those who are seeking for imminent return of the Lord prior to Daniel’s 70th week and it can anger those who believe that the doctrine of the pretribulational rapture is merely a modern fantasy invented by “escapists” and “pessimists”.

It is my desire here to present a cumulative case for the pretribulational rapture. Let me state at the outset that no single text of scripture validates a doctrine. We should not be looking for a singular verse to validate a premise, but rather at what totascriptura says. If, we are to take the whole Word of God seriously, then we wouldn’t expect a singular verse to say something like, “the rapture occurs before Daniel’s 70th week”, but rather that all the evidence points us to a clear conclusion. Pretribulationalism isn’t built off of a singular proof-text, and therefore I won’t be using an isolated text to argue for pretribulationalism. I will demonstrate based upon totascriptura that the evidence best leads to a rapture that is a.) distinct from the second coming, and b.) before the tribulation (i.e. Daniel’s 70th week).

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