{"id":1081,"date":"2012-07-17T13:27:40","date_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:27:40","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/our-hope.org\/blog\/?p=1081"},"modified":"2012-07-17T13:30:01","modified_gmt":"2012-07-17T17:30:01","slug":"council-on-dispensational-hermeneutics","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/our-hope.org\/blog\/2012\/07\/council-on-dispensational-hermeneutics\/","title":{"rendered":"Council on Dispensational Hermeneutics"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>This year a group of traditional dispensational professors from several different schools will descend upon the College of Biblical Studies in Houston, Texas for meetings on October 3-4.\u00a0 They will be joined by pastors, students, and other observers, especially from the Houston metropolitan area.\u00a0 This will be the fifth annual meeting of the Council.\u00a0 However, it will be the first not held at Baptist Bible Seminary.\u00a0 The decision has been made to meet in a different part of North America every other year.\u00a0 The goal is to network more broadly with traditional dispensationalists, both professors and pastors.\u00a0 Next year (2013) we will be back on the beautiful campus of Baptist Bible College & Seminary in Clarks Summit, Pennsylvania.<\/p>\n

The theme for this year\u2019s 2012 Council is \u201cDispensationalism and Biblical Preaching.\u201d\u00a0 Although we are sometimes accused of a theology based upon \u201csimple Bible readings\u201d mixed with \u201cpresupposed theological systems,\u201d we are not embarrassed by a focus on inductive Bible study and expository preaching.\u00a0 Not all traditional dispensationalists, however, preach consistently with what they believe biblically and theologically.\u00a0 There is too much application without exposition.\u00a0 One can find strange typology popping out at certain points.\u00a0 The development of themes sometimes sloganizes the Bible instead of providing genuine exposition of the sacred text.\u00a0 This ought not to be so.\u00a0 If anyone should practice biblical expository preaching, it is traditional dispensationalists!<\/p>\n

With that in mind, this year\u2019s meeting will concentrate on the process of preaching, the use of biblical languages in sermonizing, the preaching of specific books, and proper application of texts from the Scriptures.\u00a0 The Council will begin with a discussion of the use of biblical languages in preaching.\u00a0 Dr. Rod Decker of Baptist Bible Seminary and Dr. Christopher Cone from Tyndale Seminary will give presentations along that line by serious and lengthy discussions.\u00a0 On that first day, we will also have presentations and discussions of preaching from the prophets, wisdom literature, and historical narratives of the Old Testament.\u00a0 Dr. Neal Cushman from Northland University will do Isaiah; Dr. Mark McGinniss from Baptist Bible Seminary will do the Song of Songs; Dr. Israel Loken of the College of Biblical Studies will present on the historical narratives of the Old Testament.\u00a0 During the evening plenary session, Dr. Mark Bailey, the respected President of Dallas Theological Seminary, will give a sample sermon demonstrating proper dispensational biblical preaching.<\/p>\n

The second day of the conference will begin with a focus on proper application.\u00a0 Dr. Joe Parle of the College of Biblical Studies will discuss how dispensationalists apply the Old Testament; Dr. Robert Thomas, formerly of Master\u2019s Seminary, will review the preaching of the Sermon on the Mount to present Christian audiences; Dr. Elliott Johnson of Dallas Theological Seminary will discuss \u201cExpository Hermeneutics: The Hermeneutics of Application.\u201d\u00a0 A panel discussion will follow with no doubt some lively debate.\u00a0\u00a0 Representing the preaching of the New Testament will be Dr. David Allen from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary who will look at Hebrews.\u00a0 The workshop sessions will include the following:<\/p>\n