Kenneth Gentry
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Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. (May 3, 1950--) is a Christian theologian at Bahnsen Theological Seminary and Christ College in Lynchburg, Virginia. He is particularly known for his support for and publication on the topics of Partial Preterism and Postmillennialism in Christian eschatology, as well as for Theonomy.
Gentry received his B.A. from Tennessee Temple University (1973, cum laude), a M.Div. from the Reformed Theological Seminary (1977), and a Th.M. (1986) and Th.D. (1987, magna cum laude) from Whitefield Theological Seminary.
He is well known for his book Before Jerusalem Fell, which argues the case for the dating of the writing of the Book of Revelation before the destruction of Jerusalem and The Beast of Revelation.
Books he has authored include:
- The Christian Case Against Abortion (Footstool, 1982, 1986).
- The Christian and Alcoholic Beverages (Baker, 1986, 1990).
- The Charismatic Gift of Prophecy (Footstool, 1986, 1990; Wipf & Stock, 1999).
- The Beast of Revelation (Institute for Christian Economics, 1989, 1994; American Vision, 2002).
- Before Jerusalem Fell: Dating the Book of Revelation (I.C.E.: 1989; Christian Universities Press: 1997; American Vision: 1999).
- House Divided: The Break-up of Dispensational Theology, with Greg L. Bahnsen (I.C.E., 1989; 1997).
- The Greatness of the Great Commission: The Christian Enterprise in a Fallen World (I.C.E., 1991, 1994).
- He Shall Have Dominion: A Postmillennial Eschatology (I.C.E., 1992; 1997).
- Lord of the Saved: Getting to the Heart of the Lordship Debate (Presbyterian and Reformed, 1992).
- God’s Law in the Modern World: The Continuing Relevance of Old Testament Law (P&R, 1992; I.C.E., 1997).
- The Great Tribulation: Past or Future? with Thomas D. Ice (Kregel, 1999).
- Perilous Times: A Study in Eschatological Evil (Covenant Media Foundation, 2000).
- God Gave Wine: What the Bible Says About Alcohol (Oak Leaf, 2001) [a reprint of the title on alcohol above].
- Yea, Hath God Said? The Framework Hypothesis v. Six Day Creation with Michael R. Butler (Wipf & Stock, 2002).
- Covenantal Theonomy: A Response to T. David Gordon and Klinean Covenantalism (Covenant Media Press, 2006).
Books Contributed to:
- “Private Charity Should Care for the Poor,” in The Welfare State (David L. Bender, ed.) (Greenhaven Press, 1982).
- “Civil Sanctions in the New Testament,” “Church Sanctions in the Epistle to the Hebrews,” and “Whose Victory in History?” in Gary North, ed., Theonomy: An Informed Response (I.C.E., 1991).
- “The Preterist View,” in Four Views on the Book of Revelation (ed. Marvin Pate) (Zondervan, 1998).
- “The Postmillennial View” in Three Views of the Millennium and Beyond (ed., Darrell Bock) (Zondervan, 1999).
- “Reformed Theology and Six Day Creationism,” in P. Andrew Sandlin, ed., Creation According to the Scriptures: A Presuppositional Defense of Literal, Six Day Creation (Chalcedon, 2001).
- “The Historical Problem with Hyper-Preterism,” in Hyper-Preterism: A Reformed Critique, ed. Keith A. Mathison (P & R 2003).
- “Pauline Communion v. Paedocommunion,” in Joseph A. Pipa, Jr. and C. N. Willborn, eds., The Covenant: God’s Voluntary Condescension (Presbyterian Press, 2005).
- “A Revelation of the Revelation” and “Theonomy and Confession” in Robert R. Booth, ed., The Standard Bearer: A Festschrift for Greg L. Bahnsen (Covenant Media Foundation, 2002).
Books Edited:
- Thine Is the Kingdom: A Summary of the Postmillennial Hope, ed. by Kenneth L. Gentry, Jr. (Ross House, 2004). Gentry chapters: “Agony, Irony and the Postmillennialist” and “Victory Belongs to the Lord.”
