Oxford Press is the highly-respected publishing house and a department of the University of Oxford in England.mcfly1960 said:Is this is why Oxford Press funded the Scofield Bible?
I was referring to the English Rothschilds:Tychicum said:How is it that you feel that the American Rothschilds are related to the English university?
mcfly1960 said:I was referring to the English Rothschilds:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Rothschild_banking_family_of_England
At the Cornerstone Church in Texas 5,000 Christian worshippers cheer in support of Israel. "Jerusalem is the eternal capital of the Jewish state. Not since Camp David but since King David," says their leader, Pastor John Hagee.
Many high profile Israeli politicians have addressed this congregation, among them former Prime Minister Binyamin Netanyahu.
eph3Nine said:The war over dispensationalism comes from folks NOT acknowledging the difference between PROPHECY and MYSTERY, law and GRACE, and Israel and the Body of Christ.
Tychicum said:Oh I think it is deeper than that ...
It comes from trying to protect deep traditions ... even at the risk of ignoring the simple instructions left us by the Lord through Paul's epistles.
From the very beginning man has tried to do things "his own way". Establish his own righteousness.
But today with modern tools of communications and study ... there is little excuse. Senior leaders of the traditional denominations know better. They don't want to rock the boat so they continue to feed their flock the same pap week after week ...
They aren't stupid ... just lazy.
It would probably be better for them if they were stupid ... but I don't believe they are.
If you get a chance to read the book "The Controversy" by Cornelius Stam it is worth the effort. It contains quotes and letters from many famous names about the preaching circuit in the 60s and 70s.
While the book is more politics than theology it explains how evangelical Christianity got to where it is today ... and Rick Warren wasn't even born when it all started ...
But this too is going all according to prophecy ...
LamorakDesGalis said:Thanks Tychicum for taking the time to post the links. These kinds of articles are always interesting to me. I've got some criticisms of the way the information was presented, and I think the conclusions were reductionistic. At the same time it did touch upon a few things I've been researching, namely the Reformed/Presbyterian links with dispensationalism.
mcfly1960 said:Dispensationalism found an ear with many of the historical premillennialists among the Presbyterians, particularly in the 1800's and early 1900's, such as Brookes... Scofield was also (at one time) a Presbyterian...as was Chafer and Woolvord and McGee. Liberalism in some of the seminaries left a vaccum among many conservative Presbyterians, and dispensationalism seemed to fill the void. But conservatives were also among its strongest critics from the beginning.
mcfly1960 said:The report the PCUS issued in 1944? appears to have been a turning point where Presbyterians as a whole turned away from it because of too many conflicts with the Westminster Confession of Faith. Historical premillennialism was still considered orthodox among them, however. Even so, Chafer still remained ordained in the PCUS, even after 1944, until his death.
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