Rapture Fever
by Gary North by Gary North
This book is dedicated to Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. whose books would have paralyzed the dispensational theologians of this generation, had it not been for one thing: their constant revisions to the system had already paralyzed each other.
TABLE OF CONTENTS Foreword . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ..ix Preface . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . .. xxiv Introduction . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 1 l. Endless Unfulfilled Prophecies Produce Paralysis . . . . . 19 2. Fear of Man Produces Paralysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...40 3. Pessimism Produces Paralysis . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...61 4. Dispensationalism Removes Earthly Hope . . . . . . ...76 5. A Commitment to Cultural Irrelevance . . . . . . . . . ...91 6. A Ghetto Eschatology . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...110 7. House of Seven Garbles . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...129 8. Revising Dispensationalism to Death . . . . . . . . . . . . . 145 9. Dispensationalism vs. Six-Day Creationism . . . . . . . . . 163 10. Dispensationalism vs. Sanctification . . . . . . . . . . . . . 172 11. Theological Schizophrenia . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 180 12. When “Babylon” Fell, So Did Dispensationalism . . . . 188 13. The Strange Disappearance of Dispensational Institutions . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 195 Conclusion . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...202 Bibliography . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...222 Scripture Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...235 Index . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...238 A Challenge to Dallas Theological Seminary . . . . . . . . ..247 A Three-Year Strategy for Pastors . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . 248 A Three-Year Strategy for Laymen . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...249 About the Author . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . . ...250
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- Page 26 and 27: Preface xxv It is that the children
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This book is dedicated to<br />
Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr.<br />
whose books would have<br />
paralyzed the dispensational<br />
theologians of this generation,<br />
had it not been for one<br />
thing: their constant revisions<br />
to the system had already<br />
paralyzed each other.
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