Who Is Your Favorite Dispensational (in the broad sense) Scholar?

Ed Vasicek

When it comes to academics, I cannot say I know what qualifies a theologian to be a “scholar.” Sometimes scholarship is in the subjective eye of the beholder. Usually we look at things like academic credentials and academic works.

When it comes to creating a list, there are way too many names to choose from. I will certainly miss some big ones, so please pardon my omissions. I am going to take my best guess as to which are both true scholars and most respected (which can be two different things).

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The Mixed Blessing of C. S. Lewis (Part 1)

Gary Gilley

There is probably no Christian in modern times better known or more influential than Clive Staples Lewis. Born in Belfast in the year 1899, Lewis would write dozens of books on a variety of topics before his death on November 22, 1963 (on the very day of the deaths of John Kennedy and Aldous Huxley).

At the time of his death his popularity was starting to wane but shortly thereafter there was a revival of interest in Lewis and, arguably, today he is more deeply admired than ever. He is considered by many to be the greatest apologist for the Christian faith to have ever lived.

Whether you agree with this assessment or not, there is no doubt that Lewis was in a league almost by himself in his ability to write great truths in ways that spoke to our hearts and opened our eyes. For this reason, even those who are troubled with much of Lewis’ theology can hardly resist quoting him. There is a danger, however, of all-but-canonizing Lewis, giving more weight to his imaginative explorations and philosophical reasonings than to Scripture. Ruth Tucker writes, “Among Protestants there is only one pope of apologetics…. If C. S. Lewis said it, it must be true. In many circles it seems that the voice of C. S. Lewis is second only to the voice of God.”1

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1Cor 1-7,11-16 (Dan and Andrew)

Dan Miller

This entire post is copied from this post in this thread. Andrew wrote it there.

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Okay, then I think the best thing for me to do is show why I believe Paul is clearly saying that they have already ceased worshipping idols (be it heart worship or non-heart worship).

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Do you believe Adam's sin is imputed to everyone in the human race who is not yet redeemed?

Ed Vasicek

There have always been many views on Original Sin. I think all of us agree that we are born with a sin nature and that it is impossible for us not to sin.

Do you believe, however, that we somehow participated in Adam’s sin because we were seminally present, or that he sinned as our representative, or that he sinned as our federal head, thus — untlil regeneration — guilty of Adam’s sin in addition to all our particular sins?

Please comment BRIEFLY if you wish.

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