After Dispensationalism: A Book Review

Shawn reviews Brian Irwin with Tim Perry's After Dispensationalism. This book seeks to inform the non-Dispensationalist on the views of Dispensationalism and how a correct view of the Bible will correct the errors of Dispensationalism. Shawn covers the good and bad of this critique.

Shawn was given a free copy of this book in exchange for an honest review.

[Doctrinal_Possum]

Thanks! Very thorough review! Looking forward to your review of the new Dr. Marsh book, too :)

[classicchristianliterature]

Thank you for reading someone from outside of your tradition. So few today will do this. I appreciate how you were able to say positive things about the book even when there was much that you disagreed with. It's unfortunate the view that they took of Daniel (one does not have to assert a skeptical view point about who wrote Daniel and when it was written to still critique dispensationalism).

[doccady]

I hate endnotes, too. I usually mark the fore edges of the footnote pages with a marker, sometimes chapter by chapter, so I can find them quickly.

[jeremiahmutie]

Great review! I am reading "The Rise and Fall of Dispensationalism" right now! Feels somewhat the same in tenor!

[graftme]

I just read Charles Ryrie's book, but feeling like I need more. I will read your recommendations. Thanks!

[classicchristianliterature]

A case for amillennialism by Kim Riddlebarger was very helpful for me on eschatology

[andreaakilic]

Can you do a review on Frederick Widdowsons book "A bible believer looks at world history"

[rocketmanshawn]

Apocalyptic literature is even older than Daniel and was common place in the ancient near east. The book was definitely written by Daniel. Revelation is a letter (the whole book), prophesy, and apocalyptic. I suggest you read a book that's not sympathetic at all like "The Momentous Event" by William James Grier. Published in 1945, it's a short read at ~130 pages. It pulls no punches.

[hudsontd]

The greatest books that have helped me understand dispensationalism.

Ryan Mullins "End of the Timeless God" must read.

Love Him or Hate Him
Peter Ruckman Sure word of Prophecy is a must read

Ken Johnson
The Rapture: The Pretribulational Rapture Viewed From the Bible and the Ancient Church

James Knox
That Blessed Hope: Teaching and Defending the Doctrine of the Rapture of the Church

James Knox the law

[rossjpurdy]

The authors don't know what to think of Dispensationalists either! They don't know the history of Darby and get that wrong. There brief fly by history of the Dispensationalist history is the only thing that is OK with this book.But that is something you can get anywhere else and is not worth buying the book for. Their view of Daniel is that it was written after the fact pretending to be prophecy so they do not believe in the inspiration of Scripture and prophecy.

[hannahm]

With all due respect… I wonder if the reason you get hung up on him not addressing Revelation 20 is because dispensationalism over emphasizes that one chapter. When you step into other disciplines of study, in other schools of thought in Protestantism, nobody emphasizes that chapter as much as dispensationists do.