House Divided: The Break Up of Dispensational Theology (80017) (Hardcover)

~ (Author), Jr. Kenneth L. Gentry (Author)

Product Details

• Hardcover: 411 pages
• Publisher: Inst for Christian Economics (November 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: 4.2 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (4 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #897,412 in Books (See Bestsellers in Books)

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14 of 17 people found the following review helpful:

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

By A Customer

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.

13 of 20 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars excellent work, December 29, 1998

By	Covenantal1509 (USA) - See all my reviews

The critique of the pathetic "scholarship" of Hal Lindsey is worth the price of the book. The authors show Lindsey to be an unreliable teacher who has no knowledge of Greek (indeed he severly twists its meaning) and to be ignorant of the entire system of Christian Reconstructionism.

For those who think that postmillenialists are utopian I can only say that you have never read the standard works on the subject.

11 of 17 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 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.