House Divided: The Break Up of Dispensational Theology [Paperback]

Greg L. Bahnsen (Author)

Product Details

• Paperback: 411 pages
• Publisher: Inst for Christian Economics (January 1989)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 0930464273
• ISBN-13: 978-0930464271
• Product Dimensions: 8.5 x 5.6 x 1.5 inches
• Shipping Weight: 1.6 pounds
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (5 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #262,539 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

5 of 5 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Demolished House and Ice, March 24, 2010

By 

Blazing Pascal - See all my reviews

Amazon Verified Purchase

This review is from: House Divided: The Break-up of Dispensational Theology (Hardcover)

This is a great example of good scholarship. Written in response to House and Ice's Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse, it demonstrates just how poor dispensational scholarship at the time was and why, I believe, House later admitted he wished he never wrote Dominion Theology (I am paraphrasing, obviously). You could even use this book as a course in logic and refutation as it clearly demonstrates how to think and argue clearly and, most importantly, recognize fallacies and poor argumentation. It has actually become a book I read for pleasure as there are parts that are laugh-out-loud funny. Dominion Theology: Blessing or Curse has so many theological, representative, and reference flaws it's embarrassing.

Of course, I'm not dealing here with the merits of either side, though it is very clear that at the time - and in my opinion still today with the newer forms - dispensationalism is walking on thin ice (no pun intended) and is lacking when it comes to biblically defending its position or, in this case, attacking that of Bahnsen and Gentry.

Ultimately, House and Ice simply got into the ring with heavyweights and were in no way prepared to deal with them. Bahnsen was (and remains in his works) a force to be reckoned with wherever you stand on the issues (and his opponents have always conceded that)and Gentry shows his merit as well. For those interested in this "old" issue as some call it, but who also recognize that the opponents have still never been able to fairly represent and adequately answer the general Theonomic position, then this is a great addition to your library. For those who want to oppose Bahnsen and Gentry and others at this point, this is also a book you should study well (in addition to many others) so that hopefully your response will be something better than House, Ice, Dallas, Westminster and many others have been able to conjure up.

14 of 19 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Proper burial for dispensationalsim, December 7, 1998

By A Customer

This review is from: House Divided: The Break Up of Dispensational Theology (Paperback)

The late Dr. Greg Bahnsen along with co-author Dr. Kenneth Gentry do a masterful job of interacting with leading dispensational critics of theonomy and demonstate their extremely slanderous writings. In doing so the authors also point out how dispensationalism is a skeleton in a closet whose proper burial is long over due and how modern defenders are losing the battle to defend this corpse. Bahnsen and Gentry demonstrate how postmillenialism is NOT some utopian materialistic option but is one based on a proper view of GOD's soveriegn rule over history and how this will eventually be seen in culture. In the long line of great orthodox postmillenialists such as St. Augustine and St. Athanasius, J. Gresham Machen and others Bahnsen and Gentry do a great service to the evangelical church in giving us an alternative to a school of thought whose burial is long over due.

12 of 18 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars A fine book, December 11, 1999

By 

D. Harelson Morrow (California) - See all my reviews

This review is from: House Divided: The Break Up of Dispensational Theology (Paperback)

This is a work worthy of attention. The critique of Dispensationalism is valid. And, despite the somewhat negative review above, the Postmil view espoused in this book cannot be fairly labeled as merely utopian, and certainly the victory and hope found in Postmil does not deny the teachings of Christ concerning the poor in spirit or those who mourn. Instead, the hope is a final hope. Christ will indeed be vicotrious. That is what is interpreted by Postmils. In fact, Postmil teaching is more often criticized for suggesting GREATER trials instore than it is for offering some type of Utopian bliss. Give it a fair read. It will be informative and worthy of consideration.