House Divided: The Break-Up of Dispensational Theology

by Greg L. Bahnsen and Kenneth L. Gentry Jr.

Book Overview

In 1988 and 1989, three books were published that criticized the theology of Christian Reconstructionism, and also the theology of the entire historic Christian faith, by attacking the idea of... This description may be from another edition of this product.

• Format: Hardcover
• Language: English
• ISBN: 0930464273
• ISBN13: 9780930464271
• Release Date: January 1989
• Publisher: Institute for Christian Economics
• Length: 411 Pages
• Weight: 1.65 lbs.

Customer Reviews

A fine book

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.

excellent work

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.

Proper burial for dispensationalsim

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.