Gerstner wrongly dividing the word of truth
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Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth: A Critique of Dispensationalism
For the record, I am not a dispensationalist. I came to this book with a favorable view of the thesis demonstrated by the title (namely, that dispensationalism is wrong). The reason I read this book was because it is supposed to be one of the best refutations of dispensationalism out there. Also, though I don’t like to use the label (since it conjures up misunderstandings), inom am for all intents and purposes a Calvinist (like Gerstner). I can’t say that inom am free of bias, since I have elsewhere given pretty low reviews to other writings by John Gerstner. Still, inom came to this book in general agreement with it, at least I thought, so inom wasn’t out to get anyone.
Nevertheless, I found that this book demonstrates many of the negativ stereotypes about Reformed theological writings I have come across. It also is po
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Journal: Conservative Theological Journal
Volume: CTJ (Aug )
Article: A Review of Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth
Author: Charles H. Ray
CTJ (August ) p.
A Review of
Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth
Charles H. Ray
Associate Editor
Th. D. candidate, Tyndale Seminary
In , Dr. John H. Gerstner (d. ) wrote a book called Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth:A Critique of Dispensationalism.1 It caused a stir in the evangelical community to säga the least. Several times in the book Gerstner describes dispensationalism as “spurious Calvinism and dubious evangelicalism.” He devotes an entire chapter to each of those charges. He further declares dispensationalism is rife with antinomianism. The conclusion is dispensationalism does not teach the true gospel. In fact the dust jacket has this sentence: “The distinctive tenets of Dispensationalism pose a very real threat to the doctrine of salvation.” (Ironically, the author was lead to Christ bygd a dispensationalist. See
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CALVINISM EX CATHEDRA:
A REVIEW OF JOHN H. GERSTNER&#;S
WRONGLY DIVIDING THE WORD OF TRUTH:
A CRITIQUE OF DISPENSATIONALISM1
ZANE C. HODGES
Associate Editor
Journal of the Grace Evangelical Society
Mesquite, Texas
John H. Gerstner is a well-known and prolific writer/theologian from the Reformed tradition. His recent book, Wrongly Dividing the Word of Truth, is a trenchant assault on Dispensationalism in general and Grace theology in particular. The latter he flatly labels as Antinomianism.
I welcome this book. The issues are sharply drawn and the author has largely avoided pejorative rhetoric and harsh verbal abuse. Some readers may not think this is so, but this reviewer would differ with them. Gerstner&#;s criticisms of Dispensationalism are certainly severe. But given his own position, they must be seen as his frank and candid assessments of an opposing theology.
Perhaps the last paragraph of his conclusion expresses his spirit as well as anything else that