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The Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics is happy to announce a slight change to our schedule. Instead of our regular Pastors Panel, we are having a Special Panel with Mark Hitchcock and Wayne House. Both men are well known traditional dispensationalists...
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We are pleased to announce the details for our upcoming virtual Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics via Zoom. The dates for the Council meeting are Wednesday, September 16 and Thursday, September 17. We start at 8 AM EST on Wednesday and end on Thursday...
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The Steering Committee for the Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics has decided to turn this year’s conference meeting from in-person to virtual like many other meetings are doing. The uncertain quarantine requirements due to COVID-19, especially relative to the...
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The posted schedule for the 2020 Council is tentative. We are paying attention to government regulations and quarantines relative to the COVID-19 virus. A meeting with the conference center is scheduled on July 16 to assess whether we can go ahead with the conference....
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Of course, we can also ask the similar question: does embracing conservative theology lead one also to embrace conservative political agendas? On the surface there does appear to be a correlation. However, we have all probably known conservative seminary professors...
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Jerry Falwell, a traditional dispensationalist, was famous for his involvement in agitating for righteousness in the political and social arena. Originally he rejected such involvement but changed his mind when Roe v Wade was handed down allowing millions of unborn...
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The distinction between Israel and the Church is at the heart of what it means to be a dispensationalist. Does this belief, which stems from literal interpretation of the Bible, make a difference in one’s view of politics? For instance, some schemes of theology...
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In the call for papers for our upcoming Council, we did not mention the topic of civil liberties explicitly. However, it is one that is implied in some of the other topics mentioned: forms of government, economic views, cultural interaction, etc. Classical Roman...
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Related to the question of forms of government, we can ask if the Bible sanctions any particular form of economics. For example, it does seem that the Bible supports the notion of private property. The current debate in the West between socialists and capitalists...
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Is there a biblical form of government? In the Old Testament there was a period of monarchies. In the future when Christ returns, there will be a supreme monarchy and I won’t be in charge! In the United States, we often celebrate the democratic republican form of...
