CREATIVE RESTATEMENT

 

“A Twenty-First Century Restatement” is the subtitle for a new book from Central Seminary Press called “Dispensationalism Revisited.”

I was raised by a preacher father who spoke often on prophecy. He led tours to the Holy Land and illustrated his lectures on end times with slides (remember those?) I will admit that he was not above seeing signs of the times such as a computer in Europe called “the beast” and rumors of marble being prepared in Indiana for the rebuilding of the temple. But beyond all that he was an ardent dispensationalist and pre-millennialist. He would have loved this new book.

Edited by Kevin Bauder and R. Bruce Compton, the book contains essays by some of my favorite writers. Larry Pettegrew has written on “Israel in the Church Fathers.” W. Edward Glenny wrote the chapter on “Will Jesus Come Before the Millennium? A New Testament Answer from Revelation 20.” And Roy Beacham wrote “Literalism and the Prophets: The Case for a Unified Hermeneutic.”

The entire book is dedicated to the memory of Dr. Charles Hauser who taught at Central Seminary. A tribute by Douglas R. McLachlan is titled “New Testament Professor, Servant-Scholar, Personal Friend.” McLachlan describes Hauser’s ministry as “’long obedience in the same direction,’ to use a familiar phrase which has become my favorite definition of faithfulness.”

I highly recommend this book to anyone interested in eschatology. I only wish my father was still here to enjoy it.