It's an interesting anointing. The Reformed beard/Goatee is sported by teachers and apologists alike, not uniformly, but with telling regularity. It allows men to say the word TULIP a lot without appearing feminine in the least.
James White and Phillip Johnson are sterling examples.
'Aha!', you cry,'That's just Reformed Baptists!'
I point you to RC Sproul.
No, not that one.
RC Sproul Jr.
I rest my case.
12/09/2005
The Reformed Goatee
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Ahem.
Too right.
Well, I am a clean-shaven Dispensational Fundamentalist.
No tulips are coming near me.
God Bless
Matthew
Just so you know, Dispensational and Fundamentalist can go with TULIPS. I and John MacArthur, for example. Apologies to Dr. MacArthur - we really don't belong in the same sentence.
Well its not very often that one can stumble across a blog with such insightful theological commentary!
But I love the humour. You're bookmarked!
Haha!!!
I do not want to get into theology debates on Libbie's blog, but I do not see Calvinism and Dispensationalism as natural bedfellows.
God Bless
You know what - I don't actually have a clue what dispensational actually means. I always thought it was something to do with getting your prescription from the chemist...
Personally, I think I'm amillenialist if that got anything to do with anything..
Dispensationalists follow a scheme of theology that departs radically from Reformed Covenant theology. It originated in the PLymouth Brethren movement. Its main feature is a consistent distinction between God's purposes for Israel and the Church. It is grounded in literal interpretation of the Bible. Premillennialism is an essential part of the scheme. Almost all Dispensationalists hold to the Pre-Tribulational rapture doctrine, one of the few exceptions being myself.
The best introduction to Dispensationalism is Charles Ryrie's book 'Dispensationalism'.
Every Blessing in Christ
Matthew
Contrarian view: dispensationalism is the natural outgrowth of a consistent application of the grammatico-historical principle of hermeneutics (rightly) beloved by Reformed types.
If Reformed Bible readers applied that principle to all of Scripture, they'd all be dispensationalists.
If dispensationalists applied that principle to all of Scripture, they'd all be 5-pointers.
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