tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472599.post8205633746595789108..comments2023-09-23T06:32:35.421-07:00Comments on Thoughts from the Reformed Perspective: PuritanCalvinisthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/03285973808564103125noreply@blogger.comBlogger2125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472599.post-4489182098630091132008-09-12T15:27:00.000-07:002008-09-12T15:27:00.000-07:00Adam, you're absolutely right when you say: "Van I...Adam, you're absolutely right when you say: <I>"Van Impe is reading the text through the lens of the headlines rather than through the lens of scripture."</I> And as a dispensationalist, the hermeneutical approach used by the likes of Jack Van Impe, Hal Lindsey, Grant Jeffrey, etc. is quite embarrassing. <BR/><BR/>I'd like to recommend a three-part debate between Bob Enyart and Gary Demar on the subject of dispensationalism and the end times. It's quite interesting. Enyart actually starts out by agreeing with Demar's criticism (that he makes in his book "End Times Fiction") of the "newspaper headline" type of hermeneutics of many dispensationalist "prophecy experts."<BR/><BR/>Enyart has a <A HREF="http://kgov.com/writings/the_plot" REL="nofollow">different take</A> on dispensationalism than the Van Impe's of the world and I don't think Demar knew what to make of his arguments at first. Demar seemed to want to argue points that he anticipated based on his debates with other dispensationalists, and Enyart kept repeating over and over where he was in agreement with Demar (for example, that <I>"This generation"</I> in Mark 13:30 meant the generation to whom Christ was speaking, and not some generation in the distant future as most dispensationalists contend). It was kind of funny. :)<BR/><BR/>Listen to the debate at these links:<BR/><BR/>http://kgov.com/bel_56kbps/20070207<BR/>http://kgov.com/bel_56kbps/20070208<BR/>http://kgov.com/bel_56kbps/20070209Paulhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/01702283633332594541noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-29472599.post-7010342228393738232008-09-07T09:49:00.000-07:002008-09-07T09:49:00.000-07:00Perhaps Jack Van Impe is an Anglo-Israelist. And t...Perhaps Jack Van Impe is an Anglo-Israelist. And therefore feels that the Britons are descended from the ten lost tribes of Israel.RedKnighthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08428813816495738684noreply@blogger.com