Dispensationalism

Quotable Quotes – J.C. Ryle on the Distinction Between Israel and the Church

“The word ‘Israel’ is used nearly seven hundred times in the Bible.  I can only discover three senses in which it is used. First, it is one of the names of Jacob, the father of the twelve tribes; a name specially given to him by God. Secondly, it is a name given to the ten [...]

What is ‘Literalism’?

One of the main distinctives of Dispensational theology is a consistently literal approach to Biblical interpretation. Dispensationalists live by the following rule: “When the plain sense of Scripture makes common sense, seek no other sense; therefore, take every word at its primary, ordinary, usual, literal meaning, unless the facts of the immediate context, studied in [...]