If you know the Jesus Christ as your Lord and Savior then you’ll enjoy hearing the Gospel one more time, as presented by Mark Driscoll from Seattle. If you don’t know the Lord Jesus Christ then, please, I urge you to hearing this gospel message and receive it. Go to the Scriptures and read it:

“What shall I do then with Jesus which is called Christ?” Matthew 26:72

You must accept him. Why not today?

1. First I’d like to thank my good friend Armen of ArmenThomassian.com for bringing up the topic and allowing me to respond.
2. I think its always best to define what Dispensationalism is based on what the teachers, theologians and scholars who hold that position say, instead of defining it based on what a covenant theologian says about Dispensationalism.
3. Also, it wouldn’t be accurate to say Dispensationalism or Covenant Theology is a “biblical hermeneutic” or least it shouldn’t be … both approaches are broad frameworks for understanding where certain things fit in over history and in times to come.
4. I’d also like to stress for others watching or reading, that this discussion is not in an area of doctrine in which we both must agree otherwise one of us is damned.  Its safe to say that the discussion in that grey area where the error is not damning - albeit error with serious implications.  For instance, it isn’t a doctrinal issue which you must include in your gospel presentation.

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Many Christians aren’t familiar with what Hermeneutics is. Well, its the art and science of rightly observing, interpreting and applying the Word of God. The whole aim of hermeneutics is to give the reader of the Bible, the history, skills, and tools for arriving at a more certain interpretation of any given passage or verse. Its not an abstract idea, its very biblical - its something the more erudite people from Scripture have long practiced (eg. Daniel & the Apostle Paul) and many down the history of the church have done. Read the rest of this entry »