Dispensationalism Unhitched?
These things happened to them as examples, and they were written as a warning to us, on whom the ends of the ages... Read More
Originalism and Labeling the Dispensational Hermeneutic
The use of the term literal in dispensational hermeneutics has had a rocky history. Even if we can get past the snickering... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 5)
Having laid out in the previous several posts what I believe may be commended as “received laws of language,” I would like... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 4d)
Having discussed two seminal axioms of language that seem to qualify as “received laws of language” (the Univocal Nature of Language and... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 4c)
Having established two axiomatic principles of language that govern the intelligible use of words (the Univocal Nature of Language and the Jurisdiction... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 4b)
A second received law of language that may be deduced from common usage is the Jurisdiction of Authorial Intent. I proposed last week... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 4a)
We come now to the heart of this series, viz., a discovery of the “received laws of language” that we as humans... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 2)
When evaluating the truth or error of any proposed theological statement or system, there are two primary questions that the theologian asks:... Read More
Whatever Happened to Literal Hermeneutics? (Part 1)
For decades it was assumed, by both sides of the debate between dispensational and Reformed theology, that the primary distinction between the... Read More
The Gospel Coalition and Dispensationalism
Last month Ryan Kelly and Kevin DeYoung posted an essay on The Gospel Coalition (TGC) blog (that originally appeared in the spring... Read More