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Dispensationalism Today by Charles C. Ryrie
This was my Dad’s choice for me to read. I came into it knowing pretty much nothing about dispensationalism, so perhaps I’m not in a good position to evaluate the soundness of Ryrie’s arguments. However, I do have the advantage of the perspective of the average know-nothing.
If you’re looking for a book to read that doesn’t take any brainwork, you’ll have to keep looking. This isn’t exactly Dispensationalism for Dummies. It did take some engaging of the brain on my part. I’ll admit that when I read the first chapter, I felt slightly stunned. And confused, to put it mildly. Nonetheless, with each successive chapter, things slowly began to straighten out in my mind.
I appreciated the fact that the last chapter of the book talked about how this particular theological issue shouldn’t be divisive for Christians. I think that was an important point, and I was quite glad the author included it.
In the end, I think this gave me a working knowledge of dispensationalism. I wouldn’t want to try to have a debate with someone over the issue just from the knowledge gleaned from this book. That would take more study. But if I was listening to two other people talking about dispensationalism, I think I would be able to intelligently follow their conversation. This book was a good starter.
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